Oil on board (6x8)
Oil on board
10x10
Oil on panel (9x12)
This is a painting entitled “The Last Race of the night”. It was from one of those September evenings, when for the first time in a while, foul weather gear, hats and warmer under layers are employed. It could however, just as easily be from early spring. With water temperatures hovering around 45°, a cool windy day can feel much colder, despite the warm colors of that sunset!
(Oil painting on panel, 10” x 10”)
This little (6”x8”) alla prime painting is all about that magical time between night and day when the sky seems to squeeze out every last bit of color...like that final bit of toothpaste from the tube!
(oil on panel)
One of the alla prima works from our 30/30 fundraiser for the Seacoast Women’s Giving Circle: “Tidal Pools”
(oil on panel 6” x 8”)
Sailing through the Fox Island Thoroughfare a classic wooden yawl is designed to heel in relatively light breeze- to maximize waterline length and enhance boat speed. But from there she’ll remain, with excellent secondary stability and a sail pattern designed to balance the helm.
(Oil on board 6” x 8”)
I’ve always been intrigued by these old junkers! Wondered, imagined what their back stories involve? The people they’ve worked for. The dog that rode shotgun. When did they stop being someone’s pride and joy ?
(oil on panel 6” x 8”)
A busy harbor during the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta begins to quiet down, Brooklin Harbor visitors make there way back on board following a visit to the campus of The Wooden Boat school and grounds.
Spring at Hamilton House in South Berwick, Maine.
(12x12) oil on board SOLD.
A color study for a larger commission exploring subtle light effects.
oil on board (6” x 12”)
Another little bitty painting, this alla prima work captures a mid 50’s Bunker-Ellis picking up passengers at the dock for an evening run-about in Northeast Harbor.
Love the shapes around this pair. And that although her head hits the frame, her boots don’t even reach the girth! Bending exercises (6x8) alla prima oil on board.
Although horses are not a big part of her life right now, they were when I took the reference photo for this alla prima painting. I remember how the whole experience would take my breath away; from the jumps and absolutely crazy things she would do ON the horse. To the patient, care and attention she would lavish on them before and afterwards. Lessons about self confidence. Lessons about stewardship.
Sun" Oil Painting on board. 12" square (2019)
Wondering if they’ll make it in time for our reservation at the Islesford Dock Restaurant. (I had a nice reference photo! Backlit, with these incredible long shadows. )
oil on board (6”x 12”)
Looking west from Burnt Island towards Capitol Island and Pine Cliff beyond.
Flattened shapes, simplified colors, honest light and a good story. Should be ashamed of myself.
18”x 24” oil on board
Each time you go clamming, you should remind yourself that the clock is ticking! Don’t be foolishly distracted by the expansiveness of newly discovered clam flats, for ready or not, the moon and mother nature will pull up the cover of a new tide, and this fleeting opportunity will be missed.
(Oil Sketch on Panel 6” x 8”)
Nearly 30 years ago, 940 acres on Frenchboro (an island off the coast of Maine) were listed for sale. Fearing that it would be purchased for subdivision, and seasonal home development, a group of concerned island residents forged a partnership with the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, the Island Institute and the Maine Seacoast Mission to conserve the land. In 2011, the entirety of Rich’s Head’s 192 acres was also donated to MCHT by David Rockefeller, the noted philanthropist and Mount Desert Island resident. Because of the forethought of these remarkable people we are able to enjoy this extraordinary place...with gratitude, with humility and with awe!
This small painting captures a hike that I shared with some very good friends this summer! More reason to be thankful!
“Around Rich’s Head” oil on prepared canvas, 8x10
Composition study. oil on board 8 x 12
A 12 x 12 alla Prima work from this summer. The Piscataqua Cafe.
The site once held a small store, which burned to the ground in April 1896. The cafe, and a house across the street were built in 1898 by Luther Amazeen, who welcomed visitors who came up the sleepy road or via boat on the river. That arrangement worked well for a decade until Luther drowned when his lobster boat capsized. The Piscataqua Cafe’s days as a full-time bed and breakfast ended with his death but the property remained in the Amazeen family until 2010.
“The Cafe” Oil on board 12” x 12”
During a tracking seminar some years ago, our group took a break for lunch and debated the relative merits of traditional snowshoes versus those modern aluminum things you buy from REI. In the end, the participants agreed to disagree.
“Yukon Style” 8” x 10” oil on board
A 5x7 Color study from this summer’s sketchbooks... “A view across Coot Island” ( in hell’s half acre.) I like the looseness of this painted sketch and hope that I can hang onto that while developing it into the larger painting-now in progress!
Around 3:00, our thoughts turn to supper and the steamed clams that we hope will accompany the recently purchased lobsters. Stop standing around with your hands on your hips and get busy digging!
Oil on boar (6x6)
Alla prima capture, oil on canvas (11x14)
Plein aire in Epping, NH!
First light strikes the hull of an incoming oil tanker.
Oil on board (12 x 24)
Oil on board 6x8
Oil on board (6x8)
Oil on Board (6x8)