July 15th, 2016
The Breezeway, Rocky Neck Gloucester
Oil on Masonite, 12 x 16 in

Great thing about the breezeway is it’s 10 – 15 degrees cooler than any other spot in Gloucester on any given day – but the downside is that there’s really only one view I’m interested in trying to paint – to the end that every time I go I paint the same thing. Tends to turn out pretty well, though- no doubt from all the practice!

July 11th, 2016
St Peter’s Square, Gloucester, MA
Oil on Masonite, 16 x 20 in

When I began this painting it was a heavy grey day and I was focusing on a fishing boat in the foreground as the subject of my painting. And then, in one fell swoop, the sky cleared and the boat left. I decided to change the painting to match the day it had become. There are people who see a foreground with nothing but water and think “this painting has no subject or interest in the bottom left!” But I am a person who can stare at water for hours at a time, riveted – so the bottom left works for me. However, as a concession, I scribbled my insignia all big in the “empty space” for those who need an anchor.