Boreas Sanctus
Portraits of Animals
January 5th, 2017 Leo Oil on Board, 9 x 12 in My cat of 17.5 yrs has been very, very ill – and is probably very close to meeting his maker. While he was sleeping, I decided rather than just keeping vigil at his side & staring at him, perhaps I should paint him, from…
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…
March 6th, 2014 (nfs) As you can see, I’m working from a photo, this is clearly not Plein Air. For various reasons, I haven’t been able to get out to paint in about three weeks. It’s been frustrating, but at the same time, I think I’m undergoing one of those metamorphoses I occasionally go through…
A Dog Named Baxter Last week of September, 2013 Work in Progress The weekend of the 27th I was in Maryland and DC, attending my 15 yr college reunion and visiting friends. The week leading up to it I was working on this, a portrait of a friend’s dog, RIP. It’s a bit of a…
Logan June 18th & 19th, 2012 Tewksbury, MA Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in (nfs) I decided to try a new brush that I have while waiting for my knives to arrive. I also thought I might like to try painting a dog or cat, in real time, as a precursor to trying a…
Female Cardinal 2011 Embroidery Floss on Velvet
The Smith Boys in Fall 2011 Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in
Buffy 2010 Ink on tinted paper
Donnie 2009 Oil on Canvas
Chevy, RIP. 2009