A ton of work

       It's been a while since my last post, a long while, 28 days.  Since then I have done 13 paintings and a whole lot of other stuff that's just gotten in the way of painting, but that's life, so without delay here they are, from the most recent back.

Yesterday, 77F  sunny to slightly overcast.

 

#980  Battenkill @ Battenville    4-10-17     14x16     

The spring run off is in full swing, with high waters, and the notable color of that water, different than usual. 

Yesterday I had to do errands in Saratoga, so I thought I'd do a common street scene, I found light on these two houses seen from the intersection of Regent and park St.

Here is a progress shot. 

#979   Regent and Park     4-9-17      12x16

Saturday I was in Glens Falls for an opening, I had just enough light to do this. 

The light moved quickly and I had only  1/2 hr. to work. 

#978   Warren St.  Glens Falls      4-8-17    14x11

Thursday was pretty gray, but there was some thinning of the cloud cover and this light was bouncing off the very full Owlkill Creek as it overflowed through the oxbow.

#977   Owlkill Creek at Shunpike Rd.     4-6-17     12x9 

Much of this time was very cloudy, I hate to paint in cloudy weather, but I'm compelled to get out and find something, even a little lightning in the distance will do the job.

#976  Tollison Rd.  @ Wilbur Farm     4-5-17    16x12  

On Friday April 3rd I found this right down the street.  

#975 West Main St. @ Pearl     4-3-17    12x9  

This is railroad ave in Hoosick Falls, NY.  another cloudy day that let up some sun just in the nick of time.

It's funny how you notice things when looking at the scene and the painting next to each other like this, should have been obvious, but it's not the reality of it. 

#974  R.R. Ave, Hoosick Falls, NY.     4-2-17    9x12  xx

Here is a little "farm industrial"  I was struck by the squareness of the truck and how it fit into the landscape.  

#972  Eddie Rd @ Ford Farm    3-30-17   14x16

This is in the town of Victory, as in the victory over the British in 1777,  the place has seen better days. 

#971 View of Victory Mills       3-23-17    12x16  

#970  Yellow flower in growler   3-22-17   12x11 

This is the rail yard in Hudson Falls, it was a warm day, and the snow with the tall grass made it feel like a beach, except without an ocean.

#969  Hudson Falls rail yard    3-18-17   12x16

This is my set up to paint out the 2nd floor window of the National Bottle Museum in Ballston Spa, NY.

The place had it's challenges, inside was very dark and the scene out the window very bright.

#968  View from 2nd floor, Ballston Spa, NY   3-17-17   12x9

We had a lot of snow for March, and had it not been March I might not have been sick of it, and painting white, but this scene was marked by the strong contrast between black and white and I liked it a lot. 

#966  Church St, Greenwich, NY    3-16-17   12x11

            So that's the post for today, I'll be chaperoning a service trip with my daughter and 19 other high school seniors and juniors to South Carolina. We'll be fixing homes in an underprivileged community and I won't be able to bring my paints, although I'll bring a drawing pad and pencils and will sketch. So I'm sure this will be an exciting trip, Emma will be going to college in the fall, so I'll enjoy the time with her and her friends.  As always, thanks for reading, and sorry about the gaps in this blog!