Warm, summery weather past few days has seemed to jump start the season. Up here in New Hampshire, where Spring comes a couple weeks later than more southern parts of New England, the greens of the season are emerging ahead of schedule. “April Green” 14 x 14
Subjects of a painting aren’t always about the dominant thing in the composition. I’ve painted this place a few times, so these structures could be considered the subject. But in painting scenes multiple times, you get to thinking about the setting differently, and reconsidering what the actual subject is. In this version, I was more concerned with the light, and ultimately the light created by the time of day. “Sundown” 36 x 24″ oil on canvas.
Not too many weeks ahead until Summer. Though it’s been a mild winter here in New Hampshire…and a beautiful Spring day today, I am looking forward to those hot, sunny days where bare feet have to move a little quicker from beach blanket to water. “Summer Sand” 20 x 20, oil on canvas.
This small piece was done as a color study for a larger canvas. This barn is one of a pair of barns in Grantham, NH. A favorite subject, painted quite a few times…and I recently learned this one succumbed recently to time and weather, leaving the other unaccompanied after decades together. “Weathered” 12 x 12
This place is one of my favorite scenes, and I’ve painted it plenty of times. Located in Grantham, NH, these two barns sit in a meadow, aging gracefully, not far from Route 89 near the New Hampshire / Vermont border. They have the human quality (most humans, hopefully) of always being there for each other. “Companions” 48 x 36.
There are times when the pressures of responsibility for family and friends weighs us down, and daily duties and stresses buzz around your head like relentless mosquitos. These times come and go, fortunately, but when you’re in the midst of it…you might just want to get away, if even for a moment…to a place that offers serenity. “Serene” 32 x 32
I know it’s too early to think about Fall, being that it’s two full seasons away. But I am, and decided to give this piece an autumn-inspired palette out of respect and admiration for the many sugar maples up here in New Hampshire, currently giving their sap to the many area sugar shacks firing up their boilers for maple syrup season. “Fall Fire” 36 x 36
Some of my smaller pieces originate as color studies for larger pieces. Though complete paintings on their own, the smaller size allows for quicker execution, where the goal is to work out composition and palette, in preparation for working up a larger canvas. This piece is an example…a finished painting, but also an initial step ahead of a larger piece. “Dune Hollow (study)” 14 x 12 o/c
Appropriate that this piece should be completed following a fresh snowfall of about 8 inches up here in NH. Not too far away are the longer, warmer days of Spring, a few weeks of warm-up for the season that follows. “Summer” 72 x 35 o/c
This barn is part of a large farm on the shores of Cape Cod Bay, that a decade ago sold off many of it’s acreage for new home development. It’s a huge white structure, and depending on the weather and light, it adopts different tints as the sun, sea, and land reflect light at different times of day. “Shoreline” 36 x 36