Looks Idyllic

View from the Top of Luce Road, Williamstown, MA. 12x16 inches, oil on linen panel.  This view, slightly different from the other day, looks idyllic but there was frequent car traffic going by.  I was only ten feet from the road.  Some people slowed down to say nice things though.  

A Visit to Arles

Arles, France.  16x20 inches, oil on linen canvas.  This painting derives from a visit to Arles many years ago. The colors remind me of someone.  I started the painting three years ago and was waiting for a rainy day to finish it.

A Lot of Them

View from Luce Road, Williamstown, MA. 11x14 inches, oil on canvas panel.  It was a nice cloud day so I went up to where I could see a lot of them.  

A Gaze Upon the Seine

Pont du Carrousel, Paris.  11x14 inches, oil on linen canvas.   A memory painting from our last visit to Paris.

Breadth of the View

Mount Greylock from Sheep Hill, Williamstown, MA. 10x20 inches, oil on linen panel. With this size panel I was able to place Greylock at the upper right and include the near foreground tree at the lower left to suggest the breadth of the view.  The mountain at the left is Prospect, which usually hides Greylock from view.
 

In the Top Center

View of Mount Greylock from Sheep Hill, Williamstown, MA. 8x16 inches, oil on linen panel. Earlier this week I painted at the top of Sheep Hill.   I used a 1:2 ratio panel to prep for a possible larger painting.  A different format poses different issues: my aim here was to put Greylock in the top center.

 

Nape of the Neck

Oakes Cove at Rocky Neck, Gloucester, MA. 6x8 inches, gouache on mixed media paper.  A plein air depiction of the nape of the neck.

Moving Art Up

Sailboat, Duck Creek, Wellfleet Harbor. 6x8 inches, gouache on mixed media paper.  For the last three weeks, I have been spending my energy moving my artwork up two floors (which is three flights of stairs) to our new studio in the same old mill building.  So, every now and then, like today, I make a little gouache painting to remind myself of why I'm doing this.

Sailboat Mondrian

Sailboat, Duck Creek, Wellfleet Harbor. 6x8 inches, gouache on mixed media paper.  My sailboat paintings are really compositional studies using verticals and horizontals and color.  Sailboat Mondrian. 

Struggle, Passing Time and Love

Sailboat, Duck Creek, Wellfleet Harbor. 12x16 inches, oil on canvas panel. During my recent week in Wellfleet, I became very fond of this boat. Just like an old shed or an abandoned farm truck, it became a symbol of struggle, passing time, and love.