Brooklyn Street Corner

Fifth Avenue Corner, Brooklyn, NY.  8x10 inches, oil on canvas panel.

 

Classon at Dean

 Classon at Dean, Brooklyn.  9x12 inches, oil on canvas panel.  

Dean Street Graffiti

 Dean Street Graffiti, Brooklyn.  9x12 inches, oil on canvas panel.  

Last Red Barn

Red Barn, Williamstown, MA. 12x16 inches, oil on canvas panel.  This will be the last red barn for a while, but I had to do this one.

Winter Barn

 Red Barn, Williamstown, MA.  12x16 inches, oil on canvas panel.   

Red Barn with Snow

 Red Barn with Snow, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, oil on canvas panel.  

Observers

Truck and Cow, Haley Farm, Williamstown, MA.  11x14 inches, oil on canvas panel.  Haley Farm is at the end of Hopper Road where the truck is permanently parked.

The Long Barn

Red Barn, Williamstown, MA. 12x16 inches, oil on canvas panel.  From this view the red barn is also the long barn.

Simple Red Barn Painting

 Red Barn, Williamstown, MA.  12x16 inches, oil on canvas panel.  I'm trying to keep it simple.

The Front Door

The Red Barn, Williamstown, MA.11x14 inches, oil on canvas.  This is the front door (and the back door) of the red barn.

Bigger Red Barn

Big Red Barn, Williamstown, MA. 9x24 inches, oil on canvas panel.  I decided to extend the painting of the big red barn to show its sprawling glory.  Happy Thanksgiving!

The Big Red Barn

The Red Barn, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, oil on canvas panel.  A partial view of a big red barn. That's Mt. Greylock in the background on the right.  I blocked it in on site but had to finish it in the studio.

The Big Rock

Little Pleasant Bay, Orleans, MA.  11x14 inches, oil on linen canvas.  Presumably a glacier left that big rock at the shoreline.

Hoosic River Bend

 Hoosic River Bend, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, gouache on watercolor paper.  

Shore Line

Little Pleasant Bay, Orleans, MA. 11x14 inches, oil on linen canvas.   

Field Farm Field

Field Farm Field, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, gouache and watercolor on watercolor paper.  

 

Still Life Drawing

Still Life. 9x12 inches, pencil on paper.  I prefer still lifes like this one, where everything is where I found it, nothing arranged.  I'm tempted to call this an insomnia drawing since I did it in the wee hours of the morning.

Road Squiggles

Pattison Road, North Adams, MA.  6x8 inches, gouache and watercolor on watercolor paper.  This is near where Luce Road in Williamstown changes to Pattison Road in North Adams. The tar squiggles preserve the cracks and reflect the sky. 

Rain Coming

Rain Coming. Little Pleasant Bay, Orleans, MA. 11x14 inches, oil on linen panel.  

Capturing Stuff

Field Farm, Williamstown, MA.  9x12 inches, gouache on mixed media paper.   The turbulent brush marks capture the stuff in the field and sky.

Towards the Light

Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x12 inches, oil on linen panel.  From the path I looked through a row of trees towards the light.

Autumn Pond

The Pond at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x12 inches, oil on linen panel.  I worked quickly on this one chasing the light.

 

In The Afternoon

Pond, Grafton, MA. 9x12 inches, gouache on mixed media paper.  A small, round pond that I visit with painting materials when I can. The light was gorgeous in the afternoon yesterday.

Not Much Can

Stone Hill View, Williamstown, MA. 12x12 inches, oil on linen panel.  Not much can compete with painting outside, high up on a hill, in the warm autumn sunshine. 

The Same Spot

The Pond at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x12 inches, oil on linen panel.  I went back to the same spot where I painted a couple weeks ago and did it again.

Nubble Lighthouse

 Nubble Lighthouse, York, ME.  16x20 inches, oil on linen canvas.  

Ogunquit Edges

 Evening Sea, Ogunquit. 12x16 inches, oil on canvas panel.  Two edges. Some are abrupt.

A Tree Drawing

A Tree, Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x9 inches, charcoal pencil on paper.  A lifeless tree is very much alive.

A Blue Sea

The Mediterranean Sea at Cap Ferrat.  12x16 inches, oil on canvas panel.  I've always liked the words of Cezanne to Pissarro about painting the sea at L'Estaque: "red roofs against a blue sea," signifying the simplicity required for painting in the brilliant light of the south of France. 

Little Pleasant Bay

Little Pleasant Bay, Orleans, MA. 9x12 inches, oil on linen panel.  An August plein air painting not previously posted.  

The Tide and the Sun

Little Pleasant Bay, Orleans, MA. 9x12 inches, oil on canvas panel.  Both the tide and the sun were going out at the same time.

Ogunquit Sea and Rocks

Sea and Rocks, Ogunquit, ME. 12x16 inches, oil on canvas panel.

Sea and Rocks

 Sea and Rocks, York, ME.  12x16 inches, oil on linen panel.  

This Afternoon Now Gone

The Pond at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, oil on canvas panel.  This afternoon I painted again the corner of the pond, which I've painted many times before.  There used to be a beaver lodge here, but the owners and their home are now gone.  

The Hopper Ravine

The Hopper, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, oil on canvas panel.  At the end of Hopper Road, one can see the ravine called "The Hopper".  I painted this on site on Friday afternoon.

Cape Cod at Orleans

Little Pleasant Bay, Orleans, MA. 9x12 inches, oil on canvas panel.  A plein air painting not previously posted.

On An Island

The Nubble Lighthouse, York, ME. 9x12 inches, gouache on mixed media paper.  I didn't realize until I walked over that it sits on an island.  

Reflections at Field Farm

Pond at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA.  12x12 inches, oil on linen panel.  This one I painted two weeks ago at the pond.

South Trail

South Trail Passage, Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x12 inches, oil on linen panel.  From three weeks ago when it was still summer.

Beach Tree

Tree, Orleans, MA. 9x12 inches, gouache on mixed media paper.  A large, impressive dried-up tree on display against the shore bank of Little Pleasant Bay, which I painted when the tide was out.

Morning Lighthouse

 Nubble Light House, York, ME. 8x10 inches, gouache on mixed media paper. 

Afternoon Painting

The Pond at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x12 inches, oil on linen panel.  This afternoon's painting.

Pond at Field Farm

Pond at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x12 inches, oil on linen panel.  
 

Passage

Passage, Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x12 inches, oil on linen panel.  A plein air painting from a couple days ago.  

Two Rivers Meet

Hoosic and Green Rivers, Williamstown, MA. 12x12 inches, oil on linen panel.  The river waters are low, so I had a wide beach to paint from where the two rivers meet.

 

Transition

Transition (Field Farm, Williamstown, MA).  12x12 inches, oil on linen panel.  This plein air painting depicts the end of the Pond Trail as it opens onto the large field.  

The Tide Was Out

Little Pleasant Bay, Orleans, MA.  9x12 inches, oil on gessobord.  A sketch done on site when the tide was out.

It Felt Like Rain

Little Pleasant Bay, Orleans, MA.  9x12 inches, oil on canvas panel.  The tide was out but it felt like rain.

Bay View

 Little Pleasant Bay, Orleans, MA.  16x20 inches, oil on linen canvas.  

Through the Trees

 Little Pleasant Bay Through the Trees. 9x12 inches, oil on gessobord.