Tracery of Tree Limbs

Hoosic River, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, conte crayon and pastel on paper.  I went down to the river to draw some water (pun intended). Actually, I was scouting out a place to paint when the weather improves. It's not meant to be a great drawing, but a study of the tracery of tree limbs against the river flow.

Wild and Rocky

Monhegan Island, ME. 12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas. The east facing Atlantic coast side of the island can be disorienting in its wild rocky robustness.

Slowly Awakening

Trees at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA.  9x12 inches, conte crayon on paper.  I went walking yesterday and made this drawing. I realized later that I drew some Ents slowly awakening.

Monhegan Boat

Boat on Light House Hill, Monhegan Island, ME. 12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas. The sea is tucked into the upper left.

Monhegan Path

Walking the Path, Monhegan Island, ME. 12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas. Life is a journey on a small island in a big ocean.  

D. T. Sheridan

Remnants, Monhegan Island, ME 12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas.  The remains of the tugboat, D.T. Sheridan.

Backyard Pleinair

Backyard Melt, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, oil on canvas panel.  I painted outside today, albeit from the deck.  It's warm and sunny but the ground is sopping wet.  

Monhegan Paintings

Monhegan Paintings.  Each 12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas. Completed in the two months from early January to early March.  

Clothesline

Hanging Clothes, Monhegan Island, ME. 12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas.  For most people today, an active clothesline is a pleasant memento of the past.

An Arrangement

Alley and Ramp, Monhegan Island, ME. 12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas.  An arrangement of island forms.

Monhegan View

Hill Top View, Monhegan Island, ME. 12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas.  The view from Lighthouse Hill.  Shall we sit here for a while?

Monhegan Evening

 Monhegan Evening, Monhegan Island, ME. 12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas. 

No Clothes

Clothesline, Monhegan Island, ME. 12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas. This time the line is empty: no clothes. 
 

Confrontation

The Seascapist, Monhegan Island, ME. 12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas.  A long time ago I found her sitting calmly at her easel atop the threatening rocks at the south of the island. She was painting the diagonal edge where the water and shore confront each other.

Snow Tracks

Tractor Tracks, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, gouache on mixed media paper.  I like examining tracks in the snow to see if I can identify the creature that made them.  Here we have the domestic tractor.