December 17th, 2017

December 7th, 2017

December 17th, 2017 Boats on Thin Ice Annisquam, Massachusetts Oil on Wood, 18 x 24 in Working in studio while teaching; my student lives on the Annisquam river and he took the photo I used as reference for this painting.

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December 10th, 2017

December 10th, 2017

December 10th, 2017 Muskie Oil on Canvas, 24 x 30 in A gift for a friend of mine who is so much a fan of this variety of fish he concurred far too readily, by my lights, when I said I needed to fix part of his mouth where there should be more of an…

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December 7th, 2017

December 7th, 2017

December 7th, 2017 Moonrise on Lake of the Woods Oil on Canvas, 24 x 30 in I am happy with this one; the silvery quality of the water… could not be achieved by someone using paint from a tube as opposed to mixing and matching colours exactly. The range of hues and shades – definitely…

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November 21st, 2017

November 21st 2017

November 21st, 2017 Rockport, MA Oil on Masonite, 12 x 16 in Just a small sunset I did in studio while working with a student.

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November 5th, 2017

November 5th, 2017 Annisquam, MA Oil on wood, 3ft x 4ft I have been working on this commission for quite a while. I had to work in sections, since I only paint wet-on-wet (can’t paint over dry knifework) and it is such a large painting. The sky was one section, the trees and yard another,…

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September 12th, 2017

September 12th, 2017

September 12th, 2019 Fall Quarry Gloucester, MA Oil on Masonite, 12 x 16 in A beautiful day to paint, in good company.

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September 10th, 2017

September 10th 2017

September 10th, 2017 Rockport, MA Oil on Canvasboard, 8 x 10 in Was given a lovely bunch of flowers, so decided to do a quick sketch of them. (Rainbow not included)

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September 3rd, 2017

September 3rd 2017

September 3rd, 2017 Lake of the Woods Kenora, Ontario Oil on Canvasboard, 8 x 10 in Yesterday a.m. – scrambling to get the right colour notes of the Grace Ann within the back bay so if I paint her from afar this fall I’ll have a reference true to source (rather than solely depending on…

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August 24th, 2017

August 24th? 2017

August 24th? 2017 Lake of the Woods, Ontario Oil on Canvas, 24 x 36 in This was a somewhat more radiant tumult. I felt thwarted by this but am coming around.

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