Dudley Summers Landscapes

DUDLEY SUMMERS (1892-1975)

Dudley frequentley painted on location using a little 6 x 8 inch thumb box as demonstrated by the oil above.

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oil on cardboard, signed lower left. There is a small chip to the upper right-hand corner.

5.5" x 7.625"

He could be found tucked away in one of the third-story rooms which served as studios most private, executing watercolors from imagination or otherwise.

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watercolor

18" x 22"

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oil on cardboard, unsigned.

5.825" x 8.125"

Parnassus Square

oil on cardboard, unsigned.

5.825" x 8.125"

Untitled

oil on cardboard, signed lower left

5.25" x 7.625"

Approach to Barn

oil on cardboard, unsigned.

5.75" x 8"

The above image is a watercolor which portrays the house on Glasco Turnpike in Woodstock in which Dudley and Pauline lived. Dudley was constantly manipulating reality in his work. The mailbox in the foreground never existed in this particular location. The mountains on the left are an invention as well.

The building depicted in the watercolor on the left has been a constant in Woodstock. It has seen many businesses come and go but the physical structure remains unchanged.

This little watercolor is one of several wherein a familiar motif—the country barn—plays a significant role.

Dudley was unlike so many watercolorists today in that rather than eschew the use of white pigment he exploited it to no end. The tan hue in the watercolor to the right is actually the substrate, in this case a paper board, on which he worked.