April 24th, 2017
Birches, Gloucester Harbor
Oil on Board, 18 x 24 in

Another day with my great student who doesn’t seem to mind me painting too. There are tons of cranes by the water in Gloucester, they were too far away to fathom but very arresting regardless. The story for me was the tree – branches take on this pregnant, rosy glow as the leaves begin to bud- and this birch was also rife with pollen laden golden – hmm, seed shags? I don’t know what they’re called, but they look like greengold caterpillars and were quite lovely in the spring sun.