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<body> <h1> | J MORGAN DAVIS FINE ART : New England Professional Fine Artist and Painter</h1> <h2>J MORGAN DAVIS FINE ART : New England Professional Fine Artist and Painter</h2> <div>Morgan Davis is a Professional New England Fine Artist specializing in coastal themes, still life imagery, equine art and equestrian sporting art themes created in the tradition of 18th century renaissance painting, particularly referred to as glazes and scumbles</div> <span class="links"><a href="/index.html" target="_top"><font color="#bbb">HOME</font></a></span>   <span class="links"><strong><a href="/portfolio.html" target="_top"><font color="#ffffff">GALLERY</font></a></strong></span>   <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=3" target="_top"><font color="#bbb">Happenings & Events Blog</font></a></span>   <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=4" target="_top"><font color="#bbb">Biography</font></a></span>   <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=9" target="_top"><font color="#bbb">Exhibitions</font></a></span>   <span class="links"><a href="/content.html?page=10" target="_top"><font color="#bbb">Contact</font></a></span> <div> <script src="/js/jquery.infinitescroll.min.js"></script> <script src="/js/imagesloaded.pkgd.min.js"></script> <style>  .encloser article div:nth-of-type(1) { font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; } .encloser article div.postDate { font-size: .8rem; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 0.7rem; } .spaceHeight { height: 15px; } .encloser h1 { font-size: 1.2rem; font-weight: 600; } .encloser h2 { font-size: 1.1rem; } .encloser h3 { font-size: 1.0rem; } .encloser h4 { font-size: .9rem; } .encloser h5 { font-size: .8rem; } .encloser h6 { font-size: .7rem; } </style>  <div id="fb-root"></div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.0"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script> <div> <div class="encloser alignLeft blog" id="encloser">  <div style="width:100%; display: table"> <div class="tableCellDisplay"><h1><a href="/blog/" target="_top" style="color:#bbbbbb">STORIES FROM THE FIELD BLOG</a></h1></div> </div> <div id="articles"> <article> <div class="padtop30" style="border-top:1px solid rgba(187, 187, 187, .25);">STORIES FROM THE FIELD - THROUGH THE BIRCHES</div> <div class="postDate opacity60">June 15, 2025 </div> <div class="alignLeft"><h1>STORIES FROM THE FIELD:</h1> <h1>Wednesday June 11, 2025</h1> <h1>Thursday June 12, 2025</h1> <h1>Friday June 13, 2025 </h1> <h1>Nut Island, Quincy, Ma. </h1> <h1>This little piece was not alla prima but it was painted completely en plein air on site. </h1> <h1>I already had a good idea of where I wanted to paint. My only concern was that the winds were a little higher than usual in this area. Nevertheless, I decided to set up and begin painting there in spite of my misgivings. The more the afternoon progressed, the more those warm northwesterly winds kept increasing and gusting. It was pretty obvious that I was not going to be able to complete this little piece in one session, so I returned the next day. Since this whole process was becoming a battle between myself and the wind, I decided that I would not leave that site defeated. The more the wind blew, the more determined I became and I stuck it out no matter what! … The winds were so high, that I had to hold down my box & tripod (and my tripod is a Bogun now known as Manfrotto heavy-duty), so there was no way my gear was not stable enough. </h1> <h1>Later when I looked online to see what the wind gusts were, I found that they had reached 40 mph. … a first for me painting en plein air in those conditions. In the past, Id even painted in the pouring rain, but never in such high winds. So, as expected, I could not finish this painting that day either. I returned to the site the 3<sup>rd</sup> day, Friday the 13###sup<th### sup=""> (yea,  I know … what else was going to happen on this particular date?) Fortunately, though, the winds  had really tamed down and as the day wore on, the sun shown into this park, upon the field and distant waters. I was finally able to concentrate much better and focus on painting all those final touches that I had planned from the beginning. </th###></h1> <h1>I still do not consider this piece finished but I can call it so for now. I think it has potential to work up into a nice studio glaze. .. What do you think?</h1> <h1>Through the Birches from The Nut 9x12 oil on linen</h1> <figure><img src="/users/MorganDavis11670/blog/3457/images/Through the Briches - DSC00043.png-2.jpg" data-image="23268815"></figure> <p><br></p> <p> <br></p>  <div class="fb-share-button" data-href="//www.jmdfineart.com/blog/post.html?postid=3457" data-layout="button" data-size="large" style="padding-bottom:10px;"> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <script> $('.encloser img, figure img').imagesLoaded( function() { $('.encloser img, figure img').each(function(i) { var t = new Image(); t.src = $(this).attr('src'); $(this).attr('style',('max-width: '+ t.width + 'px !important; width: 100%')); }); }); </script> <div> <script src="/js/js.js"></script> <script defer src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js" data-pin-build="parsePinBtns"></script> </body>