Demo at Copley Society Sat 1 - 3 pm

I'll be doing a 

"Painting in an Hour" 

demo tomorrow from 1 - 3 PM in front of the 

Copley Society
click here for more information

158 Newbury Street 

Boston

I will set up a simple still life and 

demonstrate how to say a lot with just a few well-placed strokes. 

(I'll be in side if it's raining) 

There will be refreshments! 

Stop by if you are in town! 

Still At It

Painting these 16 x 20's is a real challenge,
and I'm enjoying it tremendously. 

I've found that all the drawing necessary
to get the proportions correct tends to tighten me up,  

so to then stay loose and spontaneous while painting is a struggle.
When working smaller,
I simply sketch in a "map"and start painting!
Bigger canvas's seems to require a grid, a ruler, and some patience.  

Cottage Lane

16 x 20 

Part of me wants to crop this in half vertically.

I like the smaller buildings on the right,
probably because they are smaller
and less fussy.

Cottage Lane 

10 x 16 

Big IS Better!

"Weekender"

16 x 20 

One more using a larger canvas. 

On another note, yesterday a few of the  

Girls Just Wanna Paint 

gang painted at Kennedy's Country Garden

to help promote breast cancer awareness. 

It was a wonderful event, a gorgeous Indian summer day, 

and a great way to spend time with painting pals. 

Scarecrow

8 x 10 

There were scarecrows, pumpkins, mums, and plants galore! 

Going Bigger

For a while now, folks have been asking me why I don't paint bigger.

I think I've finally run out of reasons!
I found some old 16 x 20 toned stretched canvas panels,
2 #12 bristle brushes, and put out a lot of paint.

First "Big" Beach Peek 

16 x 20! 

I used a grid and mapped this very carefully.

The larger the painting the more accurate the drawing needs to be! 

I found it hard to be loose and get enough paint on there.

This is a stretch for me, but I like this new set of muscles!    

PS. I will be painting outside tomorrow (Sat) afternoon 

at Kennedy's Country Gardens 

on Rt 3 in Scituate with a few of the other 

Girls  Who Just Wanna Paint! 

Stop by and say hello! 

Two More Beach Peeks

Outdoor Shower 

8 x 10 

In Between 

8 x 10 

This series has been great fun. 

The light at the beach in the early fall is so brilliant,  

it creates wonderful patterns of dark and light shapes 

between the cottages. 

Beach Peek #4

Beach Peek #4

8 x 10 

My goal in this series is to plan ahead, put down a stroke, and leave it alone. 

I used one #8 bristle brush for this whole painting. 

(Even the telephone wires!) 

Beach Peek #3

Here is the third one of the 

"Beach Peeks"

series. 

"Three in a Row"

8 x 8