Chestertown Paint the Town 2018

Caboose - oil on panel.  11 x 14.  (sold)

Sultana - oil on panel.  9 x 12.

Betterton - oil on copper.  4 x 6.  (sold)

Works shown were exhibited at the Chestertown (Maryland) 2018 "Paint the Town" plein air event.  Caboose and Sultana were completed using water miscible oil paint.  Copyright 2018 Charles Snell.

Assateague Sunrise

Assateague Sunrise

Painted September 2016 as part of the plein air event at Chincoteague Cultural Alliance. (c) 2016 Charles Snell.

Rancocas Creek

Painted on February 21, 2016.  It was a warm day and overcast. Still using a limited palette.  (c) 2016 Charles Snell.

Amico Island - Snowy Path

Painted today - the afternoon sunlight fell across the path at Amico Island.  Limited palette, using Utrecht white (mixed titanium/zinc), cadmium yellow light, permanent alizarin crimson, Prussian blue, raw umber and dioxazine violet.  (c) 2016 Charles Snell.

Paint It! Ellicott City 2015

During the past weekend I participated in the Paint It! Ellicott City 2015 plein air event in Ellicott City, Maryland.  The first two paintings below are on exhibit at the Howard County Arts Council/Center located at 8510 High Ridge Road in Ellicott City from July 14 through August 21.  The photo shows a work in progress during the Quick Draw event.  For a photo gallery of painters, see this link.   Mike Giuliano's review of the exhibit can be found at this link to the July 31 edition of the Baltimore Sun.

Ellicott Brewing Co. 11" x 14" oil

Diamondback Afternoon 11" x 14" oil

Quick Draw - Breezy Willows.  Farmers Market on Main.

Greenville Woods

Recently I painted at a plein air workshop in Greenville, New York.  The woods nearby provided ample material for experimenting with pattern and linear forms.  What drew me to this composition was the alternation of light and dark tree trunks.  Also, the diagonal lines from the branches and fallen trees caught my eye.  Cooler pigments dominated the palette on this overcast day. (c) 2014 Charles Snell.

Pitcher

This still life painting was submitted to the 2013 Perkins Center for the Arts Members/Faculty Exhibit, for which a merit award was presented.  The scene was composed in Phil Carroll's class. (c) 2013 Charles Snell.

Winner Farm, Moorestown

Recently I painted at the Burlington County Agricultural Center, which is a preserved, working farm in Moorestown.  It was previously a dairy farm owned by the Winner family. The farmhouse and its surrounding trees formed an interesting subject.  On certain weekends, the site has a farmers' market.  There are also community gardens there. 

Rancocas Creek

Last Sunday I went to Boundary Creek Park in Moorestown.  The park provides a good view of the Rancocas Creek.  It was a cold day (in the 20's) with a gray sky in the distance.  The creek bank was still covered with a thick blanket of snow.  It was a quiet setting for painting.  There were just a few visitors to the park - cross country skiers and bird watchers. (c) 2014 Charles Snell.

Strawbridge Lake

Photo & poem (c) 2014 David Marcmann

Today was cold (~29 F) but not too windy for painting.  I chose to paint at Strawbridge Lake, a favorite spot for artists.  The snow, ice and cloud cover were to my advantage.  While I was painting, a photographer took my photo.  He composed an ekphrastic poem, and sent it to me by e-mail so that I could include it in this post.  It is nice to discuss art, while making art!  Also a doctor and his wife stopped by to discuss painting and sculpture.  I spent a couple of hours outdoors working on the painting and then finished it in the evening.

Painting (c) 2014 Charles Snell

Mercer Meadows

On June 23, 2013 I met with the group from Jerry's Artarama and we painted at the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm in Lawrence Township, Mercer County.  Previously this site was an important trans-Atlantic radio-telephone station.  Following its acquisition by the Mercer County Park Commission in 1998, the Pole Farm has been allowed to revert to natural fields and forest.  This painting was exhibited at the Bayonet Farm Arts and Music Festival.  Copyright 2013 Charles Snell.