In September The Ohio Plein Air Society held their annual Paint Out in Alexandria, Ohio.
My painting "The Road Home" was selected after the competition to be shown in their show for two months at Sunbear Gallery.
In this plein air competition artists are given locations that the land owner has approved the painting on their property. We also had the option of just driving around until we found a spot that inspired us. The event last three days with Friday and Saturday for painting and Sunday for the judging. Friday i was driving around looking for a spot and was captured by this farm early in the morning. This is a 15X30" board and I think I liked the way using a long rectangle helped convey the acreage on which this small farm was sitting. The fields at that time of year were that wonderful golden color.
On one of my walks with my buddy and Izzy the trail passes this abandoned looking house. One day the drive had several cars parked and to our surprise using the track behind the house were jockeys driving buggies for harness racing. ( you can see I don"t know the right terminology) It was the red truck that called for a painting as well as the muted hues of the unpainted wooden siding on the house.
