A View From the Gardens in Taormina Sicily

This view was particularly beautiful...up on top of the rocky hills there were castles and monasteries...there were stone walkways leading up to both which we did hike up....such a wild landscape one does not see every day or get to paint! watercolor and gouache 22x30"

Sicilian Landscapes

 

Sunrise from our patio at the Villa Carlotto....an amazing view to wake up to...It does not seem possible that such a place exists really...it is all too wonderful...I loved the Date Palm Tree out side the window, the little birds loved it also...Roman ruins everywhere you looked...molto bella...watercolor and gouache 16x16 14x16"

Spring on the Side of the Road

Unfortunately this Robin will not be flying around this spring...I saw it on the side of the road and one of my students picked it up and brought it to the studio...A beautiful bird to spend time with , postcards from Sicily and the white Hyacinth...oil on canvas 18x18"

Taormina Sicily views from our Hotel Villa Carlotta

Mt Etna is visible from  the restaurant on the top floor...it is sending out smoke every day now and sometimes it hides in the clouds...Looking out to the Ionian Sea the landscape is lush and full of wonderful colors...I am very happy to be painting this incredible scenery! Watercolor and gouache 11x14"   

Afternoon Sky in Fredricksted USVI

Sitting on the beach there is a long cloud formation that has been hiding the sun...but now the intense light is revealed and all is well...I see so many colors in the water and sky it all becomes abstract movement...a glorious afternoon swimming and then I get to paint! St Croix is as beautiful as ever...Watercolor gouache 11x14"

St Croix Afternoon. Carambola

It took me   a while to figure out how to blog on an iPad.   Here I am in my kind of Paradise..... Water    ...sky ....warm tropical air that smells of the sea...if this painting looks strange that is because it is....sort of abstract....waves rocks all creating interesting colors and shapes....hopefully more to come...watercolor.  11x14".   

Gallery opening Tonight at TOP HAT GALLERY.   Company St Christiansted USVI 5-7pm

More Winter Landscape

Looking west across the Alford valley....actually this was the first snow....some grass stubble still visible...I loved the tracks heading off into the field...there is a light on at the barn....more snow on the way...starlings landing in the tree....oil on canvas 36x48"

Winter Scene

Looking out across my friend Joan's back yard from her studio, I fell in love with this scene....the snow , the sunset, the reflection in the river...winter at its finest....more to come...oil on canvas 18x24"

510 WARREN ST GALLERY HUDSON NY SHOW FEB 1 - FEB 23 2014

 

 

                                             BLACK AND WHITE   DARK AND LIGHT
The first painting was done with oils on canvas...using only black white and ochre...after seeing a film about the prehistoric ?cave paintings in the south of France...charcoal, ochre cave wall and white where they had carved through the surface of the wall.....GORGEOUS....I love to watch old black and white films from the thirties....simplifies things... all value no color....so for me a real challenge ...seeing as I am trained in the Impressionist School!...Second painting is a  watercolor on paper...it is the view from my studio in Housatonic Ma...it's been snowing lately...gotta love it...Please come and see them!...OPENING RECEPTION SAT FEB 1   3-6 pm at the 510 address

Winter in the City...NYC that is....

 

It is so cold here right now I am inspired to paint the winter scene...Cherry Lane Theater in the West Village ( I used to live there, the West Village that is) on a snowy evening...loved the light in the windows  at dusk...then of course the Rockefeller Skating rink...Could someone tell me who the statue is of spread out over the waterfall? I like this composition with the big tree not front and center....also love the random figures captured so well!  20x24" oil on canvas

New Selfie....or is it Self Portrait?

Here I am in the studio holding a remnant of the holiday...a Christmas gift, an exotic Amaryllis...wearing my painting gloves...the old cotton church kind found at a booth selling strange stuff at Lyme Rock race track...4th of July Vintage races...they are hard to find...these old gloves...anyway I stood still for an hour or two...this is what I saw and felt that day    16x20 oil on canvas

Back to Manhattan....the NYC Library

I really loved the very modern buildings cropping up behind the old....the trees catching the light was good too...also the intense abstract patterns on the street were fun ....41st street and 5th Ave looking west...oil on canvas 30x40"

Knappinsky

I love Kandinsky's work...all of those clear colors and wonderful shapes...great eye candy...so I do "interpretations" of them...after going to see the recent show at the NEUE Gallery I am inspired to follow his brush strokes and mix his colors...for a moment I see through his eyes...30x 40 " oil on paper

Church on Warren St Hudson, NY

I am not sure what kind of church this is...only that it is beautiful in the winter night with the stars twinkling...an interesting challenge with the black watercolor....22x30" on hot pressed 140lb arches paper

The God Child

 

My God daughter posed at the studio this morning...it was such a pleasure just to spend time with such a beautiful young woman...gorgeous eyes and wonderful young lips...she said she thought the first study resembled her mother and the second one, her father I really don't know , except that I had a  blissful 3 hours painting...black watercolor on Bristol paper 16x20"











 

Apples From Our Trees.....Sold!

I had to pick these apples, each from a different tree...and take them to the studio to paint...thinking of Cezanne ...every apple an unusual  color and shape the white cloth all colors of the rainbow...I had  painted them, the apples, the day before just in black watercolor...so when I got to the color I was totally thrilled...this study sold at my open studio a few weeks ago...it found a good home...a bowl of pears went with it...if there is anyone who needs some fruit or flowers? Please ask and I will try to find you what you want! oil on canvas 16x20 "

The Winter Garden

Amazing how different  a garden looks when it is covered in snow...after all those wonderful months of growing things and harvesting the precious fruits of one's labor...the world  does seem to get simpler visually in the winter...I get a nostalgic feeling painting this scene for what it once was...and will be again I hope! oil on canvas 16x20"

The Sunflower Fields November

 

One morning I went out to paint a sunflower I had my eye on for several weeks and the farmer had cut it down the day before ..so then I went looking for more at which time I came across these rows of almost dry sunflower heads at the local Taft Farms field...so I spent many pleasant days painting there before the serious cold set in and the farmer eventually came out with his tractor and cut them all down to be plowed under for the winter...can you find the blue jay?oil on canvas 20x30"

Stockbridge Bowl Marshes

 

When I arrived at this sight to paint, the sky was really lovely...I had to paint very quickly as all the clouds disappeared and a clear blue sky took its place....not as inspiring to me...oil on canvas 30x30"

Color.... and Black and White

 

Same flowering kale different day...a totally different way of describing what I see...every color change creates form and so it is simple, in a way, to paint what I am looking at and have it become a recognizable thing....with the black watercolor paint I am limited to line and value...light dark ...very simple in a different way...I like  them both, I love the kale...Any thoughts ?? oil on canvas 20x30" watercolor on paper 22x30"