Sloan Road Barn

Sloan Road Barn, Williamstown, MA.  9x12 inches, oil on canvas panel.  This is the late day view of the barn the cows see when they look towards the road.

Bee Hill Road

 Bee Hill Road, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, oil on canvas panel.  Happy Holidays to you.

Third Avenue

Third Avenue, Brooklyn. 11x14 inches, oil on linen canvas.  
 

Remember Seeing

Farmer's Truck Graveyard. 9x12 inches, acrylic wash, charcoal pencil and pastel on paper.  I'm old enough to remember seeing this last truck when it was still alive.  Also from my visit to the site a few days ago.

A Brooklyn Street

 A Brooklyn Street. 11x14 inches, oil on linen canvas. 

Rusting Peacefully

Truck Graveyard. 9x12 inches, acrylic wash, charcoal pencil & pastel on paper.  A couple days ago I visited the farmer's truck graveyard, which is tucked away in the woods.  A beautiful blue truck that was rusting peacefully was gone. This truck is now the next one in the line of abandonment.

Shuttle Bridge

 Shuttle Bridge on St. Marks, Brooklyn. 16x20 inches, oil on linen canvas.  

Two Corners, Brooklyn

 Two Corners, Brooklyn.  8x10 inches, acrylic wash, charcoal pencil & pastel on mixed media paper.

With My Sketchpad

Late Afternoon Trees.  9x12 inches, charcoal and pencil on paper. I went for a long walk today at Field Farm in Williamstown, MA, with my sketchpad.

A Brooklyn Avenue

A Brooklyn Avenue.  12x16 inches, oil on canvas panel.

Late Afternoon Rush

 Boulevard Jean Jaures, Nice. 8x10 inches, acrylic wash, charcoal pencil, and pastel.

A Street in Arles

A Street in Arles. 8x10 inches, acrylic wash, charcoal pencil with touches of pastel. Looking at Daumier drawings as a guide.

Brooklyn Corner

A Brooklyn Corner. 12x16 inches, oil on canvas panel.  A corner where Classon and Dean meet.

 

Washington Towards Atlantic

Washington Avenue Looking Towards Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. 18x24 inches, oil on linen canvas.  I guess I'm on an urban painting streak at the moment.

Brooklyn Streets

Brooklyn Streets.  18x24 inches, oil on linen canvas.  A view of Carleton Avenue meeting Park Place at Flatbush Avenue.

Rue Saint-Sulpice

 Rue Saint-Sulpice, Paris.  16x20 inches, oil on linen canvas. 

Rue Jacob, Paris

 Rue Jacob, Paris. 20x16 inches, oil on linen canvas.

Santa Maria Del Mar 2

 Santa Maria Del Mar, Barcelona. 16x20 inches, oil on linen canvas.

Luce Road Tree

Tree on Luce Road, Williamstown, MA.  12x9 inches, pencil on paper.  From yesterday's walk up the road.

Santa Maria Del Mar

Santa Maria del Mar, Barcelona. 8x10 inches, gouache on mixed media paper.  A study for a larger painting.

San Francisco Victorian

 A San Francisco Victorian. 12x9 inches, oil on linen panel.  A recent commission.

Puerta del Sol

 Puerta del Sol, Madrid. 16x20 inches, oil on linen canvas.  

A Brook Runs Through It

Edge of the Pasture, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, oil on canvas panel.  The weather was nice, so I went to the edge of the pasture, where a brook runs through it, in the late afternoon, to paint.

South Trail Pine

Pine Tree, South Trail, Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x9 inches, pencil on paper.  I went looking for this tree this afternoon.  I painted it years ago when there was snow on the ground.  Today, just mud and leaves.

To Merge Again

The Ocean at Ogunquit 9. 16x20 inches, oil on linen canvas.  The waters were separated from the firmament and the earth a long time ago, but sometimes they seem to want to merge again.

A Fun Fifth

 Tunnel City Coffee. 10x20 inches, oil on linen canvas.  A fun painting, the fifth in a series.  

A Larger Ocean

The Ocean at Ogunquit 8. 12x24 inches, oil on linen panel.  A larger painting with a tree that has withstood many storms.  

Ocean at Ogunquit 7

The Ocean at Ogunquit 7. 5x7 inches, oil on canvas panel.  

A Pond Drawing

 A Pond Drawing. 9x12 inches, vine charcoal, charcoal pencil, & pastel on paper. 

The Other Side

 The Other Side of the Pond. 9x12 inches, vine charcoal & charcoal pencil on paper. 

Grafton Pond

Grafton Pond. 9x12 inches, vine charcoal & charcoal pencil on paper. When there's no opportunity to paint, draw.

Autumn Country Road

 Autumn Country Road Landscape, Williamstown, MA. 16x20 inches, oil on linen canvas. 

Greylock in October

The mountain in October.  Greylock from Sheephill, Williamstown, MA. 18x24 inches, oil on linen canvas.

A Big Splash

 The Ocean at Ogunquit 6. 5x7 inches, oil on canvas panel.  A big splash on a small panel.

The Churning Sea

 The Ocean at Ogunquit 5. 5x7 inches, oil on canvas panel.  The churning sea.

Impossible to Draw

Brook in the Woods. 9x12 inches, vine charcoal, charcoal pencil and pastel on paper.  During a walk in the woods today at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA., I drew the view from a foot bridge, a view probably impossible to draw.

Turbulent Water

 Ocean at Ogunquit 4.  5x7 inches, oil on canvas panel.  Turbulent water from a distant hurricane.

Wintry Greylock

Wintry Greylock with Old Barn and Tree.  18x24 inches, oil on linen canvas.  A painting from nearly two years ago, which I have revised, as someone once suggested. The barn and tree are located on Sloan Road in Williamstown, MA.

Ocean at Ogunquit 3

 Ocean at Ogunquit 3.  5x7 inches, oil on canvas panel.  Another little fun painting.

Fog Removed

Ocean Point, Boothbay Harbor, Maine. 9x12 inches, oil on gessobord panel.  A slightly revised painting.  I removed the fog.

More Evocative

Ocean Point, Boothbay Harbor, Maine.  9x12 inches, oil on gessobord panel.  A revised painting: I wanted to make it more evocative.

Autumn Corn Stalks

Autumn Corn Stalks, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, vine charcoal, charcoal pencil and pastel on paper.  One of my favorite paintings has always been De Kooning's Excavation.

Drawing Corn Stalks

Corn Stalks, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, vine charcoal and charcoal pencil on paper.  The farmer told me that the corn stalks were left behind because the ground was too wet for the tractor.  I believe it.

Flutter and Crackle

Row of Corn Stalks, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, oil on canvas panel.  The dry corn stalks flutter and crackle in the slightest breeze.

Corn Stalk Remnants

Dry Corn Stalks, Williamstown, MA. 8x10 inches, oil on canvas panel. These are remnants in a large nearby muddy, tractor-rutted cornfield.  

More Cohesion

Hoosic River, Williamstown, MA.11x14 inches, oil on canvas panel.  I went back to the same site a couple days ago to rework this painting.  The flux needed more cohesion.

Where Pasture and Hayfield Meet

The Edge of a Pasture, Williamstown, MA.  12x9 inches, oil on canvas panel.  Today I painted where a fence divides a hayfield from a pasture.  The pasture has a stream running through it.

Always Moving

Hoosic River, Williamstown, MA. 11x14 inches, oil on canvas panel.  While I was painting yesterday, two guys went by in a boat, one fishing, the other trying to control the boat with oars.  I said to them, "I need one of those to paint from."  The guy with the fishing rod said, "If only we could keep the boat still."  If only I could keep the river still.

For a Moment to Draw

Twin Trees at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, charcoal on paper.  I went walking yesterday with my sketchpad and stopped for a moment to draw.

The Ocean at Ogunquit

The Ocean at Ogunquit 2. 5x7 inches, oil on canvas panel.  The second in a series. I'm always amazed at how suggestive a little paint can be.