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“Scallopers”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel.

Here are two happy scallopers hiding out in a sunny cove, working, out of the wind…

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“Unicorn”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel.

I had to sit in the back seat of my van to paint this one today. It was fogging and raining and blowing all around me…

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“Sun Up”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel.

A September sunrise I finally put the finishing touches on…

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“Herring Creek”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel.

I found this view by accident the other day when I was looking for milkweed pods for a larger painting I am working on…

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“Grand Finale”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

A moon painting I thought I wouldn’t finish. Guessed wrong…

“Evening Ocean”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

I’ve walked by this view many times, but, suddenly, at sunset it came alive…

“Boat Houses”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

These two little boat houses are over in a corner of Clam Point Cove…

“Red Yellow Green Wine”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $500.00 US

This bad weather has driven me to do a still life indoors. The last time I did one was in August of figs. I had fun doing this one and didn’t even finish the wine !

“Cloudy Morning Glory”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $500.00 US

Another gray day. This one was a day in September. Wish all those colors were still out there now…

“More Sheep”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

I have been watching this flock of sheep for a week or so waiting for them to be in the right place with the right light. Today was the charm…

“Chappy Sunrise”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $500.00 US

7 a.m. sunrise was done yesterday, the start of a wonderfully warm, clear, sunny day…

“Scallop Boat”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

In all the years I have painted this boathouse, this is the first time there has ever been a boat tied up in front of it… What luck today !

“Place Called Squibnocket”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

A cloudy windy day which cleared out just in time for us to do a cool (as in chilly) painting…

“A Pear Aficionado”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

Today’s painting is of my friends’ horse who I like to visit every year. The horse has a real sweet tooth for pears and luckily has a pear tree right in the middle of the pasture…

“October Moon”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

This is the last of my October moon paintings. The weather did not co-operate on the other 2 available days in the month…

“Short and Windy Road”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

The sun came out and it was warm and then windy. A great day to be out painting…

“Warmth of Summer”, this is a Medium painting, 20″x 30″, oil on canvas, unframed. $4500.00 US

This painting was started in August. I had just gone out on a dog walk and saw these clouds. I had to end the walk and grab my easel and paint this scene before the clouds disappeared. The poor dog never did know why the walk was so short…

“Cloud Bank Laughter”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $500.00 US

The cloud bank moved off and we were left in a dim light…

“Fall Across the Pond”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

Another gray day and it is always a challenge to find a great spot from which to paint…

“Moonset, Sunrise”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

It was a full moon flood tide and I had to move away from the water 3 times before I was finished creating this painting…

“River Houses”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $500.00 US

On a back street, by the bank of the river stood these houses…

“Backyard Barn”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

An old barn, no longer full of hay and animals, but a carpenter’s lumber storage space…

“Vermont River”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $500.00 US

I was up in Vt. for a few days. The fall foliage was just coming into peak viewing colors…

“Jogger”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

Just as I was finishing this painting, a jogger appeared on the trail. His presence completed my image…

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“Farewell”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

The Sugar Maple turning from the top down. The end of one season. The start of another…

“Garden Beauty”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $500.00 US

One of the last dahlias from my friend’s flower garden. It was too windy to paint it outdoors…

“Cloud Shadows”, this is a Small painting, 11″x 14″ oil on canvas, unframed. $1050.00 US

“Horse Barn”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $500.00 US

Early morning out at the horse barn where I used to hang out when I was 16 …

“South Wind”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

A stormy day and evening with a south wind on the whale weathervane…

“The Path Thru”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

Through the fields and wood to the barrier beach…

“Snug Harbor”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $500.00 US

A clear afternoon at a quiet spot…

“On Cove Road”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

Today we painted out of the strong winds at the end of Cove Road and caught glimpses of the sun between the clouds…

“Dunes and Tree”, this is a Small painting, 9″x 12″ oil on canvas panel, unframed. $950.00 US

From a favorite spot I like to paint at this time of season and time of day. It also has the sound of the waves crashing in the background to sooth the soul while visiting there…

“Still Standing”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $500.00 US

I am still pursuing painting antique barns. Here is another old Martha’s Vineyard barn. It has quite a pronounced tilt to it…

“Far Away Barn”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $500.00 US

An old barn on a cloudy, then rainy day at the Arboritum…

“Mirror”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $500.00 US

The evening sky displays it magic…

“Kids Boat”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

It is hard to find a classic pond skiff to paint now a days….

“Channel Marker”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

It was a beautiful morning on the channel…

“To The Beach”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

This is a beach path where I enjoy taking my students to paint. In the big picture it appears to be only greens, blues and beiges. In reality there is much subtlety to this simple scene. It is always a revelation when working here…

“Boat Launch”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

An early morning painting down along the docks. Luckily it was blowing and none of the fishermen went out onto the water so none of their pick ups blocked our painting view…

“Sun Dance”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

I started this painting just before the sun came up and I continued until it was too bright to look at it…

“Twilight”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

I started this painting just before the sun went down and I continued until it was too dark to tell what colors I was mixing…

“Sun Strokes”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

This field patiently waits for the cattle to be put to pasture to be complete. As it is mostly a hay field, the cattle only appear after the hay, and then just a week or so to visit. Completion is short, but oh so sweet…

“Catamaran”,, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $500.00 US

The sail boat showed up after I had half finished working on this painting…

“After Hours”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

This is a location I have visited over and over in the day time trying to pull a painting out of. Really, all it took was to arrive at mosquito feeding time to see the mantle of the evening’s light clothe the seascape in queenly splendor…

“Menemsha Path”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

This is a painting which came together quickly as the no-see-um cloud grew exponentially around my easel…

“Reflection”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $500.00 US

All the clouds were moving fast and furiously, and it was the reflection which was relatively calm…

“Moon Rise”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

The full moon over the sheep field was worth the wait…

“Cedars”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

Another hazy, sometimes overcast day with thunderheads on the horizon all day long. Painting was better in the middle of the day than early or late…

“Lightening Up”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel.$500.00 US

The flat, unshadowed landscape turned into a jewel as the sun pushed through the clouds and lit up the scene before me…

“Days End”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $500.00 US

At evening time there are so many wonderful views which I hate to share with mosquitoes…

“Fishermen’s Shacks”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

I got side tracked today on my way to the Post Office and couldn’t resist this view…

“Up Island Light”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

Another well thoughout painting started in bright sunlight, except the clouds and overcast conditions moved in minutes later…

“Still Before Rain”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

A moment before the wind came up and the clouds came in and blanketed the rest of the evening’s light…

“Full Sail, W. Chop”, this is a Medium painting, 16″x 20″ oil on canvas, unframed. This painting has SOLD.

This is a larger version of the of the West Chop Lighthouse, from a slightly different perspective than yesterdays’ painting. Sometimes I like to paint this view with both Coast Guard houses in it and other times with just one. On this particular day I lucked out with an actual appearance of the classic schooner, “Shenandoah”…

“Rain, Farm Road”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $500.00 US

I have driven past this old dirt road for years, but today, with the mud puddles and all, it whispered to me. “Paint me I am beautiful!” And it is…

“The 6 am Boat”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

I didn’t know the boat was there, until the early morning hazy fog started to clear…

“Evening Beach”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

Another magical evening painting by the water…

“Rolly Polly’s”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

Rainy day still life by the light of the window…

“Barrier Beach”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

Out on the other side of “The Seaside Grove” painting from last week is this glimpse of the Great Pond and the barrier beach beyond…

“Island Storm”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel.

I was again out blueberry hunting and had given up finding something to paint. I rounded the top of the hill and… ran to the car to get my easel…This painting has SOLD.

“T. Lane Locusts”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $500.00 US

I was out blueberry hunting and came upon this late afternoon scene. The barn was a rusty red and the locust trees appeared delicate against the warm yellow-blue sky…

“Morning Sky”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel.

7 a.m., a changing sky, a cooling breeze, a nice view to paint, and no mosquitoes …This painting has SOLD.

“V. H. Water Works”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel.

I couldn’t resist painting the island’s other Water Works. I no sooner set up my easel on location than my cell rang with a request for a painting donation for the Preservation of the Water Works building. Thinking fast, I said I would do 2 paintings today and donate 1 and post the other. The presure was on, as someone was coming to pick up the, as yet, unpainted painting in 2 hours. They received a very nice wet painting to auction off and I was able to do this 2nd one …This painting has SOLD.

“Water Works”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel.

I have always liked walking in to the Water Works, but could never find the right vantage point from which to paint. I have to thank the Martha’s Vineyard Surfcasters Association for donating and installing a bench along the side of the path and the pond from where I was able to capture today’s painting.This painting has SOLD.

“Evening Song”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. What started out a sunny scene, soon slipped into fog and then a grand illumination toward sunset…This painting has SOLD.

“Seaside Grove”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

“Ahoy”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel.This painting has SOLD.

“Waters Edge”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel, SOLD

“Passing Ships”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel. SOLD

“Country Road”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel, SOLD

“Here At Last”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″, oil on canvas panel, $500.00 US.

“The Pond Skiff, Too”, this is a Large painting, 20″x 30″, oil on canvas, unframed, which I created in the fall and just revisited with my brushes and decided to place on eBay. This painting is SOLD.

“Mountain Time”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″ oil on canvas panel, $500.00 US

“At The Main Gate”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″ oil on canvas panel, SOLD.

“Mesquite”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″ oil on canvas panel, $500.00 US

“Three Macintosh?”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″ oil on canvas panel, $500.00 US

“Its A Party”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″ oil on canvas panel, SOLD

“Petunia Power”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″ oil on canvas panel, SOLD

“Artichoke”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″ oil on canvas panel, $500.00 US

“Path To Tom’s”, this is a Large painting, 18″x 30″ oil on canvas, unframed, SOLD.

“Taste Good, Too”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″ oil on canvas panel, $500.00 US

“Lily of the Field”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″ oil on canvas panel, $500.00 US

“A Peter Martini”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″ oil on canvas panel, $500.00 US

“Pointless Key Lime”, this is a Small painting, 6″x 8″ oil on canvas panel, $500.00 US

This was a delicious slice of pie which I brought back from the Koffee Kup Family Restaurant in Hico, Texas. I had big plans to eat it this afternoon, but… well, the light caught it just so and I realized I had no choice but to paint it first. Forgetting that Kitz, the cat, was in the studio with me, I almost lost my after painting treat while checking email. Luckily Kitz found the pie containe