New Painting

This painting which I started last week and yesterday worked on for the second day is intended as a birthday present for David.  I believe it's safe to post the photo and discuss it since he doesn't read my blog (he has heard it all at least once already, poor man!). 

This is the view we have from the cabin in which we stay while on vacation in Vermont.  You are looking at the south end of the lake where the mountains from the east (on the left hand side) appear to meet those on the west (at the right hand side).  This bay is also the narrowest part of the lake and is considered the Premier View.  For years and years we rented cabins on the east side and had the best possible views of sunsets but none of the Gap (as this view is called).  Now we rent on the west side and have traded sunsets for this lovely vista.

Almost all of the first layer of paint is on (you can see some areas of white canvas both in the sky and in the area below where some buildings will be nestled at the edge of the lake), and some sections have received more attention today.  There are already areas that are crying out to me for changes or additional work.  The mountain on the left has a gorgeous, rocky cliff face that I'm beginning to get, but the silhouette work on that hill isn't quite right because one of the overhanging green "brows" is too heavy.  The other problem with the silhouette on that side is that one cannot yet see where this mountain ends and the one behind it peeks out.

There are colors that need adjusting, but over all I am pleased with the way this is shaping up.