Hay Bales Sakonnet River View

A larger view of the same field as the One of Them painting, was painted from. I wish I could talk the farmer into making at least one stack like Van Gogh and Monet got to paint from. I can understand why Monet went back to the same place every day and did numerous haystack paintings. Every time it is different and a different world and different challenges. These hay bales are like magnets. Maybe if I purchased the amount of hay it would take to make a stack, I could make my own and just keep painting it day after day. The light would change, weather conditions, Seasons, and the stack itself would age. Meanwhile I would have a pile of paintings to the ceiling in no time at all.

Sakonnet Harbor View

A view of the Sakonnet Harbor. A man made harbor, it boasts the Sakonnet Yacht Club as well as very long jetty. There are working fishing boats as well as dock buildings. I haven't gotten as far as that yet. The Eastern side of the Harbor has a large granite rock outcropping. This painting was more than a few visits so I worked other paintings into my paint day. A few hay bale paintings from the farm on the Sakonnet River as well as a couple from Briggs Point nearby. Good to get as many started as possible. Every visit resulted in a finished painting and another start; all the while working on this one.

One of Them

I have done several from this hay field that leads to the Sakonnet River.

Morning Tide

Early Bird painting. Calm. Funny how the early time is quiet and peaceful. How does the ocean know it is too early to get crazy? I like to paint and wake up at the same time. It seems to work out well. I just want hot coffee. This is painted on one of my own panels. Again gessoing both sides as well as the edges several times to make it archival as well as fun to paint on. This faces west so no sunrise view. Just reflections of color from the east. I painted the boat overall mid value and wiped out areas of light and added in darker values. I love to find objects in views that I can do that to when painting them into the composition. This painting is available from The Grenning Gallery.

Fishing