Chestnut Tree
Cox Reservation,
Essex, MA
Oil on Canvasboard
14 x 18 in
May 26th, 2014
Category: Plein Air 2014
Plein Air Painting 2014
May 19th-21st, 2014
May 19th-21st, 2014 Bass Rocks, Gloucester MA Oil on Canvas, 24 x 30 in Monday was a beautiful day, the weather was bright and sunny, with squalls of rain and storm passing through. To match my state of mind, I stuck with the squalls. I am still frustrated about what I can’t achieve with the…
Pocket Sunset
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…
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…
May 6th, 2014
May 6th, 2014 Wingaersheek Beach, Gloucester MA Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in (sold) This Saturday was an Open Studio so I had to miss my day of painting, fortunately the “posse” were meeting today so I joined them. The days that one can park at an empty beach with impunity are numbered, and…
April 28th, 2014
April 28th, 2014 Wingaersheek Beach, Gloucester MA Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in (sold) When I went to the beach to paint with the posse the plan was to paint the dunes – but as it happens, if I am anywhere near water, I have to be looking at the water. Painting dunes won’t…
April 27th, 2014
April 27th, 2014 Haggett’s Pond, Andover MA Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in I can go about my business thinking all is fine, until I go painting and find myself choosing a subject of such dense, convoluted complexity as this. The weekend at Essex was rained out, so I decided to try a lake…
Emily
Emily April 20th, 2014 Pencil, 8 x 10 in approx. My niece is a remarkable artist, and one morning while we were both visiting her grandparents for Easter we decided to draw each other’s portraits. She was working very hard, hence the serious expression and downcast eyes. When not looking so studious, she’s bright eyed…
April 18th, 2014
April 18th, 2014 Class Demo on Sarah’s Birthday Wilmington Oil on Canvas, 12 x 16 in I have been teaching an oil painting class in Wilmington Friday mornings and this morning I brought in flowers for my students to paint in still lives. One of them asked if I would be doing a demonstration at…
April 14th, 2014
April 14th, 2014 Bass Rocks, Gloucester MA Oil on Canvas, 20 x 30 in (sold) I got to spend a glorious day yesterday sitting in the sun and wind at Bass Rocks painting and chatting with David Curtis. I had the canvas covered by the end of the day but a few kinks to work…