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.

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.

Newton's Landing

Painted in Delanco, New Jersey, using limited palette. (c) 2016 Charles Snell.

Brandywine River

Painted February 27 at the Brandywine River Museum of Art, during the "Plein Air Inside Out" event.  I set up inside the cafe area along with several other painters.  The location provided a good view across the river.  Limited palette.  (c) 2016 Charles Snell.

Notan Sketches

Ink, graphite and colored pencil on tracing paper.  These are preliminary sketches for a painting or a series.  Scenes from Bluffton, South Carolina.  (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.