Backstop at Van Horn Park, Spring 2022

Revisited that backstop at Van Horn Park, now with green grass and clover replacing the snow of my last sketch.

 My town recently acquired a disused golf course and has been letting it return to a quasi-natural state for recreational uses by the public. It's very beautiful and bucolic, but has an undertone of eldritch, a hint of JG Ballard, especially the overgrown sand traps.

Ink and white gouache on toned paper.

Wet panel carrier

 I made a serviceable little wet panel carrier for the 6" x 8"s that I use with the small cigar box pochade out of scraps of birch plywood. It holds up to 8 panels back to back in four slots, which I hogged out with the table saw and cleaned up with the Dremel tool. The top is held on with Velcro.

Dump Wagon

I didn't know what this thing was, just that it took the late afternoon light nicely standing by the side of the road. After some Google sleuthing, I think I can identify it as a side dumping silage wagon, or dump wagon. The diagonal tube across the front is a hydraulic piston that lifts the hopper up and pivots it over the top of the horizontal frame to dump the contents.

Me and my little guys

 Me and my little guys at the Monson Arts Council 28th Annual Juried Spring Art Exhibition & Sale.

Landfill Near Hadley Dike

Shed Roof

Photos by Michael W. Gilbert

Weekends April 23rd - May 8th, 2022 - noon to 5pm
House of Art,
200 Main Street, Monson, MA
www.monsonartscouncil.org/2022-artshow

Monson Arts Council 28th Annual Juried Spring Art Exhibition & Sale

 The Monson Arts Council 28th Annual Juried Spring Art Exhibition & Sale opens this weekend.

Weekends April 23rd - May 8th, 2022 - noon to 5pm
House of Art,
200 Main Street, Monson, MA
www.monsonartscouncil.org/2022-artshow

Landfill Near Hadley Dike and Shed Roof  will be on display.

Railroad crossing and Mansard roof house

 Two sketches from today. The railroad crossing is the same place I did back in February but from the opposite side and now it's spring. I'm concerned about the porch roof on the Mansard house, although it does contribute to its charming/creepy personality.