Sweetwater Sky New York City " and while I hope

" and while I hope that I look a little better than our whiskered studio mascot

frozen expanse of the bog within the park

Then head to the nearest ice cream shop and enjoy a well-earned chocolate waffle cone

flat expanses of agricultural land

) because of its bold color and crisp

Sweetwater Sky New York City " and while I hopeA confession: Not everything I start painting ends up a keeper. I used to get exasperated by this reality, but after attending a recent workshop taught by an artist whose paintings I really admire, I was blown away when he casually remarked, "Oh, yeah, about half of the things I start to paint, I end up painting over with something different because they don't turn out." Huzzah! I'm not alone! This landscape comes from one of my favorite locations