Russ Landing plein air - 10x12"

I finished the above painting this afternoon (24x12")......I had put it aside to dry thoroughly so I could finish the masts and some details and then the studio renovation happened so I am just getting back to it.

Went plein air painting in the morning at the Russ Boat Landing on Hunting Island.......you look across the Fripp Island Inlet to Fripp Island itself....Fripp Island is restricted to residents and I have only been there once. I liked the light this morning and wanted to get out and paint rather than work inside. It wasn't terribly hot today and there was a breeze.

palmetto practice - 14x11"

Sorry about the little "things" stuck onto the surface of the painting....it was so windy they were flying about in the air and I couldn't get them out without messing up the surface. It is kind of hard to find elevation in the Lowcountry and these trees were actually on a little hill that is part of an elevated edge of the bridge to Fripp Island. I have never been on Fripp because you have to live there to get through the security gate. I am getting the hang of palmettos - they are a really good way to practice simplification. It is very easy to get lost in the linear complication of them and lose the entire gesture and feel.

to Fripp Island (plein air) - 12" square

Another study done outdoors in the fantastic weather we have been having here. Neutral colored mounds of beach grasses and reeds are extremely difficult to paint!