August, 2023
This summer has been filled with local paintings -- the most recent of which is a redux version of the landform known as the Hopper on the side of Mt. Greylock. The painting is based on a historic photograph of the Hopper, from the year 1900. The open fields carved out by sheep grazing the valley are today completely obstructed by regrowth forests. I took a drive trying to locate the actual site of the historic photo, and it appears to have been taken from Scott Hill looking up into the Hopper, past Mt. Hope. I first did a study of this 12x24, and then did a full scale painting, 30x60.
November, 2022
Just finished a large (30x60) piece called Crossroads. It is based on an smaller study that was 12x24. This is the road crossing at the bottom of the hill in Menerbes, France. In reality, there are about 8 directional signs at this intersection, sending you wherever you might want to go. I've narrowed it down just a few! It was break of day, the sun was rising over the fields of vines and it was a moment. Here are some process pictures, starting with the finished piece. This photo sequence shows how I work from an orange/red ground then gradually build color through layered glazes.
Starting with the little source painting below, I scale up with a line drawing first then block out the shapes with color.
The most challenging part is then going from the blocked out image to the final painting. 
September, 2022
Back from a scorching, but fun trip to France this past summer. These are the wheat fields outside of Aix-en-Provence, where the rows looked like the keyboard on a piano. Dry, but still beautiful. Also some other pieces from the Luberon Valley. I love the complicated geometry of the farm fields there!
Wheat Fields near Aix, 20x40
Provencal Farmouse, 24x36
Luberon Valley, 24x48
January, 2022
Some bitter cold here in New England this month, but we persevere. This is a recent series I have been working on called Big Blue Sky, First Snow, Missoula, MT. We were fortunate to travel there recently before Omicron spread widely in the US. This shows how I work in series from small to large, working out various artistic problems on the way. The first is 12x36, second 18x24 and the final piece is 30x60. Hope you enjoy them.... The final shot is of all three together in my little studio!
Study #1, 18x36
Study #2, 18x24
Big Blue Sky, First Snow, Missoula, MT, 30x 60.
July, 2021
Spending time this month getting paintings ready for an upcoming show at the Wendell Gilley Museum in Southwest Harbor Maine – Light, Sky, Land, and Edges: A Collaboration between Painter and Poet. This will be the culmination of a collaborative project I have been working on for about 3 years with my dear friend Martha Andrews Donovan -- writer and poet! The exhibition will include her photography and poetry and my paintings. If you are up on Mt. Desert Island please stop in and see the exhibit!
April, 2020
And now, the world has changed on a dime. At present we stay at home to stay safe in the time of the novel Coronavirus/COVID19. I continue to paint, and feel like I am trying to find the light in a time of great darkness. We will get through this. It will wash across our globe and subside. Hopefully new cures will be found quickly and a vaccine developed post haste. Healing wishes for all who are struggling with this deadly virus and the anxiety it has produced for all of us.
September 2019
After traveling to one of our favorite places on earth this summer -- the Luberon region of inland Provence in France -- I have a few new pieces to add from this trip. These are farms around Menerbes, where we had a glorious respite in July. For those of you who are bikers, you can see the Ventoux (largest mountain in France besides the Alps) in the distance from the Bistrot 5 terrace! A great place to eat gazpacho and drink a little wine in the evening light.
View from Bistrot Le 5, 20x40
Summer 2019 -- Local work
Been working out in the barn on some local scenes. 
Harwood Meadow, 20 x 40
This open field was once a working dairy farm in the 1800s. Although the cows are gone now, it still remains one of the loveliest open parcels in the area.
March 2019 -- Working through mud season....
I'm revisiting some of my photos of Ireland -- this is Glencar Lake, County Sligo, where W.B. Yeats grew up. It's broody but beautiful. I'm eager to go back!