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Mount Etna, View of Taormina, Sicily
We took the bus ride to the Town of Taormina to see a Roman Ampitheater and numerous other historical building sites. The town was preparing for a film festival when we arrived. A view of a portion of the town with Mt Etna in the distance was just down a short trail. It was a…
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Up On the Roof, Venice
In the summer of 2024 we stayed in Venice two days before we set out on a cruise ship for a week to several destinations in the Adriatic and Mediterranean. This was the view out our hotel window. I decided to paint it because of the color contrast of the yellows, greens, reds and the…
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Early Morning Walk Along A Canal, Venice
Sunlight refecting off the warm colors of the buildings along the canal is what initially drew me want to paint this scene. I used a reference photograph that I took last summer but really juiced up the color. See the reference photo below. I made several early morning walks and made sketches and even had…
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Italian Coast, Near Amalfi
MC Escher made a lithograph of Atrani in 1931. My painting is a view from a lower angle than his print and is not an accurate representation of the town.
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Apple Orchard
Pastoral scene of an apple orchard and farm in northwestern Massachusetts. I tried to capture the light and feeling of being on a farm in the fall. The apples had fallen and the sheep were resting amoung the old apples trees. It reminds me of when I would visit my grandparents farm in the summertime…
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Boats Along a Dock Near Spilt, Croatia
I enjoyed a recent summer vacation when we traveled to the Adriatic and visited Split, Croatia as well as several other stops along the way. This is a view of some of the boats along a dock outside of Split. Split is a beautiful coastal City with many historical buildings. Diocletians Palace has been placed…
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The King of Flowers
Ten thousand sunflower paintings. That’s probably an understatement. I was going to name this “Not Vincent” but thought it was to cliched and never intended to make it look like his work. Its hard not to think about his iconic offerings when you paint sunflowers. Maybe its a right of passage- I don’t know. The…
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Poppies Along the Road
I saw these poppies last summer growing along the roadside on a warm summer day in June. They are not my favorite flower but the light reflecting from them was beautiful. I wasnt able to capture the light exactly as I had imagined. Its been 30 years since I’ve completed an oil painting of flowers.…
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Hay Field in Moonlight
I chose to do a painting on a moonlit night with subdued colors to contrast with the vibrant colors I’ve used in some recent sunrise paintings. I’ve used this field with hay bales in another stylized painting in daylight. These types of bales are prevalent in the Northeast and Midwest. My sister had a boyfreind…
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View of Marblehead at Sunrise
This painting is from a photograph I took at sunrise looking towards Marblehead. There was great light with violets, reds, oranges and yellows. The reflection off the water and clouds was phenomenal. Color palette included alizarin crimson, burnt umber, rose madder, cobalt violet, manganese violet, orange lake, cad red light, cad yellow light, titanium white…
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Morning Light
Capturing an awesome sunrise with the intense colors and shadows in the early morning can be breathtaking. This sunrise was remarkable. I took many photos and spent twenty minutes or longer just watching the light as the sun rose on a frigid cold January 23, 2024. The view is from a park on top of…
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Oil Paintings, Plein Air, Prints, Hand Drawn Tessellations 