The first snölykta of the season.
Pawtuckaway State Park, Nottingham
Northwood Meadows, Northwood
Path to Horse Pond, Nottingham (Spring)
Big Oak Trail, Nottingham
Great Brooke Trail, Dearfield
Great Bay, Durham
Kenison Pond, Nottingham
Mulligan’s Forest, Nottingham
“Dead road”
Old homestead, cellar
Bean River
Stonehouse Pond, Barrington
This trail was taken in November. It started out as a steep hike up to the top of a granite rock, sitting at 150 feet. The pond is a deep one in this area at about 50 feet deep.
The following pictures are taken outside where the blue tone is seen more clearly.
The idea for this painting came as vision over the course of a few years. The intent was strong and I felt it had to be drawn out on canvas.
An interesting thing happened while in the midst of this painting. I got an email from a person inquiring if I had done their sunset painting because it, as well, was by a ‘L’Etoile’. The framed picture was a vibrant scene of an incredible sunset over an ocean. I wish I knew who it was. Funny how life is, if you’re thinking about a subject, this one being sunsets, the subject becomes an object and appears in all kinds of ways right in front of you.
” All dreams spin out from the same web” ~ Native American Saying
When you sit on this pier in Great Island Common, New Castle, the sky seems to wrap around you. This night, after a rain storm, a grand stage of clouds hovered over and just as the sun went down, it’s light set the sky on fire.
Sketch in oil pastels and charcoal.
Sketch in turpentine wash on acrylic primed cotton canvas.
White, yellow and red wax added.
Yellow and Sap Green oils and some removing of wax.
Orange oil pastels in back ground and Sap Green Oils added.
The scraping away of wax and thread sewn.
More Lemon Yellow and Burnt Sienna added.
Final piece.
