Beach Days

5x7 Oil on Masonite

 I played a bit with palette knife painting this weekend.  It is a different skill set, but great fun.  I am stretching a bit now, with larger pieces in the mix on my easel, new brands and types of paint, pre-mixing, limited palette.  It is easier to stay with what I know for results, but I want to move ahead.  In this little offering to the coming summer, I am eager to get outside and paint.  Hopefully many beach and seascapes ahead!

Ready for Plein Air

My new Coultaer easel arrived today!  I am so excited to take it out for a test ride.  My goal for the summer is to spend more time painting outside.  It is a challenge- - but a good one.  New work coming soon.

Travel Time

We are headed to Florida for the final 'spring vacation week' with Kathryn and her friend Shauna.  She will graduate soon and has made the decision to attend Bentley University in the fall.  I am so looking forward to this new start for her- the excitement of new places and new friends.  So this week, I may paint a bit but our focus will be on breathing in this final school break with our youngest.

South Beach Beauty

16 x 20 Oil on Stretched Canvas SOLD

I am working to finish pieces I have started or get rid of starts I don't want to work on.  This is one of my favorites that was stalled.  I did this scene in watercolor a while ago with good results.  It captures the Art Deco of the Miami Beach strip on a hot sunny day.  I was drawn to the bright sun and shadow. This feels like a lazy lunch on a great day to me.

Waiting for Spring

 6x6 Oil on Panel

I saw this proud guy outside my sister's window a couple of weeks ago.  So much snow.....and yet she feeds the birds and they gather throughout the day.  A nice splash of color in an otherwise white landscape.

Perfectly Nice Pear Painting

 16 x 20 Oil on Stretched Canvas

In order to gain some momentum again, I decided to finish some starts.  This is one that has been hanging around the studio. I brightened the background, played with some contrasts, etc.  It is a nice painting- I like the interplay now - the warmth of the walls and table against the blues and greens.  I may touch it a bit more, but for now, I am happy with it.  It is bright and sunny and restful.

Early Morning On the Road

8x10 Oil on Panel. SOLD

It is always early morning when I leave my Ohio hometown to head back towards Boston.  The farms are majestic-the long flat fields in a patchwork and the light catching the barn roofs-the mist rising.  That is what I see and sense and feel.  So here's to Ohio, always home.