The Rhône Valley of France

The Rhône Valley of France

The Rhône Valley is one of the truly beautiful places. It is home to vineyards, olive trees, delicious goat cheese, and a landscape that is unimaginably beautiful. My first glimpse was in May of 1989, when I took a teaching assistant job at Lacoste School of the Arts...
Last Summer Rose

Last Summer Rose

During the last few days before the September equinox, this rose bloomed in my yard. The red and white rose hybrid, “Scentimental”, was planted by my great aunt Anna Dunfey. She planted it around 1990 at her home in Newport, Rhode Island, in the Point district. It is...
Memory, Fantasy

Memory, Fantasy

2021, oil on linen, 35×21 in. Painted between May and November, 2021, this canvas illuminates the potential in a canvas painted over a period of time for that canvas to encapsulate the artist’s perception of life events during its making. This painting...
Nature’s Primal Sanity

Nature’s Primal Sanity

2021, oil on panel, 12×12 in. Buy $1000. Deep forest, flowing water, and great leaves of Japanese Coltsfoot (Petasites japonicus) shuddering from the moving air. Peaceful as well as magical, this place harbors birds, bugs and unseen life forms. The filtered light...
The Opened Gate

The Opened Gate

2021, oil on panel, 12×9 in. Buy $1000. Painted on the day of September 25 during the first Tiverton Four Corners Plein Air Paint Out, this slightly mysterious look into a garden with a very worn fence and gate captured the attention of the judge. Curator...
To tell of how the Sun rose

To tell of how the Sun rose

To Tell of How the Sun Rose : 2021, oil on panel, 10x8in./25x20cm. Buy $1800 Orange ranunculus with yellow and green center inspire me to think of a rising sun. This painting inspired the editor of The Bay magazine as well, and was featured on the September, 2021...