May 6th, 2014

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…

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April 28th, 2014

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…

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April 27th, 2014

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…

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Emily

April 20th, 2014

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…

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April 18th, 2014

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…

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April 14th, 2014

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…

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April 9th, 2014

April 9th, 2014

April 9th, 2014 Ipswich River at Willowdale, Topsfield MA Oil on Canvasboard, 18 x 24 in approx. (sold) It was another beautiful spring day, and I met up with “the posse” to paint on Wednesday. I couldn’t finish, however, as I had to go do some teaching – and the rest of the week was…

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April 5th, 2014

April 5th, 2014

April 5th, 2014 Cox Reservation, Essex MA Oil on Canvasboard, 9 x 12 in (sold) It was a beautiful day but very windy, and I was not in the mood to paint. I only had an enormous canvas and I spent the first hour and a half just ambling around looking for something that would…

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