Studio Updates
New: “April Morning”
The pastel palette of Spring is here, though not for long. Love the variety of colors that comes with the landscape as it wakes up from hibernation, and just before it turns to the more monotone greens of summer. “April Morning” 12 x 12 o/c.
New: “Lilac Cottage”
This old farmhouse will be gone soon. Abandoned, and sitting on a tract of land soon to be developed. I’ve painted it many times. I drove past it recently and the huge lilac bush had not yet begun to leaf out, but when it does in a few weeks, it will compete for attention with
New: “Distant Sea” 48 x 24
There’s an old house on Route 28 in Harwich that has long been abandoned. Many pass it every day without notice. It probably should be razed for safety reasons. I’ve painted it several times. Beneath the vines, overgrowth, and it’s overall decayed condition, the architecture is classic. The landscape around it is decades of growth,
New: “Highlands” 40 x 30
My childhood home was situated at the top of a hill, part of the property of a private school in a Boston suburb. The spot was the highest elevation in town, and the road we lived on was aptly named Highland Street. Halfway down the hill to the west of our house was a huge
New: “Duneside” 14 x 14
The recent Nor’easter did a job on local beaches (and all up and down New England), washing away sand and dunes, bringing the high-tide line closer to seaside homes. Towns are dumping tons of sand and rebuilding dunes in time for the summer beachgoer onslaught. This place overlooks one of our local beaches, and was
New: “Dune Walk”
Today’s 70-degree NH weather (especially following last week’s nasty Nor’easter) makes summer feel that much closer… “Dune Walk” 36 x 24 o/c
New: “Spring Thaw”
We weathered the Nor’easter that hit New England this week. Lost power for a day and a half, and watched lawns and meadows return to winter white. But the weather’s feeling a bit like Spring again today, and the last of the snow and ice is disappearing, hopefully for good. “Spring Thaw” 40 x 30
New: “Sand Path”
Summer is slowly approaching, and life (both human and plant) is beginning to return to the Cape. One of our local beaches is accessible by two small paths that winds through scrub oak, seagrass and bayberry bushes, connecting the beach to the main road leading to it. Visited that beach the other day, and on
New: “Calm Sea”
Whenever anyone asks where the subject of a piece is, I have to often dig deep to remember where. And even if I know, for instance in this piece, the actual location was somewhere up by Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire. But I don’t think that’s what they’re looking for, but rather they want to know
New: “Twin Pines”
I don’t remember where I saw this scene, but it’s similar to other rural farms where time and lack of use allows tress, shrubs and vines the opportunity to take over the landscape. When these trees were just saplings, it’s possible the inhabitant figured he’d mow them down one of these days, but never did.