My Art Show

My art show started last Saturday. I had a good turn up. A lot of people came and enjoyed a night of good food and wine. I was very happy to receive a lot of admiring comments. This made me feel happy and appreciated.

Low Tide in Machiasport

I was driving by and I noticed the low tide and the blue sky. I didn't have my camera with me, so I sketched with my pen on a piece of paper. I registered all the colors in my memory and with a few notes on the sketch. I hope you like it.

Lobster Fisherman

Machiasport in the spring

Machiasport

A portrait of The Artist as a child

I painted this from a picture when I was a child! Life was simple then. Just a few bright flowers meant the world to me! I know it looks a bit crazy. But I did not sketch it or use any pencil lines. All was done with the brush and colors! I wanted to be free, expressive, and careless. No boundaries and No rules!!!

Two Small Paintings

I did those yesterday for the gallery. Not really something to be proud of, but they would sell for cheap as a small Maine memory!

Little boy playing the flute

This is the final painting. I am not sure I want to do any more final touches. I am scared to ruin it.

Working in stages

Working in stages, and getting anxious and worried..It is the fear of the unexpected with watercolors!!! I hope I don't mess it up!

Pencil Study

This is the same boy I did a painting of before, looking outside. Now, he's playing the flute. He just has a dreamy innocent feeling about him. This is a pencil study, and I hope the painting would be a masterpiece!!

Reflections

We did this in class yesterday...

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Self Portrait with Mido

Sketch

I don't feel that colorful today!

My first Brook Trout this year

We went painting outside in Lubec..Very beautiful and sunny..I hope it turned out well!

Snowy Egret

I made this from a picture from a book by Sidney Bahrt. He passed away a few months ago. He was a good friend, and a very nice man. I hope you like this.

Trees

These are ink and watercolor experiments...

Beal's Island

I went painting with a group of artists this morning..A very nice day..I hope this painting turned out well..

What we did in class...

I am teaching a class at the Senior College..It is a lot of fun..This is what we did today...

Eastport in the fog

Kennebec Road

This is a winter scene going back to my house on Kennebec Rd. It's simple but has a nice feel to it..Compare it to the one I did in September..

Amidst the Hay 2

Nothing better on your birthday than what you love most: Painting!!!

En Plein Air

What a nice day..I went outside, and did this..It was very sunny that I got blinded by the glare..This is around the corner from DECH!

Done!!

Little boy Looking outside

My paintings are usualy less than 12 by 16, then I frame them to 16 by 20..But every now and then I do larger scale ones, and those are the better! Unfortunately, I haven't showed them or framed them, because the bigger they are, the more expensive the frame is! This is 20 by 28 inches! It's taking some time, especially because of the details on the boy's shirt.. But I like it so far! There is something mysterious about it...Art is not just an imitation of reality! Goldmund says that the better artist is the one who captures the mystery and the mood of a painting, and make other people wonder. And that's who I strive to be!!

Jonesport Snow scene

Creek: Interpertation #2

I re-did the creek painting..I put some more details, and worked on the tonal values to give a sense of 3-D !!

Creek