Most recent Plum Island painting (sketchy)...

Here's my most recent oil painting of a Plum Island scene. It's 11 x 14 inches. I'm calling it finished because I need to move on to the next (probably my sister's chrysanthemums after the rain). It's kind of sketchy compared to a lot of my other finished stuff. Of course, the image size / quality has been adjusted for quick upload.

A loved dog

This was a winter oil painting project to create a portrait of the beloved pet of a vet's good friend. I enjoyed the opportunity to paint in whites (the dog was a samoyed), reading tones and color into the shadows to create texture. Also, I painted an interior scene, which is not something I've been inclined to do until now. Later this year I might make an image that includes a human being! Three of the portraits measure 11 x 14 inches; the interior with the dog resting under the piano measures 9 x 12 inches.

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!