Snow in Central Park ( from a photo on a card)

I sent out some Christmas cards with this beautiful image on them....The buildings in the distance have such a haunting feeling up againt the snowy ground...also the stormy sky always gets me.... I liked it so much I thought I would try to draw it...so this is what came from that experiment...I enjoyed my time drawing...and that's the reason I do this work...c'est tout... Black China Marker on Bristol paper  @16x20"

The Stag on a Starry Night

Here is the first drawing from my mind I have really ever done ...or at least for a long time...like since I was six? Anyway I did bring this stag sculpture to the studio and that is how I got the inspiration... not to mention it was the Christmas season and this is what came to mind....Merry Christmas !!! 24x36" china  marker(wax pencil) on paper

Wilcox Farm Woods

And so after I painted the three heifers in the AM... I wandered into the beautiful woods in the PM and could not leave before I had spent some hours with this incredible woodland stream and autumn trees.... I was about to start painting a huge tractor in the shed but realized that I would love it if the farmer backed it out of the shed before I painted it...better composition....but he was nowhere to be found and so the woods called...glad I listened...will have to catch the tractor another fall day....maybe spring  watercolor 22x30"

Three Little Heiffers

OK so I did paint this a couple of weeks ago before it started to snow....back at the Wilcox's farm, my favorite farm of all.... these girls just look so cute to me and I sort if let myself have fun painting them....of course they stood still for about three seconds....so I really made most of it up!Even the tractor didn't have tires on it...  watercolor on 22x30" paper

Fox in the Snow

I painted this study several years ago and then decided it needed something....It was just the road and the snowstorm....so I added the fox....it was pretty tricky to figure out but I like it more now.... The new show at 510 Warren St Gallery opened up last night....seemed to be a hit... oil on canvas 20x24"

Ruby Chard

Every year I grow ruby chard in my garden to paint and eat...here is a bunch I picked just for the painting...gorgeous greens and reds.....24x36" oil on canvas

Milkweed and Landscape in the Studio

Drawing is very difficult when you are really used to painting...I think in terms of masses of color , but then again there is line to consider...so I just keep working at it and I swear I will do it differently the next time...22x30" China Marker on paper

Still life with Pomegranite and Osage Oranges

These drawings were done in the past few days....I was reading Van Goghs letters where he speaks about drawing all the time and I wanted to do some myself....these were done with China Marker on paper @ 22x30" It is tricky when you get used to painting to switch back to drawing...a challenge, but a good one....

October Sunset Block Island

This is the other half of the previous sunset...hot and cold....sun and water...an inspiring place to spend some time...watercolor 22x30" on paper

Sunset at Cooneymus Cove

Our last weekend there to close the house...an incredible stormy sunset...I painted this when I got home from a photo I had taken..the wind would not allow for painting outdoors...watercolor 22x30"paper

The Gasner Estate on Island

Every one else was at the beach across the street...but the light was just beautiful this afternoon ...clouds and pond and the feeling of September in the air....I always wanted to paint this building and this was the day....   watercolor on paper 22x30"

Alford Cemetary All Hallows Eve

A welcoming sight on a late Autumn afternoon...the local resting place...Is it haunted?I love the "monuments" as they are called....look like sculpture to me....this is a watercolor on 22x30" paper

The Alford Church and Schoolhouse

Here is what our little town looks like to me on a late fall afternoon...the storms of winter are on their way...oil on canvas 24x36"

Watermellon and WinterSquash

This is what's going on in the studio lately...the harvest of the local painters....interesting combination....couldn't resist painting it though...winter is on it's way....24x30" oil on canvas

Coast Guard Station and the Tide is Going Out

I spent an afternoon working on this study watching the tide go out and the boats coming in....by the time I left here it was getting dark...sun setting...but then I saw the barn reflection....watercolor 22x30"

Champlin's Farm Sunset

On the evening that I painted this watercolor I was coming around the bend heading home from the coast guard station where I had just worked on a study of the tide going out and I saw this reflection of the old barn in the ponds which I could not resist....(that was a mouthful) anyway I got set up to paint and realized I did not have any water to paint with ( I was just using the salt water always handy near the cut) just then one of my students drove up ( she hads also been painting down near the coast guard station) and she had a bottle of Poland Spring water which she donated to the cause....so I had a great time trying to capture this wonderful scene....later I learned that old Mrs Champlin had recently died and the farm had been sold off to some new folks...probably not wanting to farm unfortunately...watercolor 22x30"

Bass on the Block

This fish was caught on Block Island and painted out there too....I couldn't resist a beautifuhl fresh fish.....added the knife and lemon for balance....watercolor 22x30"

Full Moon over Autumn Trees

This is what I saw one night as I came home from a meeting....The clouds looked like they were swirling around the moon....In this painting I have attempted to capture that night....watercolor 22x30"

Moon over the Apple Tree

This was painted earlier in the month....stone wall at bottom built by youngest son....I woke up in the middle of the night and saw this view out of the back window...for some reason I thought it was inspiring....have another moon scape in mind...will try it soon.....watercolor 22x30"

Moon setting over Montauk

I woke up in the middle of the night and looked out and this is what I saw....the moon was not full yet but as it was setting it was an orange color.... a wonderful sight....watercolor 22x30"