I started this piece a few weeks ago. Since that time, my dad passed away peacefully at the age of 97. With funeral arrangements and periods of reflection and grappling with our loss, I’ve not been in my studio until the past couple days. I pushed to finish this piece. As I worked on it (and recognizing the potentially cliche sentiment), the concept of a lighthouse seemed an undeniable metaphor for my father. Both guiding people through darkness, away from danger, and into calmer seas. “A Steady Light” 24 x 24 o/c.
New, smaller piece that started with the intent to edited out the trees, but ultimately became a piece mostly about the trees themselves. “Saplings” 24 x 24
The woods behind my house block the morning sun from the farm across the street in early morning, but eventually illuminate the meadow and barns as the sun rises higher. “Morning Shade” 30 x 40 o/c.
One of our neighbors down the road recently cleared several acres of dense forest, to reveal the original meadow and stone walls of the old farmland he owns, which over the decades, slowly disappeared as the trees grew to maturity. The new open space has changed the landscape, I feel for the better, as the absence of trees have revealed walls, and meadows (although still filled with stumps), of the farm as it once was. “Woodland” 24 x 24 o/c.
In the local meadows and fields around our town, there’s a period of a five or six days when the buds of maple and oak trees catch the late day sun and give them an almost autumn feel. “Spring Budding” 30 x 40 o/c
As I was completing this piece, considering a title, the composition reminded me of childhood memory when a section of barge washed ashore in Buzzard’s Bay, coming to rest on the beach behind our house. It had been swept up above high tide line, and stayed there for years, until another storm eventually took it back. “Grounded” 48 x 36 o/c
“Meadow Fence” 30 x 40 o/c
Private Residence
Concord, MA
Gallery: Powers Gallery, Acton, MA
New smaller piece, done as a study for larger canvas. “Atlantic Overlook”
It’s almost that time of year where you open the windows and doors to let the Spring air in. “Open Air” 48″ x 48″ o/c
Whenever I’m out in the country, looking for inspiration, I tend to get intentionally lost, as doing so usually leads me to places I’d never find otherwise. I always find my way back, and always find what I’m looking for. “Side Road” 36 x 48 o/c
