Footsteps In The Snow

I finally finished this landscape. More and more I am becoming intrigued by the dramatic effect of light on snow in the early or late hours of the day. I titled this "Footsteps In The Snow" because there are faint tracks that can be discovered in the lower right-hand side of the painting. In some ways this scene reminds me of Robert Frost.

Every winter, Mohonk Mountain House, a resort outside of New Paltz, boards their horses at this farm in the valley near me. It is a real cozy winter site to see horses wandering in the snow.

Summer Hay Field

Hay bales pop-up all over the Hudson Valley in mid-summer.
This is a field just outside the town of New Paltz in Ulster County, New York.

Snow In The Valley

Fall is in the air and I want to paint snow! I love the way light plays off of snow in the bright sun. I have painted this farm before. The previous painting had horses in it and it was later in the day. This scene shows the best that Ulster County has to offer - open spaces and the Catskill Mountains not too far away.

Big Display

This is a small painting (8" X 10") but, it is about a big display! The subject is simple because I was working mostly, to get the cloud to glow in the sky above the darkening horizon. 
Making an object seem to be emitting light is a challenge well worth the effort. There are no living beings in this scene, making the cloud seem to come alive.

Mid-Summer Haying in New Paltz

One evening this summer I drove past this farm in New Paltz and watched them haying a field. It was overcast and the tractors were kicking up a lot of dust. I liked the way the fading light was caught by the grasses on the mound of earth in the foreground.

Winter Stream - My new painting

I really like painting winter scenes. I am particularly drawn to snow and ice melting on a small pond or stream. This is a local brook I saw one morning at the end of last winter. It looks like a pond because some beavers made a dam down stream that has backed up the water.