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| One day I went out to paint on a trail that I hadn't painted on before. Hard to believe, considering I've spent more than 15 years painting on the island! |
Although this has been one of the wetter springs and starts to the summer I can recall on Campobello Island, I've had enough sunny days to get out and paint. I thought I'd share with you some of this new recent work. All of them are available for sale at http://www.mchesleyjohnson.com/new-work/
One thing I've done with these new paintings is to use a large (for me) brush. This is an #8 synthetic flat from Silver Brush. I've not used synthetic brushes before because I've always liked the feeling of natural bristle. But my natural bristles wear down so fast during the block-in! So, I decided to buy a couple of synthetic ones for blocking in. I like the feeling of them so much I did the whole painting with them.
You'll note that the scenes are a little different from what I usually paint here. I've grown a little tired of the compositions that have an arc of beach terminating in some point of land that juts out into the ocean. So, I've been consciously looking for different motifs.
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| Outreach 9x12 Oil I've painted this point plenty of times, but never this loosely. Available here. |
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| Seven Miles Out 12x9 Oil Capturing a sense of sunlight on these grey rocks, which you can see toward the bottom of this cliff, is always challenging. By the way, "seven miles out" refers to the distance from this point to Grand Manan, which you can see on the horizon. Available here |
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| Shadows in the Cove 9x12 Oil A secret place that I'm not sharing even with students! The whole time I painted this, an otter swam back and forth, keeping an eye on me. Available Here |
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| Shady Barn 6x8 Oil My new summer studio is in this barn. Available here |
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| Shady Pond 9x12 Oil Another favorite spot, at the head of Glensevern Lake. Available here |
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| Stand Alone 12x9 Oil Maybe this one should be titled, "What? Still there?" since every year I come back to Campobello expecting this tree to have fallen to winter storms. It's lost many limbs but still stands. Available here |
