"Cadillac Mountain View of Otter Cove" 5x7 Oil on Copper panel.  Sold.

     Today was a very hot day here in Maine.  I headed to Mount Desert Island up on Cadillac Mountain.  I expected the temperatures to be cooler there.  I was wrong.  It was still 90 degrees on top of Cadillac.  There was no breeze.  There were no clouds in the sky!  It was broiling hot.  I felt like a chicken in a frying pan! 

     I used only three colors plus white today.  It was very fun!  The Art Mentor suggested using Quinacridone Red, Cobalt Blue, and Cadmium Yellow.  I decided on Zinc White as it is very translucent.  I was really amazed at all of the colors I could mix with just these three colors.  White is not considered a color.  

     I decided to not describe the scene infront of me with bright blues.  I decided to go with a combination of Cobalt blue and a tiny touch of Quin Red with Zinc White.  What a beautiful lavender color this created!  I decided to use purples, greens, and a touch of oranges for my color scheme.  This is suppose to be an emotional palette.  It did make a atmospheric painting! 

     I couldn't paint another painting on top of Cadillac Mountain.  The air conditioning in my car felt great!  I drove around taking photos.  I was at Little Long Pond.  I met another professional painter, George Martin.  He was very nice.  He was painting a small canvas mounted on birch panel of the mountain.  Here is the scene he was painting.



     There was a beautiful golden retriever working hard at retrieving a tennis ball!  So beautiful!

  I went by Somes Sound.  I stopped and admired this painting spot!  If only it were a few degrees cooler, I might have painted another painting.  

     I checked Park Loop Road for waves.  No waves.  So I headed home!