Painting wild places...

Summer greens..... we all love summer weather, the best time to be in the Adirondacks, but I have to say, it is a challenge to paint. Everything is so lush and green, yet the subtle differences in the greens (grasses vs ferns, spruce vs white pine, in sunlight or shadow, close or far away, etc.) are what makes each painting distinctly unique. [...]

When I first started seriously painting, I approached each painting as if it would be the most unique thing I created. I even told people that I didn't want anyone to be able to say, upon entering a gallery, "oh, there's a Sandra Hildreth over there", recognizing a painting by "style" alone. Now that I've settled into a mature, experienced manner of painting, it makes me wonder if I am recognizable. [...]