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...
Why Do I Draw?

Why Do I Draw?

Drawing has been around for a very long time. This is apparent on cave walls and rock faces that have preserved pigmented drawings, petroglyphs and stencils of human hands from many thousands of years ago. [I was incredibly lucky to visit the ancient caves at Pêche...
South Coast Artists: 2022 Spring Invitational Exhibit

South Coast Artists: 2022 Spring Invitational Exhibit

Opening Reception: April 29, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. The SCA 2022 Spring Invitational ExhibitApril 29 – May 29 Dedee Shattuck Gallery1 Partners LaneWestport, MA 02790Gallery Hours: Thurs.- Sunday, April 30 – May 29, 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.mPresented by...
Botanical Moments

Botanical Moments

See Botanical Moments, a beautiful new show of my paintings at Tiffany Peay Jewelry & Healing Arts.  Meet me there to celebrate the new show: April 21st, 2022 from 4-6pm Tiffany Peay Jewelry & Healing Arts is located at 3851 Main Road, in historic...
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...
South Coast Artists: 2022 Spring Invitational Exhibit

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...
I’ll Fetch Thee brooks from Spotted Nooks

I’ll Fetch Thee brooks from Spotted Nooks

2021, oil on panel, 10x8in. In March when the water was flowing, this little brook was shining golden and reflecting the blue sky in such beautiful combinations that I painted this in homage. There is something wonderful about the water rippling by, and seeing in it...