Date day:  Occasionally the artist and angler/photographer of this blog get to share a day together, each doing what they love.  In the case of Lois, that would be painting while Ed prefers a cane fly rod in hand in pursuit of wild trout.  Recently they shared time on the upper reaches of the Neversink, deep in the heart of the Charmed Circle of these Catskill Mountains.

A plein air moment:

Salvelinus fontinalis, a wild brook trout, attached to a Brown Bivisible dry fly:

Flat Brook, the culvert 10x8:

The Flat Brook is a tributary to the East Branch of the Neversink.  It winds its way through the Tison Estate at the end of dirt lane flowing through a culvert under Denning Road before joining the Neversink.

Woodstock School of Art:  During July Lois participated in a workshop offered by the distinguished Woodstock School of Art.  Noted artist Kate McGloughlin taught the practicum titled Simplifying the Landscape.  It was a very enjoyable and learned experience, one Lois truly cherished.

Below are several plein air landscapes that resulted from this endeavor.

Eleanor’s cottage, 8x10:

As part of an “Arts in the Park” joint venture, on July 10^th Woodstock School of Art students visited Val-Kill the National Historic Site of Eleanor Roosevelt’s cottage and her eventual permanent home after FDR’s death in 1945.

Olivebridge barnyard, 8X10:

Sunlit field, 5x7:

The little red barn, 8X10:

On July 17^th students were in Olivebridge, near Tongore Cemetery, wandering the landscape of the Sanchez family farm.

The wedding barn, 8x10:

The woodshed, 5x7:

July 24^th found students in Kerhonkson on Upper Cherrytown Road at Claudia’s farm, a friend of Kate McGloughlin.

Mount Tremper, 8x10 (DtC):

Bearsville barn, 8x10:

Finally on July 31^st, artists met along Cold Brook Road in Bearsville taking in mountain views and other landscapes of interest.