Hacker Street

Before I went for a walk with my sister, Maureen I had just under an hour to kill so I painted the view at the end of her street. The wind off the water was pretty cold but there were people wading in the water anyway. I wish that I had more time to paint this one.

Bammi and Miami

Alexandra went to Miami with me and Steve to meet his family. She was not feeling well but she ended up being a good sport and she really enjoyed the boat show.

I seem to enjoy the challenge of painting these little tiny portraits. Her face is just over an inch wide and when I was almost done, the panel fell onto my palette and I had to scrape off globs of paint!! All part of the experience!

Robert

Today, I spent some time making a new and improved pochade box and I bought Michael Graham paints in Boston last weekend when I went to visit my son James. I wanted to test both the paints and the box tonight and I did this while watching The Soloist so Robert Downey, Jr became the subject of tonight's study. The box worked fine and it is the smallest painting box I have made yet. The M. Graham paints are amazing. I really didn't think that it could make such a difference but they are hand ground pigments mixed only with walnut oil and I used walnut oil as a thinner...no turpentine and no fumes. I painted in my living room and there is no smell of paint. I will post photos of the new box on my other blog. My thanks to Mr. Downey.

Sizing the Engagement Ring

I had my engagement ring sized at Ustinov Jewelers by the owner, Randy. I became instantly attached to this ring as soon as Steve offered it to me on March 23rd so it was a little difficult to hand it over to be sized. Randy did a beautiful job, talked with me the whole time he worked on it and now I have no fear of it falling off! Thank you, Randy!
















This is a two inch square compossition sketch in my Moleskine pad.

5.9 X 5.9 inches Oil on Board

If you wold like to purchase this daily painting, please send your bid by e-mail . Start price is 150.00 US Dollars. The bidding will end in one week, April 9, 2010 at 8PM US Eastern Time. Please see Terms of Sale for details.

Hix Bridge and a Boat

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This is the Hix Bridge. I travel across it every time I drive home from my physical therapy appointments. PT is always relaxing so I travel over this bridge relaxed enough to appreciate the view. Just over the bridge, there is a place to park and put your boat in the water. This is where I came across this little boat. Though I wanted to paint the bridge, this boat begged me to paint it and so I did. It is still too cold for me to be out on the water but the boat seems to promise warmer days to come.

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Alex, Ana and Olivia

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Here is the my painting of the day, or should I say month! This one was very hard to do on a 15cm x 15cm panel. I loved the challenge, though! I find that I really like painting baby Olivia in her Mother's arms. She looks so comfortable there! I also like the way Alex holds up his pants to keep them from getting too wet! I really like this one!

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An Award

I received an award for my blog yesterday from fellow artist Nicki Ault who gave me the award for creative and positive blogging and for my ambition at chronicling my work over the past 6 months! Very nice! Thank you, Nicki! To continue the recognition, I am passing this award onto my favorite bloggers and artists.

Cedric Egeli
Rick Casali
Andree Tullier
John Clayton
Desiree Holmes Scherini
John Ebersberger
Majorie Perrin
Abigail McBride

Many of these artists I met in Provincetown, MA and Annapolis, MD and they are all students of the great impressionists. I will update as many of their links that I can so that you can take a look at their work!

Steve's SAVI Boat

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Tomorrow is Steve's birthday and so today I painted his boat...well...a small painting of his boat! I fixed it a little after I took this photo but when I went to re-shoot the work, my camera could not tell that the memory card was inside! Grrrh! It would not let me take a picture! So this is his birthday gift at the not quite finished stage. Tomorrow I get to go out to eat dinner with Steve and his daughter Victoria! I am looking forward to it very much!

Update....Steve sent me a photo this morning of the finished work so that I could post it. He and Tory have decided to display it on a wall in the boat. Very fun....this is the first time that one of my works will be set out to sea!

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