Sketching on the Camino de Santiago 2024

Above: Oil painting in Muxia, Spain I did it again! After my first Camino Frances in April 2022, which I ended up doing on a bicycle due to injury, I came back in April 2024 and walked approximately 800 kilometers or 500 miles and completed it for the second time. And of course, I didContinueContinue reading “Sketching on the Camino de Santiago 2024”

Exploring and Sketching Segovia, Spain and the Camino Madrid

After my visit to Valencia in Spring of 2024, I headed to Segovia in central Spain. The Cathedral of Segovia, 9 x 10″ or 22 x 25 cm, oil. The primary reason for the 2024 trip to Spain was to walk the Camino Frances route of the Camino de Santiago. The purple line in theContinueContinue reading “Exploring and Sketching Segovia, Spain and the Camino Madrid”

Spanish Landscape/Plein Air Painting Early 2024

For the third consecutive year I am spending time sketching in Spain in late winter and into Spring. This trip I started in Madrid and this post is about Granada, Malaga, and Almeria, all cities in Andalusia in the south. The Alhambra in Granada Spain. Various ink pens and Pitt markers in a 5 xContinueContinue reading “Spanish Landscape/Plein Air Painting Early 2024”

Landscape Painting At Wetpaint Tamworth In New Hampshire

In May 2018, I went, for the second time, to WetPaint Tamworth in Tamworth,NH. This is a lovely plein air painting event organized by the Tamworth Visitors Council. The area is just south-west of the Presidential Range of the White Mountains, and centered around Lake and Mount Chocurua. Painting at Remick Farm, Tamworth,NH. Tamworth areaContinueContinue reading “Landscape Painting At Wetpaint Tamworth In New Hampshire”

Breathtaking Views for Painting in Stonington, Maine

Stonington Motif#1, 11×10″,oil This past summer (2017)  I got a chance to spend a few days in beautiful Stonington, Maine. Stonington, located on Deer Isle, just off the Blue Hill Peninsula, is  one of the most picturesque spots for painting in the state.  There are quite a few local artists, but also many other artists ContinueContinue reading “Breathtaking Views for Painting in Stonington, Maine”

Nocturne Paintings From the Summer of 2016

The last few years I’ve started painting many nocturne paintings from life. Which of course means staying up late! Sometimes till 1 or 2 in the morning. These are all paintings from 2016. It’s actually a nice time to paint. Usually very quite. And of course the light doesn’t change! Often I go back theContinueContinue reading “Nocturne Paintings From the Summer of 2016”

Some Recent Maine Paintings, August 2016

This work was painted near Sprucehead ,Maine,not far from my house. I was painting a quiet end of day scene in the painting above when suddenly the setting sun sent these raking lights across my composition! Of course, I sell my work. If your interested in purchasing paintings, and supporting my endeavors,  take a lookContinueContinue reading “Some Recent Maine Paintings, August 2016”