Sandra Hildreth
"A Year in the Life of the VIC"

(Adirondack Visitor Interpretive Center at Paul Smiths, May 2003 - May 2004)
Exhibit scheduled for March - May 2004

In May of 2003, when I was offered a chance to have a solo exhibition at the VIC, I decided to concentrate on painting outdoors, on location, and made a committment to produce at least 2 paintings per month, for an entire year. All of them to be done at various locations on the VIC property. So far I have accomplished the following paintings in watercolors and oils, and have discovered I love painting outdoors. It is so much more dynamic and engaging than working from photographs. We'll have to see what the colder weather does to those feelings! These paintings for the most part are not as detailed as my other work, but are much more vibrant and alive. Instead of capturing the single moment of time that a photograph portrays, these paintings are all about the passage of time - clouds moving, light changing, trees and ripples altered by the wind. It was an enjoyable year.
 

"St. Regis Mt. in the Clouds"
Watercolor, 12x16", May 2, 2003 - SOLD
5.15.03
"Storm Clouds over Barnum Brook"
Watercolor, 16x12"
May 15, 2003 - SOLD

"Pitcher Plants, Spring"
Watercolor, 12x12", May 16, 2003 - Donated to ACNA
6.2.03
"Reflections" Watercolor, 10x6",
June 2, 2003 - SOLD
6.15.03
"St. Regis from the Barnum Brook Overlook" Watercolor, 6x20"
June 15, 2003 - SOLD

7.8.03
"Barnum Brook, Summer"
Oil, 18x30"
Started July 8, finished in August, 2003 - SOLD
7.13.04
"Nursemaid Log, Barnum Brook"
Watercolor, 10x6",
July 13, 2003  - SOLD
7.03
"Across Heron Marsh"
Watercolor, 14x11"
August 4, 2003  - SOLD


8.10.03
"Across Heron Marsh II"
Watercolor, 6x20"
August 10, 2003 - DONATED TO VIC
 
"September Reflections"
Oil, 16x12"
 September 7, 2003 - SOLD

"Summer Afternoon, Heron Marsh"
Watercolor, 6x10""
September 19,  2003 - SOLD

"Long Pond Lean-to"
Watercolor, 14x11"
October 3, 2003 - SOLD

"St. Regis from Jenkins"
Watercolor, 6x20"
October 8, 2003 - SOLD

"St. Regis from Little Black Pond"
Oil, 16x16"
October 19,  2003 - SOLD

"Pitcher Plants, Fall"
Oil, 24x24"
October-November 2003/SOLD
11.1103
"First Ice"
Watercolor, 16x20"
November 11, 2003 - SOLD
12.03
"December"
Oil, 12x9", December 2003 - SOLD

"Still Life with Easel"
Watercolor, 29x22", December 2003

birdfeeder
"Coming to the Birdfeeder"
Watercolor, 6x10"
January 2004 - Donated to BluSeed
 
barnum brook
"Barnum Brook, January"
Oil, 14x11", January 2004
   boardwalk
"From the Boardwalk"
Watercolor, 16x12", February 2004  - SOLD
2.04
"Perfect Skiing"
Watercolor, 6x10"
February 2004 - SOLD
"Signs of Spring"
Watercolor, 10x6"
March 18, 2003 - SOLD

"Day the Exhibit Opened"
Watercolor, 6x10"
March 14, 2004/SOLD

"Last Snow"
Oil, 11x14"
April 18, 2004 Donated

"Ice Break-Up, Barnum Pond"
Watercolor, 12x9"
April 18, 2004 - SOLD

Thanks, Cara, for
giving me this exhibition
opportunity.
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