Boreas Sanctus
Plein Air Painting
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…
December 14th & 15th, 2014 Moonrise over Channel Island Kenora, Ontario Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in Another painted in studio from a photo / from memory during last week’s Open Studios. Thanks to all who have come out and supported me and my work this year! Happy Holidays to all.
Sunset over Canoe Channel December 6th, 2014 Kenora, Ontario Oil on Canvasboard, 12 x 16 in (sold) My absence all this while has been due to a sudden and terminal illness in the family. I hope I can get back to painting regularly soon. Recently I had two weekends of Open Studios – the 6th…
November 16th, 2014 Stormy Weather, Lake of the Woods Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in (sold) For the past month I’ve been sick, I’m finally on the mend. I didn’t get out this weekend to paint, but I did some studio painting on Sunday. This is from a photo and a memory I have…
Red Auerbach October, 2014 Pencil, 16 x 20 in This is just one of the sketches I’ve done as practice for a portrait I’ll be doing soon. It’s not plein air and it’s not from life, obviously – but because I’ve been sick I’ve been stuck inside and would like to show I’ve not been…
October 25th & 26th, 2014 Marsh in Tewksbury Watercolour, 12 x 16 in I have some kind of infection in my chest so was not too fit to go out this weekend, instead I stayed in with my watercolors and worked on this. I never use black but I did in this, not as much…
October 20th, 2014 (Unfinished as yet) South Natick, MA Watercolour, 12 x 16 in I went to visit & paint with a friend in the Newton area. I had all my paints with me but felt me and oils needed a bit of a break, at least for the day – so I opted initially…