Is this an english landscape painting?

(C) 2017 Dale DiMauro

Is this an english landscape painting? No, but to me it has some qualities found in the british watercolor tradition. British artists often paint without the high contrast in color or light. In fact, they may not paint with much color at all. The ground plane they depict is often gray or a muted green, which when you consider their climate, is quite fitting.

This painting was inspired by the lush foliage and greens at the foot of the Harris Hill Ski Jump in Brattleboro, VT. I noticed cool blues in the shadows of the maple trees, which I had not noticed before, on a hike through their trails.

Recently, I have been dropping the pigment, burnt sienna, into my washes of green for the landscape. I like these pockets of warmth and variety, which seem to reveal more substance from the land.