2018 Historic Medford Plein Air

ITA 101 - 16 x 12 oil on board. (sold)

The painting ITA 101 is a nocturne painted as part of the 2018 Historic Medford Plein Air event in Medford, New Jersey.  This painting was awarded an honorable mention.  Copyright 2018 Charles Snell.

Island Life: Plein Air Plus 2017

Tranquil Cove - 24" x 36" oil

Afternoon at Barnegat Light - 14" x 18" oil

Julianne - 16" x 12" oil

These works were painted for the Island Life: Plein Air Plus Exhibition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences.  The exhibition is from September 8 through October 23, 2017 at the LBIF gallery located at 120 Long Beach Boulevard, Loveladies NJ. (c) 2017 Charles Snell.

Little Darby Creek

Little Darby Creek - 16" x 12" oil on canvas

In Skunk Hollow, there is a bridge over the Little Darby Creek.  I chose the view upstream to paint.  I propped up my easel on the bridge railing and was in the shade on a hot summer day. (c) 2016 Charles Snell.

Iris

I did a study of the iris that are blooming.  For the violet shades, I experimented with using cobalt violet, manganese violet, Winsor violet (dioxazine), and a mix of phthalo blue with quinacridone magenta.  For this composition, Winsor violet was the best.  Copyright 2015 Charles Snell.

Greystone Nature Preserve

On Wednesday evening during the Plein Air Westfield event, many of the painters met for an evening of painting and a dinner at the Greystone Nature Preserve, in Brocton NY.  The preserve is a 72-acre site with a great view of Lake Erie.  Here I was drawn to the habitat for wildlife, especially for birds.  That's why I named the painting Greystone Habitat.  (c) Charles Snell 2014.

Morris Path

On Saturday, May 3, I participated in the Whitemarsh Art Center Plein Air/Paint Out.  It was a beautiful day for painting.  Corinne, the manager of the art center, let me borrow a day pass to the Morris Arboretum, where I painted the scene shown.  I was drawn to the area with blooming cherry trees.  For my reference, I took a photo of my palette when I was done.  The colors on my palette were as follows: white (mix of titanium and flake), ultramarine blue, cerulean, Payne's gray, Gamblin Portland gray deep, premixed gray at Munsell value 9, premixed ultramarine blue/white at Munsell value 8, viridian, permanent alizarin crimson, raw sienna, cadmium lemon yellow, yellow ochre pale, cadmium red light, manganese violet, plus a few other accent colors (cobalt violet deep, alizarin carmine and indanthrene violet).  I sketched the scene with cerulean blue acrylic ink.  The palette is 11" x 14" tempered glass, painted gray on the back.  The palette photo is shown below.
(c) 2014 Charles Snell.