First day painting outdoors!

My goal always is to paint the feeling of the place at the time I am there. I thought it would be appropriate to write about those feelings. We'll see how I do as the season gets busier.

This afternoon I painted at the Boothbay Region Land Trust Property ( http://www.bbrlt.org/bbrlt_properties.html ) Porter Preserve on Barter's Island at the Memorial Grove. It is in a forest with beautiful views of the Sheepscott River. The Memorial Grove was formed to allow people a place to reflect, remember and be inspired. The air was very still, there was no wind and the sky was blue. There were no leaves on the trees yet and there was only the memory of winter. There is a semi circle of benches made from logs and slabs of wood. There are two benches off away from the others. It seems like people have been buried here. I think a lot of people come here to remember. I'm listening to the blues on my I-pod. I think this is very appropriate. There are little spruce trees coming up here and there. I think these are a sign that life goes on and we have to also.

allen