Old Farm Cart

 Old Farm Cart, Williamstown, MA.  8x10 inches, oil on canvas panel.  

I've started to put together a website, Robert Lafond - Portfolio of Works.  The actual link is https://www.roberthlafondartwork.com.  I'll be tinkering with it for a while and adding more artwork.  Try it out and let me know what you think.

Summer Someday

Pond Corner at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x12 inches, oil on canvas.  Summer will come someday, just not today since it's snowing outside.  

What It Might Look Like

Mount Greylock from Sloan Road, Williamstown, MA. 12x12 inches, oil on canvas.  I still believe spring and summer will get here despite all the evidence to the contrary.  This painting depicts what it might look like.

An Old Farm Cart

Farm Cart, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, oil on gesso panel.  An old cart, seemingly abandoned, filled with debris, reminds me of my humanity.  So, I cannot just walk by.  I have to paint it. It's like a still life sitting outside.

Hoosic River

Hoosic River, Williamstown, MA. 12x12 inches, oil on canvas.  Still looking for that weather that no longer seems like winter is still here.

 

Energy & Stillness Exhibition

My painting of King Street, Charleston, SC is included in the upcoming 2025 Juried Member Exhibition: Energy & Stillness at the Southern Vermont Arts Center from May 17 to June 15th.  Thank you to the juror Janie Cohen and the SVAC.

Another Cart

Farm Cart, Williamstown, MA.  9x12 inches, charcoal pencil and pastel on paper.  A drawing, done on site yesterday, of another cart, abandoned in place after being filled with debris.  

Spring Ahead

View from the Top of Stone Hill, Williamstown, MA. 12x12 inches, oil on canvas.  I'm anticipating spring.  

Abandoned Cart

Abandoned Cart, Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, oil on gesso panel.  The title sounds like a common internet occurrence.  Mount Greylock is hiding behind the center tree trunk.  

Painted Outside

Dirt Road, Williamstown, MA. 8x10 inches, oil on canvas panel.  Three days ago the sun was shining, and the temperature was in the sixties, so I painted outside.

Abandoned Cart

Abandoned Cart, Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, charcoal pencil on paper.  From yesterday's walk, an on-site drawing of an old cart, which is hidden in the summer months by the high and thick weeds.

Sloan Road Greylock

Mount Greylock from Sloan Road, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on gesso panel.  

Nubble Light House

Nubble Light house, York, ME.  9x12 inches, oil on canvas panel.  A painting from last year.  Started on site and completed in the studio.

Prospect and Greylock

Mounts Prospect and Greylock from Sheep Hill, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on gesso panel.  

Bright Greylock

Mount Greylock from Sheep Hill, Williamstown, MA. 11x14 inches, oil on linen canvas.  Greylock is the mountain in the back on the right.  The other mountain is Prospect.

Ghost Barn

Barn, Hancock, MA. 11x14 inches, oil on linen canvas.  The barn no longer exists at this site. 

Greylock in the Summer

Mount Greylock from Sheep Hill, Summer, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on linen panel.  

 

Sunny Day Greylock

Mount Greylock from Sloan Road, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on linen panel.  I'm painting the weather I want.  Greylock is hiding behind the trees.  

Cows and Barn

Cows and Barn, Williamstown, MA. 11x14 inches, oil on linen canvas.  I wonder what they are looking at.

Cows in a Pasture

 Cows in a Pasture, Williamstown, MA.  11x14 inches, oil on linen canvas.  

Twenty-Two Greylocks

Mount Greylock from Sheep Hill, Williamstown, MA.  6x8 inches, oil on linen panel.  By my count, this is the 22nd small Mount Greylock in a row.  

Not Yet Greylock

Mount Greylock from Sloan Road, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on linen panel.  Summer is icumin in but not yet. 

Dream Greylock

Mount Greylock from Sheep Hill, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on linen panel.  Mid-summer day dream.

Summer Greylock

Mount Greylock from Sloan Road, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on linen panel.  A mid-summer view.

Broken Branch Greylock

North Trail, Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on linen panel.  The branch was toppled in a previous winter.

Gouache Greylock

Mount Greylock from Sheep Hill, Williamstown, MA.  6x8 inches, gouache on mixed media paper.  

Early Spring Greylock

Mount Greylock from Sheep Hill, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on linen panel. I'm going to start Spring early this year, at least in this series of paintings.

Unending Winter Greylock

Mount Greylock from Sheep Hill, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on linen panel.  An unending winter, so it seems.  

Wearying Winter

Mount Greylock from Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on linen panel.  Winter can be beautiful, but by February it is also wearying.

Pond Greylock

Mount Greylock from Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on linen panel.  This view includes the frozen pond.

Field View Greylock

Mount Greylock, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on gessobord.  A view from a farm field next to Sloan Road. 

Cross Country Greylock

 Mount Greylock from Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on gessobord.  

Hidden Greylock

The Hopper and Mount Greylock from Sloan Road, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on gessobord.  Greylock is hiding behind the trees on the right.

Field Farm Greylock

Mount Greylock from Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on gessobord.  

 

Middle Greylock

Mount Greylock and The Hopper from Sheep Hill, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on gessobord.  Greylock is the mountain in the middle.

Oblong Greylock

Mount Greylock from Oblong Road, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on gessobord.  The seventh in a series.

From Farther North

Mount Greylock from Sheep Hill, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on gessobord.  The view from a point farther north on the hill.

Snowless Greylock

Greylock from Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on gessobord.  A winter view across the fields when the snows had briefly melted away.

New Year Greylock

Greylock from Sheep Hill, Williamstown, MA.  6x8 inches, oil on gessobord.  A Happy and Healthy New Year to All!