From the Isle of Skye to mainland Scotland, we drove straight to the Loch Ness where we took a rainy walk in a forest along its famed shores. Our time near Inverness happened to coincide with a giant marathon! So we had to be mindful of detours and road closures… Read More »Inspirational Tour of the British Isles Part IV: Scotland Part II
While on vacation in Jackson, NH, we spent an afternoon at Echo Lake State Park wading, sleeping, and painting. Here is my plein air watercolor sketch of the cliffs overlooking the lake. The sun-glare makes the cliffs look darker than I saw them, and the sun and clouds moved a… Read More »Cliffs Over Echo Lake En Plein Air
This is turning into a two-part post because I have too many photos to share and we’re all visual people here. I am freshly returned from a camping trip in upstate New York to Wilcox Memorial Park. This sprawling park boasts over 8 miles of hiking trails, bucolic campsites, a… Read More »Art and the Forest: Summer 2024
Once again this year the household took a summer vacation to beautiful Round Island, a private island in the middle of Long Lake, NY, on the edge of absolute wilderness. I did not touch my phone while I was there; I even bought myself a cheap watch ahead of time… Read More »Sketches of Long Lake, New York 2019
In the middle of July we took an absolutely lovely vacation to the heart of the Adirondack park to a private Island in the middle of Long Lake, in up-state NY. The Island is called ‘Round Island’ and it’s owned by the family of some of our closest friends. They… Read More »En Plein Air at Round Island