Painting and politicians
Winston Churchill, The Goldfish Pond at Chartwell, 1932. I think any artist would be proud to have painted this. When we were painting in Camden at my first workshop last month, an elderly gentleman asked Sandy if he could take her photo with her painting. “After all,” he said, “you could be the next Winston …
Mostly, what’s changed are the trees…
Safe Harbor, 20X24, oil on canvasboard, almost finished. I started this during the last year in which my painting partner Marilyn Feinberg was still in Rochester. It is as big a canvas—20X24—as I ever do en plein air. That size usually takes two or more sessions to finish, but without Marilyn around to schlep up …
A Sunday Afternoon on the Ontario Beach Park Jetty
Georges-Pierre Seurat, Un dimanche après-midi à l’Île de la Grande Jatte, 1884-1886 I have young nephews visiting. It seemed on this blistering hot day that a day at Ontario Beach Park would be a good way to burn off some of their energy. They went swimming and I sat in the shade sketching. As they …
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Join me this Saturday for Wine and Watercolors in the garden
Saturday, July 20, 2013, 4:30pm until 7:30pm Hollyhocks, by little ol’ me. Summer is just bustin’ out all over, and it makes me want to paint! Join me for an afternoon of laughter, stories, and painting some sweet little greeting-card-sized watercolors in Lakewatch Manor’s lovely gardens. (There will be an indoor studio option if weather threatens.) Our …
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Amazing new diet plan! Take up drawing!
Watermelon & Cherries, by Brad Marshall, oil on canvas board, 11×14. Executing this luscious painting probably elevated Brad’s mood by 22%, but who can tell when he’s already so darn cheerful? It’s for Rye Art Center’s annual Painters on Location in September, and I imagine it will elevate the mood of some lucky collector too. A …