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 [...]
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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″ [...]
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, Blog, Orleans gallery, art teacher and fine art. 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 [...]
I don’t have to guess if my students are in a hurry. They tell me one way or another, every week. Every week of every class I have ever taught a student at some level has expressed their urgent needs. Yes they are all in a rush, to what I wonder? To paint well? The [...]
I have gotten used to looking like an idiot while taking my photos a long time ago. So when I go to Fenway and stand in the street framing my reference shots for my paintings, if I am stopping traffic, well…then I am stopping traffic. I do this alone. Whoever I go with I just [...]
It feels like Edinburgh here in Massachusetts. It’s been raining and raining. This is what people mean when they say the Cape has no spring. Because we have weather like this and then it just turns hot for three months. Yesterday my studio was warm with a fire in the wood-stove, and a new painting [...]
Fenway Art
Published by April 26th, 2009 in Art, Boston, Fenway Park, FenwayArt and fine art. 1 Comment2009 0il 12″x 20″ Center Field Fenway Park, by Loretta Feeney On the warmest day of the year, as I write at my kitchen table, the Red Sox have won nine games in a row. My life is revolving around their schedule. I don’t have to watch them on television, but I love to listen [...]
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