Welcome to this web gallery of my original artworks. I paint in watercolor, oil, and soft pastel. Each medium has its own appeal. The surprises inherent in wet-in-wet watercolor painting are exciting. With oils, mixing and layering hues of different values and temperature is engaging and rhythmic. Soft pastel is a medium of particular vibrancy and immediacy. Almost pure pigment with minimal binder, pastel gives paintings a richness of color and stroke that is both characteristic and striking. By their shape and concentration of pigment, pastel sticks may be used in a linear or painterly manner, or some combination of the two.
Many of my paintings reflect my love of the Maine coast, where sea, sky, and land meet in myriad and compelling ways. I am fascinated by shifts of weather and season, bringing changes in light, shadow, and mood to each scene before me. My show "Anticipations" at Tidemark Gallery this April included work developed from anticipation of change, growth, surprise and even loss.
Extended stays with painting friends each year in September on Monhegan are invigorating, challenging and satisfying. I look forward to returning again this fall. "Monhegan Perspectives II" presented the 2008 artwork of the Monhegan group at the Damariscotta River Grill this past June.
From May 2009, I have been exploring and painting the visual beauty of the Kennebec Estuary. My solo show, "Along the Kennebec Estuary," presented this work throughout this summer at Mae's Cafe. I am grateful to the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust for their stewardship of this landscape and their encouragement of my painting journeys. The remaining paintings from the show will be exhibited at the Maine Maritime Museum this fall, beginning in mid-September.
I invite your comments on my paintings and this site. The paintings in Gallery One and Gallery Two are selected images representative of my work. Please feel free to contact me about a specific painting. You may also order limited edition prints through the "Prints and Shows" page. Thank you for visiting!
Current and Upcoming
Autumn's Edge
SHOWS 2009
Group Shows Monhegan Perspectives II, 6/22 - 8/2, six person show, Damariscotta River Grill, Maine
Her Mark: Paintings by Our Women Artists, 8/14 - 9/5, invitational small group show, Bayview Gallery, Brunswick, Maine Annual Holiday Exhibit, 12/1 to 1/9/2010, Bayview Gallery, Brunswick, Maine www.bayviewgallery.com Solo Shows Along the Kennebec Estuary, 6/8 to 9/2, Mae's Cafe
The paintings on this page are among the over 50 original works in soft pastel, oil and watercolor that were exhibited. Over the past year I have travelled and painted beautiful vistas along the Kennebec Estuary. Last spring I invited the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust to collaborate on the exhibit by sharing educational information about the region and the preserves it stewards.The Trust is dedicated to conservation of the natural, historic, scenic, cultural and agricultural resources of the Kennebec Estuary. Along the Kennebec Estuary, 9/10 to 12/20, Maine Maritime Museum
The remaining artwork from the show at Mae's was hung at the Museum in September.
Recent Paintings, 9/26 - 11/12, Miles Memorial Hospital, Damariscotta
SHOWS 2010
Upcoming exhibits in which I will participate will be posted early in the New Year.
PRINTS
Now Available as limited edition fine art prints
Sea Gold on Lobster Cove Marsh Notes Sasanoa River Buoy Sail Play
TEACHING
Please email me below to be placed on the class mailing list. Future classes will be posted on this site.
Upcoming Classes At the Woodturning School Studio in Damariscotta, Maine
The Practice of Soft Pastel Painting FULL - WAIT LIST ONLY January 12 – March 2, 8 weeks Tuesday mornings9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
This eight week class is for dedicated painters with moderate or greater experience with soft pastels who are working toward a personal practice of committed painting and artistic challenge.During extensive painting in class, each person will be individually mentored at his or her level of development.The emphasis will be on creating compelling paintings through strong composition, knowledge of color relationships, interpretation of light and increased mastery of techniques unique to the medium.Every class will conclude with a structured group critique. First Strokes – Introductory to Intermediate Soft Pastel Painting CANCELLED FOR MEDICAL REASONS - WILL BE OFFERED AGAIN March 16 – May 4, 8 weeks Tuesday mornings9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Pastel is an inviting, sensual, and forgiving medium incorporating aspects of drawing and painting.Come explore the use of soft pastel on a variety of surfaces and learn techniques unique to the medium for expressing value, hue, form, temperature and perspective.The weekly format includes demonstration, exercises, tailored individual guidance, lengthy painting time, critique and homework challenges.Repeat students are welcome. FMI/To register: Through contact box below or call 207 644 1835 Cost: $275 per 8 week class Class size: maximum 7 per class Materials list: Upon registration Early registration is appreciated.
Framing Workshop for Soft Pastel Painters SPACE AVAILABLE Tuesday February 9, 2010, 1 to 5 pm
In this four hour workshop you will learn parameters of framing your soft pastel paintings. I will demonstrate the complete framing of 3 types of pastel paintings, each with an appropriate "spacer": painting on paper framed with a mat, painting on panel framed with a mat, and painting on panel framed without a mat.
Each participant may bring one original painting for which we will determine a specific framing process. This will include precise measurements of final image, spacer, mat (if used) and frame; sequence of steps; and development of a shopping list for framing components.
This workshop is appropriate for anyone considering framing their own pastel paintings, as well as those who wish to be familiar with the elements of such framing when they get their work framed professionally. FMI/To register: Through contact box below or call 207 644 1835 Cost: $40 Class size: maximum 10 Resource list: provided during workshop Early registration is appreciated. Layer and Light - Toward More Luminous Soft Pastel Paintings MORE INFORMATION SOON May 11 – June 1, Tuesdays 9 am to 4 pm
Workshops
Soft Pastel PaintingCONCLUDED Farnsworth Museum, Gamble Education Center June 19 - 20, 2009, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily
My next Farnsworth workshop will be in the summer of 2010. Information will be posted here.
Several of many recent paintings. . .
Cedar Fringe on Merrymeeting Bay SOLD
Sentinel of the Kennebec SOLD
Vernal Pool, Sewall Woods
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