As I’ve been painting this week, I can see my sketches moving in two directions.

The first is capturing the colors as a background for a later work.  My current thoughts are to combine the New England landscape colors with a tropical element.  I have a few ideas for this, but experimenting is ahead.

At [...]

It’s been awhile since I posted my recent art.  Oh, I’ve been creating art; I just haven’t had time to post it here.  It’s been a busy six weeks+.

I may talk about some of these works in more detail, later.  For now, this is a catch-up post.  A long one.

I completely revised the [...]

At left is the completed Spalding Inn painting.

(If your monitor is like mine, the actual painting is about 30% darker than this photo appears.  It’s not quite so “New England quaint” as this picture may look.)

I started this painting of the Whitefield, NH, hotel in February [...]

Last summer, I suddenly had a clear vision of a painting that I knew I was supposed to create for an online friend in Colorado.  The vision was partly realistic and partly a fantasy mix.

(Now and then, I get an idea for art that seems — from the start — to be intended for [...]

Last evening’s sunset was another rich tapestry of colors.  Mostly, I wanted to capture the delicious lavender colors in the sky, accented by pinks and yellows.

More and more, I’m introducing intense colors and odd juxtapositions as I see them.

Sketches — including this one — look absolutely amazing at 30 feet.  Up close… the [...]