A Matisse for a friend

An old friend gave me the canvas  and his wife asked for a copy of this Matisse painting....she had a poster of it that had disintegrated and so I did a long lasting oil for them on linen canvas.....32x40" Forgery commisions accepted.....they will never be perfect....just very good

The Class at Front St Studio

Everyone was working really hard this morning.... lots of good painting going on....

Entrance and Winding Staircase Hotel St Simon Paris

It is hard not to love this place....everything is so beautiful...when I spend time painting it is like being there so I paint!   watercolor goauche 22x30"

Lobby at Hotel St Simon Paris

Well this is still in the works but I thought I would give it a preview....I see everything that needs to be tweeked....Such an incredibly beautiful place.... more studies of Paris to come .....watercolor..22x30"

Another AJ

What I liked about doing these paintings was that AJ never posed for me,  and he really didn't pay any attention to what I was  doing, so I didn't have to worry about him seeing the portraits or care about whether it was a good likeness or not....he looks very different in each one for the most part....watercolor 12x16"

Portrait of AJ

I spent many months tutoring AJ for art and in turn I did a quick sketch of him each week...here is one of many....watercolor 12x16

Hotel Saint Simon Paris

This is the view from our room in Paris....the patio out side.... it was too cold to sit out there but it was lovely to look at and be able to walk out there.....watercolor  12x16"

Grapetree Cramer Park

May as well stay in the islands as long as possible....still no painting in Paris but looking at alot of paintings....and sculpture....and everything beautiful.... this is a watercolor  12x16"

Carambola Hills St Croix

I had just gotten stung by a bee after we went for a swim and I was waiting to see if I would have an allergic reaction...so I painted this scene....We are now in Paris and hope to do some painting here to show you....very tired right now....watercolor 12x16

Sun Going Down at Grapetree Bay

This was a beautiful afternoon at the beach...late afternoon...water temp @ 83? Now at Charlotte NC on the way back to Hartford CT ....then on to Paris tomorrow?

Chenay Bay

This the view, one of many , from our cottage by the sea,  in the Carribean now....87 degrees and the water is the same .....lots of swimming  and painting...I am so inspired by tropical breezees and the look and feel of this foriegn place... more to come  

Hale Bop Comet

Remember Hale Bop? This was the view from our house as Hale Bop headed over the mountain one winter night.  oil on canvas 24x20"

Snow Day

So this is what it looks like here today....Where are my paints?

Portraits of The People I Loved to Paint

There are many other people that I loved to paint too numerous to hang in one show...

The Garden of Eden

This painting was done at Lew Scheffey's house in Monterey Ma.  Boy does it feel good to see flowers blooming...It looks like another planet at this point...not that I don't love the snow.....oil on canvas24x30"

Portrait of Steve

Another portrait from the show.Steve posed at the studio several weeks ago.You can see it in the window of the gallery. Steve's wife, Diana, is one of my students, sometimes my students bring their husbands, wives and children. Works for me.... oil on canvas 24x24"

Red Squirrel and Pine Cone

I found this little red squirrel on the way to the studio one cold morning a few weeks ago lying in the road and brought it in to paint it. It ended up on top of a book of Matisses ( one which I was reproducing,interpreting for a friend). When do I ever get a squirrel to pose for me? Unfortunately only when it cannot run away...The pine cone had been kicking around the studio for a while.... oil on canvas  20x24" Oh by the way today is my birthday...59...that's amazing,

Billy and the Paperwhites

Sounds like a rock band right? Well Bill really is in a band and when he is not playing his guitar he is posing for me and fighting cancer or doing his favorite thing, taking care of his beautiful 1+ year old grand daughter,Gianna ...He was kind enough to come to the studio the other morning and it was wonderful to see him and get to talk to him....Today is the opening of my new show at Front St Gallery...        " Portraits of the People I Loved to Paint" this painting is in the show....reception noon-6pm
please come on down and say hi I would love to see you!

Lilies and Blue Check Table Cloth

This painting will be auctioned off Sunday in Pittsfield at the Colonial Theater with a bunch of other paintings donated by other local artists.... Haiti fund raiser  oil on canvas  20x16

Collage I

Here is a piece of work I did when I was going to school in Palm Beach Fla., Graham Eckes to be exact...These were the modern days...3'x4' New York Times in the middle of the yellow disc and surounding...I was inspired by a fellow student so I did  several of this size and idea....It won a prize in the local museum, 1st place...I was 13,14 at the time, recently it was purchased and added to an impressive art collection by a lovely couple, after 40+ years of me taking care of it! Never give up before the miracle...