August 30, 2008, On Cat Feet

9x12 pastel and watercolor on board $250
There are many advantages/wonders to the nature of fog. 1. When you paint there is really no time constraint, until it begins to lift, 2. It is a natural blender, all hues find a common denominator, 3.It is beautiful!
The only disadvantage is one can perseverate and work too long. Life is balance, eh?

This piece was done for the Kensington, Maryland Plein Air event. It hangs there now. If you get a chance drop by and see all the wonderful paintings. One of my Shenandoah waterfalls paintings won first in the landscape division and another painting, a train track one won second in the Kensington division (work that represents the flavor of Kensington.) The show is in downtown Kensington at their armory.

June 3, 2008 Cat Feet are Back

8x10 pastel and watercolor on marble dust board
I love when the river has it cat feet fog. It is one of her best moments.

December 31, 2007 Fog Comes in on Frozen Cat Feet (study/

This morning's walk revealed another amazing light. The yellow sun fighting through a frozen fog was my treat. Unfortunately (or maybe it's fortunately) I had forgotten my camera so I had to play the memory game. It's hard to see but I even used my silver pastels. The scene made me think of one of my favorite poems.
Fog by Carl Sandburg
THE fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.