Group Show / June 7th-30th / Nahcotta / Portsmouth, NH

I will have 6 New Paintings in an upcoming group show 
at Nahcotta Gallery in Portsmouth, NH along side:


 Danna Ray
 Kathleen Robbins
 Jeff Fitzgerald 


The opening is on June 7th 5-7pm

Stop by. Its a beautiful space run by awesome people 
in a really beautiful town.   
  

Field Work

I spend a lot of time indoors painting from photographs and memory. Its how I like to work but after so much time in my studio, removed from actual landscapes and actual seascapes its crucial to get outside. I love the rapid transitions that come with spring and the warmer weather means more opportunities to paint outdoors.

I consider these paintings I do outdoors as something quite separate from what I do in the studio. The agenda outdoors is very different than the studio with an emphasis on the experience. I like to find weird spaces that offer different sounds and textures and to put myself in front of changing weather.   And with all the talk about experience I do really enjoy the product. They're often organic, raw, messy things that exist as a record or translation of a moment in time. What else is there really?  

I want to write more on outdoor painting, but I would love to hear some thoughts from others after all this is the kind of craft that comes with lots of shop talk about tools and methods etc so lets talk and trade. 

  

Studies in Grey

I'm attracted to "greyness". I feel as though it allows for a broader reading and projection of our own ideas and feelings onto an image.  Saturation almost overwhelms the senses leaving little opportunity for introspection. And I never know what to call it but I'm always looking for the pockets that present moments that are beautifully sad. I don't why. Perhaps its as simple as an aesthetic preference but maybe there's just more to mine there artistically and that its a bit less uncharted.

  

Seascapes

New Print

A new limited edition print of my painting  House Boat  is now available.  

Visit my Etsy shop for more information.

Thanks

Dirty Laundry & The Pound Shop

We've been busy here in Maine.  The snow has finally melted plus I saw my first porcupine the other day.   So, I think I'm finally in a place where I can update this blog a bit more. So here goes.

First order of business.  I have an essay in the newly formed magazine Dirty Laundry.  (Go easy on me I don't write often) 

Second is a mention on the blog of the London based outfit called  The Poundshop

That's that.

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