"Streamside", 6x8 oil on canvas. This one was completed en plein air earlier this year. I don't even remember where we were painting, but it was an overcast, cool morning threatening rain (and it eventually did rain a bit)...most of the views in the area didn't inspire me, but I kept coming back to this particular section of the stream. Lots of interesting, subtle color in the dark tree mass, and a nice contrast with the rocks along the edge of the stream. This one seemed to paint itself, and I really like the result (there's probably a lesson there). This one might be used as the basis for a larger studio painting this winter.
There was some drama during this painting session as just after setting up, one of my fellow painters dropped about a dozen brushes...tips down (of course)...into the muck. We were set up on a high enough platform that the brushes were just out of reach. They were eventually retrieved but it required considerable effort.
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