"Winter Farm"

I don't know where this is exactly as my records were not as robust when I first started painting and this is an earlier piece. But no matter, it's a nice winter farm along a snowy road. The ranch style fence leads you into the farm area and a couple of nice trees along the way. Thanks for visiting!

 "Home Sweet Home"

This is the house I grew up in. I painted this quite a while ago as a gift for my mom. It was early in my career and I was painting in acrylic at the time. It was a hard project with all the dappled light and dark leaves and branches in the canopy. I believe I worked it out pretty well. My mom has since died so the painting comes back to me. My sister wants to purchase it so now it will have a permanent home. Thanks for visiting!

 "Curious Deer"

Did a painting of a deer I photographed in Maudslay State Park in Newburyport, MA one morning when I was taking a short hike. The deer was kind enough to stay there while I patiently put my zoom lens on my camera. After a couple shots he took off. I added a lot of broken color for an impressionistic effect. Thanks for visiting!

 "Mountain Peek"

This is a scene from way up in the northern mountain country. I was cruising along on a highway country road and saw this opening in between the trees. Of course I had to stop and take some pics. I created this painting from those reference photos. It's too dark as usual as this is an earlier piece and I was just getting started and ended up copying photos for a while. I used acrylic paints at first but after a couple of years I saw that oil paintings were so much more rich and fine. Acrylic trends to be more hard and harsh. Thanks for visiting!

SOLD

 "Blustery Sky, Mine Falls"

A simple piece with a simple idea. I just wanted the stark contrast of the values with minimal color and just a slight hint of warmth in the sky to counter all the cool of the scene. Out of four small paintings I had in a gallery this is the one that sold. Thanks for visiting!

SOLD

 "House in Newburyport"

This one is all about the flowers. I colored it up a bit from it's original pass and it looked much better. I really wanted to punch up the light too. Sold it at a private school art show. Thanks for visiting!

SOLD

 "Mandy On The Lawn"

This is a black lab I used to own way back when. She was very sweet and fun. I was out training her one day in a sit and wait position and snapped a photo. I loved the color of the grasses so I decided to attempt a portrait in the landscape. I like the looseness of the surrounding area with the detail of the dog. Thanks for visiting!

"Early Morning Mist"

This is an early morning scene where the sun is just coming up over the mountains and the mist is rising off the water. I love the play of light coming through the bush on the left and also, the subtle colors in the water and the mountains. Thanks for visiting!

"Snowy River, Winter Light"

A beautiful winter scene looking down river with the sun in the distance. I loved the bright light coming out of the shadows and the colorful reflections in the water. The deep blue shadows offset the warms of the backgrounds trees. Thanks for visiting!

"Gentle Path"

This is in Mine Falls in the early morning with the sun rising to the right. I tried to capture the light streaking through the tall pine trees that lined each side of the path. The scale is imperceptible but the trees are very large and the path is quite wide. Thanks for visiting!