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July 7th, 2012 Cox Reservation, Essex MA Oil on Canvas, 16 x 22 in (sold) I painted this while sadly contemplating Ray Allen’s decision to leave Boston (Celtics) for the Miami Heat. Now every time I see it I see Ray in that tree, standing alone, trying to make the right choice… I do wish…
July 3rd & 4th, 2012 Oil on Wood, 20¾ x 31½ in (sold) Although this was done out doors, thus could be called “Plein Air,” I was working from a photo and memory and whim. Well whim is too light a word for it, my spirits had sunk as I was pondering how my once…
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…
In Progress June 11th & 12th, 2012 Hostas and the Path, Tewksbury MA (sold) I just finished this (15 mins ago) and still like to see it in the environment in which I painted it, though the angle of the photo is different from that of the scene. Again, trying to understand light and shadow…
May 26th, 2012 Cox Reservation, Essex MA Oil on Wood, 24 x 18 in (sold) Last week and this week I chose subjects that are challenging to me – all this close vegetation and the sky through an umbrella of trees present a huge tangle of relationships of light and shadow, colour and contrast, and…
April 17th, 2012 (sold) This is a birch tree, and the funny light that comes in a clearing between two storms. Although I don’t like painting from photos, I was homesick for the lake (Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada) so I painted it.