FIELD NOTES: Photographs, drawings and studies from a foggy morning on Mount Agamenticus

From a birds eye view, this glove was rude, from mine, it pointed me in the right direction

the vast views of the of the valleys below were obscured by thick fog, looked like the edge of the universe from a ledge, which was surprisingly inviting...although the part of me that has read too much Stephen King wanted to stay further back

My sketchbook is full of dried grasses with long stems that spent a year trying to get closer to the sun only to die off in the cold last fall

The fog, at first appearance, was a sea of white and gray.  Further attention to it brought out subdued tones that danced between vivids and washed...NOTE: next time I will bring my watercolors and let the rain drops contribute to my sketchbook, it's clear they are more talented than I am

Erin Thomas is an artist, photographer and designer from Southern Maine
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NOTES FROM FIELD STUDIES:

I have set out to continue working on my BATTLEFIELD series.
I usually kick off the art season in the spring with explorations in tiny treasures and macro photography as a point of departure and work my way up to larger and more activated considerations, and it seems this year will be no different.
I found this soggy little chestnut, worn from a winter coated in snow and brought it home with me to study it, draw from it, and photograph it....another soldier on the battlefield.

The earthen tones were cool and jaded and the textures of wet decay were thoughtful.


I completed studies in oil pastel and in pencil

The resulting designs and sketches that came from this soggy seed
were more about movement and infinity

and a little side thought about placement and it's meaning

the blue dot changes....everything.

DROUGHT TONES
"Nothing New to See Here"
4"x7" Oil pastel on bristol
2017 Erin Thomas

FOG TONES ON MOUNT AGGIE
"The Curve of the Earth"
5"x8" Oil pastel on bristol
2017 Erin Thomas

SUNRISE TONES IN BERWICK
"Burning Early"
5"X8" Oil pastel on bristol
2017 Erin Thomas

LATE EVENING TONES ON MOUNT AGGIE
"Reflective"
3"x7" Oil pastel on bristol
2017 Erin Thomas

DROUGHT TONES
"Reflective Powerline"
4"x8" Oil pastel on bristol
2017 Erin Thomas

Each of these studies was done with oil pastel on bristol vellum in March, 2017
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