a sugary dusting to bring in spring

Yesterday was the first full day of spring. There was a dusting of snow on the deck in the morning; it melted and then we got some big, fat flakes in the late afternoon.

Keeping warm with some springtime painting:

january show at riverstones

I was fortunate to have a show at the Franklin Gallery at RiverStones Custom Framing in Rochester during the month of January.

Since then I have made a number of new paintings. I have quite a few unframed pictures in the studio. Looking forward to my July show at Adelle's Coffee House in Dover!

as summer winds down…

I'm trying to get to the studio as often as I can before going back to school.

some new summer paintings

Time at the studio has been limited by the fact that I was taking an online course this summer, but my limited time was fun and fairly productive. I have several more paintings in progress that I will post soon.

berwick public library show

Ron and I hung a joint show—his photographs, my paintings—at the Berwick, Maine, Public Library this morning. The nice folks there are hosting our work through July and August.

spring is here!

I last posted on New Year's Eve, and since then we've had a long, long winter. Despite early morning temperatures of 20 degrees, I do believe spring is finally here. Don't know why I haven't posted in so long, but I have continued to paint. Here's proof.

new paintings in durham

Yesterday Ron and I hung 11 of my paintings and 3 of my photographs at The Works Bakery Café in Durham. It's hard to get good pictures of them, what with reflections off the glass and all, so I invite you to stop in to view them in person, and have a bagel and a cup of coffee.

Happy New Year!

studio and home

I do love my paint sticks. I was able to do a bit more painting in the studio this weekend, and I also carved a few stamps.

On the home front, I photographed dishes in the sink because I liked the way the light reflected off the Pyrex and pottery.

in the studio

Here's my new (old) nameplate for the studio. It's about the size of a business card.

Ron took this photo today of the five new paintings.

new paintings

breaking new grounds show

I love how Rebecca hung my paintings, clustered on one wall at Breaking New Grounds in Portsmouth. Ron and I had coffee there Friday night with a couple of friends after checking out fantastic photography shows at the New Hampshire Art Association's Levy Gallery on State Street and at The Parlor at Plainspoke on Sheafe Street. Ron has a photograph in the show at the Levy!

This picture was taken in the coffee shop in low light, so not much detail is captured, but it's a good picture to show the arrangement. Many of the paintings here and at the Berwick Public Library have been posted on little green marble from March through early September.

some photographs taken by ron

I borrowed these from Ron's Facebook page.