Boreas Sanctus
June 9th, 2014 Kenora, Ontario Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in (sold) In progress When I look at this photo, what I see is the difference in tone in the real clouds and the painted clouds. I can account for it partly by the photo having been taken about 2hrs after the clouds were…
In Progress June 26th, 2012 Halibut Point Quarry, Rockport MA Oil on Plywood, 18 x 24 in (sold) I love rocks, I love granite, and I really enjoyed painting them today. My struggle was / is the water, which is normally my “comfort zone” but the strange angles of the quarry borders threw me off…
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…
Snow Meets High Tide Cox Reservation, Essex, MA Oil on Canvas, 11 x 14 in (sold) I need to re-take this photo with a better camera. When I started the painting, there were acres of snowy marshland in front of me – as I was finishing, there were almost none, just water, everywhere. The full…