The Garden & Vineyard

Last Friday I took a ride out to Greenport on the North Fork. I haven't been out there in a while and I rode around looking for a location that inspired me. There was a house just outside of the town that I knew I wanted to capture...I just didn't know which part of it to paint. I ended up focusing on part of the garden and a shed. As I started working a woman came out into the garden. I was sitting across the street in the shade of a tree and I asked her if she minded if I sketched her garden. She said I could as long as I let her see it when it was finished. She liked it so much that she bought the painting. Then she asked if I would be interested in doing another painting of the garden hiding behind the hedges. Inside there was a small fountain in a small koi pond, several seating areas and flowered areas. I plan to go back soon to do that painting for her. 

On the way home I decided to stop and do a quick painting in my accordion sketchbook that has just paintings and sketches of  North Fork locations. This is the Paumanok Vineyard in Aquebogue.

Winery

We have a number of good wineries out on the east end of Long Island. This is one of my favorites, Paumanok in Aquabogue. The wine is good but what I like is that you can actually see over the vines and how the vines follow the contours of the land. Most of the wineries here are very flat and you can't see the tops of the rows.

Vineyard in Autumn

On Monday I went out east and passed these vines at the Paumanok Vineyard in Aquebogue and just had to paint them. This is 8 x 10.