Dublin has more to paint then I’ll ever get to. But I try. I was able to paint two studies on location in St. Stephens Green, going for the urban landscape. The weather has been excellent, sunny, warm and comfortable. I have also taken a lot of photos around the city in preparation for a [...]
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Working in Dublin City
Published by April 23rd, 2011 in Blog, painting on location and urban paintings. 0 CommentsHappy Holidays
Published by December 23rd, 2010 in Art, Blog, Boston, Trees Place and urban paintings. 0 Comments“Night Skaters, Boston” Wishing everyone a happy holiday season from snowy Cape Cod.
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 [...]
Setting up in the city
Published by August 3rd, 2010 in Blog, Boston and urban paintings. 0 CommentsStill painting on location in Boston this summer, setting up in the places where the parking is free and no one cares what you are doing. Most of the work involves just finding the great angle and a fresh view. That means no paintings of the swan boats in the Public Garden, and no paintings [...]
As 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 [...]
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. [...]
Painting Boston on Location
Published by September 7th, 2009 in Blog, Boston and painting on location. 0 CommentsPainting on location scares artists. Or I should say the thought, scares artists that don’t have a lot of experience painting outside. Years from now, I will look back on my life’s work and it will be the on- location work that sticks in my memory, not the studio days. The wind, the bugs, the [...]
August Studio
Published by August 22nd, 2009 in art teacher, Blog, FenwayArt and Orleans gallery. 1 CommentI was going to just post this recent shot of my studio without comment. Because I just really want to get painting this morning. Then I thought, most people are not used to seeing this kind of organized chaos. Maybe a short post would be more sufficient. It looks like this, because I always walk [...]
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