Here’s to you, Dad
Portrait of Ann Douglas, by John P. Douglas, pastel on paper, c. 1969 Last week I wrote, “My father loved Maine, painting, and sailing wooden boats. Several times this week when I signed my paintings I thought of how amazed and happy he would have been to see his daughter getting paid to stand on …
Seeking beauty in the built environment
Northbound on 10th, 16×22, acrylic, by Patti Mollica A lot of painters focus on either the natural or the man-made environment; I truly love painting both. In the built environment, I see both the best and worst of mankind. In the landscape I see God’s hand-print. I love the intersection of these two elemental forces. …
Desperately seeking the Immaculata (and other things)
Summer Sky, by Marilyn Fairman, oil on linen, 9X12. It’s another entry in Rye Painters on Location’s silent auction, and a darn lovely one, too! If I had more time, I’d see Marilyn more than once a year, right? A few weeks ago I talked with a wonderful New Hampshire-based painter who is busy raising …
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Wine pairings
Manship Toasting the Angels, by Barry Faulkner, 1923. At the Farnsworth. My favorite work in the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockport, ME is Manship Toasting the Angels by Barry Faulkner. This 1923 wall screen shows angels coming down from heaven bearing wine. Two couples (Faulkner, his pal Paul Manship, and their wives) raise their glasses in …
It’s almost time for Rye Painters on Location again!
My piece for Rye POL’s Silent Auction: Gold Mountain Air, oil on canvasboard, 11X14. Some of my Best Painting Buds (BPBs) are people I met at Rye Painters on Location: Bruce Bundock and Marilyn Fairman, for example. Another of my other BPBs—Brad Marshall—is someone I recommended to the organizers (as did Lee Haber). There are …
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