Lake Path, oil on gessobord, 6x6 inches
Saturday I spent nearly the whole day painting. The good news is, I accomplished quite a bit and had daylight to get decent photos to post. The bad news is, I spent an entire beautiful day down in my cold, basement studio. Oh well, can't win 'em all.
Keeping with my streak of Lake Michigan paintings, I found a generic lake path photo and ad-libbed a bit. This painting was relatively fun to do, and I tried to stay loose, and lighten my palette. I am looking for more beach grass scenes to paint, because it is the perfect subject matter for warming up first thing in the morning and being playful with the paint. The more I paint these scenes, the more enchanted I am becoming with the area itself.
The Saugatuck area is known as the Art Coast of Michigan. There are numerous galleries in the downtown and surrounding area, thus a supportive community. The downside however, is the winters are long and many shops and studios close up from November to April. But, there are always the interwebs for winter sales.
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