Calm Evening, oil on canvas 11 x 14

There is something that seems very fitting when thinking about the beach and summer. While we are in full summer mode in Vermont, and while I love the beauty of the verdant hillsides, I still very much enjoy a summer trip to the ocean. Happy Summer!
Calm Evening
oil on canvas, 11 x 14
sold
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A View North, Middletown Springs, VT oil on canvas 16 x 20

Summer is truly upon us here in VT. With this painting I wanted to focus on the beauty of the distant hillside. I wanted to convey a feeling of a warm, New England summer day. With many more days such as these, I'll be ready for winter!
"A View North, Middletown Springs, Vermont"
oil on canvas
16 x 20
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Join us for a painting workshop at the Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, VT. August 16-18, 2011. For more information contact Mickey Meyers at the Bryan Memorial Gallery www.bryangallery.org

A Summer Stroll in Orwell, Vermont

We are upon the beautiful days of summer in Vermont, the days that seem to make the cold and bleakness of winter all worthwhile! I was out a few weeks ago exploring some areas around Orwell, Vermont and came upon this lovely scene. The light was coming through the heavy clouds in wonderful patterns just hitting the tops and edges of the trees. In the painting, I hoped to create a sense of mystery in the painting a sort of, "I wonder what is beyond the bend in the road" type mystery. The answer will have to come in another painting; there were a few jewels to be found indeed! Back to painting....and picking raspberries!
Andrew Orr
A Summer Stroll in Orwell, Vermont
8 1/2 x 12, oil on mounted canvas
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Late Afternoon, Lake St. Catherine, VT, 7 x 16, oil on canvas

So here I am thinking, what am I going to work on next and blammo, it hits like a ton of bricks. We have a lake just south of town, a wonderful lake with a great history for the community. I often drive by and think, someday I should find some material from the lake from which to try and create some paintings. I guess that day has come. This is the first of some smaller studies I have done from various locations around the lake. This happens to be the section referred to as the little lake. A bit different for me, regarding moving water and the inclusion of boats and structures. It was fun. So, we'll see what else I can come up with.

Late Afternoon, Lake St. Catherine, VT
oil on canvas, 7 x 16
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The Start of Summer

View from Marginal Way, Ogunquit, Maine
oil on canvas 6 x 8

On view now, as part of the show:
Scenes of Summer
Brandt Roberts Galleries
642 N. High Street
Columbus, OH
Opening reception June 4, during gallery hop
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In Fullness of Summer
oil on canvas 24 x 30

This, along with 25 other paintings of mine will be on view through June 30:

Design Domaine Gallery,
67 Mine Brook Rd. (Rt. 202)
Berndardsville, NJ
Opening reception June 3, from 6 until 9 pm.
www.designdominegallery.com

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Summer in Vermont, oil on canvas, 20 x 24

A very influential teacher once said to me, "blue, green and yellow an interesting painting does not make." Well, living in Vermont, the "Green Mountain State" it is often hard to find a way out of all of the greens of summer. I try to vary the greens pushing a lot of red and umber into the mixes to warm them. Also, I try to have much variation with regard to warm and cool tones. With this particular painting, I realized what caught my attention was the interesting composition. So in addition to variation of green tones, warm and cool tones, compositional interest can also add some variety in an otherwise overly green painting. Regardless, this was a lot of fun to work on and I hope that I conveyed the scene as a warm, humid, late summer day in Vermont.
Summer in Vermont
oil on canvas
20 x 24
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Lazy Days of Summer, oil on canvas 16 x 20

Rain, rain and more rain....makes for some great days in the studio! This is a piece I recently completed and I am pretty happy with the result. With each painting, I try to find some lesson which I might try to learn. This piece was a culmination of many of the lessons or ideas I have been working on as of late. Specifically, I wanted the distant hill to read as a hill with distance, but not far distance...so I did not push it completely to blue hues. Also, I have been working on some pieces where I tried to show the stones and rocks at the bottom of a creek bed. I am still playing around with this and will do some more pieces in a similar vein. Above all, while this is a fairy green scene, I tried to play up the difference between warm and cool greens and used some stronger colors in the shadows other than darker greens. It was good fun and I am looking forward to getting outside to put some of the lessons I have been working on in the studio, into practice. Guess its time to say, "rain, rain...go away!
Lazy Days of Summer
Oil on canvas
16 x 20
Brandt-Roberts Gallery, Columbus, OH
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