Tuesday, November 29, 2011

The Mill and Housatonic River Reflections

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I painted this study from the bridge...a sunny autumn afternoon...I like the composition and colors of the reflections in the moving water....
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Friday, November 25, 2011

Self Portrait I In the Studio

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So here I am looking into the mirror and seeing all the things around me, which are many, I could paint self portraits endlessly because I ...
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Friday, November 18, 2011

Two Studies of Walnuts and Quince

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I picked these walnuts up along side the road...still in their bright green skin...and then Jean Francois gave me the Quince...so here the...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Sam with Guitar and Case Reflections

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I have a great model every Monday morning...Sam comes to the studio to play...so I try to see what I can see....I really love the guitar sh...
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Monday, November 14, 2011

And yet Another White Urn with Flowers

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Here you can see another view of this most marvelous still life....I could not resist...it was actuallly outside on a table in the sun...I ...
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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Most Amazing Arrangement

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I arrived at the studio the other day to find this urn filled with a glorious arrangement of inspiring food and flowers....figs and garlic ...
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Friday, November 11, 2011

Dories Cove Looking South and North

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What a difference a few hours makes in the sky on Block Island...Afternoon silver clouds on a dark sky,looking south....then early morning...
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Monday, November 7, 2011

The Last of the Nasturtiums

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There is something about a Nasturtium that really attracts me...the color? shape? the way they seem to dance? well whatever it is these w...
Saturday, October 29, 2011

Bouquet in grey

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I liked these flowers because they looked so fragile and warm against the cool background...another quiet,moment in the studio mixing color...
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Monday, October 24, 2011

Front St. Housatonic Mass

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Caught in the act...I started this study on a warm sunny morning...however it was so windy I had to go inside...then I went back out this ...
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Thursday, October 20, 2011

The Nasturtiums and Guitar

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I painted this last week after I had done a bunch of watercolors of the Nasturtiums...I wanted to do an oil...it took me quite a while to f...
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Friday, October 14, 2011

The Depot

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This is where they stored the freight awaiting the trains...now empty, would make a great studio? wool blankets for WWII were made here in...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Housatonic River View

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A beautiful october day and I am standing on the bridge painting the local color, listening to the rushing river around me...I never tire ...
Monday, October 10, 2011

The Bluffs and Gull

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Can you see the gull? I was looking down at it...another beautiful day by the sea and the bluffs...eroding more each year...a different per...
Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Going ,Going ,Gone...

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One evening spent down at Dories Cove on BI....just watching and painting as the sun set into the clouds...I put the sun where ever I wan...
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Friday, September 30, 2011

The Spring House

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This is the actual "Spring House" on Block Island....there is also the hotel named after it...I remember coming here to fetch wat...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Two Chairs,Looking out to sea and Looking at the Harbor

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There is something about an empty chair that makes me want to paint it...or perhaps really just sit in it...but if I paint it I can always...
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Sunday, September 25, 2011

The Sunflowers at my House with the Heirloom Tomatoes

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After enjoying these crazy blossoms for a while I decided I had to paint them....the table seemed  bare and so I added the tomatoes and the ...
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Friday, September 23, 2011

Two Boats, Two Harbors

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These paintings were done last week on Block Island..I was out there with some students painting for the week....we had glorious weather a...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Sunflowers Black and White

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Always a good idea to see what happens without the color, which is so powerful a factor...have to think outside the box...I like the challe...