Fresh off the easel is Salt Marsh, a very transparent painting of a New Jersey Clam Digger. The first passages of this painting were done very wet and loose to give the atmospheric feeling of a late November day. Once the background washes had dried, I began laying in the details of the Clammer and his basket. The final touches were the bold shadows leading into the foreground which gave the painting a lot of depth and a sense of reflection from the receding tides.
At the recent Chadds Ford Art Show & Sale, I received some very positive comments from the folks in the heart of "Wyeth country".
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