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“Layabouts”

March 5, 2012 in Seascape | No comments

"Layabouts"

“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”

March 1, 2012 in Landscape | No comments

"White On Light"

“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…

“Scallop Boat”

February 26, 2012 in Seascape | No comments

"Scallop Boat"

“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”

February 25, 2012 in Landscape | No comments

"Atlantic Drive"

“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”

February 23, 2012 in Available, Seascape | No comments

"Distant Cabanas"

“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…

“Lambert’s Cove”

February 17, 2012 in Seascape | No comments

"Lambert's Cove"

“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”

February 15, 2012 in Available, Landscape | No comments

"Black Point Beach Path"

“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…

“Katama Moon”

February 9, 2012 in Seascape | No comments

"Katama Moon"

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

I planned creating another painting of the flat bottomed pond skiff, “Tidely Idely” (see my work March 30, 2011 on my website), which is moored just to the left of this view. However, as I was exploring the best place to setup my easel, I saw that the moon had just come up from behind the cloud bank. I am a sucker for painting moon rise images, but I had not been paying attention this month to moon phases. Normally I plot a plan of action a day or two before a full moon. This was a very pleasant surprise…

“All In A Row”

February 7, 2012 in Seascape | No comments

"All In A Row"

“All In A Row”, this is a small painting, 6″ x 8″, oil on canvas panel. This painting has SOLD.

This has taken a couple of visits to complete. Either it has been too sunny or the wind has been too cold and strong. And when the weather was right, the clouds weren’t. But it always feels so good to head out of the studio with half a painting done, instead of with a blank canvas…

“Eel Pond 1892”

February 3, 2012 in Available, Seascape | No comments

"Eel Pond 1892"

“Eel Pond 1892″, this is a small painting, 6″ x 8”, oil on canvas panel. $750.00 USD

In 1892 this was the northwestern most edge of Eel Pond in Edgartown, Mass. The southeastern most corner was and still is about where the houses stop on the left of the far shore. 120 years of storms and Nor’Easters have eroded away, opened, and pushed the eastern edge of the pond into itself. A small, sheltered anchorage for shallow draft boats is all that is left of the once large saltwater great pond…

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