Beets
Oil on mylar, ink on paper
11" x 14", 9" x 12", 8" x 8"
2022 - 2023
Though I clearly want to paint, I have remained for some time confused about a direction, or directions, for it. These selections are a progress report. Though I feel the directions shown here are good ones, and the exercise has been useful and entertaining, clearly each of the pieces falls short of what it could be, even within its own vein. – Overall, I am feeling encouraged.
Dusk, Peabody
Oil on canvas
16" x 12"
2021
From the kitchen window, autumn
Oil on canvas
24" x 18"
2017
Exhibited:
Ipswich Art Show 2020
From the kitchen window, winter
Oil on canvas
24" x 18"
2015
From the kitchen window, spring
Oil on canvas
24" x 18"
2015
From the kitchen window, summer
Oil on canvas
24" x 18"
2015
Foggy day, Essex Estuary
Oil on canvas
12" x 16"
2016
Self portrait
Oil on canvas
16" x 20"
2016
Self-portrait
Oil on canvas
16" x 20"
2014
Rainy day lunch,
Downtown Crossing subway station
Oil on canvas
12" x 16"
2015
Salt marsh at Crane Beach, Ipswich
Oil on canvas
24" x 16"
2015
My mother, Beverly, happy
Oil on canvas
16" x 20"
2014
My mother, Beverly, in pain
Oil on canvas
16" x 20"
2010
I took over my mother's oil painting set when her mind lost its ability to work with it. I wanted it to be not just a piece of memorabilia, but a living, active tool set. It was obvious to me what the first new painting should be: a picture of her. I had virtually no experience in working with oils, but I did have a lot of determination.
This was not a happy time for us. My mother was suffering from a lingering spell of the flu and was generally miserable. Like a very young child, she was unable to identify the flu as an external event. It was just a presence that colored everything.
There were other things going on that she was not aware of, but I was. My younger brother, Peter, had just died unexpectedly. Her dementia was progressing at a very rapid pace, though that in itself gave her no pain and she had no idea that anything was different from normal.
These tides are reflected in the painting.
Naples yellow, cobalt blue & lampblack
Electronic original
8" x 8" print
2014
Seascape color study
Electronic original
8" x 8" print
2014
Chromium green, purple lake, & black
Electronic original
8" x 8" print
2014
Purple lake and brown ochre
Electronic original
12" x 12" print
2014
Green & cobalt blue
Electronic original
12" x 12" print
2014
Greens
Oil on canvas
12" x 12"
2001
Red & yellow ochre
Gouache on paper
8" x 8"
1971
Cadmium and Naples yellows
Gouache on paper
9" x 9"
1971