Symphony of the Sea

Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
14" x 11"
$375

Enjoyed painting the rocks and the water in an expressionistic way. Sold at the Weston Library show in July 2015.

washed by water

acrylic on canvas
16" x 20"
$500

This is another  painting inspired by long walks on the beach with the feel of the salt water sprays on your face on a beautiful cool, sunny day.Water splashing on the rocks in a beautiful seascape composition.

Sunset Impression

acrylic on canvas
12" x 12"
$400

Everyone at one time or another has marveled at the warm pink and orange colors of a sunset. Although colorful sunsets and sunrises can be seen anywhere, they are particularly captivating during a beach vacation.
The colors of this sunset are imaginary but the place is real, (painted from a photo).
Enjoy this visual journey and remember a beautiful vacation sunset on a beach walk.

Yellow Road

oil on canvasboard
16" x 20"
$350

This painting is more an experiment in painting summer greens with a row of yellow trees to create a focal point.

Picasso said, "They'll sell you thousands of greens. Veronese green and emerald green and cadmium green and any sort of green you like; but that particular green, never." The variety and intensity of greens that occur in nature is quite awesome. When mixing a green, use the fact that green has either a blue or a yellow bias as the starting point in determining the proportions you mix. (But remember the shade of green something is in a landscape does change depending on the time of day and what was a bluish green this morning may well be a yellowish green this evening.)
Each different blue/yellow combination will give a different green, plus the variations from the proportions of each you mix. Also experiment mixing with two blues and two yellows; and mixing blue or yellow to a 'ready-made' green.Mix a little black with various yellows and you’ll see that it produces a range of muted (or ‘dirty’) greens and khakis. (Remember to add the black to the yellow, not yellow to black;). Adding a touch of red also helps to break a bright green.
http://painting.about.com/od/landscapes/a/landscapetips.htm

Watercolor on paper
16" x 12"

More gull paintings from my trip to Cape Cod. Gulls are typically medium to large birds, usually grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They typically have harsh wailing or squawking calls, stout, longish bills and webbed feet. Their large size and loud noise makes them very attractive to painters and photographers.

"The Outer Cape has inspired thousands of acclaimed artists, but perhaps none is more closely associated with its serene yet romantic landscape than Edward Hopper, the esteemed realist painter who lived in Truro for most of the last four decades of his life. Quiet Truro, with its peaceful, sandy lanes, suited the introspective Hopper perfectly." Foder's Cape Cod Travel Guide
http://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/massachusetts/cape-cod/