Plein Air Bob CAPE COD painting tour, 2010

What a great place to just relax and create memories. That's what I did during my 2 week trip to Cape Cod. Two paintings are now with private collectors in Marshfield and Duxbury, MA. All the paintings below are done in 90 minutes as part of my plan to get "loose" and also just to enjoy the process, rather than labor over anything. Small and quick and never going back for endless and time consuming re-touching is great training and it worked for me for sure. The people you meet while your tucked in on a small quiet street in the early morning, or on a stone wall on the smallest village main street is great. My wife's family welcomed us as they do to that part of the world every year, and part of that included a last day tour of spots I may want to paint next year. WOW! I am really ready to go as soon as next August rolls around for sure. I packed only a small lap-top size paint box this year and a great canvas bag made for plein air get-up-and-go painting. It all fit in my suitcase so no $100+ shipping charges this year. The great Inns we jumped from one to another to included The Danl Webster Inn, The Lamb and The Lion, The 7 Sea Street Inn on Nantucket, and the Candelberry Inn. Great places all with super innkeepers to match. It was really tough to come home to CA this time - for the 1st time I can recall. This winter I hope to be off to Maui, Amelia Island, FL and maybe to Boca Raton, FL for a Beach Club poolside chill out. We'll see.

Plein Air Bob Enjoying the Morning Light!

I am a morning person, and morning painter. Give me a cup of decaf "jo" from the local coffee shop, add a donut from a near by bakery, and I am off for a quiet morning of making 6x8 memories. Perhaps back to Maine next year, but the Cape Cod area was my place to set up this summer. Inn-hoping every day from Sandwich to Nantucket I traveled light with a laptop easel only the basic colors, a few brushes, and no cell phone. Painting was limited to 90 minutes per painting give or take and always on a small 6x8 canvas board.