Blue and White Boat

Oil on Prepared Paper

7.5 x11 plus mat and frame

$390

Archival mat and contemporary natural frame 

This piece is a great memory one for me and it is getting reframed and is on its way to the gallery, unless someone buys it first!  I was taking a summer painting class at U Mass Dartmouth and we were supposed to stay on campus to paint, which was primarily a solo undertaking. We would go out, do our thing, then return to the studio for an extensive critique. One day I escaped and discovered a wonderful out of the way boat yard. It was full of old boats and weeds, gravel roads and had a wonderful view of the ocean. I came back day after day, doing painting after painting. This was one of my favorites and is the first image I ever used on a business card. The little blue and white boat sits waiting patiently for its owner.

Much later, I went to revisit "my" boatyard. It was totally cemented over with all the boats parked in neat rows and unwelcoming signs. I was so lucky to discover it when I did!

Red Lily (Matted)

7.5x5 oil on prepared paper, archivally matted

Available at Auction on Daily Paintworks

Starting bid $69

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When I was painting my "Year in Bloom" paintings, I loved the lilies the best. They have such a scuptural structure, came in so many colors, and really gave a focus to a small painting. Here is one of a deep red asiatic lily.

This piece is archivally matted to 12x14 for a nice presentation. This image, as are the other small florals, is part of "A Year in Bloom" a series of 365 paintings I created one year. Many of these images are available as blank cards, and I have 10 different card sets of six florals available on Etsy.

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"Red Lily" Matted

Red Lily

5x7.5

Oil on prepared paper

matted archivally

$140

When I was painting my "Year in Bloom" paintings, I loved the lilies the best. They have such a scuptural structure, came in so many colors, and really gave a focus to a small painting. Here is one of a deep red asiatic lily.
This piece is archivally matted to 12x14 for a nice presentation. This image, as are the other small florals, is part of "A Year in Bloom" a series of 365 paintings I created one year. Many of these images are available as blank cards, and I have 10 card sets available on Etsy.

Matted "Yellow Hillside"

Yellow HIllside

15x11

Oil on Prepared Paper

Archival Mat

$400

This piece is one of the more exciting ones from the summer I spent 3 weeks at Skidmore College in a fellowship program for high school art teachers ,started by professor Regis Brodie, to renew their creative juices. (An awesome program, btw) I painted all over the campus, and it was here I did my first multi-small-paintings series, building to almost 70 of them over three weeks. Needless to say , I got freerer and freeer as the time moved along. This is one of the last ones; I think it is pretty special; it would probably take me at least a month of warm ups to get that loose again.
Note: click the link to find out more about the program - it is still running, but application is closed for this year. If you teach high school art, seriously consider it for next year.

"Indigo Storm Promise"

Indigo Storm Promise

10x10 oil on prepared paper

Deep Matted and framed with glass/maple

$360

The day is dark and the clouds coming up fast, about to take over the situation. The sea is starting to pick up the energy. A strong storm is coming closer.

Painted at Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport, Maine.

Rough Cloud

Rough Cloud

10x10 Oil on prepared paper

deeply matted with a contemporary maple frame

 auction: starting bid $250

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It is with an unsure heart I put this up for auction because it is my favorite of the plein aire series. Strong brushwork in a dramatic sky make it a keeper. This piece is a plein aire painting done in Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport, Maine.

"Wisps Over Flats"

"Wisps Over Flats"

plein aire painting

10x10 oil on prepared paper

floating in a wide, deep archival mat

Framed under glass with a maple contemporary frame

$360

This soft and beautiful piece was painted from the glassed in front porch of a cottage on Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport, Maine.  I just loved the flats when the tide ebbed and made unpredictible ripples in the sand, exposing treasures underneath. The ledges you see in the painting would dissapear almost entirely at high tide. The cloud patterns that morning were a perfect couterpoint to the sand shapes. What would you say? Is this a skyscape or a sea scape?

"Red Gladiolius Tips"

Oil on prepared paper 6x8"

Genre: Floral

$110

The gladiolus is a very difficult flower to use in the garden. They just have an awkward spike quality, smaller below and heavier above. But OH, when you pick them! I put them in a tall glass vase and they are spectacular! They also go on forever, fading away at the bottom and opening at the top. These were in their last hurrah, and just the tips had been cut off the spent stem, and they were still delighting us.

"A Year in Bloom" was a floral series that I did while I lived in Vermont. I created 365 paintings of flowers, with about 85% of them oils and the rest watercolor. The images were used to create series of cards and you can see them on line. The gladiolus is part of the blue ribbon set  See the blue ribbon collection by clicking here. Single cards are also available; see them here. Each card has an individually hand-glued mini print of a floral from the series. You can read more about the series including my journal from that year, by clicking here..