Boreas Sanctus
June 8th, 2013 Cox Reservation, Essex Greenbelt, Essex MA Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in (sold) The plein air group (led by my favorite living American artist, David P. Curtis) (favorite living Canadian artist is John Smith) that I normally go out with had cancelled the day’s painting in favor of Sunday, which promised…
June 3rd, 2013 Lake of the Woods, Memory Oil on Canvas, 12 x 16 in (sold) Without realizing it, I did something just like this exactly a year ago. This one – I can’t seem to take a picture of it without a distracting glare that ill affects the balance of the painting. It’s a…
Backyard, MA
Oil on Canvas
18 x 24 in
May 19th, 2013 Cox Reservation Essex Greenbelt, Essex MA Oil on Canvas, 16 x 20 in (sold) I wanted to paint the river at low tide because I liked the reflection of the sky in the puddles on the mudflats – so I hurried at the beginning to get my sky and water in (because…
My backyard, MA
Oil on Canvas
22 x 30 in
Cox Reservation
Essex, MA
Oil on Canvas
16 x 20 in
April 27th, 2013 Cox Reservation, Essex Greenbelt, Essex MA Oil on Canvas, 20 x 24 in I hate this painting. I had a dreadful time trying to do it. I deemed this one unworthy even of the “Disasters” page. Then eventually I decided to fess up, partially. This is a small tolerable segment. Maybe when…
April 20th, 2013 Cox Reservation, Essex MA Pencil Sketch, 16 x 20 in Though I carried all my painting gear around the Greenbelt for at least an hour in search of something to paint, nothing “spoke to me.” Whatever’s been dogging me these past months, Lyme or otherwise, flared up again this weekend. I almost…
April 15th-19th, 2013 Massachusetts Felt tip pen on paper, 16 x 20 in One of the reasons I love Plein Air is that it turns my attention out of my thoughts and anchors them into the world around me. This week there’s been no escaping the world around me. I’ve been inundated with images and…
April 13th, 2013 Cox Reservation, Essex Greenbelt, Essex MA Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in (sold) I’ve painted in this same spot several times – most recently, January 19th (though standing in the same spot, that time I was looking to my right.) I am excited that some of the dingy grey grasses are…