Plum Island Sunset

Sadly, I did not get any photographs of what was one of the most beautiful sunsets I have ever seen this evening. It's been a while since I've posted a photo so here you go. I'm in between a couple of large paintings at this time....a 12x16 oil and an 18x24 pastel. Stay tuned! Until then, enjoy!

Magnolia Art Show - Thank you!

If you had a moment to drop by the Magnolia Library and say hello for their 35th Annual Art show, thank you! If you did not have time to stop by, keep an eye on my calendar and hopefully I'll see you soon!

The show was a showcase of some beautiful artwork, some great food and more!

I was fortunate enough among so many great artists and incredible art to receive not ONE but TWO awards! I still can't believe it!

I received 2ND place in pastels and 3RD place in oils!

THIRD PLACE

"Beauty Before the Beast"

12x16 Oil

SECOND PLACE

"7AM-Bridge Street Chatham"

16x20 Pastel

The other paintings on display were "From Trail to Shore" and "Nantucket Patio."

Congratulations also to Robin Thornhill for her FIRST place award! 

35th Annual Art Show - Magnolia Library, Gloucester, MA - FRIDAY!

"From Trail to Shore"

8x10 Pastel

If you're in the Gloucester area Friday evening don't forget to stop by the Magnolia Library and Conference Center at One Lexington Street for the Artist Reception of the 35th Annual Art Show! The reception is Friday from 7-9pm then the show will continue on Saturday from 10am-7pm and on Sunday from 10am-4pm.

I will be there among many other local area artists with a few of my paintings on display. 

Why not take a relaxing evening drive along the coast of beautiful Gloucester and come check out some fantastic artwork!

I hope to see you there!

Town & Beach Open Show - Newburyport Art Association !

"Sand Sculptures"

9x12 Oil

Don't forget to stop by the Newburyport Art Association today to check out the "Town & Beach" Open Show. The painting above "Sand Sculpures" is my painting that will be on display during the show. 

The painting below "Hangtime" is my painting the Newburyport Art Association is using to advertise the Town & Beach show...quite and honor! It is the same painting that sold at the Regional.

And, yes those are my boys!

"Hangtime"

9x12 Oil

The show will be on display from July 4 through July 21. Hope you can make it!

Happy 4th of July!

"ACROSS THE MARSH" 9X12 Pastel

Here's another 9x12 pastel I just completed. This was from a beautiful location during Robin's plein air trip last fall. This morning was my favorite time of the trip. The glow was amazing. This was the same time in the morning that my painting "7AM Bridge Street-Chatham" was painted. I think the whole Cape was lit up with that amazing orange glow. I'm not sure I captured the glow as I did in "7AM" but this painting makes me happy.... I love the colors...the bold reds and greens. A beautiful reminder of an amazing weekend.

I started with a very bright red underpainting. It's hard to tell from the image of the painting, but I focused on leaving some of the underpainting showing through. Sadly, I ended up covering 90% of it. I left a little in the sky and didn't fill all the tooth of the pastel paper which is another effect I was going for. I wanted to put a stroke and leave it with minimal blending with my pastels. I was technically trying a different approach on this painting and for that I feel I accomplished what I set out to do. 

Hope you enjoy it!

"Daytime Drift" 8x10 Pastel

Wow, it's been a while! I've been working on quite a few paintings in pastel and oil. This is the first of the bunch I've completed recently. 

I'm very happy with the clouds. When I first completed them, they looked awful. I literally spent three hours trying to get the clouds correct. I finally wiped the whole top half of the painting out and spent about an eighth of the time correcting them and this is the final result. I love them!

I love the perspective of the land mass and the contrast of the boat on the water. 

This was a fun subject to paint. 

This is going to be a busy month. I have a few more paintings to post and a couple of shows coming up. I'll be back soon, I hope you will too! Thanks for looking!