Canal WIP

A work in progress: a view of the Delaware & Raritan Feeder Canal from a bridge in Titusville, NJ.  18x24 oil on canvas.

River Drive

This is the road at the end of my street.  Only one side has houses.  The other side has a river.  It doesn't  flood because the road is high, and Pennsylvania on the other side is low.  The painting is a 12x24 oil.

Field Interlude

This is an 11x14 pastel view of the canal path at the end of my street from two weeks ago.

Pat's House and Garden

This 18x24 painting I completed shortly after Christmas.  I am now happily at liberty to post it.

Simple Canal

Here's another attempt at a simple image in pastel.  Actually this was another painting yesterday before it became this painting today.  9x12.

Late December Canals and Van Gogh

Completed today, two views of the same stretch of the canal, the first 12 x 24 in oil, and the top 9x12 in pastel.

Lately, I have been reading the new biography of Van Gogh by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith. One reviewer claimed it read like a novel, but if you have held a romantic view of Van Gogh, read his letters and saw the movie Lust for Life as a teenager, then you may find this biography tough going. Not because the book's not well done, but because it may challenge your view of Van Gogh. He must have had a personality disorder of some kind hindering his ability to behave normally. Of course, if he had been a normal person, we would not have the great art that he created in the last four years of his life. He really did suffer enormously. I am only up to year 1881 so far. He was fluent in English and French (self-taught) besides his native Dutch. Multi-lingual people are usually highly-gifted.

More Low Canal

On the bridge next to Faherty's restaurant, but looking north, you will see this view of the sunken canal. 12x9 pastel on pastelmat.

Large Canal

This is another large (11x14) charcoal drawing of the canal from the bridge at Grant Street at early morning. I love moving charcoal dust around a paper surface with my fingers. Touch, wipe, touch, wipe, push, and smudge, and touch and wipe some more.

Early Morning after Snowfall

The pastel view of the snow and tree and canal and bridge at Grant Street in the early morning sun.

River Drive

There's River Road and River Drive and Rivera Avenue. These are views on River Drive, but not today, because it's snowing.