Anger Management

Anger Management, Pastel, 10x16

End of the Season

End of the Season, Watercolor, 16x20

Mary's

Mary's, Watercolor, india ink, 18"x24"

Plein Air Oil Paintings

Plein Air Paintings from the Summer

East Matunuck, Oil

Point Judith Fishing Boat, Oil


Beach Work in South Kingstown, Oil

Mystic River, Oil

Fishy Fish and the Fish Scales

This all started when I started playing guitar in a duo called the "Quohog Kickers". It was a good shift from the normal, because we started to write and play music about political and social concerns. I rediscovered my roots from this process and realized that I am still inspired by the likes of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan. In addition to the music, I started to play around with designs. Along with creating a logo for the band, I started to brainstorm character sketches. Well, this project took a life of it's own because my kids love the characters, and begged me to create new characters. We now have a fictional band called "Fishy Fishy and the Fish Scales" in which we are putting together comic books, logo's, and trading cards. Great fun!

Here a drawings of some of the characters:

Catching Up

I haven't posted my work in quite a long time! I have been busy with both drawing and painting, so I'll share some things. I started the year returning to the Still Life. Most of the paintings I did were a bit of a disaster, but they are leading me where I want to go, so I am glad about that! I spent a good amount of time outside working from the landscape as well. If you look at the palette, it is piled with old paint. I have finally gotten my self under control! I have redesigned my easel and palette system, and now clean my palette for greater control of the colors. The last painting is a sketch of my students drawing. I have had some fun drawing or painting them while they are outside working on their landscapes!

Oil Painting of Yale Forest

This is a large oil painting created from sketches and previous studies of the Yale Forest in Ashford CT