Here's my Pecha Kucha presentation at the seARTS.org annual meeting, a 5 minute video: p-k at youtube. Learn about Pecha Kucha here: http://www.pechakucha.org/faq
seARTS.org featured artist
Check it out: searts.org/wp/featured-member/
2013 Cape Ann Artisans Studio Tour
I have joined the Cape Ann Artisans group. This means you can visit my studio on the two Studio Tours: June 22, 23 and October 12-14 (Columbus Day). Learn more at capeannartisans.com You can also visit me anytime by appointment.
In honor of the Cape Ann Artisans 30th Anniversary the Cape Ann Museum will hold a retrospective exhibit, "Cape Ann Artisans at 30", of work by 70 past and present members. For artist demonstrations and related programming, please visit capeannmuseum.org
OPENING RECEPTION Saturday, March 2, 3 - 5 p.m. On view March 2 - May 26
Bass Rocks 2012
Winter Beach
I have been awarded First Place for "Winter Beach" in Art@Bass Rocks 2012. "Enlightenment" was also selected for the exhibition. Opening Reception is Thursday, May 31st, 6-8, 34 Beach Road, Gloucester.
easter
Or resurrection. Warm, humid air from the South. It was done just before the late afternoon rain.
dog day
Dog Day - 40 x 40 - oil on linen
After the Summer ban, it's mid-September and the dogs return to Good Harbor, free and unleashed. Masters call but are unheard, unseen, unlimited space. A perfect moment.
john
To my big brother, John, who passed in November: thanks for all you have given us from your heart and left us in your work.
Your piano plays
Painted etudes, notes above.
Fall waters, leaves still.
photo © Kim Diebboll
enlightenment
Enlightenment - 24 x 36 - oil on linen
Surfing on Cape Ann (Gloucester & Rockport) has exploded over the last couple of years. New forms are evolving in the sea.
woodsie
Woodsie - 24 x 34 - oil on linen
A portrait has unique challenges besides the goal of a likeness. A palette that touches the personality; a composition that moves, like Life; legacy. Here, like with Triptych, I reference American Folk painting, especially Ammi Phillips. Happy Birthday, Woodsie.
cape hedge south
Cape Hedge South - 25 x 25 - oil on linen
Look at the map of Cape Hedge Beach and you'll see at its southwest end the curl of its tail and the finishing promontory separating it from Long Beach. Last Sunday afternoon high up on the dune of stone popples above a few strips of sand and high tide I painted this view, cooled by a perfect ocean breeze and an occasional swim in the unusually warm water. We bobbed in the choppy waves, my toes in the air. A Willow Rest "Cuban" was my appetizer before this feast of light. Ah, take me back now to those warm popples under my feet, and hints of linseed mixed with salt.
cape hedge bathers
A windy day, rough water, but the air is clear and the sun hot. Waves slam the sand, but once past the breaks you bob with the curls. Then back to the sand to warm up again. The soothing cycle. Forget everything, and dream.
storm surfers
Storm Surfers - 35 x 59 - oil on linen
I saw them in a dream, in winter.
rockport motif #1 day sat may 22nd
Motif #1 Day is Sat May 22ndSchedule and info here: http://rockportartfestivals.blogspot.com/ Art, music, events, food, and my studio will be open for the afternoon, 1:00 - 5:00.
new england prize show
"Early Spring" (below) was just accepted to Cambridge Art Association's "New England Prize Show", May 14 - June 23, 2010; opening reception: Thursday May 20, 6-8pm. How about that!
early spring
Early Spring, oil on linen, 24x36
Started this one the first weekend of April, a balmy day on Good Harbor Beach. Even Mr. Purple Shorts was out for a shirtless jog. You'd think it was June. Someone brought an umbrella for the hazy sun. I squint and see the roundness of the earth, the continents shifting.
good harbor moon sketches
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
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.
winter beach, in progress
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 holiday sale
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
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.