I’m working on a new red fox painting .It’s from one of my favorite locations in Martic township, southern Lancaster county, Pa . I’ve used the location before. I love it’s character! It’s clothed in an ethereal moss and wrapped in rock and it reaches out and weaves over a clear run of babbling water and it reminds me why I live where I do. So, Join me and lets see where this goes and if I can do justice to its essence.
End of Week One.
AT THE DEN (1990) This painting won the 1991 Pa State Conservation Print Competition. We had a friend who dropped off a recently dead fox that had been hit on the road.We stored that fox in our freezer for months. I’d take it out and allow it to thaw enough to move it into the pose I wanted. This would work for a short time and back into the freezer Mr.Fox would go. It always amazes me, as an artist, how far we go for authenticity.
End Of Week Two
Defining the forms, color balancing. Building layers.
The Wonder Years (1991)
Fire And Ice (1998)
Frosty Morning Red(2002) Commissioned by the Pa Game Commission
(2004)
Close Encounter (2004)
Martic Fox (2010)
Fern Cliff Fox (2010)
The Golden Hour(2011)
The Mouser(2012)
Golden Rod Fox (2012)
An early morning hike to the site I’m using for the background was beautiful
Trout Run Morning (2012)
Tuquan Glen Fox (2012)
Hearts Afire(2013)
The Jokster(2013)
Work In progress New Fox June
Fiddle Leaf And Friend (2015)
Added a touch of moss on the rock, June, 2015
Finished Painting