It's the season of doing outdoor festival and art shows. Its certainly an all encompassing  activity that consumes up ones time and energy like fire burns up oxygen. Not much time left for the canvas, although at this time, its usually best to keep a sketchbook handy for impromptu scribbles that can be used to turn into paintings eventually. Many of these will go the way of the trash can, but others have been known to blossom into full and mature works of art. 

  I hope I can unwind from some of these shows soon, and take a breather to get back to the easel.

The best time it seems to be fully productive, is the winter. Nothing but nothing to interrupt. And plenty of dead space. 

 As for now, I'll squeak in what I can, and I'm sure I'll certainly get in some paintings, if not in a desired time, then on the fly at least. 

  More later...

for now, that is all.

Sometimes, it's not enough to just have your paintings represent you. Sometimes, I need me to represent me. So here I am. Not my best happy face, but I don't actually recall any photos of me with a big toothy grin. 

  My wife and I were on one of our jaunts into some wildlife refuge, or conservation area, where this photo was taken. She took the pic. I, as most people always think, don't really think the picture really makes me look like me. No matter, I  just thought it was good etiquette to let you have an image of this artist to go with his works. 

IN THE FLORIDA KEYS

15 x 15

acrylic on panel

One of my feel good wish I was there paintings that I occasionally do, probably because I need a vacation.

I love the warm tropical colors in this painting and the inviting boat waiting to be boarded.

The brushwork is impressionistic and the subject visually entertaining. 

This painting is just one of the many beach and ocean paintings that I have recently been working on. I am producing paintings of the New England coast as well as the coastline in the southeast. Georgia, the Carolinas, Florida and the Keys.

This painting is available for purchase

Painting for me can evolve from my response to a subject, a feeling, a mood, a memory, a dream, or the pure act of creativity. Just letting the hand, mind and soul search and explore the canvas, until something emerges. What ever was going through my mind when this came out, I can't really say. What's important, is,... it is, what it is. My art.

This painting is for sale.

 16x20 Luncheon at the Villa

 

Stretched wrap around canvas painted  black on the sides, no need to frame, light varnish finish, gestural quality, painterly.

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I painted this from my impressions of scenes I have seen in Italy, especially of Tuscany. The family is setting the table for the noontime meal, and in the distance are hills and valleys where grapes are grown.

If time permits today, I will be cutting some large panels into workable paintable sizes. These, I will prime and prepare for painting. I love the look of a blank white surface that I can mess around with. What comes forth of the  painting process is always exciting.

Today I'm going to try and carve out some time to get to work on something from my sketchbook, on my larger canvasses. Small is nice, but I like to feel the paint move under my brush, and that only happens with movement over a larger surface.