“I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all of my heart"     

                                                                                          Vincent Van Gogh

Having recently returned from four wonderful weeks in Australia I've been playing catchup with my email and various other obligations.
One of which was painting new paintings for an upcoming group show with four wonderful watercolor artists: Anne Belson, Wendy Hale, Mary Smith and Burt Longenbach.

Hope to see some of you there!

"WATER - WATER"
Opening Reception Friday April 8th 6-8pm
Dillon Gallery
South Shore Art Center in Cohasset at 119 Ripley Road, Cohasset, MA

City Slickers

                             

Slippery When Wet

Summer Shower

Also in the Fall, my painting "Sunday Silver" was selected for the Attleboro Museum National Juried Exhibit  Possessions: Prized and Otherwise".
This painting represents the nostalgia I feel for the many entertaining and hilarious Sunday dinners with my husband's family when my children were small and we visited from NJ.  Such fun times!
We inherited the silver coffee pot along with some of the other items  in this painting and when I set up this still life I felt it was a tribute to my mother-in-law's sense of family tradition and also to my own mother, whose favorite flowers were lilies. Whenever I look at this piece I feel the powerful and continued connection to these two wonderful women, and those special moments in my life.

Sunday Silver 25"x33"

Haven't posted much the last couple of months.  It seemed their wasn't enough days in the week to accomplish everything. The summer just flew by with construction in my home, house guests and then straight into the Fall and the Holidays.
Besides working hard on my ABC book project and other illustrations (see my illustration blog), I still managed to carve out time for some paintings….(have to get my painting fix in :)

Beach Walk 8x10

Summer Harbor 8x10

I experimented recently, with these two small beach scenes, trying watercolor on canvas…. I think it gave an interesting look and is something I might continue to explore. These two beach scenes are currently on display at the Front Street Gallery in Scituate.

Changing Marsh 11x14

I decided to rework this fall scene as I wasn't happy with the composition in the foreground…I think 

it looks better now. I used an interesting medium "Watercolor Oil" its fun to work with for a change.

I did this watercolor as a birthday gift for my son. A nice memory from when he was visiting back east from California, and we walking with his dog along the North River on a beautiful, warm and sunny day.