Bend in the Road (in progress)

To paraphrase painter Wolf Kahn, barns are the cathedrals of rural America.

Fence and Flag, Bahamas

Another of my paintings from the landscape workshop, this time focusing on complementary colors and a rhythm of active and quiet.

Alley in Alexandria, Late Afternoon

My class and I are exploring the back streets of town in search of shapes and colors--a quest unique to the clan of landscape painters.

Tangerine Stall

A glimpse of red, orange and blue in strong sun, on a dusty road in the Dominican Republic.

Hanging Laundry

Women hanging wet laundry from roofs, barbed wire fences, and clothes lines stretched in unlikely places was a common sight as I was driving through small towns in the Dominican Republic.

Red Dress, Batey Libertad

Another patient poser, this time in my son Colin's baseball hat.

Sold as a donation to the Batey's clean water project.

Playing Field at the Batey, Sunset

Most Dominicans are baseball nuts, but soccer is the first love for Haitian immigrants in the Batey.

Sold as a donation to the Batey's clean water project.

Near Santiago, DR

Groups of men talking amid their motorcycles--a common road-side sight here in the Dominican Republic. A visually exciting place that I'm finding is full of kindly people.

Shop by the Sea, Early Morning

My son Colin and I are on our to the Dominican Republic with our paints and cameras, where we'll be visiting the Haitian community Batey Libertad. Thanks to everyone who donated and helped us to raise the funds to buy pipe for their clean water project!

Sold as a donation to the Batey's clean water project.

On Upper Road

Looking out from the meadow of the Comstock House at a last burst of fall color on a chilly October afternoon.

Elements of Place

I've just pulled out my watercolors here in the Pacific Northwest, and will have a painting of Seattle to show you tomorrow. Meanwhile, here's my new Elements of Place website, which presents my complete suite of paintings for the Vermont "Art of Action" project. Let me know what you think!

Future Town?

Today I'm packing up my "Elements of Place" series for delivery this Sunday to the Art of Action project. Each of my "Elements" paintings has a companion panel that shows a look down a road (hopefully not taken) into Vermont's future. Here a "big box" store replaces the local economy and community of a town center.

Click here for an article in Vermont Life magazine on the Art of Action project.

Home, Summer

A brief, intense explosion of color in the front yard of a small town home.

Home, Winter

The Vermont landscape is transformed by seasons. In winter a home's familiar face becomes mysterious, disguised under a white cloak of snow.

Home, Spring (in process)

First daffodils, and ladder waiting for last wet snow on the porch roof.

Town, Winter

A cold late afternoon on a short day in cold, late, long winter.

Town, Spring

Warm sun and long shadows on an April morning in Bristol, Vermont.

Forest, Autumn (in process)

I'm back to my Vermont "Elements of Place" series, coming down the home stretch in the next two weeks with my final images. Here a child's figure is camouflaged among the stream, trees and fallen leaves, one part in the whole pattern of the forest.

Water, Spring

We don't have the ocean in Vermont, but we have all other kinds of water, and most everyone has a pond (either man or beaver-made) nearby. This one is a work of art created by my friends Martin and Laura, with a half-Japanese, half New England inspiration.

Water, Summer

Like most people, I love any form water takes in nature. But brooks are my favorite--hearing them rush by, crouching on a rock to look closely beneath the changing surface.The bank's random arrangement of sticks, plants, rich humus and stone seems like perfection. I'm always happy next to a brook.