Sticks And Dried Mud

The painter Neil Welliver gives me permission to paint beaver lodges.  I was calling them houses.  I shied away from it at first, but it's just a bunch of sticks and dried mud with an interesting shape that contrasts with and echoes its environment.  9x12 oil on panel.

Atlantic Avenue Shuttle Bridge

This painting, started three weeks ago, has been noisily demanding attention until yesterday when I completed it.  It depicts a view of the Shuttle bridge at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn.  12x24 inches, oil on linen canvas.

Field Farm Drawings

A couple of recent drawings done at Field Farm in Williamstown, MA.  8x10 inches, pencil on paper.

A Big Beaver House

A big beaver house at Field Farm in Williamstown, MA. 12x9 inches, oil on linen.

The front door is under water.

This morning at the Field Farm pond painting the newest building, which has a great view of the pond and the mountains. The front door is under water.   

Pond Heaven

The painting from yesterday morning at the pond at Field Farm in Williamstown, MA.  A  heavenly spot for a moment: tadpoles and catfish at the edges of the pond, a heron stalking at the opposite shore, and the frog chorale.

Flowers

Flowers in a vase by the window. 12x9 inches, oil on panel.

Same Place, Different Painting

Yesterday morning I went back to the same spot at the Field Farm pond, since the light was different.  The bull frogs performed their chorale again.  The heat became oppressive so I packed up after one painting.

While Listening To The Bull Frog Chorale

From yesterday at the pond at Field Farm: the drawing came first.  At some point the bull frogs felt undisturbed and started a chorale, with dozens of bull frogs calling to each other from all over the pond.  9x12 inches, oil on linen; 9x12 inches, pencil on paper.

Painting At The Beaver Skyscraper

At the pond at Field Farm in Williamstown, MA. with my painting and a skyscraper beaver house that I was told went up in four days.

River Squeeze

Right now I'm juggling three paintings, but if the weather is nice and I have a couple hours free, I have to go out to paint.  Standing on a sand bar in what is the middle of the river but easily accessible, I painted this view this morning where the Green River bends and gets squeezed into whitewater.  9x12 inches, oil on linen.

A Calm View of Pacific Street

A studio painting of Pacific Street looking towards Classon Avenue from Franklin Avenue, with the Shuttle bridge.  It's been sitting around the studio for a couple weeks, so I decided to finish it.  12x24 inches, oil on linen canvas.

River and Rocks

Two recent river drawings.  8x10 inches, pencil on paper.

The Unseen Exhibition

Real Eyes Gallery in Adams, MA exhibited twelve of my landscape paintings during the months of March through May.  Sadly the exhibition coincided with the Covid-19 shutdown and was not open to the public for very long.  Here's what you missed.

On Display

Usually these rocks at the river bend at Mount Hope Park are under water, but at the moment are prominently on display.  9x12 inches, oil on linen.