August 29th, 2014
Old Granite Pier, Rockport MA
Oil on Canvas, 16 x 20 in
(sold)

I felt like I’d been a bit of a wimp, leaving out all those buildings, boats and piers in my previous painting so reluctantly I decided to include a sampling of houses in this one. I think my degree of interest and sincerity in portraying them is evident in their execution*, unfortunately. So now I will quote a poem to deflect attention from something I feel I do poorly:

Man’s ingenuity was good.
He saw it plainly where he stood
Yet found it easy to resist.
—Robert Frost

(* – They were permanently executed this morning, September 1st, and I’m much happier with the painting now. There’s still one distant house on the far peninsula, for those who like that sort of thing.)