Boreas Sanctus
Untitled It’s been a while since I posted on this page, though this is most certainly not the only disaster in recent history. I’ve squirreled several away somewhere, and will eventually post. This one – painted sometime in October or November of 2015, I believe – as is perenially the case, I was fixated on…
Detail Eagle Quilt
Oil on Canvas
24 x 30 in
March 1st-5th, 2015 Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada Oil on Canvas, 24 x 30 in (sold) This has been a week of major upheval – and I spent it trying to work this painting out. Its from a photo of one of the countless staggeringly gorgeous sunsets I beheld at the lake this summer.…
February 28th, 2015 Cox Reservation, Essex Greenbelt, Essex MA Oil on Canvasboard, 8 x 10 in (sold) Finally! I got to go painting outside again! It was a beautiful day and if it was cold I didn’t notice. I brought my dog with me for the first time (normally I leave him with my Uncle.)…
Loon At Sunset Lake of the Woods Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in I have to fix the spots on the Loon’s back, and probably will toy a little more with the water although I may not. This has been three days worth of frustration. I think I succeeded to some degree in what…
Sunset Thunderhead (Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada) Oil on Canvas, 24 x 36 in Again this week Plein Air is a bit of a misnomer, as it was painted in the warmth of a sunny living room while winter cavorted outdoors. I was thinking of the island, and storms I’ve known there. That’s snow…
February 4th, 2015 Oil on Canvasboard, 18 x 24 in (sold) The sun set in the back yard one frigid and gusty day, blowing swaths of ice particles off the trees in plumes into the sky. I took a photo then, and worked from the photo but also from the yard. There are improvements yet…
Afterglow on the Canoe Channel February 2nd, 2015 Sunset, Lake of the Woods (from a photo) Oil on Canvas, 24 x 30 in I hope that bad things can be trusted to happen in threes. I am very sorry to have lost my uncle so suddenly. The blessing is that I will now have time…
January 6th – 10th, 2015 Penny (nfs) Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in This has been a fairly rough year so far – the most recent blow was the rather sudden demise of my beloved cat Penny. Her name is short for Pentecost, which I named her because she was all grey and black…