I WORK EN PLEIN AIR, OUT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE… Welcome. I am back to painting again after a sabbatical that included a few pieces done for charitable fund raisers. I am continuing to make small, 6" x 8", landscape oils, but not every day. I am also working on larger pieces. Every time I finish a painting, I will place it here on my website. If you see something you'd like to purchase, email me. Thank you for enjoying my work and keeping me creating new pieces. Your interest stimulates and inspires me and has made me a better painter. Sign up for my emails and I will send you an image of each new painting. I love to paint and am happy to share my painting experience with you. Most of my work is impressionistic landscape oils, inspired by the beauty of the Island of Martha's Vineyard where I live.
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“The Narrows”, this is a small painting, 6″ x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.
It was a cool, breezy evening despite what the painting might look like. Edgartown harbor is off to the rear of the view. Katama bay is in the foreground. And I am in the van! I actually stayed there and painted from the front seat to keep warm…
“Layabouts”, this is a small painting, 6″ x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.
The last time I painted here, the tide crept up my boots as I blithely worked away. It was going out this time, but my lesson had been learned. This was an overcast, slightly rainy day, which happened to turn from gray toward blue as the sun went down. I never know in this situation whether to paint the sky in first or to hold off in case it goes way beyond expectation. Today I painted first and found it the correct choice as I watched it deteriorate while I finished my work…
“White On Light”, this is a small painting, 6″ x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.
Rain and then snow came down after I started painting this piece. Luckily, I chose to stay in the van out of the breeze which was also picking up. This was a soft subtle image to work on. I had to push and pull the light colors onto and away from each other. The dark of the cedars helped put the whites/lights into perspective…
“Edgartown Stakes”, this is a small painting, 6″ x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.
This is the view to the north of the last painting I did, “Scallop Boat”. It was a different evening light as well as different wind direction, and colder. With fewer boats left in harbor in winter, it is easier to see into the far corners compared to the madhouse of summer boating…
“Scallop Boat”, this is a small painting, 6″ x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.
I was in the lee of the wind with 45 mph gusts overhead and farther out from shore. It was not a day to be outside of my van painting however. Just as I was finishing, a thunderhead floated over the lighthouse to my left. It became orange on the sunset side of the anvil shape and deep purple on the eastern side. Moving too fast for me to try to paint it, I can only savor it in my memory…
“Atlantic Drive”, this is a small painting, 6″ x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.
Locating this bridge over the Herring Creek, I found the best vantage point and began work. It was a cheery place to paint. A breeze crept in at dusk and the day ended on a raw note. I was cold to the bone even though I had on my winter jacket and hood. I turned the heat way up as I drove back toward town…
“Distant Cabanas”, this is a small painting, 6″ x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $750.00 USD
I went back to the farthest NE corner of Edgartown proper and painted this view looking west. That is State Beach, or, as I’ve always known it, Bend-In-The-Road Beach. I have painted those cabanas from many closer, different angles before, but not from this far away…
“Sheriff’s Pond”, this is a small painting, 6″ x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.
It was close to sunset when I settled down to paint the pond. A breeze and the cool temperature helped me to work fast as the sun’s rays slowly left the far shore. I had to wear my gloves, which has become unusual this winter. But, it was a good work out for me trying to keep my brushes in constant motion and capturing the softness of the evening view…
“Lambert’s Cove”, this is a small painting, 6″ x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.
A windless, 42˚ evening, found me on top of the dunes watching the cloud colors change as the sun went down. The vegetation in winter is so soft and different from summer’s greens and blues. It is always exhilarating working out in the evening coolness with a big sky overhead as the light goes out…
“Black Point Beach Path”, this is a small painting, 6″ x 8″, oil on canvas panel. $750.00 USD
I loved the light and color on this tractor path from the barn to the fields near Black Point Beach. I found there were deer, raccoon and bird tracks in and around the mud puddles. I half expected a skunk to walk by while I painted. As I packed to walk back to the parking area, I found the first deer tick of the season crawling up my pants. Oh, no. Winter has been so mild that I’m not sure the ticks even tried to hibernate from the cold. I will have to check myself now every time I go out…