Here are some of my students on location at Hyannis Harbor yesterday. We concentrated on working small, fast, color studies. Our ferry boat subjects moved in and out of the harbor to Nantucket. Everyone did a great job in the heat. I have a new 6 week class beginning at the Cape Cod Art Association [...]
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On Location, Hyannis Harbor
Published by June 22nd, 2010 in Art, art teacher and painting on location. 0 CommentsAs I sit down to write this, my dog chases coyotes (foolishly) through the low shrubs out in my back yard. She comes back limping, head low and sits watching out the kitchen door for more. There are so many great places to paint on site in Boston, especially on a rainy Saturday. With the [...]
Oyster River runs through Chatham Massachusetts. As a child my father and I weaved down it through the idle boats out to fish in the dark mornings. That’s what I remember most. And for the time being I am still close enough to come down and paint along it’s banks whenever I choose. There are [...]
I hide art. Sometimes you don’t know what to do with these problem paintings, so I put them away and forget. There are probably a lot of artists out there that hide their art too. There is something very refreshing about putting new work away, out of site, out of reach, out of mind, whether [...]
Recently in my studio I had a very knowledgeable man looking at my work. He walked around and asked me “what kind of painting is this?” “I am an impressionist painter.” “What is that? What does that mean?” “You know how some people create paintings so realistic you can’t believe they are not photographs?” I [...]
This is the invitation to an upcoming show for the advanced painting students of my recent Cape Cod Art Association classes. This school of fish painting is by Yarmouth artist Willie Hayduck. This is a Cape Cod themed exhibition with subjects ranging from Martha’s Vineyard to Provincetown Massachusetts. The show is going up later this [...]
As the sun finally comes out, I want to write about the fog. The fog surrounding the beaches where I live is a consistent visual and I love it. A lot of artists are in a fog about what to paint. Today I am posting an overcast harbor scene of Wellfleet Massachusetts, 16×20.” I told [...]
Evolving Locations
Published by February 14th, 2010 in Art, Blog, Boston, art teacher, fine art and painting on location. 0 CommentsAs I load more wood into the studio stove I think about my old friends walking through my paintings. A highlight-dot of color, is how I began to insert figures into my landscapes as a focal point. They were so vague and uncommitted, people would ask, “is that light spot a figure back there?” Over [...]
This week opens a big show curated by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod. It’s billed as “A Major Exhibition of Over Fifty-Five Cape Cod Artists” shown at the Cotuit Center of the Arts. The exhibition is called First Things First. I was free to choose any painting, and I quickly chose a new 18×24″ [...]
Celia Purcell Contemporary is having a showing this month. I am pleased to have her UK representation since 2007. She shows my London street paintings and large French landscapes painted on location in Brittany . Brittany Fr. This is my favorite painting resulting from my time in France. It is large, and anyone interested will [...]
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