Early Morning Deck at the Surf Hotel

This deck was offlimits since the hotel had closed so I had to paint fast(that was different, not really)the patterns of the railing were fun and I was glad my favorite ferry was still at the dock....not for long...oil on canvas 30x30"

Young Bulls at the Farm

A bucolic scene it was....distant hills....bull calves eating.....gorgeous summer day.....oil on canvas 36"x36"

Chickens at the Farm

I  spent the morning with the chickens pecking around my feet....they had alot to say for themselves....it was a fine summer day and the light and shadows were lovely....oil on canvas 30x30"

Gulls at the North Light

an incredible afternoon at the lighthouse...the gulls were going crazy...the sky was blue..the lighthouse was powerful in it's stone presence out there on that spit of sand dunes....the afternoon light was intense...the roses were blooming....I did the best I could.....watercolor  22"x30"

Lupines and Poppies

It is kind of difficult to make sense of a summer garden sometimes....untangling the lupines from the poppies was a challenge....and then the bumble bee arrived....it was a beautiful day....windy, cloudy summer day....    oil on canvas 16x20"

Iska's Bedroom

And a beautiful room it is too...Her little dog Gabby sleeps at the foot of the bed...the room is filled with great art and books( couldn't paint them all) this is an inspiring place...the opera plays on...22x30" watercolor

Tulips , Bird's Nest and Studio Chair

I painted this a couple of weeks ago now...time flies...it is big for me...36x36" ....I just wanted to try to do something a little different....when you paint bigger your brushes move not so tightly....but then again I still see with same eyes... I found the bird's nest while clearing out a tangled mess of undergrowth...I liked the grapevine wound around it....sorry no eggs...I was thinking of addding them? The studio is always the studio,which I do love....especially this chair which I have had forever...oil on canvas 36x36"

The Path Down to Cooneymous

I really liked the pattern this fence made...and then the waves breaking....and the wild roses....but especially listening to the Bell Bouy ringing out in the surf....some fishermen walked by as I was painting and asked" Do you really see all those colors?" I had to stop and think about it...."Yes, I do see them all....and then some"....30x30" oil  on canvas

Andrews Porch Morning Light

I spent my last morning on the island at the Andrews house....actually late morning...had to close our house up first....It was so peaceful and the light was great....Vlada was there painting with me...and Joan was leaving on the midday ferry....seen leaving the island in the distance....I always loved this view of the Buchanan house....wish there had been something hanging on his clothes line...oil on canvas 36x24"

Windrows in the Sunset BI

The sun is setting and I have just painted another picture of this scene...but then I see this new view...so I have to try it....I have been watching the tractor drive around and around the field baling the hay...I hope he leaves some in the field because I love the way it looks...oil on canvas 24x24"

Bell Buoy off Coonemous Beach

A brilliant afternoon spent painting on the beach....the bell buoy that we hear all night and day....I love this sound....and so I painted the culprit....oil on canvas 24x24"

Tractor,Wagon, Windrows and Sea

Please forgive long silence but much work has been done....I guess it is hard for me to focus while emersed in Block Island painting....here is an example of what captured me there....the hay was being made ....while the sun shone....first it is cut, then it is tedded into windrows before it is baled....and I painted like the wind.....oil on canvas 24x24"

The Class

We went to Iska's house to paint... worked and then  all sat down for lunch...here they are...all the great arist's of the world....well some of them.....I'm sorry I do not have pictures of all their good work  ....thank you Iska!

Pigasso Farm, Really

Heading south on Rt 22 from Hillsdale NY, after you have passed the turn off for Copake there is a wonderful pig farm....I have had my eye on it for the past three years...always wanted to stop and paint (never give up) so I finally found the time this week to go down and have a try at it...the farmer warned me they wouldn't stand still....I told him it wasn't my first time out with a pig....So this is what I saw, well I did alot of editing....or rather composing...oil on canvas 24x36"

The Little Chipmunk that didn't make it across the road....

But it did make it into my studio....I feel so badly for these little creatures that get run down...yesterday I found two next to each other in the road....Mother and child?  We will never know...I bury them in the tall grass....watercolor on paper 16x20"

Iska's House with Spring Bouquet

The class went over to Iska's house last week to paint...I love her house and have done quite a few interior studies there in the past....so I tried this view ....her house is a museum of great art, relics from her home in Poland, and the opera is always playing as I paint...I am transported to another era another world...watercolor 22x30"

Block Island Farm

Springtime on the farm with all the greens and grass and horses grazing ....I painted this on the island a couple of Springs ago and I really like it....especially the big Purple Martin bird house on the pole....watercolor 22x30"

Spring Flowers and Old Blue Chair

In the studio today....I was working on about five things at once...framed and signed the portrait of the headmaster...will deliver tomorrow...watercolor of lilacs....oil study of lily of the valley....oil study I did a year  ago of wild cherry blossoms I revamped...much better now...and finished the new circus painting of the elephants..... on to the next??? will it rain tomorrow? painting inside or out? oil on canvas 24x36"

Studies of Some of my Favorite Artists

Lautrec....Bonnard...Van Gogh

I do these watercolors when I am at work teaching at the retirement community Kimball Farms....while everyone is painting so am I.....I think it helps to  really try and follow how these artists created what they did  ....I have done dozens of them...freehand.....and always learn something....like painting with someone else's brush....actually just finished a big Kandinsky this week....show you sometime....this is not easy for me to do....but a wonderful way to spend time painting

Our Block Island Porch

I painted this picture last summer...someone just came in the gallery the other day and bought it....sorry to see it go...strange need to earn a living and then have to let the thing you love go....I will have to do another....watercolor 22x30"