Summer, 2015

Summer, 2015

Summer, 2015 Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in What I remember about this was that it was freezing and very windy outside, but I wanted to paint. I was seeing this scene with the woodstove in my mind’s eye as a very cold and clinical but luminous realism, like a Vermeer. What I was…

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April 18th, 2015

April 18th, 2015

April 18th, 2015 Cox Reservation, Essex Greenbelt, Essex MA Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in I was able to steal away from the tumult of my present life for a little oasis of painting. It was a beautiful day – especially when the sun was out and the wind was still – felt deliciously…

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Flood the Boat, Save the Dock

April 11th-12th, 2015

April 11th-12th, 2015 Lake of the Woods, Kenora Ontario Oil on Canvasboard, 12 x 16 in (sold) Painting I guess is my bridge over troubled waters. I latched on to this image from last summer yesterday and today when I needed to paint. The view is of the boat dock at the island, while the…

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Green Sky Moonlight

April 7th, 2015

April 7th, 2015 Green Sky Moonlight Oil on Canvasboard, 16 x 20 in (sold) On Sunday night I stood outside staring at the moon and trying to remove myself from the context of the evening darkness enough to objectively see the colours in the sky. When it’s night, there’s no way I know of to…

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A Resolution of Forces

March 1st-5th, 2015

March 1st-5th, 2015 Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada Oil on Canvas, 24 x 30 in (sold) This has been a week of major upheval – and I spent it trying to work this painting out. Its from a photo of one of the countless staggeringly gorgeous sunsets I beheld at the lake this summer.…

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