1. Original Plein Air Watercolor Painting, “Plein Air, 6:15-6:45pm, Roadside Landscape on the way to Doc's in Oxford, MD, Weds 7.17.24”, watercolor and white gouache, 6 x 8”, 2024

Location: Oxford, MD

Event: Plein Air Easton

Event Awards: Grand Prize, Quick Draw; Auto-invite for Plein Air Easton 2025

This painting was required for entry to the competition in Plein Air Easton - we had to make one “small work”, 6 x 8”, for the show. I don’t really work much at this scale, but I had made two “practice pieces” in Seattle earlier that summer to get used to working small. It was fun to make this - I’ve always been interested in the glow of power lines in bright sunlight - in the distance at the right angle they become highly reflective. I pulled over to the side of the road on the way to dinner to make this, the night before all work for the competition was due the next day.