Plein Air Paintings

 "To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, beholds every hour, a picture which was never seen before, which shall never be seen again." -RALPH WALDO EMERSON

 "Nature, the sun itself, produces color effects....instantaneously.  The impression of the evanescent visions is what we make desperate attempts to catch and fix by any means at hand. At such moments I am unconscious of materials, of style, of rules, of everything that intervenes between my perception and the object or idea perceived".  Joaquin Sorolla

                                                                                                               All paintings done on location

                                                                                    "Geraniums in pot"  11" x14"- Oil on Canvas

"Impressionism means taking inspiration directly from nature, trusting your senses rather than what you think you know." - Michael McClare

"Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance."-Charles Lindbergh.