Tranquility

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Painted on Saturday, May 28.  Limited palette was expanded to include some brighter yellows and violets.  I added phthalo turquoise, cadmium yellow lemon and quinacridone violet to the mix. (c) 2016 Charles Snell.

Barn at Plumsock Road

Barn at Plumsock Road

A weathered barn near West Chester, Pennsylvania caught my attention and became the subject of this painting on a damp, overcast May afternoon. (c) 2016 Charles Snell.

Shipley Mansion

Shipley Mansion, home of the Red Dragon Canoe Club in Edgewater Park, New Jersey. (c) 2016 Charles Snell.

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.