Out by the barn

Oil on panel, 6" x 8"
A scene from one of my trips to Maine this summer.
$100. + shipping.

The Open Studio is this Friday night and the weather prediction is for wind and rain. Oh well…
560 Mineral Spring Ave., Pawtucket RI, 4-8 PM, Room 355. There's also an opening for the Pawtucket Arts Collaborative's 10x10 show in the gallery on the first floor.

Morning street scene-sold

Oil on panel, 6"x6"
Done from a combination of a watercolor sketch done on location and a photo.



It's Open Studio time! This year I have a studio, at 560 Mineral Spring Ave., in Pawtucket RI. Friday November 1, in the evening, 4-8 PM, then the next month on Saturday, December 7 in the afternoon, 11AM-7PM.  Third floor. Plan to come!

Hello Mr. Coyote

One of the bennies of plein air painting is the occasional unexpected wildlife sighting. This morning after I left the diner where Ed and I met at 6AM to draw for an hour, I went painting by the Providence River, sitting in my car, when this coyote emerged from the grasses. Pretty cool! I managed to snap a pic before he took off.

And finally broke out my colored pencils...

The West Side Diner

Another early morning drawing, this time at the West Side Diner, newly refurbished and recently opened on the west side of Providence. The bottom drawing is my sketch partner Ed, who does some wonderful pen and ink work.

Morning at the Seaplane diner

 Ed and I went to a diner yesterday morning to draw for an hour before he went to work. At 6AM I'm barely seeing straight so my first one required a lot of erasing.

This guy sat down at the end of the counter in front of us- I'm getting warmed up.

Then in the few minutes before we left I got this guy captured- I'm really happy with the gesture and the economy of the line.

The cemetery lane

While waiting for my students this morning I did this quick sketch of the minister's house and the lane that leads to the cemetery.

If you're in Providence- the painting students at the Handicraft Club, where I teach, are having their first ever show outside of the club. It will be at the Central Congregational Church, 296 Angell St. and opens this Friday night, 5-8PM. Drop in and have some free refreshments.

The Ice Cream Cafe-sold

Oil on canvas, 8" x 10"
Not for sale at the moment, I'm saving this for a show.

Sketching

The last couple of weeks it's been hard to find much time for painting but I have done some sketching around the 'hood. All in pencil in a small sketchbook. Someday soon I'm going to start using color, as soon as I figure out what to use- maybe Prismacolor pencils.

Geraniums and tea kettle oil painting-sold

Oil on canvas, 20" x 24"
I got a small studio at the beginning of the year with big windows facing north, figuring it would be great for painting still lives, but haven't been spending much time there. It's hot (on the third floor) in the summer, and there are too many other temptations. I did manage to finish this, though. Available through the Donovan Gallery.

Rudy

Oil on canvas paper, 9" x 12"
Local Rhode Island celebrity musician/ songwriter/ columnist Rudy Cheeks was our portrait model recently. He'll be hosting a show on RI PBS come October called "Meet me at the Met". Check it out!

I'll be teaching a portrait class at the South County Art Association toward the end of September, Thursday afternoons. We'll draw for 3 weeks, then paint using a limited palette of white, black, cad. red light and yellow ochre.

On the painting above, I added venetian red and cerulean blue to my usually limited palette. The venetian was more of a short-cut color, but I wanted to use blue to get a little lavender in the shadows. When mixed with yellow ochre, it also made some nice greens .

On the coast of Maine-sold

Oil on board, 6" x 6"
Just back from a short trip to Maine to visit a friend. I didn't manage to get much painting done, and most of what I did I don't like, but I was kind of happy with this one, a view from Linda's porch.

Morning in Jamestown- sold

Oil on panel, 6" x 8"
The weather has been great lately and I finally got out to Jamestown to do a little landscape painting.
$100.00 plus shipping