Good Harbor Moon sketches, pen on paper, 3 @ 3.5"x5.5"
I found these sketches in the studio the other day, from six years ago. Forgot I had done them. Can you find the painting they were for? Haven't seen a moon like it since. That's a bit of Salt Island on the left. How is a painting built? Sometimes it creeps up on you, and you turn around and snatch it.
prints available (painting is sold)
Winter Beach, 30x36, oil on linen
Winter Beach is finished. No snow here now. The bulbs are coming. So is a big painting that I've had in mind for some time now.
A blog hiatus for the holidays. I finished a portrait, but I can't show it to you before the unveiling. Meanwhile, a bright January afternoon on Good Harbor Beach, low tide, low sun, polished sand, dogs in and out of the water like summer, the harsh light breaking apart the wet shoreline. Johnny Cash echoes from San Quentin while I contemplate progress.
My first annual holiday sale was Saturday, December 5th, with a break at 3:45 to see Santa arrive on his lobster boat. As part of the annual tradition, Don Thrasher (coincidentally my neighbor, and first on left in photo, on clarinet) and his band serenade the shops with their Swing. It was spectacular. I love this town.
Rockport Holiday Swing Band
See the full Rockport Holiday Schedule, through New Years, here: http://www.rockportusa.com/festival-event.cfm
End of Summer, 30x36, oil on linen
The last day of Summer. The dogs are legal again. The crowds are gone. But it is still warm enough to catch a clean, green wave. The air is clear. It is still Summer today.
Red Flag, 36" x 36", oil on linen
The beach people love getting to Salt Island at low tide when the water parts over the sand bar. The divers take advantage of the shorter swim to the other side. I would love to go there someday. Red Flag was just accepted to the Cambridge Art Association show, Red, running November 10, 2009 - January 14, 2010. Find out more at the CAA web site.
The Point, oil on linen, 24x24
A view of the Point to the West, up river, from the island in the Adirondacks. On a hot, August afternoon, the river comes to us.
Bill, 24x36, oil on linen
Hurricane Bill blew by the weekend of August 22nd. He churned up big swells while staying far enough out to sea to let the sun shine on and through the water at Good Harbor Beach. The life guards made a few saves too. The late Summer sun gave hints of Fall sparkles, and lit up the swimmers and fishermen.
Rock and Water, oil on linen
It was a Rockwell Kent day on Lower Saranac Lake with Sarah and Hannah, clouds billowing up and up in the mountains all around us, yet nothing but sun on Martin island in the lake. The rocks were hot, the water cooling.
Painting on Martin
gouache, (c) 2009
It was one of those perfect beach days: clear air, hot sun, big waves. I sat in the sand, under the umbrella. It was a good day to gouache.
Crow and Gull
Finally finished Crow and Gull, I think. I wrestled with it for some time. It took me a few years to notice the dynamic between the crow and gull at the beach. Although the crow may be half the size it is usually able to steal an easy meal, a crab or perhaps a quahog.
Skimboarding, oil on linen, 24x30
Finished up Skimboarding. Compare to the first sitting a few posts back. I have it hanging over the mantle right now, but may take it back to the studio window soon, or not.
Nap at Cape Hedge
We have moved in to our Rockport home and are settling in. We took a break for a couple hours at the beach down the street, and I brought the gouache along.
Fetch oil on linen 12"x12"
Was opening the family camp over Memorial Day weekend, up in Saranac Lake. On this rocky point across the river we saw this couple working their dog with a serious game of Fetch.
Skimboarding
Started this one last weekend at the Studio.
Next step is to get in the water.
May Fog
My painting 'May Fog' was accepted into the Cambridge Art Association's 'Northeast Prize Show' juried by William Stover, Curator of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
The show will be up from May 14 - June 25, 2009 at the University Place Gallery in Cambridge, MA (near Harvard Square). The opening reception is Friday, May 29, 6 - 8 pm. I hope to be at the reception and would love to see you. Map To Gallery.
