Another Paint Factory

The paint factory at Rocky Neck in Gloucester MA offers many opportunities to compose an interesting painting.  Here, I was intrigued by the contrast of the front building on the left with the water on the right, which occupies almost the same amount of picture real estate but represents something going back into the distance.  I also like the softer 'v' at the bottom with the more severe opposite 'v' of the factory roof.   This painting is a 22 x 28 inch oil on panel.

Front Door Geraniums

This morning I did something unheard of.  I didn't paint in my backyard.  That's been done.  Instead, I painted in my front yard, near my front door, where my wife has placed a hanging pot of geraniums.  This one is 8x10 oil on panel.

Gallery Six in Manchester, VT

This is the postcard for the new pop up gallery in Manchester, VT, in which I am participating with five other artists.  The gallery is located at 4542 Main Street across from the new hotel.  The gallery opens on July 1st, and the opening reception is Friday, July 13 at 5:00 PM.

Painting Peonies

Painting peonies is hard.  9x12 oil on panel.

Presence

A studio painting of the Paint Factory at the end of Horton Street at Rocky Neck, Gloucester.  This building has presence.  Maybe location has something to do with it.  18x22 oil on panel.

Small Tapestry

As you can see, I am still in the flower bed.  Peonies don't last very long.  They shred themselves on the ground after a short appearance.  I am painting them as if I were making a small tapestry to capture their evanescent beauty.  8x10 oil on panel.

Flowery Diversion

A momentary diversion: a painting of peonies.  I set myself up at the edge of a large flower bed and painted away.  A landscape still life.  8x10 oil on panel.

Turn Around

When you walk down the dirt road towards the Paint Factory at Rocky Neck, Gloucester, and turn around, and if it's sunny, and it's early afternoon, and it's June, you will see this view.  12x16 oil on panel.

Sunny Day at the Paint Factory

Here's a painting of the Paint Factory at Rocky Neck in Gloucester done on a sunny day.  Water, sunlight, and red go well together.  12x16 oil on panel.

Fish Eye View

When in Gloucester, I always visit the Marine Railways shipyard at Rocky Neck.  While there last Sunday, I painted this view of the "Margaret Louise".  You never know what old and new boats will be out of the water to be seen from a fish's perspective.  It's a visually exciting place.  This painting is a 9x12 oil on panel.

Painting at the Paint Factory

Last Sunday I painted at the paint factory at Rocky Neck, Gloucester, MA.  It seems fitting.  This painting was done later in the afternoon when the sun was no longer shining on the building face that is viewable by land.  The superb Gloucester painter, Jeff Weaver, has painted the paint factory from his boat, showing the side where the letters "MANUFACTORY" and "ESTABLISHED 1863" are still visible on the building.  12x16 oil on panel.

Gloucester Icon

This is the first painting of a group that I did this past week at Rocky Neck in Gloucester, MA.  It depicts the iconic paint factory which manufactured copper paint for ship bottoms from 1863 to 1980.  Some of the buildings are gone, some restored, but this wonderful hulk patiently waits and watches.  12x 16 oil on panel.