Melt Line by Ron Donoughe

Sometimes the best paintings are right in front of us. I found this melted patch of snow as I marched towards the forest to paint something like I've done before. But there it was, an abstract area of light and color broken by horizontal shadows. It wasn't part of my plan. There was already an idea in my head about what I was going to do. I suppose that's the lesson [to myself] – approach every painting with an open mind. I'm proud that I stopped to make a painting that wasn't like all the others I've done. I was standing in 24 inches of snow on a 15 degree day. I seriously did not want this painting to be a dog. The light was just too beautiful for that to happen. I went with my gut instinct and used the simple, most obvious idea – one which was right under my feet.

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Painting on the CA Coast

This week I'm in San Francisco, visiting my twin brother Don. After 11 straight days of rain, we finally got a beautiful sunny day. I painted two paintings at the coast in Half Moon Bay. This one was done near the Sea Horse Ranch. These trees are typical of the flora near the beach. I liked how each tree was slightly different from its neighbor and the distant hills were cloaked in a mist of ever moving low clouds. This painting is titled "Coastal Trees" and is 16" x 20".

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First Blog from Ron Donoughe

I'm a regional painter based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but I also live and paint in the Cambria County area between Altoona and Johnstown. Recently I just completed a large series of plein air paintings done in Indiana County for an upcoming exhibition. This show will be held in March at the Indiana University of PA (IUP) Museum in conjunction with my twin brother Don.

This show will contain over 80 small landscape paintings done in and around Indiana County. Here are a few examples of this work.