"Hollyhocks" floral still life, oil on canvas

The big freeze is coming...better paint the flowers while I can..I put these in a vase by the window and painted them for warm ups....=]

11x14 oil on canvas

"Three Green Pears" oil still life painting

I picked a few wild pears from the field outside the studio to do some little warm up paintings. It's nice to get started painting from life before diving in to the larger landscapes when your working from photos and sketches. I attempted to match the amazing green in these pears by mixing viridian with cad yellow and titanium white.

6x6 oil on panel

"One Lane Bridge" oil landscape painting from Amish country

This painting was done from a very vague photograph which I intentionally used to keep the painting impressionistic..I'm not quite sure I have conveyed enough information to make a good painting yet. I will probably go back into this one at some point.

11x14 oil on canvas for info contact robinweiss@earthlink.net

The preliminary sketch. Two Amish boys walking down the road in Holmes county Ohio.

"Sunset, Moonrise" Ohio barns, landscape painting

This is a scene I remember flying down the highway through the cornfields in Ohio as the sun was setting and the moon was rising.

12x16 oil on panel.

"Baling Hay" Amish country, Ohio, daily landscape painting

I have been preoccupied with a commission painting that is testing my skills and causing me to experiment with some different techniques. I won't be able to share that painting for awhile so there will be some delays in posting. Thanks for your patience.....

This was the last in the series of Amish country paintings I completed two weeks ago. I will get back to those! There are many more images I want to paint and some I will use for larger format paintings. We were fortunate to come across a field of grass that was being harvested and baled the Amish way.....Of course I was drawn to the light and to the "old world" feel of this scene.

6x8 oil on panel sold

"On the way to Etna Green" oil landscape painting

We took a side trip to Indiana to stay with my cousin Sandy and her husband Rich. They have forty acres of corn and soybeans.....a small farm by Indiana standards.....We passed OCEANS of corn and soybeans on our way.....and lots of barns!

6x8 oil on panel sold

"Hilltop Barn" Holmes county Ohio, landscape daily painting

We spent one day just driving around taking pictures of all the farms. The weather was perfect and the light and shadow patterns kept me clicking away.....More barns to come....=]

6x8 oil on panel sold

"Passing Jonah's Farm" Amish country, landscape daily painting

This is one of the Amish farms we got to visit in Ohio. They sold beautiful hand made baskets.

6x8 oil on panel sold

"White Barn" Amish country, oil landscape daily painting

There are LOTS of barns in Southeastern Ohio and I took TONS of pictures of them so be ready for a lot of barnyard scenes. This one is in the little town of Berlin.(emphasis on the "Ber") in the heart of Amish country. We stopped at a little cheese factory called "Heini's and I took the reference photo for this painting from the parking lot. ..............Yes......believe it .....Heini's cheese factory.....=]

6x8 oil on panel sold

"Thankful Rest" Amish girl with bike , oil landscape daily painting

It's good to be back to my daily painting routine after traveling through Ohio meeting Annie's family and introducing her to mine. Many of the paintings I am working on now are from the pictures and sketches I made there.

6x8 oil on panel sold

"Down to Ebey's Landing" oil landscape , and new sketches

The last painting I did from my images from Whidby Island. 8x10 oil on panel

It was wonderful visiting relatives and my new family in Ohio. We spent several days touring Amish country in Holmes county Ohio and I am anxious to get started on the sketches and images I took.

"Poppy House" landscape daily painting

I forgot this little painting from the images taken on Whidby Island this summer when the poppies were in bloom.

I'll be traveling back east on Wednesday to visit Ann's family and attend a reunion of my family in Ohio. We will be gone for 16 days so there will be no updates for awhile unless I can figure out how to post some drawings during the trip.....Thanks for following In Plein Air!

5x7 oil on panel sold

"Bees on Lavender" daily painting

I took a break from my island series to paint the bees on the lavender just outside the studio doors. Leigh has done a great job landscaping the studio grounds and I often see her puttering in the garden. Arts in the Woods is coming up in November, the 13th, 14th and 15th here in Poulsbo......Don't miss the Knowles studio!....and the many other fine studios and talented artists on the tour......for more info check the Cultural Arts Foundation website..

8x8 oil on panel sold

"Blue Van" daily painting

This van sits at the boatyard in Port Townsend. It is being used to keep a compressor out of the weather..........Had to paint it.....

5x7 oil on panel

"Weed Garden" Orcas Island homestead , daily painting

A studio painting from one of the images on Orcas Island........Again, drawn to the light and shadow. The color and textures.......There is much beauty in the blight....

9x12 oil on panel contact; robinweiss@earthlink.net

"Shaw Island Hay fields" pleinair landscape painting

Back to the paintings I did on location in the San Juans . This one is on Shaw Island at a beautiful spot the locals call "Cedar Rock", which is now property owned by the University of Washington.

8x10 oil on panel

"Lime Kiln Lighthouse at Close of Day" watercolor landscape painting

Okay, last watercolor for awhile........This was done from one of the images taken while I was plein air painting on location..........I kept waiting for a clear shot without people in it and couldn't get one........but I think the figure adds interest with the cast shadow...

10x14 watercolor sold

"Coming into Shaw" watercolor landscapes from the San Juan Islands

More from the San Juan Island trip....This is the view from the ferry as you arrive on Shaw Island.

10x14 watercolor

Another view from the dock. The stark white building and boat against the dark water and trees was intriguing to me.....especially for watercolor.

By the way, I almost have the watercolors out of my system......will begin working in oils again soon......

10x14 watercolor

My friend and christian brother, J Matt Miller. We had a great time getting out and painting together!...Thanks for your hospitality Matt!

For those of you who were fans of Matt's excellent blog and his beautiful and inspiring small paintings, I hear he is working on a website......=]

Me with my traveling paint gear, heading to location.......My new job!!

"The Church in Eastsound Tide In" watercolor landscape daily painting

Same view with the tide in. I may be coming to the end of this urge to paint watercolor.....It's cooling off a little!......But I still have a few to post..

10x14 watercolor

"The Church in Eastsound Tide Out" watercolor landscape painting

It's really too hot to do anything but work on watercolors........I'm out on the back porch where it stays the coolest.......101 degrees in Seattle today!!.....Sheesh!

10x14 watercolor on 140lb Arches cold press paper sold

"Eastsound Church" Plein air painting , Orcas Island and Awards

I was struck by the intense light hitting this side of the Episcopal church in Eastsound. I set up in a little protected spot on the beach with the break wall to my back and decided to go for a 12x12 plein air painting.....which was great! But it got HOT.....and the sweat was dripping off me as I painted....surprising how long it takes to fill 144 square inches....

The set up for my second painting in Eastsound......Not quite so hot as it was a little later in the afternoon.

The view from where I camped at Doe Bay........Nice place!! ....I only did sketches of Doe Bay but will be painting from my images.

When I came home from the San Juans I had the exciting news that I won first place and best of show for my painting "Kingston Ferry Dock" at the North Kitsap Arts and Crafts show........and when I went to pick up my paintings on Sunday they handed me an award for viewers choice for the painting "City Squall" .....I believe God is confirming my decision to move into painting full time.

"The Lime Kiln Lighthouse" and plein air painting in the San Juan Islands

I have just returned from four days of whale watching and plein air painting in the San Juan Islands. I did six paintings in four days and lots of sketches......also I had many adventures and met up with friend and fellow painter J Matt Miller.

When I came home I received a phone call congratulating me on winning First Place and Best of Show at the North Kitsap Arts and Crafts juried show for my painting "Kingston Ferry Dock". A nice confirmation of my decision to quit the job and paint full time.....=]....PTL!

Lots to do so I will be posting my paintings and pictures from the trip every day for awhile ....Stay tuned!...=].........and thanks for following "In Plein Air"! sold

"Whidby Island Barn" watercolor landscape and sketches

I'm back in action after a week in camp and several days off........I have plenty of reference material to work from and lots of sketches so I hope to be doing a lot of painting.....Also , I am officially a full time artist now!!....=]...

11x14 watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold press paper sold

some sketches from Winslow on Bainbridge Island.

Barns coming back from camp in Eatonville.

"Old Hansville Dock" plein air landscape painting

We will be leaving next week for camp so I took some time and went plein air painting with my son Maury. We sat out in the bright sun down by the old Hansville dock. This is the best I could get. 8x10 oil on panel.

"Access Road" plein air oil painting

Took a painting break Between working on my studio and getting ready for "Camp High Rock". I drove down to the empty fields by the WalMart in Poulsbo and set up by one of the access roads. These fields have been left empty, ready and waiting for the next big box store to move in ....Think it will be awhile now.......but they have endless possibilitys for painting....=]..... sold