Thursday, June 28, 2012

Clam Fest Work (pics taken with my iPhone camera, but you get the idea)

So I originally thought I'd paint roses or peonies, but my mother had these beautiful poppies growing in her garden earlier this summer. They've always been a favorite of mine, since I watched the Wizard of Oz as a child.

Cicada: that big gentle big that makes a high pitched whistle in late summer. I couldn't help but add a little bit of silver sparkle to his wings. 

Country fields of grass, just like you'd find in Bowdoinham Maine.

This picture is based off of a picture I took myself last summer. I have always loved painting buoys...as they're shaped so simply, I had a great time painting this piece. There's much fun to be had, playing with color combinations. 

Coastal Maine on a misty morning. Reminds me of when my family  and I would take our 27 ft sailboat, Morning, out to Jewell Island and Stover's Cove in Harpswell Maine for overnights. 

Country Maine landscape. Lupin can be found just about everywhere in Maine in early summer.

This piece was actually commission work for a customer I did work for this past winter. I'm thrilled to paint so many wedding presents. And I liked the idea of doing a "live lobster," I think so often we think of lobsters as being red, but of course when they're scavenging on the Sea Floor they're many different color combinations of brown, blue purple and green.


More of my mother's poppies

Marlin, painted on scrap wood

Boiled lobster

Maryland Blue Crab

Flying fish on scrap wood

Casco Bay Lobster Buoys, on wood scrap


Rainbow Trout, Freeport Maine

Another live lobster...I enjoyed painting the commissioned one so much that I decided to paint a second  live lobster only with slightly different colors

I was stung by several jellyfish down at Kent Island in MD once while participating in an ocean outrigger race. I had that race in mind while painting this colorful jellyfish. It was a new kind of painting for me since unlike other sea creatures I've painted, this one came out looking a bit more abstract. 

Yarmouth Clam Festival

So as a few of you likely already know, this year I've been given an invitation to show my work at the Yarmouth Clam Festival this summer. It's a three day event, taking place the weekend of July 22nd...so I know, it's coming up quite fast! I've been working pretty frantically trying to get together enough presentable pieces to show. This is all very exciting to me...and I never would have known how many small details there are to worry about. So thank you for your support, for my work and myself. Come see me in my tent, once I'm all set up!

Friday, March 30, 2012

Tarpon ~2x3 ft

My cousin, Bradley commissioned me to paint this piece for his friend's wedding. He's going to be the best man and told me he needed something "huge." This is one of the bigger paintings I've done, the only one that might have been larger would be Color Girls. I like how it came out... because personally I think Tarpons are ugly, and I may or may not be a little afraid of them. Why? When I was twelve, I was snorkeling in the Crystal Springs in Florida when a school of about 5 came swimming at me out of nowhere. They were the biggest fish I had ever swam with..and they had big teeth. I don't think I've ever swam so fast to get away. 

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

"Pretty Lights" 8x8 Acrylic on Canvas $90

"Color Girls" roughly 30x30 Acrylic on Canvas $320