Back to work!

I'm back in the studio, effective today. I took my usual holiday hiatus — it's just too darn busy between Thanksgiving and Christmas!

Here's a small scale Winter scene done this afternoon in gouache and graphite on paper.

I love gouache! I love graphite! 

Another Winter Afternoon

Am I going overboard with the winter landscapes? But they're so much fun! Here's what's on the easel now. I think it's about finished.

Imagining a snowy winter

I'm all for a snowless winter, but I'd like to try out the snowshoes I got for Christmas in 2019! After that, not enough of the white stuff has fallen for me to try out this new method of propelling oneself through the woods and fields of Massachusetts.

As an alternative, I've envisioned a few snowy scenes and made an effort to turn these dreams into oil paintings. Small, but honest. This one is 8 x 10, oil on wood panel, ready to frame or not. It's affordable, and I'll pay the MA Sales Tax!

A Winter Afternoon

$300 

Happy New Year!

I haven't posted in a while, but now that the holidays are behind us I hope there'll be more time for reflection and painting. Here's an 8 x 10, done in the studio on my birthday two weeks ago.

Oil on wood. 8 x 10. Ready to frame.

 

A Wintry Pastel

The recent heat wave in our neck of the woods prompted me to stand at the easel and revive a pastel piece that I'd begun a while ago. I'm not sure this nearby, young apple orchard has seen such a snowstorm yet, but I look forward to seeing the white buildings in a swirl of cold, white flakes next winter!

Snow at last!

Finally, in late January, we are seeing snow. Finger painting on iPad.

"Breakthrough" - Pastel on Paper

Here's a little pastel 10 x 10-ish, of the ice on a local stream finally beginning to give way.

A Small New Pastel

Mirroring the subdued post-holiday, pre-snowstorm mood, the Merrimack flows silently on.

Pastel on paper, 6" x 6". $65. unframed.

A Winter Night Digital Finger Painting