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I was trained, much more to be a studio painter, than anything else. The Academy didn't discourage painting directly from nature, but the "ethos" of the late 1960s, was that serious art was done by wrestling with formal and intellectual problems in a studio, rather than quaintly perched beside a river or something. After all, Impressionism had pretty well exhausted that genre, hadn't it?
Also, "serious work" had to be large! It was better to leave painting directly from nature to the "amateurs." The word "amateur" once meant someone who did something for the love of it, rather than any monetary or other compensation. My goal is to be an "amateur!"
There is pure joy in painting directly from nature. It is very difficult and requires a different set of skills than studio work. It is like the difference between "chess" and "speed chess!" I was always baffled by how well Louis Sloan, one of my great instructors at PAFA, could do this type of work, and I occasionally tried it, with limited success. But since 2002, I've worked more intently on it, and occasionally, feel as if I'm getting somewhere! Here's to the open sky!
a few select examples...
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"The Ohio from" Mt. Washington" (sold) 
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"From the Top of" Pennsylvania-Rt.30 Breezwood (sold) 
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"Erie From Presque Isle"
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 "Wells Beach Fog" (sold) |
"Erie: Sailing Out" (sold) 
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"Schooner" (sold) 
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"Gettysburg: Morning (from Confederate position" 
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"Gettysburg: Evening from Union position" 
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"Gettysburg: Little Round Top" (sold)
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"Gettysburg: The Wheatfield"
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"Gettysburg: Where Lincoln Spoke"
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 "Little Deer Isle" |
 "Mossy Log" |
"Gray Atlantic" (sold) 
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"Penobscot Bay from Mt. Battie" 
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"Islesboro Ferry Stop"
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"Bay Side near Prout's Neck" (sold) 
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"Camden in Fog from Mt. Battie" (Sold) 
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"Beauchamp Point" (Sold) 
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 "Brandywine Gold" (sold) |
"Lincolnville Beach" (Sold) 
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"Camden Point" (sold) 
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"Owl's Head Light State Park" (Sold) 
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"Cape Elizabeth Fog"
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"Camden Cliffs"
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"Lamoine Point" (Sold) 
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"Anchorage at Lamoine State Park" (sold) 
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"Wells Beach"
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 "White Bay"(sold) |
 "Assateague Beach" |
"Susquehanna Sunrise" West Chester, PA) (Sold) 
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