Good morning! I'm excited and a little scared for my upcoming show because I have so many new paintings to finish! "New Braintree Thaw" is the last new one I'm going to post until after the reception on March 2nd. I want my new work to be a surprise . . . but don't worry, I'll still post some teasers. :)

In other news, I have a reception coming up in Cambridge at Coldwell Banker on Mass. Ave. on February 27th from 5:30 - 7:30pm. Many of my paintings are there along with work from two other Cambridge Art Association member artists: Carol Bajen-Gahm and Kale Baker. I hope you can join us.

Three of my pieces on exhibit:

Have a great day and thanks for popping by!

​In other news, I finished this little commissioned pet portrait for a dear collector, over the weekend...

Wishing you all a lovely and productive start to your week! Thank you for coming by. 

It's been a busy week of painting. I've been juggling a few paintings this week including this one. It's an 8" x 8" of a farm that's just up the road from me. I actually love this time of year . . . the bare trees, patches of snow and the hope of spring.  

I hope you all had a lovely week. Enjoy your weekend!

I like to describe my process as "building a painting." As evident in the above images, my paintings evolve through layers and details, working broad to specifics. I have always worked a composition in its entirety from start to finish, so that I can compare values and shapes throughout the process rather than completing one little area at a time. At present, I'm interested in incorporating temperature and value into the early stages of my future paintings like I did in this one in a more systematic way. I've been striving to invoke more artistic intention into my renderings while giving my body of work more unity. I'm hoping to have stumbled upon something good. We'll see. You know what they say about the best of intentions . . . ha!  

While working on a couple of commissions (that I will share soon), my mind was wandering to trying a different approach to painting. I've been a longtime fan of the grisaille (and experimented a while back with some sepia monotone paintings) and so I decided to experiment with a sepia value underpainting (along with some hints toward temperature) as a way to begin my next watercolor.  I like what I've got so far.

​Have a lovely start to your week.