Spring Landscape with Apple Blossoms

16 x 24   Oil on linen

The Vermont landscape is very different than the French landscape that inspired the Impressionists. The atmosphere here is heavier and the foliage darker and richer. But there are certain times of the year when the lightened palette of the Impressionists is appropriate. In the Spring the young leaves on the trees are subtler and more delicate, the apple blossoms are soft and graceful, and the morning air is refreshing and invigorating. As I stood outside painting, I could easily imagine Monet or Renoir painting next to me.....