Author: Chuck Plaisted

More Orchard Aerial Paintings

I am interested in the patterns that the farmers create when they plant their fields. David Hockney’s Yorkshire countryside sketches have been an inspiration.

Aerial Orchard 4 — 12″ x 16″ Arches 140 lb CP

Aerial Orchard 2 — 12″ x 16″ Arches 140 lb CP

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Aerial Orchard 1 — 12″ x 16″ Arches 140 lb CP

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Aerial Orchard 3 — 12″ x 16″ Arches 140 lb CP

Springtime in Sterling

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Forsythia on Redstone Hill Road 2 — 16″ x 12″ Arches 140 lb CP

Forsythia on Redstone Hill Road 1 — 16″ x 12″ Arches 140 lb CP

Sterling Open Space

The tree colors in April just before the leaves bud are hard to capture in paint as hard as I try. It turns out that the spring green color is also hard to capture.

Open Space 1 — 10 1/2″ x 14″ 90 lb paper

Open Space 2 — 10 1/2″ x 14″ 90 lb paper

Birch Tree 1 — 14″ x 10 1/2″ 90 lb paper

Open Space 3 — 13″ x 20″ Arches 140 lb CP

Open Space 4 — 12″ x 16″ Arches 140 lb CP

Open Space 5 — 12″ x 16″ Arches 140 lb CP

Open Space 6 — 12″ x 16″ Arches 140 lb CP

Open Space 7 — 12″ x 16″ Arches 140 lb CP

I have been recording video and photographs from my drone. Some of the images have led to paintings. I have been inspired by David Hockney’s paintings of the Yorkshire countryside.

With the pandemic raging and the cold weather, I have been painting at the Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts.

I thought it would be interesting to do a series of paintings of the apple orchard near where we live. I started in the Spring of 2019 and have gotten to May 2019 so far. I plan to make more paintings of the orchard right on into October when all the leaves have fallen off the trees.