Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Clothesline

Another one from the Cape.

Oil linen panel, 10" x 12"

The light on the clothesline and trees was one of the first things I noticed on arrival. I did this in three sessions on site plus some little touches at home.

Oil painting of old clothesline consisting of two rops between T-shaped support posts, with large tree and distant ocean on background. The late afternoon light casts a golden aura on the scene, creating a strong value contrast between the light and shadowed areas. One of the T-posts is grouped with the light side of the tree, the other is in contrast with the deep shadow.


Propane

 The propane tank lurking like a submarine in the bushes caught my eye, along with whatever that rusty metal cylinder is next door.

Watercolor sketch of green propane tank surrounded by foliage with large rusty metal cylinder behind it. Ocean and sky in background, wooden railings in foreground.


Grass Spider Web (Precipice Pano)

Another take on the view from the precipice, this time in a vertical pano format to get in the entire sweep from the cliff edge beneath my feet to the horizon and sky. I noticed a bedewed grass spider web at my feet and was struck by the dramatic sense of scale created by this tiny spider setting up shop atop a 128 foot bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, the edge of the planet, and beyond.

Watercolor in vertical panorama format depicting view from edge of cliff overlooking beach and ocean stretching out to horizon and sky. In the foreground is grass and bracken and the web of a grass spider.



Cape Cod precipice

 Our rental at the Cape was perched atop a 128’ bluff. I attempted to render the view down to the beach in a watercolor sketch. It was challenging to indicate the height and steepness. I did consider adding a Wile E Coyote silhouette at the bottom.

Watercolor sketch looking down on beach and surf from high vantage point atop bluff. Scrubby foliage in foreground and in patches on steeply descending cliff face.