having fun with some new koi
one of the biggest challenges is editing the photographs for this blog.I seem
to have to choose between accurate red-orange-yellow warmth
over blue-green cooler colors.
Difficult choice at best.
It’s worse when I shoot the paintings in the studio as in the case with this
one.
24×24 oil on canvas
this looks nothing like the actual painting!
The actual colors are sensuous orange and vermilions and subtle
ultramarines.
But, this is the best I can do for now. š
I love seeing where my paintings land, in this case the perfect quiet foil to
vibrant color and energetic brushstrokes, as they nestle within a
private client’s dining room in suburban Massachusetts.
Each painting oil on canvas, 30×40 inches.
Rip – oil on panel – 8×10 inches
Such a cutie pie!
My niece commissioned me to paint this sweet pup from photos she sent me
last December. She and her family had spent an amazing Thanksgiving at
her friend’s gorgeous farm in North Carolina . To thank him for his
generosity, she wanted to give him something special – Always a challenge
for someone who has everything. Enter me. I did the same for a family
who were our gracious hosts for Christmas dinner and vacation in Hong
Kong two years ago.
Yahoo!
These cards were in the works just before my travels in December.
Love ’em.
With a raised red signature, glossy, just as it appears on my paintings.
Five separate images on the back for variety and fun.
A mini portfolio.
Thank you MOO for your wonderful 40% off sale!
A few small works in process as we ease into 2020.
Studio on hold until after travel ends January 9th.
Happy Holidays!!
These three paintings just landed in a new home on Nantucket.
They hang vertically in this order I think (haven’t seen installation shot)
Each is 12 by 12 inches oil on canvas.
The bottom one was not the original I had designed for the series.
She commissioned me to prepare the third with colors she preferred.
Here is the original one created for the series:
One of many paintings currently underway.
It’s always interesting and fun to see what happens
when an 8×8 inch version is ‘blown up’ ….
to alter the sense of scale.
This one was a particular challenge –
hope that struggle is not evident in the finished image. (;
For me, painting is all about maintaining the integrity, freshness
of the process along with the sensuality of oil paint itself.
Summer Selections
Beth Urdang Gallery
460 Harrison Avenue
SOWA district Boston
on view now through Sunday, 22 September2019
“Bowl of Rocks 6” (the last of the series) 48×60 inches
oil on canvas 2002 (as seen from my storage unit door en route to delivery)
Lasell Village is a senior living community located on the campus
of Lasell College in Newton, MA.
From the Village catalogue:
“Opened in 2000, Lasell Village marked many āfirstsā both for the college and for senior living, with lifelong learning opportunities becoming a fundamental component of retirement. Residents agree to sustain their intellectual and physical well-being by participating in a wide range of group and individual activities, averaging nine hours a week (450 hours per year).
“The commitment to a personalized program of lifelong learningāwhich had begun as a requirement for residentsāhas become an expectation and a foundation for the close educational, governance and social connections that exist between Lasell Village and Lasell College. Both college students and Village residents benefit from interacting through shared courses, class modules, research projects, internships and mentoringāas well as in the community itself, where students often serve as wait staff, lifeguards, interns and volunteers. In 2015, Lasell Collegeās commitment to intergenerational education was recognized with the designation āAge-Friendly University,ā a distinction that exists to this day.”
Once the cafeteria renovation is complete, Bowl of Rocks will be installed in the cafeteria.
I’m thrilled to have this koi painting occupy such a prominent space for all the residents to enjoy.
