Killington Vermont Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! This is a new ski study. This is where I want to be, heading down the Great Northern Trail. It is that time of year. Actually, I painted it last winter and put it away in a safe place. Now (that I found it) it [...]
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Where do you work?
Published by April 13th, 2011 in Art, art teacher, fine art and painting on location. 0 CommentsI had a death in the family and my inheritance was a bunch of plates. I seized them greedily, as this picture displays. Yes, they break but I like the weight of them. I like that they were eaten off of by my aunt for years. Now they live in the studio and soon a [...]
I was lucky to begin painting when I was very young. There were art supplies available in my home growing up. Most artists are not so lucky. Many of my students have been meaning to take a painting class forever. You are never too young to begin creating art. And you are never too old [...]
New Boston Oil Paintings
Published by September 3rd, 2010 in Art, fine art and urban paintings. 0 CommentsYesterday the Rowley Gallery hung my new Boston paintings for the September showing. The reception is open to the public, this Saturday night 5-7 p.m…. Hurricane Earl permitting. It’s a small show of recent paintings done on location around the Hub, in what I think of as unusual views of familiar motifs such as the [...]
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 [...]
Evolving Locations
Published by February 14th, 2010 in Art, art teacher, Blog, Boston, 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″ [...]
Sold This is a oil painting of skaters on the Frog Pond near Beacon Hill. I am posting it to begin getting this site in the Christmas season with a link to the gallery where it is available. The Elizabeth Rowley Gallery has an opening today from 4-6pm to showcase new paintings for Christmas time. [...]
Revisited, Reinventing, Refreshed
Published by September 17th, 2009 in Art, art teacher, Blog, fine art and Orleans gallery. 3 CommentsPainting what you love is the artists job. To take the activities and places that move you, and capture them in paint is what it is all about. Whether it is color combination’s you want to experiment with, or new techniques you are excited to try, this is where it is at for the creative [...]
This is a painting of Esty Street down near Hyannis Harbor. It is a Barnstable Land Trust property. A small preserved parcel between the Nantucket Sound and old bungalow cottages. This painting is of a small example of Cape Cod’s small wet lands that are often filled in by developers. The air is rife [...]
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