Happy New Year

Fireworks being set off on a barge on the Delaware River in Phila, Pa.   11x14 oil on canvas

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!   (SOLD)

Neshaminy State Park ,plein air

My brother Chris (pictured above) and I got out this morning for a few hours of plein air painting.
We went to Neshaminy State Park  to paint the wild growing fields and the view of the Delaware river. We had a bright overcast light and every once in a while the sun would peek thru.
Its been a while since we got out so it felt good to be painting outdoors again.

Happy 4th of July

Fireworks on the Delaware River  11x14 oil on stretched canvas $224.00 http://patspaintings.etsy.com/

 

I did this painting from sketches I made watching the fireworks being set off on a barge on the Delaware.

Delaware River

Delaware River 11x14 oil (comes framed)
This is an area that my brother and I have fished for smallmouth bass. On this morning I was here to paint. It was a humid July morning and the sun was trying to push through the overcast sky. While I was painting, fish kept hitting the surface, I remember constantly turning my head after each splash trying to see what it was and all the time wishing I had my rod with me. Oh, the distractions we go thru.  I was happy with this one, I had captured the atmosphere of the morning.

Oh yea, the next morning I went there with my rod but you would have sworn there were no fish in that section of the river. Thats the way it goes.