Annapolis revisited

16"x20" oil/canvas


A study from materials collected during Paint Annapolis 2009. I am fascinated with the overabundance of subject matter yet the calm, serene sensation that exists while being on location. I've tried to capture that.


For me, there is an attraction in finding calmness within the darkness.

Wellfleet Harbor Again

20"x24" oil/canvas

Here is another studio piece based on materials collected on the cape trip. These 2 boats are standard fare in Wellfleet harbor. In fact many boats resemble these all the way to Provincetown.

I'm heading to the Westport Fine Art Festival in Connecticut friday. Tomorrow I'll be packing paintings, etc...

This will be the last post for awhile.

Boats

28"x32" oil


Here's one from the archives. I did this one at the Art Student's League Manhattan in Daniel Dickerson's class. It's from a photo and was back in the day when I used brushes. This painting looked very different about ten minutes before I called it quits. I was so frustrated I decided I hated the painting and took out my trusty palette knife and scraped the whole canvas. Voila, it looked better already. With a little highlighting via a finger, a knife and a brush I decided to stop. It felt like a success. So oddly enough my first epiphany with using a palette knife wasn't about application, rather it was about reduction. Sorry about posting old pics (1998 ?) but I like seeing artists progressions and maybe somebody else does too. Just a side note, I believe Daniel is still instructing. He must be 90 years old by now. I remember a student asking him if he showed in galleries and he said " maybe when I grow up". I bet he still doesn't! Interestingly enough his work is in museums.