Been a weird Spring. Stuck at home, socially distant from everyone, trying to keep spirits up and maintain sense of positivity. While we’re all doing that, the landscape does what it always does…move from season to season, without regard for what we’re all going through. That’s something that has NOT changed lately…and I find it a comforting certainty in a time that is the contrary. “Northern Spring” 48 x 30
Hoping times change for the better, and we’re free to resume our lives…which, for me, will include getting back to the Cape. Until then, resorting to creating my own memories…”Bay Summer” 36 x 36
Details: “October Road” 48 x 36
This old farm sits on a sharp corner on a country road in my town, surrounded by maples and pines. It reminds me of the up-Island town of Chilmark, on Martha’s Vineyard, where I lived many years ago. The road, and the house, conjure memories (especially this time of year) of the rural, isolated country roads of the Vineyard. I named this piece, “October Road.” The name sounded familiar, and I thought maybe I’d named another piece this. Coincidentally, it turns out, it’s actually the name of an album by @jamestaylor_com , another Vineyarder, which made the title feel perfect.
Came across this setting years ago, several towns over, at the edge of a meadow where overgrowth had been allowed to grow for years. We’re all feeling a bit trapped at the moment…but (as with this composition), there is a clearing on the other side. “Entangled” 30 x 24.
Based on a sketch of a location in Vermont, the stillness of a rural landscape makes isolation feel less isolated…you expect it, and those who live there choose it. The rest of us didn’t, and so we adapt. “Stillness” 20 x 20
This may be the most difficult April for all of us, but as bad and bleak as the news is, the colors of the season keep coming in, as they always do…”April” 48 x 36
We’re nearing day 15 of our stay-at-home efforts to flatten the curve…and to celebrate, we’re offering a 15% discount off pre-orders of “Quietude” as a 20″ x 20″ limited edition giclee print.
This recently completed piece, inspired by a bucolic, serene setting in New Hampshire, captures the sense of quiet, peace, and stillness that has surrounded all of us as we are temporarily removed from our work, our friends and family, and our daily routines.
Details and ordering can be found by clicking this link.
When being isolated from others is not of your own doing, might as well enjoy the stillness and quiet around you. “Quietude” 24 x 24.
The news around us is pretty bleak, but as we all band together, do our jobs, stay positive, take care of our families, our loved ones, and ourselves, we WILL see brighter days ahead. “Bright Day” 40 x 30
There’s an old, worn down farm in Mont Vernon, NH, next town over, with an old barn that sits at the top of a rise in the road leading up the mountain. I’ve passed it many times, in all season, and in the Spring, the new foliage adds incredible color against the old weathered barn board. With Spring (I hope) in the air, time was right to force the season a bit. “Spring Meadow” 34 x 30.
