"January Fog" - Thaw Malin iii

"January Fog", this is a small painting, 6" x 8", oil on canvas panel.

Warm, but windy, had me in the lee of the low cliffs by the Herring Creek on Menemsha Pond. Besides bobbing Red-breasted Mergansers and swooping seagulls, the fog wrapped me up in silence. The tide was low and the boulders had soft edges in the shadowless light. When finished, I rewarded myself with a chocolate chip cooky from just up the road at Orange Peel Bakery…

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"Roaring Brook" - Thaw Malin iii

"Roaring Brook", this is a small painting, 6" x 8", oil on canvas panel.

I titled this "Roaring Brook" and not "The Brickyard". It was there first. I had to watch my footing crossing over it in the twilight at the end of my session with my heavy gear in hand. As the stream flows out of the woods and fields, and into the sand and boulders between it and the sea, it doesn't look like much. It mostly goes down and through the sand, but what remains atop the beach made the cobblestone size rocks wet, slippery and uneven with pools between. It was not a good match for the dry boots I had on. (I always wear a pair of tall, old cowboy boots when out in the woods and grassy areas. I find the ticks do not climb too far up once they examine the dense leather they have landed on. I can easily pick them off my light colored work pants as they go back around the cuffs and upward on the outside of my pant legs. The boots are also especially good with all the poison ivy and briars I tend to encounter in my wanderings.) While painting, I became aware of a pair of eyes watching my limited movements. It took me some time to pinpoint them. The tide was out and larger, dark, seaweed coated boulders were in the intertidal zone. At first I wasn't sure as the skinny black head would slyly peer out from behind a dark shape. I myself, except for painting arm and head, was fully hidden from its sight by a very large stone behind me on top of which I had parked my gear. As I turned back to clean a brush I caught its silhouette against the wave between two rocks and knew it was a Canada Goose. Probably it was damaged in some way as it seemed to want to, but would not, come any closer, nor try to fly or float away. My heart reached out to it, but what could I do. Race after it and try to capture and bring it way back up into the woods to my van. Then on to my friend Joannie the animal officer's house? I've done that with screech owls, but this was a large bird, near dark and I was unprepared. I had to let it be…

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"Split Rock, East" - Thaw Malin iii

"Split Rock, East", this is a small painting, 6" x 8", oil on canvas panel.

This is always a nice place to paint. The sun sets almost straight ahead in the winter, but now, in summer, this face of the rock gets light at the end of the day…

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Layabouts - Thaw Malin iii

"Layabouts", this is a small painting, 6" x 8", oil on canvas panel.

The last time I painted here, the tide crept up my boots as I blithely worked away. It was going out this time, but my lesson had been learned. This was an overcast, slightly rainy day, which happened to turn from gray toward blue as the sun went down. I never know in this situation whether to paint the sky in first or to hold off in case it goes way beyond expectation. Today I painted first and found it the correct choice as I watched it deteriorate while I finished my work...

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Menemsha, Short Beach - Thaw Malin iii

"Menemsha, Short Beach", this is a small painting, 6" x 8", oil on canvas panel.

Cold it was with a west wind. In the van I stayed to paint. The colors were quite wonderful as they all came into bloom with the setting sun. The fishing village off in the distance gave the landscape the finishing touch, barely there, but there all the same...

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Wash and Wear - Thaw Malin iii

"Wash And Wear", this is a small painting, 6" x 8", oil on canvas panel.

Nothing like a sunny day with no breeze in the midst of winter. It was just warm enough to work without any gloves. Although, fast I did work with the waves rolling in next to me...

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Spring Green - Thaw Malin iii

"Spring Green", this is a small painting, 6" x 8", oil on canvas panel.

Today was the first day of real green back in the landscape. The dune grasses, beach roses and some of the trees are now dangling green leaves and blades. It has felt like a long wait for this moment to arrive. A joyous moment indeed!!!

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