In my previous post I mentioned that there was a painter amongst us on the “photography” tour. Martha (Marty) Hill Schafer sketched and painted with watercolors to capture her experiences during the tour. Marty would join us initially at each location capturing to her memory something that she found meaningful and inspirational from there, and then she would head back to the vehicle to warm up and paint or sketch. At some locations we would be there for a couple hours or more and in the winter weather conditions that we experienced you can’t just sit outside and do your paintings.

Besides being an artist, Marty is also an author and formerly the Picture Editor at Audubon magazine. One of her books “The Art of Photographing Nature”, which features photographs by Art Wolfe, is in our personal collection of photography books. It is a wonderful read and contains great insight into visualizing and composing for both photographers and artists alike (unfortunately I forgot to bring our copy along so that I could get Marty to sign it – maybe next time). So far Marty has submitted one completed painting from the tour, hopefully we will see more of her work in the future. You can view and find out more about her work at aquafolio.com

Snow Trees © Martha Hill Schafer