July 10th, 2013

July 10th, 2013

July 10th, 2013 St Peter’s Square, Gloucester MA Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in (sold) I am having trouble getting a good photo of this painting. I did this on location at the docks in Gloucester, day one of a workshop on buildings and boats. You may have noticed how carefully I avoid painting…

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July 2nd, 2013

July 2nd, 2013

July 2nd, 2013 The Breezeway Rocky Neck, Gloucester MA Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in (sold) We’ve had a tumultuous weather system hanging above us for about a week – overcast with sunny breaks, occasional rain, occasional thunderstorm, occasional tornado warning. I need to re-take this photo.

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June 19th-23rd, 2013

June 19th-23rd, 2013

June 19th-23rd, 2013 Half Moon Beach, Gloucester MA (January 15th revisited.) Oil on Canvas, 22 x 28 in (sold) I tried painting this water in January and was not pleased with the result, so I tried again this week – and I’m not overly pleased with the result. However, I have learned a thing or…

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June 15th, 2013

June 15th, 2013

June 15th, 2013 Gloucester, MA Oil on Canvas, 16 x 20 in (sold) This is still not finished. I don’t intend to make it more polished, exactly – I won’t be adding more detail to the figure, I don’t imagine… this was an exercise painting a figure in the garden and attempting to depict the…

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Tree in Seine Field, Gloucester – With Tantrum

Tree in Seine Field, Gloucester - With Tantrum

Tree in Seine Field, Gloucester – With Tantrum I have this painting – a cropped version thereof, on my “new work” page. I think the left hand side is just fine! But the right hand side, the boughs that were catching the brunt of the afternoon sun, I simply could not get right. I loved…

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September 3rd, 2012

September 3rd, 2012

September 3rd, 2012 Seine Field, Gloucester MA 16 x 20 in (sold) I had spent two weeks preparing to go on a painting trip up in Canada, when the car I’d just spent a great deal of money getting into travelling shape was hit and totalled by a woman in an SUV. As a result…

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August 20th, 2012

Ponderosa Pine in Seine Field

Ponderosa Pine in Seine Field August 20th, 2012 Seine Field, Gloucester MA Oil on Canvas, 16 x 20 in (sold) This was day 1 of the tree workshop. I think you can feel how burnt out but pleasantly warm the field / day was. I built the tree skeleton first, which I don’t always do…

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A Conclave of Cormonrants

A Conclave of Cormorants

A Conclave of Cormorants June 28th, 2012 Bass Rocks, Gloucester MA Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in (sold) What I like about this painting is the vibrancy of the sky at the horizon, which I think matches well the sky I was looking at. I also like the rocks. I want to make the…

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