Studying Boats



Boats on the Arno (Florence Italy) 24" x 24" acrylic on canvas

Rowing Out From Shore (Winslow WA) 24" x 18" Acrylic on Panel

  I've recently been fascinated with the shape of boats and ships.  Like human forms, every one is unique.  My daughter is a ship captain, so painting them impressionistically under the gaze of her exacting eye is no easy task....It's a worthy study and a work in progress.  

Angelique in Winter (Camden Maine) 16 x 12



Small Boats Study (Camden Maine)  12" x 12" Acrylic on panel

In Quiet Water (Winslow, WA) 16" x 12" Acrylic on Panel (sold)










Off to Winslow

In Quiet Water 18" x 14" acrylic on masonite

   This Painting was the product of my stay on Bainbridge Island in August  where I taught a three day plein air workshop.  I go there again tomorrow to teach another workshop.  It's been a busy month with my classes starting, exhibitions going up and others coming down, meetings (blah...blah...blah..).  My commute time from my home on a little island is about an hour and a half each way.  Sometimes I feel like I'm just rushing from one minute to the next.
     Then there's painting.  It seems to suspend time...or better, time seems to stretch sideways.  And there is the added benefit of slowing down, standing for hours very quietly in front of something that inspires me...trying to observe every nuance.  The act of painting is very personal to me and frames everything else with meaning and purpose.