Saturday, April 30, 2016

Chestertown 2016 "Paint the Town"


Here is the display for the four paintings completed at the 2016 Chestertown Paint the Town event.  Fifty artists persevered through cool, rainy days to put together a great exhibit.  There was a quick draw event on Sunday, May 1.  Photos of paintings are shown below.  Palette: white (mix: flake, Ti, Zn); zinc white; Utrecht cadmium yellow light; Permalba permanent alizarin crimson; Vasari Prussian blue; Vasari raw umber; Permalba dioxazine violet.  Thinner: gum turpentine.  All surfaces were either MDF prepared with acrylic gesso, or Ampersand panel.  (c) 2016 Charles Snell.

(sold) Parker Farm Pond.  4 in. x 6 in.

Apotheosis Farm.  12 in. x 16 in.

(sold) Worton Creek. 11 in. x 14 in.

Perkins Hill Road.  8 in. x 16 in.

(sold) Waterfront View - 2 hour quick draw.  11 in. x 14 in.

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Paint Snow Hill 2016

George Island Landing (sold)


Croppers Island Marsh
(won Honorable Mention at 2016 Robert Ransley exhibit)

200 Mumford (private collection)
This was my first year participating in a great plein air event in Snow Hill, Maryland.  Many thanks to all of the great people in Snow Hill who made it possible.  Here are some of my paintings from the exhibit.  (c) 2016 Charles Snell.