Maine Island

Maine Island

5x7inch, oil on canvas panel

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Beach Plum Blooms

This is another scene from Lane's Island. This hillside of beach plum blooms was in full bloom and demanded to be painted.

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Stand Tall

7" x 5", oil on board

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Took a hike on Lane's Island, which is an island reserve connected to the island of Vinalhaven, Maine via a one lane bridge, and found this tree that deserved a portrait.

Exhibit is hung and ready to go....

I spent about an hour hanging about 2 dozen paintings at The Haven Streetside in downtown Vinalhaven, Maine. If you're in the neighborhood for the month of July please take a look.

Lupine Sea

8 x 24 inch, oil on canvas

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I was fortunate enough to be in Maine during lupine season and was able to capture a photo of this sea of lupines. I've been meaning to try a painting and have finally done so. This will be on exhibit at The Haven on the island of Vinalhaven, Maine for the month of July.

2nd pass...

Nearly done with this still life, just a bit more work on the flowers.

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Rocky Shore...

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Here's another one that I've started for an upcoming show in Maine, which now makes about 8 paintings that need a few more passes before the show. I hope they get done in time....

Getting ready for July show

I'm in the process of working on mulitple paintings, getting geared up for a show in early July. This is a first pass on a still life. I find that taking a photo helps me see where I need to go a little further with a painting

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Sunflowers

12" x 9", oil on 3/4" stretched canvas

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I use mostly a square format in my paintings, although sometimes it's nice, and more fitting really, to use a traditional rectangular canvas to make for a better compostion.

Day at the Beach

10 x 10 inch, oil on stretched canvas 3/4" thick

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A few more months until summer and we'll be hitting the beach ourselves!

2nd pass of glazing...

I've just finished a second pass of glazing on this tropical sunrise. 2 or 3 more should do it!

Everglades Underpainting

Everglades underpainting, 6x6inch

I've decided to attempt a slower approach on my next Everglades painting. I'll start with an underpainting and then slowly build up the colors through multi layers of glazing, hopefully ending with a dramatic result

Everglades Stroll

5x7 inch, oil on canvas panel

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I'm still working through some photos from our last trip to the Everglades. I'll do a few more and then move on to another subject.

Everglades

Everglades Vista

5x7 inch, oil on panel
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Although this was painted from a photo from our trip to the Everglades last November, it seems as though it could be from any marsh here in New England. I'll try adding a palm tree in the next one....

Snowbound...

I just finished 4 of these small paintings for a collector that's getting together for a girls' weekend with 3 of her close friends. Being housebound yesterday with the kids, due to 18" of snow, it helped the soul working on a tropical painting. I've got to find my photos from our last everglades trip and try a few more.

Here's one of my favorite everglades painters, Jo-Ann Sanborn

Winter Dreaming

Yesterday I received a request to make a similair painting to my Winter Dreaming, but smaller. Last week I received a request for a copy of the same painting, but with 4 friends sitting on the beach looking out at sea..........along with 3 additional copies, one for each friend of the buyer. I guess it must mean that winter has set in since the palm on the beach is so popular!

New Frames!

A few weeks ago I ordered some frames from Kingofframe.com, trying to find something that would be more suitable for some of my darker, moodier pieces. I'm really pleased with how this frame has pumped up the volume on this one. This painting will be going off to auction to benefit the Cultural Arts Alliance, which is right here in Hopkinton, MA.

First try at auction...

Simple Cloud

4 x 4 inch, oil on stretched canvas
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I thought I'd sample selling my art on ebay, so I'm offering "Simple Cloud" as the guinea pig.

Italian Ice

Italian Ice

6"x6", oil on streched canvas

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On our last trip to the beach I let the kids choose the spot where we would sit. Where did they choose? Not too far from the italian ice cart of course.

Marsh View

Marsh View
6 x 6 inch
oil on panel

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When coming home from our vacation in Maine we hit the usual traffic on Rte 1. Fortunately, I had my camera right next to me and I was able to snap this view of the marshes.