Fall Day At Winter Cove

A beautiful fall morning coaxed me to check out Stoney Creek Metropark. There were lots of beautiful scenes to paint and I ended up settling in Winters Cover. This beautiful tree had all its leaves turned to yellow, which contrasted against the distant trees in shadow on the right. In the distance, swans would swim in and out of the scene so I had to include them.

This is a larger size than usual for my plein air paintings and I painted quickly to get it finished before the scene changed too much from the movement of the sun. Painting this way also helped prevent me from getting too stylized and making my marks more truthful to what I saw. This location will probably be one of my favorites to return to.

This is painted on a homemade MDF panel and ships unframed. Shipping is free in the continental U.S.