Some Recent Maine Paintings, Early Summer 2016

Here are  four works I painted early this summer around the Midcoast of Maine. Of course, I sell my work. If your interested in purchasing paintings, and supporting my endeavors,  take a look at my online shop here.  If you don’t see a specific painting you liked of mine in the  shop, please inquire, IContinueContinue reading “Some Recent Maine Paintings, Early Summer 2016”

Solomons, Maryland Outdoor Painting Event

  I did two plein air competitions in the summer of 2014. One, in Castine Maine, which  I wrote about previously. The second one was in Solomons, Maryland, which is an appealing town on the Chesapeake Bay in Southern Maryland. It had a little bit the feeling of my area in Maine – a seasideContinueContinue reading “Solomons, Maryland Outdoor Painting Event”

Castine, Maine Outdoor Painting Event

Here is an overdue post.  But perhaps with spring only 3 weeks away, thoughts of summer are now  becoming more realistic. This was a wonderful painting event that I did in July of 2014,  in a gorgeous town just a few hour drive from my home in Rockland, Maine. Castine is quite an interesting placeContinueContinue reading “Castine, Maine Outdoor Painting Event”

Little Deer Isle, Maine, 6 x 6 in.(sold)

I needed a cook stove. And I found an incredible deal, except it was about a two hour drive away from my house on Maine’s  Blue Hill Peninsula. But it is such a beautiful place to paint, that I figured I could get a sketch out of the deal, too. And I was right! ThisContinueContinue reading “Little Deer Isle, Maine, 6 x 6 in.(sold)”

Museo Capodimonte, Naples, Italy, 8 x 10 in., Oil.

The Museo Capodimonte in Naples, Italy is a wonderful museum at the top of a hill in a small park setting about a 30 minute walk from the historic center. While spending a month in Naples in June of 2013,  I walked up there a few times, once to paint and of course once toContinueContinue reading “Museo Capodimonte, Naples, Italy, 8 x 10 in., Oil.”

Mt. Vesuvius, Naples, 8 x 10 in., oil

Mount Vesuvius is a volcano near Naples, Italy.  I actually had a lovely view of it from my apartment window. I painted this picture from the rocks near Mergellina, in the center of the city. Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying and destruction of theContinueContinue reading “Mt. Vesuvius, Naples, 8 x 10 in., oil”