“Preening Pear” • Acrylic on Wood • 2.5 x 2.5 inches (6 x 6 cm) • 2014 Sold I can’t fully say why I decided this pear was preening. I probably just subconsciously like the idea of a pear proudly strutting his stuff on an oriental rug… after all who doesn’t look better on an […]
“Outside Looking In” • Oil on Linen • 30 x 30 inches (75 x 75 cm) • 2014 See this painting at the Paradise City Fine Arts show, March 21 to 23; more info is here. After working almost entirely in small dimensions for a long time, last year I made a pledge to do […]
“Crowded In” • Acrylic on Wood • 2.5 x 2.5 inches (6 x 6 cm) • 2014 $185 plus shipping. The Tangerine appeared to be crowded in and overwhelmed by her larger neighbors, though with her brilliant color she outshined the lot of them. This is painted on a prepared block of poplar wood, and […]
“Sneak Attack” • Oil on Panel • 10 x 10 inches (25 x 25 cm) • 2014 Please come visit me in 2 weeks at the Paradise City Arts Festival in Marlborough, MA. The show runs from Friday, March 21 to Sunday, March 23, and I’ll have several dozen paintings ranging from miniatures to large […]
“On Guard!” • Acrylic on Wood • 2.5 x 2.5 inches (6 x 6 cm) • 2014 Sold Whenever I visit a museum, I always make a point of seeing the Late Medieval and Early Renaissance collections. The visual language of that period thrills me, especially the brilliant, vibrant colors often laid out against backgrounds […]
“Morning Joe” • Acrylic on Wood • 2.5 x 2.5 inches (6 x 6 cm) • 2014 $185 plus shipping. I really can’t get started in the morning without a strong hot cup of coffee. It’s even more inviting and exciting in a bold red mug; just begging to be painted. This is painted on […]
“Funhouse Mirror” • Acrylic on Wood • 2.5 x 2.5 inches (6 x 6 cm) • 2014 SOLD My local Whole Foods installed funhouse mirrors in the cafeteria area. They’re not exactly flattering their customers (especially while eating), but it is constantly amusing. I instantly thought of that when I saw how the silver cup […]
“Red Pear with Aluminum Foil” • Oil on Panel • 10 x 10 inches (25 x 25 cm) • 2013 Sold It was almost as if this pear were putting on her best evening dress; getting ready for an elegant night out. Aluminum foil makes for one of the trickiest things to paint. It folds […]
“Orange Tea” • Acrylic on Wood • 2.5 x 2.5 inches (6 x 6 cm) • 2014 SOLD. One of my earliest memories of tea involves my grandmother serving me Orange Pekoe, and me spending a long time looking at the label wondering exactly what that meant. While no longer my favorite type of tea […]
“Sneak Attack” • Oil on Panel • 10 x 10 inches (25 x 25 cm) • 2014 This painting is available at my website. Not all, but many of the arguments and battles we fight in our daily lives seem ultimately futile and unproductive. For a while I’ve wanted to do a series of paintings […]
“Cherry Picking” • Acrylic on Wood • 2.5 x 2.5 inches (6 x 6 cm) • 2014 Sold I found the two best cherries I could from the bunch (hence, “Cherry Picking”), and placed them together on a small piece of blue stone I rescued from the fragments pile at my local stone cutter. To […]
“Chameleon Teacup” • Acrylic on Wood • 2.5 x 2.5 inches (6 x 6 cm) • 2014 SOLD. As I was arranging this teacup to paint, I couldn’t help notice how the gold filigree painting on the inside of the cup reflected the designs on the damask cloth beneath. It was almost like the teacup […]
“Sunbathing” • Acrylic on Wood • 2.5 x 2.5 inches (6 x 6 cm) • 2014 $185 plus shipping. After quite a bit of snow, we recently had a few sunny days in Boston. My local Whole Foods sells these terrific Satsuma Oranges with the stem and leaves intact, and I always want to paint […]
I really enjoyed getting the questions from a young artist and turning them into the interview that I published on Tuesday. So much so, that I thought it might be fun to throw it open and invite questions from anybody for me to answer. These can be about art in general, process, technique, the business […]
“Bottles and Glass” • Oil on Panel • 2.5 x 2.5 inches (6 x 6 cm) • 2013 “Bottles and Pitcher” • Oil on Panel • 2.5 x 2.5 inches (6 x 6 cm) • 2013 A few years ago I was experimenting with what I called Fragment Compositions – a painting would be created […]
I received an email from a recent art school graduate asking me a number of thoughtful questions about the day-to-day life of being a working artist. I decided the questions and my responses might be interesting to others as well, so rather than restricting my response to an email reply, I’m publishing them here in […]
“Jumping the Gun” • Acrylic on Wood • 2.5 x 2.5 inches (6 x 6 cm) • 2014 SOLD Before I began working on a larger painting that included a wineglass and a scattering of grapes, I wanted to make a study of those two elements. I also realized that I liked the composition a […]
“AppleApple” • Acrylic on Panel • 4 x 4 inches (10 x 10 cm) • 2013 This painting is available at the Powers Gallery in Acton, MA. To see more paintings like this one, please click here.
“Pear, Waterglass, and Oriental Rug” • Oil on Panel • 12 x 12 inches (30 x 30 cm) • 2013 I’m very pleased to be joining the Art 3 Gallery in Manchester, New Hampshire. I first met the owner Joni Taube at a show I participated in late last year. I went up to visit […]
“Teacup and Grapes Against Blue” • Acrylic on Wood • 2.5 x 2.5 inches (6 x 6 cm) • 2014 Sold “Teacup and Grapes Against Blue” features an antique teacup with gold filigree and fresh red grapes set against a deep blue background. It’s painted on a prepared block of poplar wood, and set it […]