It felt wonderful to be back in Stonington this summer, even though the painting trip lasted only three days. Mystical fog and some rain kept the first day interesting for photography and for painting. I painted from looking out the window. Every few minutes the fog would lift, my view kept on changing.
The second day I went back to my favorite ledge and focused on the dock. Recent architectural paintings have lead the structure of this work to be more geometric. Green trees and lawn became shapes. Rocks, however retained its natural shapes to play off with surrounding geometric structures. It ended up to be one of my favorite painting from Maine this year.
The third day I wanted to do a painting of the houses in town. I started out with drawing and composing each house carefully. The painting was not complete and it needed a lot more editing. I would have to go back some time later this year to finish it.
