At the North End of Elbow Cay

Plein Air
What does one do when the snow is feets-deep and the temperature in Maine is below zero and there is no hope for painting plein air in Maine? You get on a plane and fly south to paint with the Hope Town plein air painters who paint on Tuesdays at Elbow Cay, Abaco, in the Bahamas.

At the North End of Elbow Cay

looking west at plein air painter host's home Jan Metcalf on Elbow Cay,
Abaco, Bahamas sketched plein air on February 3, 2015
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
cold press fine grain 100% cotton watercolor paper
framed, sold framed, $100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $9.50 shipping = $115.00

 

Plein air painter Jan Metcalf
painting at her home while hosting
the Plain Air Painters of Hope Town
on Elbow Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

 Bruce painting,
never aware that watercolor painter
Brigitte Bowyer Carey was taking his photo;
Brigitte's art is online HERE.

Painting with an Attitude

host's Jan Metcalf on Elbow Cay, Abaco, Bahamas 
at her home sketched plein air on February 3, 2015
9" x 7", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
cold press fine grain 100% cotton watercolor paper
framed, sold framed, $100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $9.50 shipping = $115.00

 

The Plein Air Painters of Hope Town and guests.
Temperature high sixties/low seventies,
underfoot is sand not snow.

Landmark lighthouse at the right.

Photo taken by Beth Cooke,
another painter and neighbor of Jan's
and native Bahamian

And believe it or not,
I miss the snow, but of course
if I was in Maine right now I'd miss the sand.
So I'm, like always, enjoying where I am.