Cape Cod Paintings

Plein air painting of an umbrella on Marconi Beach, Cape Cod.

Red Umbrella, Marconi Beach. 11 x 14 in., oil on linen.

These are some of the small plein air paintings from last week on Cape Cod, in Massachusetts. We stayed with the excellent landscape painter Joseph McGurl and his wife, and he showed us the good spots for landscape painting.

Plein air painting of a lifeguard station on Marconi Beach, Cape Cod.

Lifeguard Station, Marconi Beach. 14 x 11 in., oil on linen.

Plein air painting of a Cranberry Bog.

Cranberry Bog. 8 x 12 in., oil on linen.

Landscape painting of a cranberry bog.

Side of a Cranberry Bog. 11 x 14 in., oil on linen.

Painting of Quissett Harbor, Cape Cod.

Quissett Harbor. 11 x 14 in., oil on linen.

Plein air landscape painting of Fisherman's Beach, Quissett Harbor.

Fisherman’s Beach, Quissett Harbor. 11 x 14 in., oil on linen.

Some of these paintings will be going to Collins Gallery in Orleans, MA.

Painting of Surf Drive Beach in Falmouth, Cape Cod.

Surf Drive Beach in Falmouth. 8 x 12 in., oil on linen.

Plein air painting of a painter at sunset.

Painting at Sunset. 12 x 8 in., oil on linen.

For the last stop of our two month trip to America, I taught a couple of three day plein air workshops in Boston for Leo Mancini-Hresko’s Waltham Studios. Boston is gorgeous. Probably the most beautiful large city in the US. I had been there 25 years ago for a couple of days, but didn’t remember it being so picturesque.

I didn’t have time to paint any cityscapes, unfortunately, but here are the unfinished demonstration pieces from the plein air classes. I painted the same view twice as it worked technically for the points I was making during the demo.

Plein air painting of the Boston Gondola dock on the Charles River.

Boston Gondola Dock. 11 x 14 in., oil on linen.

Plein air painting of a Charles River Gondola in Boston, MA.

Charles River Gondola. 11 x 14 in., oil on linen.