Our demonstrator was Caleb Stone. He did an Oil Landscape demonstration.

The meeting was held in the Guild Hall, First Congregational Church (middle side door), Sanborn Street, Reading, Wednesday March 11, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.

We have some photographs of the event in case you could not make it there in person.

Caleb paints on a canvas that he has toned with a
color made from mixing ivory black and titanium white.
He started the painting by putting in the horizon line.

The painting has a high horizon line.

Caleb talks about his color scheme for the sky.

With the basic drawing complete, he blocks in the large areas of color.

Caleb pointing out his technique for painting the snow on the cliff.

Adding snow in the foreground of the painting.
Caleb said that he likes painting winter scenes becauase
the snow brings the bright areas out of the sky and onto the ground.

In this photo he has roughed in the boat, which is the center of interest.

Continuing to refine the big shapes.
Caleb spends the first half hour blocking in the big shapes.
The details come later, after the painting has dried for a few days.

Here he is defining the boundaries of the cliff by painting the ocean.

Adding ripples and reflections to the water.

Continuing to refine the painting.

Working on the wall.

He has added some footprints to the snow in the foreground.

He put the final painting in a frame.

Caleb has demonstrated with us in the past, in 2013 and 2006. Click on the links below to see photos of those previous demos.

Caleb Stone's Bio

Caleb studied Art at the Lyme Academy in Connecticut and with his father Don Stone, NA. Since then has been regularly teaching, traveling and painting and has held workshops in the US, Italy and Alaska. He works in both oil and watercolor. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including the John Stobart Fellowship Award, the New England Heritage Award, and the Wood Award for Excellence in Watercolor The Gold Medal for first place in the Land and Light at Bryan Memorial Gallery Jeffersonville ,VT. He was fortunate to have grown up in the Art Colony of Rockport, Massachusetts and exposed at a very early age to plein - air painting by his father Don Stone. His attraction to the French and American Impressionists and choice of art as a career grew from and was nurtured by this environment. He currently resides in Rockport , Massachusetts.