To The Lighthouse

well it was quite a day with the gulls crying and diving to keep us from their young hatchlings....but I persevered ,hung in there, kept painting..this was the first study since the light had been rebuilt and the color of the trim had been changed to white after 100 years of red? anyway I sat in the sand painting...and had a wonderful time of it....22x30" watercolor on 140lb hot pressed Arche paper

Fishing on the Gee Willie Makit

Mike reeling in the big one....and the rain on the water up at the rip off the North Point...wonderful day of fishing and drawing...11x14" black china marker on Bristol....

Incoming Storm

This was painted at the Hogpen...storm came and went I actually had to run to the car and sit out the rain...covered the painting and palet with some kind of cloth.... oil on canvas  24x24

The View from Gashouse Lane

Now you see what you're missing? Block Island at it's finest....an old  outhouse and an incoming storm...do you see the cat crossing the yard? the gallery owner thought that it looked like a tiger...well I told her it was a cat, which indeed was a little tiger....so the question is, do I get rid of the cat or keep it? Swimming is great and I had alot of fun painting this wonderful BI view... oil on canvas 24x36"

Flourishing Garden or Watering Can from Sing Sing(the prison,spelling?)

I painted this at a friend and students house one fine afternoon...could not resist the watering can....my friend came out while I was painting and told me she had gotten it from the gardener at Sing Sing prison" They don;t make them like that any more." she said...I just loved the colors and the raised beds filled with growing things....

Summer Day Hay Fields and Garden

This painting is still being worked on, cause I always see something that needs to be changed...on going...a mean not big changes but subtle ones....the garden needs some weeding, planting and rearanging I think....oil/canvas 30x30"

Monterey Mass Laundry Line

Here is a  country gentleman's laundry hanging out to dry on a fine summer's day...the sky lights give it away, that is , this is no back country farm house....it was once....as I look at this painting I think maybe I will remove the skylights...they do not add to the image...what do you think?oil on canvas 20x24"

Lilies at Jeannine's

These wonderful Day Lilies were everywhere, well all along the old stone wall next to the woods....I love the gorgeous orange up against the violet trees and green ferns and leaves...watercolor 22x30"

Dark Marsh and Wild Iris

After painting on Block Island for several days....sunny skies and blue seas....I wanted to go to a dark place, and when it started to rain one afternoon   I found myself under the boughs of a tree, totally enjoying this wonderful scene with no sea or sky in sight.....oil on canvas 30x24"

Bluffs and the Fog Block Island

A misty night at the bluffs...incoming waves and fog ...a distant sunset...a mysterious setting, very inspiring...watercolor 22x30"

Looking East from Center Road Block Island

Last week  I spent painting on Block Island . On this particular day it was clear and sunny and this distant view just grabbed me...You can learn so much by just looking...All those years I have traveled down this road and now I have stopped and looked hard at what is really going on there.... a real pleasure...oil on canvas  20x30"

In the Spring Woods

Here  is an oil study done in the woods. It was a very different experience from the watercolor....30x40"

Vernal pools in the Spring Woods

Deep in the spring woods where the ferns are growing and the marsh marigolds have already bloomed, I spent the morning painting.There was a Jack in the Pulpit and lots of other wonderful wild flowers to be seen..I kept thinking of Charles Burchfield and what a great job he always did when in the woods.....the first time I saw his work I was transfixed by the feeling he got when painting the deep woods....

Spring Flowers and Old Blue Chair

I am sorry for the week of no posted work but the computer crashed and I had no access to photos of recent paintings ! So here goes after a long dry spell....A bouquet of early flowers brought in by a student set on a blue coral fabric from St Croix.... I love this old chair, the shape is pure poetry....and I was so grateful to spend time with this still life.....watercolor 22x30"

North Light Stormy Day BLock Island

I thought I would try this from one of  Laura's photos which she so kindly sent to me from the island. I loved the colors...green red and purple in the sky..the stormy sky...the paper has a little ripple becuse i think it was still wet when I took this pic of it...watercolor 22x30"

John Kingston in the Studio

John stopped by one morning to keep us company and the next thing you know ....he posing....with some tulips...watercolor 22x30"

More Springtime Rapids

So after I completed the other two studies of the river I saw this view and got the triptych feeling....I love standing next to the river and painting ...nothing makes me happier really...well painting any water feels good to me, oil on canvas 30x30"

Up River Rapids and Trees

this is actually still in progress, as they all are for quite a while...but you get the main idea...there is one more coming....to make it a triptych ....oil on canvas   30x30"

Magnolia Blossoms in Studio Window

One of my students brought this bouquet into the studio and I could not resist the temptation of a Springtime moment... two days latter they were gone, petals all on the floor and leaves emerging from the stems...oil on canvas  30x30"

Roses, Fish and Blue Chair

Red Roses in the studio  just before the Spring arrives ....oil on canvas 24x30"