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Oil on canvas
This is part of a still life I was working on last week. Should have spent more time working on the composition before I got started, because I wasn't happy with the finished product, but I do like this section. It's probably about 12"x14".

Tea and jam

Oil on linen, 6" x 6"
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Portrait

Oil on panel, 9" x 12"
I've been sticking with a limited palette when I go to my portrait group. Black, white, yellow ocher and cad red light, aka the Zorn palette. I'm teaching some workshops on using it, one in March at the
Portsmouth Arts Guild, and one in July.

Orange Float

Oil on panel, 6" x 6"
Sounds like an ice cream drink...
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Waiting

Oil on canvas, 24"x36"
Back to the skiffs. This is available at the Donovan Gallery.

Hemingway's Cats

Oil on panel, 6"x6"
In Key West you can take a tour of Ernest Hemingway's home. One of the major talking points of the tour (after his wives) is the cats. There are at least 40 of them, all supposed to be descendants of one of Hemingway's. His cat had double paws, aka 6 toes, and nearly half of the cats at the house have the same paws. During the day they have run of the house, although at night they're shooed outside because they would set off the motion detector. This one was sitting on the fountain on the front walk.
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Key West chickens

Oil on panel, 6" x 6"
We were in Key West for a few days of our trip to Florida. If you've ever been there, you've seen the chickens and roosters everywhere. The story we were told is that cock fighting used to be legal, but when it was banned the birds were let go to roam the streets at will. We were there less than 20 minutes when we saw a chicken crossing the street almost get run over by a tourist on a bicycle. We met someone who complained about hearing roosters crowing in the wee hours, but fortunately we never had to put up with that.
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Sailboats by the bridge

Oil on panel, 8" x 8"

I haven't posted for a while because I've been in Florida for the last 10 days. Really nice- in the 80's and sunny every day. Back in Rhode Island now, everything is gray and brown and chilly, if not cold.
This is a painting I did not long before I left, sitting in my car. This bridge connects East Providence, where I live, with Providence. I've painted it a number of times because I love the way the sun hits it both morning and afternoon.
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Skiff 2- sold

Oil on panel, 6" x 6"
Another little skiff- red ones are irresistable.
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Skiffs- sold

Oil on panel, 6"x6"
I've been taking photos of skiffs over the last few years and the idea of doing a series of paintings of them has lodged in my head. I'm thinking of doing them large- sofa size, as the ads say. Why skiffs? They're humble, unassuming, essential, but used mostly as transport from the beach or dock to the REAL boat. Painted large, you could almost imagine yourself jumping in and gliding away.
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Tea and tangerines

Oil on linen, 6" x 6"
I'm gradually getting back to the everyday routine now that the holidaze are over...

Saucy

Oil on linen, 6"x6"
This yellow pepper just demanded to be painted- and who am I to say no?
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