Washington's Crossing

Oil painting - "Washington's Crossing" - July 2002

This was painted plein air at Washington's Crossing State Park in New Jersey. Although I had been using a palette knife almost exclusively for the first year I was painting, I did most of the first color notes on this work using a brush. Most of the final work was done with a knife, although I did go in and do some details (window sills and the porch posts to the right) with a small brush. This painting was later bought by a private collector.