Landscape Paintings
Fishin’ No Mo – en plein air watercolor architectural landscape painting
St. Simon's Island, GA At Cannon's Point, a preserved 600 acre nature site on St. Simons Island GA , the remains of a fisherman's shack, encrusted with plants and rust and decay, was foiled against the lush vegetation of this warm climate. Most of the...
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Spring Sunscape – en plein air watercolor landscape painting
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...
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Tsuruhama Rainforest Pavillion – watercolor landscape illustration painting
Osaka, Japan Commissioned by an architectural firm specializing in aquarium and exhibit design, this ambitious concept was a huge dome superstructure enclosing a rainforest environment. The complex image evolved from a 3-point perspective thumbnail sketch....
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Courtyard Cafe – watercolor landscape painting
Santa Catalina A sister watercolor to two other paintings completed on scenic Catalina Island, this secluded open air courtyard and café, chairs and table were reflected in adjacent window; and glimpsed from under a balcony framing the view, it beckons as...
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Double Dormers – watercolor architectural landscape painting
Thayer Academy The refined geometry and proportions of Thayer Academy’s iconic main building suggested this angular composition of roof lines, projecting dormers and arched windows. The symmetry and order of the feature façade elements, in dynamic angles...
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Great Temple at Karnak- after J. Guerin – watercolor landscape painting
Egypt Adapted from Jules Guerin's magnificent illustrations in a text on Egypt, his original striking composition - a subtle blue evening version - became a vehicle to transform the view into a study of a limited warm daylight palette, with a minor, but...
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Hanson House SW Cornice – en plein air watercolor landscape painting
Cranford NJ The distinctive design of Cranford NJ's historic Hanson House presented an ensemble of shapes, details, and colors. The active cloudscape of a breezy day was so compelling that the clouds became the principal element of nearly two thirds of the...
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Historic Hearth- Hanson House – en plein air watercolor landscape painting
Cranford NJ Nestled in a quiet garden area behind the historic Hanson House in Cranford, NJ, this remainder of the Field & Stream Club fireplace and chimney, once much used by fishermen and campers along the river, still conveys a quiet, stony presence. It...
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Knapp Narrows Transit – en plein air watercolor landscape painting of bridge
Tilghman Island, MD A recently restored bridge, connecting St. Michael's Island to Tilghman Island, MD, the tracery of the lift bridge's structure presented a steel geometry of engineering. In suggesting the delicate heft of the structure, the analogous...
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Light, Love, Allure of Venice – watercolor landscape painting of venice italy
Venice, Italy The magic of Venice is symbolized not only by its watery, narrow canals, but also its bridges, gondolas, painted piers and tall textured facades that create an enchanted tunnel open to the sky. The romantic character of the place beckons the...
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Miss Ruth’s Stable – en plein air watercolor landscape painting
Mineral Spring Farm Claiborne, MD A seldom experienced place for the artist, this small horse barn on farm estate in Claiborne, MD became a careful exercise in restraint for conveying the many nuances of white siding, shadows and shading and fencing. The...
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Piazza Del Campanile – watercolor landscape painting of italian scene
The enticing village of Portofino, seen from an approach to its inlet harbor, is one of Italy's innumerable, incomparable vistas. Whitewashed walls in pale or natural colors, the harmony of the environment, set against trees and sky and water, make for a...
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Red, Blue and Canoe – en plein air watercolor landscape painting of boats and river
Cranford’s Canoe Club is one of that Town’s most treasured institutions, its easy river access providing residents with recreational opportunities – and memories – for generations. Situated at Rahway River’s edge, this tightened view isolated the rhythmic...
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Steeple & Lanterns – Old South Church and Boston Public Library – watercolor landscape painting of buildings
I was invited by the Friends of Copley Square and Vose Gallery to paint some aspect of this public urban space. Awed for more than forty years by two iconic structures - the Boston Public Library and the Old South Church - I was taken with the elegantly...
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Drifting Raft on a Drizzly Day near Longfellow Bridge – en plein air watercolor painting of river and bridge
Boston, MA Painted as a demo from the Museum of Science Washburn Pavilion during an unceasingly wet day, a wet-on-wet technique was unavoidable, but it encouraged a spontaneity and freshness that helped capture the mood. Purchase Options 11" x 14 1/4"...
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Head of the Charles Race Day – en plein air watercolor landscape painting
Cambridge, MA With a prominent location opposite the famous rowing club, and amid the jostling and cheering crowds near this finish line, I attempted to capture the pageantry of this world-wide amateur event – with rowers, crowds, boats, flags and the...
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Long Light- Public Garden’s Duck Pond – en plein air watercolor landscape painting
Boston, MA Boston's Public Garden provides a respite for all its residents -human, animal and feathered. The low afternoon light shone through the deep canopies of surrounding trees to illumine the duck pond's and lawn's surfaces with its warm glow, and...
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Roses Morning Rondo -en plein air watercolor landscape floral painting
Kelleher Rose Garden Boston, MA Initially awed by the Fenway Garden’s secluded setting, the abundance of rose displays, and invited to do a demo plein air piece during Mayor Menino’s annual fundraiser, I prepared this study for my own orientation and grasp...
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