The Phyllis WAITING ON NONNO After a fresh clam dinner during summer vacation, the residue shells became a painting subject. The delicate shadings and pearlescent quality of the shells’ surfaces were fascinating to observe and a challenge to capture in watercolor....
Effusive Floral Urn As an invited artist, for the tenthyear under three different Mayors, to produce live plein-air paintingsduring the Mayors’ Rose Garden Party fundraiser, my eye caught thisvenerable, highly sculpted, stone urn with early pansies. The...
Nature & Man, Elm On Spring Street The gnarled, articulated trunk of this massive Elm tree, at the corner of Green Street and fronting a historic house, had a weighty presence suggestive of its age, perhaps beyond 200 years. The painting was started at 6pm on a...
O-Bon Duo With striking traditional dress costumes from earlier eras, these two casual Japanese youngsters were colorfully contrasted celebrants for the annual summer O-Bon Festival in Kyoto. The riot of costumes on people of all ages, hand-made hand-drawn wagons in...
Revisiting the Veil – After Sargent John Singer Sargent continues to inspire legions of painters, and his watercolors are just that for this artist. To better understand his techniques, I reversed this delicate image, interpreted and applied most of the palette...
