by Frank Costantino | Mar 8, 2018 | Interiors, Marblehead
Marblehead, MA Painted during the Marblehead Art Association’s 90th anniversary reception, the contrast of many lit candles against the dark piano was the striking element for the composition. Abby the pianist at the keys, seen only with the music reflected in...
by Frank Costantino | Mar 8, 2018 | Architecture, Figures, Landscapes, Marblehead
Marblehead, MA Marblehead Light, one of the Town’s historic, iconic structures, is portrayed with a focus on only the lower entry portal and the tracery of the supporting pipes and cables with their strong cast shadows. The idea was galvanized by observing two young...
by Frank Costantino | Mar 8, 2018 | Landscapes, Marblehead
Marblehead, MA A playful gestural sketch of a playful activity of model sail boating; crafts remotely controlled by the ‘sailors’ on the far edge of this well-used pond in Marblehead MA. The boats were patiently drawn into the composition as they floated...
by Frank Costantino | Mar 8, 2018 | Architecture, Landscapes, Marblehead, New England
Marblehead MA Marblehead’s iconic brick and stone civic structure, Abbot Hall, situated in the center of town on its highest ground, was undergoing much needed exterior weatherizing, pointing, and general maintenance. Back lit by a bright summer sun, the near...
by Frank Costantino | Feb 15, 2018 | Landscapes, Marblehead, New England
Marblehead, MA A simple rolling lawn in morning light on an early spring day – tall new-leafing trees with suggested houses are the backdrop for the lushly greening groundscape at the harbor’s edge of the Eastern Yacht Club, Marblehead. The work was...
by Frank Costantino | Feb 13, 2018 | Architecture, Commissions, Landscapes, Marblehead, New England
This commissioned piece came from a couple who had previously acquired two other originals of mine. The husband wanted a watercolor of the home as a gift for his wife. The home faced northeasterly, and the shadows could only be captured for a short duration of the...
