The View Behind You.

A painting I did last year at the Paint Factory at Rocky Neck in Gloucester, MA. It's the view you see if you look at what's behind you when you visit the Paint Factory. 9x12 oil on panel.

How Long?

This awning is located at the intersection of Rue Barillerie and Rue Jules Gilly in Nice old town.  I'm painting broadly in a small space, 6x8 inches, to capture the essence.  Oil on gessobord.

In the book Almost Nothing: The 20th-Century Art and Life of Josef Czapski by Eric Karpeles, the author writes: "Every painting, no matter how slowly or rapidly realized, is always an outpouring of the artist's whole painting history up to that moment.  This is the answer to the perennial query put to all painters, 'How long did it take you to do that?'"

La Pinede at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat

It's easy to get to Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat by bus from Nice (for 1 euro).  Once there, you can take the walk around the smaller of the two peninsulas.  At the beginning of the path you will encounter a stand of pine trees (as well as the beautiful Mediterranean Sea).

Dean and Washington

Dean and Washington Avenue, Brooklyn.  6x8 oil on gessobord.

Permanent Fixture

Dean Street looking towards Classon Avenue.  I looked at Google Street View and was surprised to see that the blue car was there when the Street View was made in 2017.  It must be a permanent fixture.  6x8 oil on gessobord.

Under the Bridge

A car parked under the shuttle bridge at Atlantic Avenue near Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn.  I liked this one for the abstract shapes.   6x8 oil on gessobord.

Both Sides

A couple days ago I was in Brooklyn, but the sun made a half-hearted appearance.  This view I found on Atlantic Avenue approaching Franklin Avenue.  I liked the sky showing up on both sides of the high wall of a car repair place.  6x8 oil on panel.

In the Barn

This is a view of the backside of the barn at the end of Hopper Road. I've painted it before but what caught my attention this time was the pointed shadow and the ladder, which is usually on the other side.  The ladder, which is the only way to get to the hay loft, would be in the way now that the main door is being used to park a tractor.  The cows were all in the barn when I was painting.  It was so quiet that I could hear their hooves occasionally banging on the floor or walls of the stalls.   9x12 oil on panel.

In the Middle

Resisting the siren call of the abandoned farm trucks, who want me to paint them, I stopped in the middle of the hay field at the first thing that caught my eye, a couple of pine trees flagrantly standing in front of the Hopper.   This is the time of the year to paint from the middle of a hay field, before the grass is two feet high.  9x12 oil on panel.

Trucked Out

The second old, abandoned farm truck from yesterday afternoon's visit to the truck graveyard: 9x12 oil on panel.   I think I'm trucked out.

Truck Day

Today was a two truck painting day.  This is the first one, a 9x12 oil on panel.

Amidst Trucks

It's not raining, so I might as well be painting.  I've included a view of my easel on site amidst the old trucks.  9x12 oil on panel.

Nice and Venice

A late day view from the top of Rue Rossetti in Nice old town.  I remember reading somewhere that Gloucester attracted so many painters because it was on the same latitude as Venice, and therefore the light was similar.  I suppose that Nice and Venice are similar in latitude as well.  Even the names almost match.  6x8 oil on panel.

Dinosaur Truck

The sun came out so I cheerfully set out for the truck graveyard.  This one must have been a terror when alive, with so many teeth.  9x12 oil on panel.

Nice Painting

A small 6x8 studio painting of Nice.  Oil on panel.