I was supposed to be going to Columbus for a paintout with the Ohio Plein Air Society, the group that I belong to that provides opportunities to paint with others that share my passion. Because of the big snowstorm, i didn’t try to drive down there. Instead, after digging myself out I went downtown Ashland [...]
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A couple weekends ago was whitetail muzzleloader season here in Ohio. My son and I join a group of guys (and one girl) at a camp in Danville, appropriately called, The Joy of Living Camp. It is a great social time for us as much as it is a great opportunity for hunting. This year [...]
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I had started this painting en plein air but ran out of time in the field and decided to finish it in the studio. The sheep were very curious as to what I was up to and stood watching me very attentively. I also made a new friend in some kind of mutt that day. [...]
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This is the same barn as I had painted before. It is a very cool barn so I decided to go back and paint it again with the fall color all around. I actually left work early one day last week to go paint this in plein air because it was such a great day. [...]
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Last weekend was the OPAS Plein Air Competition. I ended up doing 5 paintings. I had a great time painting but was not real happy with all my work. I wish I would have relaxed a little more and just tried to complete a couple really good paintings instead of the quantity of work that [...]
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I had an entire weekend with Lanie’s sister and her family in town. They had plans to go to Columbus on Saturday and then to see their aunt and uncle in Toledo. This offered me a great opportunity to do some plein air. It was a great weekend. I had a great time getting out [...]
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The dogwood tree these leaves are from is in front of my house in Ashland, Ohio. I don’t know if they turn this quickly every year or not, but for some reason this year I took notice. So, I decided to paint them. I set up in the driveway and focused on this one small [...]
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This was painted in plein air at the Columbus Museum of Art as a part of the Remembering Russell exhibit. It has been juried in as one of the final paintings to be exhibited at the museum for a couple of weeks and then paintings will be sold at a benefit auction on Sept. 18th. [...]
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This past Sunday was an OPAS paintout event in Hartville, Ohio. It was very well organized with maps and painting locations already mapped out and permissions already granted. I painted at the Moore farm which is a tree farm and also a place to go and cut flowers. What I saw was mostly day lilies, [...]
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This is the painting I did last Sunday morning (8-2-09) while my family and I where having a long weekend away. We were staying in a house on Catawba Island. It was quite nice and relaxing. Especially the time I was able to paint. The day started with a light rain that cleared out by [...]
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