Bouquet in grey

I liked these flowers because they looked so fragile and warm against the cool background...another quiet,moment in the studio mixing colors on the canvas..oil on canvas 36x36"

Front St. Housatonic Mass

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 cold grey afternoon to work on it...ended up back out in the sun this morning with no wind...sometimes I wonder what it's all about...the desire to paint yet another view of Housatonic...more love and beauty I guess...36x36" oil on canvas

The Nasturtiums and Guitar

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 figure a way to compose the painting so that it would inspire me...Sam was playing in the studio that morning and I had been studying a collage of George Braques which was filled with guitar images...so...this is what came of it...oil on canvas 36x36"

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 Housatonic...among other things...now mostly art, which does not seem to need a train to move it...yet... old blue station in the distance as well as mills,one used for most popular, Country Curtains,other one mostly abandoned, patiently awaiting an architect and lots of money... the water tower holds its own...I was really trying to find an angle to paint it...so the depot did the job... oil on canvas 30x30"

Housatonic River View

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 of this old mill town...24x36" oil canvas

The Bluffs and Gull

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 perspective...but always so inspiring to try and capture the bliss of just being there 22x30"watercolor and gouache

Going ,Going ,Gone...

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 wanted it which is why it does not seem to move....but it really did move and so did my paint brush....watercolor and gouache 20x24" 16x16" 12x16"

The Spring House

This is the actual "Spring House" on Block Island....there is also the hotel named after it...I remember coming here to fetch water with Doris Andrews many years ago...no one uses it anymore..the path to the water is over grown with weeds...I love the red roof and shape of the building...watercolor and gouache 22x30"

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

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 go and sit in it....want to join me? watercolor and gouache 22x30"

The Sunflowers at my House with the Heirloom Tomatoes

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 fork....oil on canvas 36x36"

Two Boats, Two Harbors

These paintings were done last week on Block Island..I was out there with some students painting for the week....we had glorious weather and a great painting time...These boats caught my eye...The "Gee Willie Make It" the fishing boat in the Old Harbor with all the other fishing boats, is the one we go out on every summer to fish with Captain Bill....always catch something .... I love all the fishing boats and their stories ...The other sail boat in New Harbor, the "Kemmo Sabe" as in "The Lone Ranger and Tonto" is a beautiful sloop? Don't know if you call them that...owned by a nice guy named Bill( Bills and boats must go together?) who was kind enough to not move her for the duration of this paint job and let us come aboard.....not so easy to build a boat with paint..I learned alot... watercolors..22x30"

Sunflowers Black and White

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 challenge...also the results that are so different...

The Cow Corn Field

Not the people corn field...I love the ripe corn with all of its tassels ...so many colors and shapes... oil on canvas 3'x4' a fairly large canvas

Most Recent August Bouquet

It was a rainy day and we could not paint the landscape so we headed into the studio...why am I drawn to these flowers? Flowers are like good friends to me....they always comfort and inspire me...and on any given day comfort is always welcome...36x36" oil on canvas

Drawing of the Chair

So I thought a drawing was in order....if you look closely it is just a bunch of scribbles...this is about 24x36" on paper with a black China Marker

Distant View of the Corn Field

So this canvas is 3'x4' and it catches the wind like a sail.... when the storm hit I had to hold on with all my might...I am still working on this but you get the idea....oil on canvas

The Corn Field

Went to the corn field with only my black watercolor and tried to capture the complexity of the scene....quite a challenge...next time I am bringing a large canvas and some oil paint....watercolor on paper16x20"

Porch at Balsam Hill Farm

Well here we are at a beautiful old farm house in Sheffield Ma....Mt Everett in the distance....bucolic scene...Is there a better view than that from a summer porch? oil on canvas 24x36"

Two Chairs Talking

My show at the Front St Gallery opened up yesterday...well I had the opening....thanks to all for showing up and making it a success for me...this painting of two chairs was a real favorite...watercolor 22x30"

Lotus in the Lily Pond

There is nothing like a lotus blossom.....well in this case the lotus plant....I watched this water lily open in front of my eyes....the reflections in the pond were particularily beautiful ....oil on canvas 24x24"

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"

Horses under the Big Top

It is hard to believe how great the circus is....What a show....this was the Big Apple several years ago...What drama! I just love the colors and composition and feeling.....well I guess that just about covers it all.....watercolor 22x30"

Green Peppers , Tomatoes and Eggplant

So here I am again....In love with some random vegitables....well actually the colors and shapes of the vegitables....more love....but so what? Is it enough that I love them? I paint to get through the long days which are very tricky without something that fills me with love.....as opposed to the alternative...So please bear with me as I fill canvas after canvas with more paint and .....more love.

Paris Landscape

Last week Jack and Sam were in Paris....so I thought I would join them....at the Louvre...This is one of my favorite Mailliol sculptures so here is my interpretation of it.... watercolor  22x30"