Archive for the 'urban paintings' Category

Working in Dublin City

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 [...]

Happy Holidays

“Night Skaters, Boston” Wishing everyone a happy holiday season from snowy Cape Cod.

New Boston Oil Paintings

Yesterday 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

Still  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 [...]