This is the first painting I did this year during Plein Air Easton. It is probably the second most painted boat on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The first, called Crow Brothers, was dismantled last year. I'm sure it won't be long before this boat, Crow Brothers II catches up with it's deceased older brother in being depicted on canvas. Both boats are icons of Tilghman Island on the Chesapeake Bay.
I did this painting also at Plein Air Easton. It won the Vanishing Landscape Award at the competition and auctioned off for $2,500.00. Not bad for a 9"x12". I stood in a pond that connects with the Chesapeake Bay to get the view that I wanted, and to stay somewhat cool. The tide kept rising as I painted and I soon had to get out while I still could. The egret showed up just long enough for me to paint him in.
I just returned from a wonderful but very hot week of outdoor painting at Plein Air Easton. This painting won the Award for Best Architectural Painting in the competition. It was an old abandoned farmhouse right outside of Easton, Maryland. I was intrigued by the decorative front porch columns and the road leading up to the house. Not to mention the lives of the people that once lived in this house.
