Lemon, Melon and Lime

I can't paint or eat a cantalope without thinking of Cavaillon in Provence, an area that grows melons that are (like hand tended peaches from a small orchard in Virginia or raspberries from my backyard in Vermont) the Garden of Eden ideal of what fruit should be.

Yellow House and Snowbank

I could have been out in the garden today, planting spinach and weeding the first witch grass, but instead was in the studio working on a multipanel painting of multicolored houses behind piles of snow.

Memory: Market Vendor, Provence

Strong sun, bright awning, cool angled shadows in Apt on a Saturday morning.

Up River from Plainfield

The Winooski reflecting the backs of old houses and a big cumulous cloud on a blustery day.

Spring Promise

Here's a little print inspired by the promise, the sense of new starts and fresh beginnings, of this time of year.