Pocket Sunset

Tuesday, May 13th 2014

Pocket Sunset May 13th, 2014 Oil on Canvasboard, 8x 6 in (sold) I have never painted anything this small in oils. A company marketing their canvasboard gave me a free one in a paint order, and I was going to give it away when I decided “What the hell” and dove in. Technically, this is…

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May 8th-12th, 2014

May 8th-12th, 2014

May 8th-12th, 2014 Lake of the Woods, Ontario 24 x 30 in, Oil on Canvas (sold) I began this on a Thursday afternoon, getting the sky and treeline in I think – then I was too busy with teaching all day Friday to work. Because it’s been so warm, the paint was drying quickly so…

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March 6th, 2014

March 6th, 2014

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…

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January 13th, 2014

January 13th, 2014

January 13th, 2014 Cox Reservation, Essex Greenbelt Essex MA Oil on Canvas, 16 x 20 in (sold) It was a bright, mild day (though not as mild as I had dressed for – just because it’s above freezing does not necessarily mean you can go without a jacket.) David had been to the Sargent exhibit…

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November 6th & 7th, 2013

November 6th & 7th, 2013

November 6th & 7th, 2013 Between two fronts Oil on Canvas, 24 x 36 in Technically, this is not a plein air, as I painted it indoors with reference to a photo, and memory of the day this summer it was taken – on Lake of the Woods. The foreground is volcanic rock. So as…

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A Dog Named Baxter

Last week of September, 2013

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…

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June 3rd, 2013

June 3rd, 2013

June 3rd, 2013 Lake of the Woods, Memory Oil on Canvas, 12 x 16 in (sold) Without realizing it, I did something just like this exactly a year ago. This one – I can’t seem to take a picture of it without a distracting glare that ill affects the balance of the painting. It’s a…

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