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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My students are doing very good work. I can line up 12-20 studies by them done in class, and they are all different and they all have supreme potential. Do you know when you are painting well? Do you know when you are in trouble? Do you know when it’s time to take it up [...]
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 [...]
Tools of the Trade
Published by March 19th, 2009 in Blog, Mono Prints, art teacher and printmaking. 0 CommentsI talk a lot about palettes and supplies. My studio palette as noted in a previous post is a big slab of marble that I love to work on. Years ago when I was just starting to paint I bought a folding black medal palette for my watercolors. Eventually it turned into my travel palette [...]
Friday March 13th 2009, “Off the Wall” Fundraiser
Published by March 12th, 2009 in Blog and art auctions. 0 CommentsTomorrow Friday the 13th The Cape Cod Art Association holds its annual fundraiser called “Off the Wall, ” from 4pm-6pm. This is an opportunity for collectors and connoisseurs to show their stuff. Because the paintings are only signed on the back. And you won’t know who’s work you are buying till you buy it. The [...]
If Art Were Sports
Published by March 9th, 2009 in Blog, Mono Prints and painting on location. 1 CommentIf creating art were sports, than printmaking is golf. Because there are so many ways to go wrong, and look foolish. It’s like standing on the first tee trying to keep your shot in the fairway with a crowd watching. As I set my press the other day, lining up my sheet of paper to [...]
Are You Afraid to Make a Committment?
Published by December 18th, 2008 in Blog, Boston, art teacher and fine art. 1 CommentNo? You should be. When starting a painting, being afraid to commit is a very good thing. That is right where you want to be. I tell my students to take their time. What is the rush to get locked in? It’s good not to be able to tell a figure from a tree trunk [...]
New Fenway Painting
Published by August 29th, 2008 in Art, Blog, Boston, Fenway Park, FenwayArt and My Portfolio. 1 CommentThis 2008 Fenway Park painting by Loretta Feeney is so fresh it’s still wet.
Contemporary Art Auctions
Published by August 6th, 2008 in Art, Blog, Boston and art auctions. 2 CommentsAre contemporary art auctions good news for living artists? If I was a professional ballplayer, at my age, I would definitely be retired from hopefully a long career. But I am not. I am a professional artist, just hitting my stride, mid career, in my forties. There has been a lot of talk about the [...]
You know in Brittany France this time of year it doesn’t get dark till after ten p.m. at night. The birds chirp right up to the end too. I would listen to them in astonishment, even when it was dark. They would be so beautiful singing everyone to sleep. It made me think New England [...]
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