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| "Walk along Autumn Canal" sold |
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| "Autumn Bliss" (oil, 9" x 12") sold |
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| "Autumn Canal" (oil, 12" x 12") |
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| "Autumn Day along the Canal" (oil, 9" x 12") sold |
Canal is not really one of my series, although it surely looks that way. The reason has to do with the beauty of Wide Water on the C & O Canal along the Potomac. Some places are like a painter's heaven, a gold mine, a jackpot. You can go there over and over and still find things to paint. The C & O Canal is one of them. I had a good fortune to discover the place, thanks to the Art League Plein Air Painters, who went there several times this fall. It's always a good idea to paint with friends for safety and conviviality. I joined them twice. Each time, the weather obliged. I still have more pictures to work from. Yippee!
"Autumn Bliss" was the third painting from my "mini" series. Can you tell whether it was done on location or in studio? Surprisingly, "Autumn Canal," with all those details, was painted en plein air, whereas "Autumn Bliss," with a bolder design, was painted at home. You can tell, however, that both have the similar feel in terms of the time of the season.
"Walk along Autumn Canal" (I am running out of titles!) is the latest canal painting. The vantage point is just a short distance from the one in "Autumn Bliss." It feels more painterly than "Autumn Bliss." Perhaps I have finally gotten in touch with the painterly arist's zen.
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