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 [...]
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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. [...]
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 Blog, FenwayArt, Orleans gallery and art teacher. 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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