Revisiting Favorite Places

Landscape artists usually have a great number of favorite places where they return to for inspiration for new painting ideas. I often revisit favorite landscape spots and take a fresh look at an old familiar place. I do many pastels of favorite motifs hopefully each pastel a little different from the ones I have done before. I find as I get more experienced as a working artist I can put a fresh face on an old familiar subject being able to interpret the subject in a fresh new way. The pastel shown on this post, "Horseshoe Bend Autumn Vista", is a view near Frenchtown, New Jersey. I often pass this scenic spot on my bicycle rides with my friends. I have done this scene before and I am sure I will do it again during a different season or a different time of day seeing it in a different light.