When It Rains Outside

 

The plein air painting group I belong to usually paints outdoors every Tuesday starting in April. But this year it seems like it has rained every Tuesday! And I still feel like I'm recovering from a recent health issue so I just don't want to paint outside in the rain.

Luckily we have a place where we can meet to paint indoors in April and May. So I have been working on some watercolor paintings, of which this is one. It's of the Harmon Museum in Lebanon, Ohio where I had a one-woman show two years ago. From Oct 18 to Nov 22, 2025 our Mason-Deerfield Arts Alliance Painters will have a show there this fall. I plan to display 2 large works in that: one oil painting of colorful bell peppers and a large watercolor of an iris in sunlight.

Not sure what I'll do with this painting when I finish it but it's been a good way to stay limber with my watercolors this spring, especially painting an architectural subject which is what I often do en plein air. I've been working on this from a photo I took a couple years ago.