Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Old Ice House


I saw this ice house before I found the old truck hidden behind the overgrown roses. The aging of the glass in the door caught my eye with it's blue green hues. It reminded me of an old medicine bottle one might find in a dump near a farm.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Mary Montague Residents of Northwest Road

Residents of Northwest road
14x18 original pastel
Just a few miles up the road from where I live in Westhampton is a beaver pond that goes through years of being full of water and then the beavers get too ambitious and the road floods so measures are taken and the pond is drained. I caught this when the pond was full and the beavers were working. I love catching reflections in the water of aged trees and spent reeds.
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Friday, April 11, 2008

Mary Montague Yesterday's Memory

Yesterday's Memory
9x12 original pastel or giclee print

I’m fascinated by old trucks that are left along the side of the road to rest until they are hauled off to be reclaimed into scrap or just rust into the ground. Having grown up on a farm I remember these vehicles that were kept for “parts” or just never were moved from where they were last parked. I love to paint the fenders dusted with rust and think of what these trucks did in their heydays. How important were they then and now they are forgotten with weeds and roses growing through the grill and mice living in the seat cushions.
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Mary Montague Bubba and the Girls

Bubba and the Girls
18x24
pastel or giclee print

No I didn’t name him. My 4 year old grandson did. He doesn’t yet realize that there have been several Bubbas in his life time. I caught this Bubba one morning while I walking down from the upper field and there he was with “his girls”, with his male attitude. The light was wonderful and they held their pose until I could take some digital photos and catch a sketch to remember them by.
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Mary Montague Forgotten Worker


Forgotten Worker
9x12 original pastal or giclee print
I came upon this truck while hiking to find a plein air painting at the Becket Quarry. First I painted the pond left by the excavation of the stone but this image kept calling me, so one snowy winter morning I just had to put it down on paper. It seemed to flow like I was still there in the cool woods on that summer morning.
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