Adirondack Sojourn

I arrived to Keene Valley for Memorial Day weekend and to celebrate my mother's birthday. Various paintings from last summer greeted me in various states of incompletion or unsatisfactory completion. Filled with fresh mountain spirits, I knew just what to do and in a flurry of inspiration during a stretch of rainy days I repainted one after another, mostly heightening contrasts of values and hues and outlining forms to lend heft and a more sculpted presence.


Pool of Yesterday's Tomorrows, 20 X 16"


Ann's Young Pine, 48 X 24"


Awaiting Irene, 12 X 24"


Batholith Ablaze, 24 X 36"


Brook Nymphs, 12 X 24"


Chapel Pond North, 16 X 20"


Northern Hourglass #1 (Chapel Pond), 24 X 36"


Northern Hourglass #2 (Chapel Pond), 40 X 60"

And these are some new incomplete projects started that week.


Harry's Watchers with Marcy, 22 X 28"


Sunblast on Chapel Pond, 16 X 12"

I am in Denver, Colorado for June and July, getting my Western spirit revived and gearing up to rock out a Begonia-based series here.

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St. Simons Island in Georgia.

Relished a fine few days down at Musgrove Plantation this month. Here is the weekend's harvest.


Fearless Host, Brother Bags (20 X 16)


Big Pine by the Pond (24 X 18)



First Sunrise (12 X 24)


Second Sunrise (12 X 24)



By the Boathouse (16 X 20)

Transitioning to Spring

Easter Dance #2, 16 X 20"


Easter Dance #1, 16 X 20"


Overture, 28" X 22"


Tied Up, 16" X 12" SOLD


Pond Trees 22" X 28"


Pond and Pines, 18" X 24"


Trinity Falls from Above, 22" X 28"

January in Louisiana

Afloat (18 X 24")

Offshore Abyss (24 X 48")

Right Bank Blues (20 X 16")

Just Offshore (11 X 14")

Rosy-Fingered Sunday (12 X 24")

Afternoon Waltz (22 X 28")

Bloodorange Dusk (11 X 14")

Extension (30 X 40")

November Offerings

Fall Reflex 1 (12" X 24")


Fall Reflex 2 (24" X 18")


Kirby in Technicolor (40" X 30")


Rock Creek Measured in Blue and Brown (22" X 28")

Autumn Beckons

Q Street Bridge from Northside (20 X 16)


Rock Creek Reflects (20 X 16)


Rock Creek Reflects (40 X 30)


Shad Dreams Under Q St. Bridge (36 X 48)


Kirby in Red, Blue, and Brown (40" X 30")


Rock Creek Limited Palette #1 (18" X 24", oil on paper)


Rock Creek Limited Palette #2 (24 X 18", oil on paper)


Rock Creek Limited Palette #3 (24 X 18", oil on paper)
This series started as a warm-up sketch with a limited palette of white, burnt umber, and ultramarine blue. On the first two I couldn't resist throwing in some burnt sienna as an afterthought. The third is pure. The technique is inspired by Van Gogh's approach to drawing.


Rock Creek from Q Street Bridge (16 X 20)


Under Mass Ave Bridge (20 X 16")


Railroad Bridge #4 (12" X 24")
Part of an ongoing, but slowly unfurling series down at the West Potomac Park at Haines Point.


Children at High Tide (30" X 40")
I took almost two years off from painting from photos, but I'm back at peace with the concept. This is painted from a 3x5 snapshot taken of my niece and nephew at the beach.