Tapping Sugar Maples...

When I see buckets hanging from the sides of maple trees it means that warm weather and lots of painting are on the way. This painting is 18×14″ and was painted a few weeks ago.

I’ve been painting outside a lot lately, and I’ve been noticing how easy it is to get in ruts. For some reason I’ve had the hardest time changing the scale that I’m working in. I’ve fallen in love with painting on 8×10 panels or much larger 30×34″ canvases. For some reason anything in the middle is just hard for me to wrap my head around. So I try to go wrestle with a mid size painting each day (with mixed results), and then treat myself to a fun 8×10″ or 11×14″ linen panel. I’m mostly just glad I get to be outside painting so much.