art matters

Hi friends, it is deep winter around here and while I miss painting outside (so, so, so much), I am very busy working in the studio, framing paintings for a solo show in June at the wonderful Landing Gallery in Rockland, Maine.  The show is called Tree and Cloud (to complement last year's solo show Water and Stone) and consists of recent work from around Penobscot Bay and downeast Maine - about sixty paintings in all, from 5 x 7" up to 40 x 64".  The paintings will be at the gallery by mid-May and the show opens during the First Friday art walk, on the evening of June 1st.  A catalogue will be available in early May.  Full steam ahead!  Art matters!  I believe this now more than ever.  And, I must say, thank you to everyone who feels the same, and even more thank yous - a big bouquet of them - to folks who purchased my work last year.  It was my best year yet and I cannot thank you enough (yes, you!).  I live in a more or less constant state of gratitude for being able to devote the days of my life to painting.  I love it beyond words.

Snow is falling thick and fast this afternoon here in rural Maine and while I love to paint it (take a peek at my new work on this site to see a few recent snow paintings, made from inside while looking out the windows), right now I am remembering a particularly gorgeous hot summer day.  Sitting out on the ledges, making watercolors as a small-boat regatta streamed by, for hours and hours.  A brief look back at that day - finest kind - to help tide us over through the coming weeks and months, until we are back there once again.  Thanks for reading.  I hope to see you in June!