What's On The Easel?

Wiawaka is a holiday house for women. It has lake front property on Lake George, New York. It is one of the few remaining fully operational vacation/retreat centers which arose out of the women’s rights movement in the early part of the twentieth century. Founded in 1903 by Mary Wiltsie Fuller, Wiawaka provided “affordable vacations” for mainly immigrant female textile workers from Troy and Cohoes, New York, who lacked the economic means to find respite anywhere else.

This painting may be part of a series of paintings from that lake front property on Lake George where Georgia O'Keefe once painted. The painting is of the boathouse taken from a boat trip past the property. 

'Wiawaka' a 9x12 pastel on sanded paper

It Snowed!

I have been fussing over this painting for a while...just didn't like it and never felt it was finished so I decided ...What if it snowed? So I grabbed my favorite snow color pastels and changed this fall farm scene to an early snow scene...what do you think?

Winter Barn View

Finished Pastel for sale Unframed $125 approx 9x 12

Creation of a Pastel Painting

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This digitally framed pastel of Lime Kiln Lighthouse is a 9x 12 on Uart done as prep for a large acrylic

canvas painting commission. The pastel is my "thumbnail" for the larger painting.

I wanted to work out color and composition for this and this little pastel helped me with my plan for the larger acrylic painting.

Lime Kiln Progress

Pasteling away today working on the Lime Kiln Lighthouse WIP

What's On The Easel?

Working on a new piece from a photo I took on the way to Lake Placid last winter. There was still some snow on the ground here and there. I love the little red barn and there is a path on the right That looked inviting. I want keep this loose and I hope I won't get too carried away!

What's on the Easel?

Sometimes you just need to use some of those apples you put in a bowl for inspiration.

So shine a little light on the apples and get some reflections and highlights. This 8x8 pastel on Uart paper : Apples In A Bennington Bowl ...the Apples have been eaten but the memory of their beauty lingers on in this painting for $ 100 unframed + shipping .

Color Blocking (what's on the easel contd )

After blocking in and alcohol wash over Nupastel I began the application of pastel working back and forth between paintings . I'm not finished , here are two more progressions