New England is incredibly beautiful, the light up there is cool (in colour) and clear, and it seems to magnify the earth tones in the shadows and push the jewel tones of water and sky to seemingly impossible levels. It also appears that nature has a "fast forward button", because I found it impossible to keep up with the quickly changing light. I managed to get in a few oil sketches (some flecked heavily with sand), and I took a lot of notes and photographs.


It's also great to be back to work - funny painting, does not feel like "work" in the usual sense of the word, but at the end of the day, I'm still tired and ready for a glass of wine.