A field of irises....

Here's my second painting of a scene at Beaver Brook, Hollis, NH. It's a bunch of irises growing in the garden. It's oil, 11 x 14.

2 more paintings in another show....

I have two paintings in the First Annual Fuller Gardens Art Show and Sale. The theme of the event is "A Touch of Color" and 30% of the commissions go to benefit Fuller Gardens (a non-profit organization, www.FullerGardens.org) The show is in the Exeter Town Hall Gallery, 10 Front Street, Exeter, NH, and it runs from July 23rd until July 31st, from 12 pm to 5 pm. It's a very nice town near the seacoast, so if you like art and/or flowers and/or want to help support a great organization, drop by.

First Beaver Brook painting....

Here is a recently finished oil painting of the beautiful flower garden at Beaver Brook, as it was last year. It's 11 x 14 inches. I had to adjust the quality of the image for uploading.

Taking chances...

"If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical...You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down." - Ray Bradbury

Looking forward to it....

I'm going to have a painting in the Prescott Park Art Show (a juried exhibition) at the Sheafe Warehouse (built in 1705!) in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The show starts today and goes until August 21st. It should be exciting!

Some newer 2011 paintings...

Here are a few more paintings I finished recently.

The smallest is 9 x 12 and is a view from the bridge in Mine Falls, Nashua, NH on a cloudy day. (By the way, the painting of the swan in my earlier post was also a view at Mine Falls.)

The other three oil paintings here are all 11 x 14 and are scenes from Plum Island, Massachusetts (where the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge is): 2 different views of waves, and another view looking out over a bog that had many different shades of green.

Since my last post I became a juried member of the New Hampshire Art Association. Yesterday I participated in an outdoor art show for the first time (on the Amherst town commons), and got a lot of positive feedback. Although it was the best weather we've had in at least a week (i.e. the sun was out), I didn't get a chance to go for a bike ride...Maybe later in the week.

My next planned paintings will be of the gardens at Beaver Brook in Hollis, NH.