The Trapeze

As you can see there is alot going on at the circus...which is what interests me... it is like a giant puzzel...see the shadow on the side of the tent? watercolor 22x30"

Portrait of Rosie

Rosie posed today...last time I painted her was a couple of summers ago and she was nude....it was warm....great to have her back...she is writing a book now ....about how she almost drowned when  she was young....which she talked about as she posed...very interesting....a very beautiful girl...oil on canvas 20x20"

Ode to my Goldfish

To my sweet goldfish who has been with us for years, you will no longer be swimming, this brings me to tears, what happened to you we will never know, but after today you will swim in the snow..... oil on canvas  16x16"

Up on a High Wire

More of the circus....the high wire act...I love the up and down of this composition....two different focuses...connected by the ropes and ladders and surrounded by the dark...watercolor  22x30 " Arches Hot Pressed paper

Circus Entrance Summer Evening

I really like this view with the long shadows and the feeling of just entering the Big Top.....watercolor 22x30" on paper

Tropical Still Life

One of my students brought these clementines into the studio  ...... found this wonderful fabric.....and voila' another amazing still life subject.... it was fun to be painting all these hot colors when it was so unbelievably cold outside.... 24x24" oil on canvas

Cole Bros Circus ...Elephant Ride

I've been taking photos of the circus for many years....I would like to spend the winter working on the paintings from these photos, a project I began earlier this year.... watercolor 22x30" Arches Hot pressed paper

Self Portrait December

First I did the drawing and then I tried the portrait in oils.....more colorful for sure...sort of the same feeling..still look awfully grim...however when one is painting a self portrait it is difficult work and one has to concentrate..so that is the expression of concentration....oil on canvas 20x16"

Self Portrait Drawing

I had not done a self portrait since last year and I had not drawn one in many more ...so this attempt was made...I never know what I look like....but always an interesting way to spend the morning....16x20 " China Marker on Bristol Paper

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"