Daffodils on a Blue Napkin

These flowers are cheerful and intrepid travelers far from home (the U.K., according to a label tied to their stems.) Their Vermont cousins are still asleep in my garden under the snow.

Lake Champlain after Storm

One of those April afternoons when spring pushes winter out with a warm wind, and winter throws back some chilly rain.

Three Pears and Japanese Plate

Now's a good time to paint pears, in the pause before a rush of spring fruit and flowers.

Hill Farm Toolshed

This is the time of year for opening shed doors finally free of snowpiles.

Mountains from Studio, Evening

I'm settled back in my studio after being away for what seems like a long time. Spring arrived while I was gone: only patches of snow now on the Worcester Range, and the Red Sox on the radio as the sun sets.