Unstable and Perfect

This afternoon the weather was unstable, sunny one moment, and raining the next, so perfect for painting with painter Thor Wickstrom (who took my photo) on Luce Road in Williamstown, MA. 8x10 inches, oil on linen panel.  

The Island Of My Mind

 

A view down Fish Beach Lane.  It feels like I'm still on the island.  16x20 inches, oil on linen panel.

Without A Hint

A painting depicting houses and backyards on Monhegan Island without a hint of the sea.  The passage at the center is Horns Hill Road.  16x20 inches, oil on linen panel.

Horns Hill House

 A house on Horns Hill on Monhegan Island.  16x20 inches, oil on linen panel.

Fish Beach View

The view from Fish Beach on Monhegan Island.  My inspiration is the masterful painting of this view by Charles Movalli. 14x18 inches, oil on linen panel.

No Longer On The Easel

I've slightly touched up and re-photographed this painting of a house on Monhegan Island, so that it's no longer on the easel.  Clothes drying on a clothes line is a common sight on Monhegan.  14x18 inches, oil on linen panel.  

Two On The Easel

Now I have two paintings "on the easel," this one and the one I posted yesterday.  This is a house on Monhegan Island that overlooks the harbor.  14x18 inches, oil  on linen panel.

On The Easel

The painting that is currently 'on the easel': a house on Horns Hill, Monhegan Island.  14x18 inches, oil on linen panel.  

Paint The Pool

Another painting that I did inside the rocks at Ogunquit, ME.  I scrambled down to this spot because I wanted to paint the pool reflecting the sky.  9x12 inches, oil on linen.

Always Helpful

Three preliminary sketchbook drawings done prior to paintings while on Monhegan. It's helpful to know the composition before starting.  6x8 inches, pencil on paper.

 

Delicious

A view down the oft-painted Fish Beach Lane on Monhegan Island. I got a delicious fish sandwich there at the Fish House.  16x20 inches, oil on linen panel.

Stopped Me

As I walked down the path, I saw the lit tree and the receding parallel bands on its right.  I stopped right there and set up to paint.  Sheep Hill, Williamstown, MA.  9x12 inches, oil on linen panel.  I've been reading Delacroix's journal: He wrote on April 4, 1849 that an artist 'starts over' every time he/she begins something new.  The artist can't reconstruct/recall after a while how they once did something.  Those artists who have systematized their methods so they can repeat what they've done, usually are, as a consequence, the most inferior and cold. 

On A Slant

The painting I did while standing on a slant at Sheep Hill in Williamstown, MA.  9x12 inches, oil on linen panel.  My little variations on the same landscape: it's like Morandi and his bottles and cans. I'm a Morandi of local landscapes.  Morandi painted wonderful, very spare, landscapes too, not something I'm going to imitate.

Bright Gusty

It was a bright, gusty day on the west coast of Monhegan Island looking towards the harbor.  9x12 inches, oil on linen.

On Sheep Hill

 A painting of The Hopper and Mount Greylock done yesterday from a small promontory on Sheep Hill in Williamstown, MA.  9x12 inches, oil on linen panel.