This is my newest plein air piece, I did it in the Adirondacks at Flume Falls in the High Falls Gorge area. It's 6" X 18", acrylic on AlumaComp board. It's currently hanging at Blue Mountain Designs, 8940 NYS Route 30, Blue Mountain Lake, NY (518-352-7000), in their Moss Cottage gallery.

AlumaComp is an archival painting and mounting panel. These aluminum composite panels are .4mm (5/32") thick. Each panel is a sandwich of two aluminum surfaces with a 1/8" polyethylene core. They're lightweight, extremely rigid and will maintain their structural integrity. 

This is the first painting I have done on an AlumaComp board and I really enjoyed working on this panel. The paint went on very smoothly and took to the surface quite nicely. I gessoed the panel this time, but am curious to experiment with an ingested surface. I think it might be kinda cool if some of the surface showed through the paints. I'll let you know how it works out.

In the meantime, get on over to the Adirondacks, the trees were just turning vibrant reds Wednesday when I was there, and check out my painting while you're in the neighborhood.