Category: plein air

  • 54 Days in a Row

    Towards the end of 2013 I had a phase where I went out painting every day, no matter what the weather. Sometimes it poured down and I had to hide under a tree with rainwater mixing into the paint on my palette. Other days it was incredibly windy and, on days where we were away…

  • Befriending the shadows

    I spent a few weeks last summer trying to paint the shadows in the valley. The shadows in the contours of the hills are hundreds of feet high – vast, lumbering areas of darkness that stealthily creep around as I watch …