PleinAir

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Lighthouse Beach Moonrise	Menemsha Charter Dock	Menemsha Pond Clouds
Quitsa Boathouse Sunset	South Beach Morning	Sengekontacket Pond Sunset
Squibnocket Beach Rain	Allen Farm Morning	Spring Point sunset
Katama Cows	Aquinnah Sunset	Allen Farm Sheep
Menemsha Marsh	Dawn Menemsha Shack	Eastville Beach Sunset
Menemsha Beach Dawn	Music Street Barn	Chilmark Tree
Menemsha Red Shack	Edgartown Moonrise	Cove Road Dinghy
Menemsha Shore	Moshup Beach Morning	Squibnocket Sunset
Quitsa Red Boat	Parsonage Pond	Sengy Sunset
Galley Sunset	July Sails	Menemsha beach Shadows

September and October are my favorite months for Plein Air painting. The changing season transforms greens to reds and summers' cool light to much warmer colors. The crowds have departed by the end of Labor Day, allowing for more peace and parking.

After many years in my studio painting monotypes I find painting outside to be a very dramatic change. The challenges of changing light and all of nature to decipher is at once daunting and intoxicating. I am fascinated by how different 'real' light is as opposed to what the camera sees. It is endlessly engaging to try to define what the color of light is as it changes from moment to moment, right before your eyes. Whith my paint and brushes, I am always chasing the spinning world and it's unending  unfolding. Nothing is more exhilirating!