Tuesday, November 5, 2024

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. 

Friday, November 1, 2024

Rain Coming




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

Friday, October 25, 2024

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.

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

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.

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Autumn Pond

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

 

Sunday, October 20, 2024

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.

Friday, October 18, 2024

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. 

Thursday, October 17, 2024

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.

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Nubble Lighthouse


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

Monday, October 14, 2024

Ogunquit Edges


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

Saturday, October 12, 2024

A Tree Drawing


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

Friday, October 11, 2024

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. 

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Little Pleasant Bay


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

Sunday, October 6, 2024

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.

Friday, October 4, 2024

Ogunquit Sea and Rocks

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