Walking bridge
Despite frigid winds, the quality of light today was too beautiful not to spend some time painting outside. I struggled…
Camp Hill Plein Air 2025
My favorite yearly plein air event has come and gone again! This is the first year that I’ve been able…
View from an afternoon hike
Every time I walk this trail, I’m enamored by the sudden appearance of the blue ridge in the distance when…
Autocross in the rain
Painted while watching my fiancé drive an amateur autocross course in the rain. Jelly gouache on Arches hot-pressed watercolor paper.
Chambersburg Plein Air 2024
Painted for a local plein-air competition, completed in 4 hours. Jelly gouache on Arches hot-pressed watercolor paper.
Camp Hill Plein Air 2024
Painted with jelly gouache “en plein-air” on a gray, rainy day for a local plein-air painting competition.
Tree-lined country road
One of my first plein-air paintings, in pallet watercolors on Arches hot-pressed watercolor paper. A windy day made this on-site…
Cemetery light
Gouache practice again! This time I tried starting with a very limited palette. It seemed to actually make color-matching easier?…
Rail bridge in summer
I’m learning to paint with gouache in the hopes of improving my eye for color, and my color-mixing ability. Today’s…
Tree-lined rural road
Medium: Watercolors on Arches hot-press watercolor paper This piece was painted “en plain air,” meaning that I packed up my…
