Quince Two Seasons on occasion these are augmented

on occasion these are augmented with found tools or materials

site specific pigments to really connect to the place and time

The summer meadows are filled with butterflies and the back drop of the wooded hills up toward the waterfall is really very lovely to look at

Then I work in to some of the field sketches back in the studio in preparation for a painting

Quince Two Seasons on occasion these are augmentedThe painting of this charming fruit after so many charcoal and ink drawing of quinces was invigorating. It was fun to layer up the colours and feel the emerging shape, almost like a women in Reubens painting it seemed to me. Or perhaps the rotund figures of the legal profession depicted by Daumier. I did the work on paper with acrylics and chose to use a square paper in order to let the quince take centre stage. The form of the quince is described by