“Boats at Moss Landing “, 11″x14″ oil on canvas board by Robert Lewis At 6am I looked out my window at the garden and the garden wasn’t there. It’s only 20 feet away but it was gone. Fog had rolled in, a thick garden-eating fog that lay up against my window breathing hard, trying to find a way in to get me. I pulled the curtains quickly, turned in panic, thinking about painting. I can’t paint in the fog, my mind screamed! Then I remembered. I had made plans to go to Moss Landing today. Moss Landing, where I believed, […]
“Yellow Boat, Red Oars”
You have to be ready for anything when you paint plein air. In my quest for more boat, boat of any kind, boat large, boat small, anything that floats, is drydocked, or run aground, I asked my father to help me. Dad lives on a boat in the Monterey harbor in Monterey, California. You’re thinking yacht, aren’t you? Ol’ Dad lounging on deck with his G&T and some California girl at the helm, sailor hat tipped down over one eye winkin’ at you. Uh, not quite. Now downsize that image to something the size of a camper on a pickup […]
“Monterey Marina in Early Morning”
Determined to paint boats and learn their intricacies, I am gradually getting to them. Yesterday, on my way to paint boats, I was distracted by the water. Today, I avoided the distraction but, as you can see, have still to focus in closely on individual boats, though at least I’m making progress in that direction. Perhaps tomorrow I will actually stand in front of one and paint it, and just it! My father lives on a boat in the Monterey harbor, not in this marina though. But having a license to live on his boat in the harbor gives him […]
My “ship” Comes In: Getting Ready for Plein Air Easton
You’d think that getting your painting supplies to Maryland would be simple. And it is, if you are willing to spend, spend, spend!! I checked the American Airlines site early this morning to see what their baggage requirements…uh, or should I say, restrictions are… Here is a photo (right) of the wonderful thrift shop luggage I purchased for $5. I scaled all of my painting supplies down to fit into this bag. Half box French easel, wet canvas board carrier, and tool box full of paint and medium, plus my hat and a roll of paper towels for the first […]