I am so excited!! Soon I will be on beautiful Monhegan Island painting with my good friend Kathy Morrissey! We have been trying to organize our schedules so that we could get this thing together.  Finally it is settled and I am looking forward to my stay at the Monhegan House. I am doing something different this time around. I am going to work in watercolors only. I have decided to leave all other mediums back home. I travel light these days. In anticipation of my upcoming trip to the island, I did this painting of Lobster Cove in watercolor.

"Evening Comes"

15" x 22"

Watercolor on Paper

A few days ago, I saw a video of huge waves on Lobster Cove on Monhegan Island. It made me want to be there. I cannot go right now so I did the next best thing and that was to paint it. Here is a painting I did this afternoon using several old photos as reference. I miss the ocean so much!

Lobster Cove

16" x 20" 

Acrylic on Canvas

Two Painters By the Sea

I have not been posting lately. My life has been so busy and I have been traveling.  I recently returned from a Master Painters workshop with Kim English. He is such a great guy and a phenomenal painter. Unfortunately,  I had an accident on the first morning of the workshop and injured my right index finger and part of my hand. I am still recovering from it, but I am finally able to paint again for a few hours at a time. I had a dream that I was back on Monhegan Island painting by the ocean's edge with a very rough surf. A friend came to visit me and we chatted for a while. Here is a painting that I did from that dream. It's a self portrait entitled "Two Painters By the Sea".

Seascape

This is a plein air painting I did in September. I love the challenge of painting the ocean. It is constantly moving, making it difficult to capture what you are seeing. It is so much fun and I take it as a challenge! Me against nature! LOL!

9" x 12" Oil on Linen Panel

Wild Surf

This painting is featured in the June edition of American Art Collector.

9" x 12" Oil on linen board Framed

Surf at Christmas Cove

6"x 6" oil on Gessobord

Announcing Small Works for Sale at two Holiday Shows!

Playing in the Sand

5"x7" Oil on linen Canvas, Framed
$175.00 Plus shipping

I have lots of small paintings available for sale at the following Holiday Shows. They make great Christmas gifts for friends and family members who love art and otherwise could not afford to buy larger works. These small oil and watercolor paintings can be seen at the following locations:

NHAA Levy Gallery
136 State St. Portsmouth, NH
Dec 1-31.   Reception Fri. Dec 3  5-8pm

Irvine Gallery
River Tree Arts
35 Western Ave Kennebunk, ME
Dec 1- 31  Reception Sat. Dec 4  4-6pm

Touching Water

I recently went through my old photo collection and came across one of my son when he was little. It brought back many happy memories of all the times we spent at the beach. I was inspired to do this little painting.

Path to the Cove

This was a fun painting to do! I was experimenting with a new textured linen canvas glued to a birchwood board that my artist friend Stan Moeller gave me to play with. Trying out new surfaces is an excellent way to keep the creative juices flowing.

6"x8" Oil on linen Board, Framed

SOLD