Trestle at the Locks

Oil on paper, 10" x 8"

While a large studio painting permits a studied approach, it rarely holds the expressiveness of a plein-air painting. A two-hour study preceded “Trestle at the Locks.” In that exercise, I became bogged down in details and missed the “big picture.” It wasn’t until I turned to smaller paper and larger brushes (a technique I often use with students) that I was able to reduce the scene to its basic forms and capture the essence of the scene.