February 28th, 2015
Cox Reservation, Essex Greenbelt, Essex MA
Oil on Canvasboard, 8 x 10 in
(sold)

Finally! I got to go painting outside again! It was a beautiful day and if it was cold I didn’t notice. I brought my dog with me for the first time (normally I leave him with my Uncle.) I wasn’t sure it would go too well, and I didn’t want him to freeze, so I only did a very tiny painting. I’ll get a picture of it alone tomorrow. You will notice a lot of pink in the painting that doesn’t seem to be in the picture. It’s an effect you get when the sun is too bright, everything begins to look sort of pink, or the light bouncing off white has a rosy blush. If you’ve been in snow on a sunny day you’ve probably noticed it. One more point for paintings over photos in communicating the experience of “being there.”