Lifting Storm, Hope Town

I'm flying home to Vermont today, but will continue to post paintings from my three weeks in the Bahamas--which will help me remember the pleasures, once back in my studio, of working outdoors in a tee shirt in the middle of winter.

Hope Town Sunrise

The view facing east from my beach chair at 6:30 am Sunday, the start of what proved to be a lovely day for painting here on Elbow Cay.

From the Market, Provence

A sunny spring morning in southern France, rather than a grey and wet afternoon in northern Vermont.

Pond Edge at Bolton, Autumn

I celebrated being back home in Vermont after time away teaching by going up to the Bolton backcountry to paint on a beautiful fall morning last week. The Vermont Land Trust is working to save this land from development, and this painting will be in a benefit show that you can learn about here.

Lubec from Campobello

Standing on a rocky beach on Canada's Campobello Island on a warm and sunny afternoon, looking across Johnson Bay to the old fishing town of Lubec, Maine.

Stone Wall and Steps, Bonnieux, Provence

This centuries-old wall forms the entrance to a small shady park perched high on top of the beautiful town of Bonnieux.

View to Mountain, Viens, Provence

 Viens is a charming walled village, complete with a crenellated castle, winding narrow alleys, hollyhocks everywhere, and many resident dogs and cats sleeping in the sun.

Fountain in Saignon, Provence

The central square in this hill town near Aix boasts both this lovely fountain and a view to the Luberon mountains.

Morning Sun, Provence

Late and shadow shapes on walls open up to mountain and sky on a narrow street in Murs.

Market Stall, Provence

The back side of a basket stall at the Sunday market at L'Isle sur la Sorgue.

Click here to see past year's paintings of the same market.

Journal: Edge of Pond, Morning

I'm starting to think that this is the most beautiful, if subtlest, time of the year here.

Pink House, Hopetown

A confection of a cottage, floating over a creme de menthe sea and under a sky of whipped cream clouds.

Buildings by the Beach, Hopetown

While I was painting this sitting on the bleachers at the Hopetown recreation field, little kids began assembling around me for a cook-out and talent show, and the smell of burgers and sound of the same song practiced over and over proved a bit distracting!

Unsettled Weather, Hopetown Harbor

Drizzle, chill, wind and a moment of sun made for an exciting plein air outing.

Season's Greetings!

Best Wishes from snowy Vermont for a cozy and contemplative Christmas.

Piero, Fruit and pitchers (detail)

My thanks go out for nature's bounty, and for our friends, family, and home, and thanks to the makers of art, and the lovers of art. . . Happy Thanksgiving to you!

Road Towards Water

Don't you love it when you are driving along the coast and you come around a bend and there, instead of trees or houses or more road, is a sudden view of blue water stretching all the way to the horizon?

Spring to Summer (right panel)

And here's the final panel, with flowers that changed from tulips to peonies as we moved from June to July--and then on to the little green apples of August, and finally in September, the last tarot card thrown on the table.

Spring to Summer (middle panel)

The middle panel continues the Asian motif, with a Hokusai print, a celadon vase, and a crane on a river (origami bird on a cloth, that is...)

Spring to Summer (left panel)

My still life commission "Spring to Summer" is finished, and here is the left panel, and the complete triptych...stay tuned for the other two panels. You can gauge the time from beginning to completion by the fruit I painted, which began with cherries, then raspberries, peaches and plums, blackberries, and finally wild apples.