White Pitcher and Green Apple

A break from landscape for a few days, back to still life and a quick study in three colors.

Windy Day

The view from my porch in changeable weather.

Two Children in Sunlight

A study in three colors ends a week of thinking with my class about the mechanics of painting.

Fruit on Windowsill

Another beautiful day of strong sun, in the studio and outside in the garden.

Restless Sky, Crystal Lake

Yesterday was my son Colin's 19th birthday, and he designed our celebration just right: breakfast at the Miss Lyndonville Diner, then kayaking and fishing on Crystal Lake and a hike to the top of Mount Pisgah, followed by a fast drive and arrival at a Thai restaurant one minute before closing, and homeward for cake and presents (including his father’s well-worn copy of Kerouac’s “Dharma Bums”) at midnight.

Memory: Market Day, Provence

In a few weeks I'll be back again painting in Provence, standing at my easel in an alleyway trying to figure out those sharp cool shadow on old stone walls.

Vermeer Study

"Woman Playing a Lute Near a Window" in burnt siena and ultramarine blue. What a wonderful painter.