O-Bon Duo

O-Bon Duo

O-Bon Duo With striking traditional dress costumes from earlier eras, these two casual Japanese youngsters were colorfully contrasted celebrants for the annual summer O-Bon Festival in Kyoto. The riot of costumes on people of all ages, hand-made hand-drawn wagons in...
Revisiting the Veil – After Sargent

Revisiting the Veil – After Sargent

Revisiting the Veil – After Sargent John Singer Sargent continues to inspire legions of painters, and his watercolors are just that for this artist. To better understand his techniques, I reversed this delicate image, interpreted and applied most of the palette...
Taking an Artist’s Measure

Taking an Artist’s Measure

Taking an Artist’s Measure Expressive of an artist’s methods during an arts festival, the painting shows the juxtaposition of the artist intent on her work (which is outside the frame of the view), and collectors shaded under the canopy of the exhibition...
Olivia & Abby’s Climb

Olivia & Abby’s Climb

Olivia & Abby’s Climb Marblehead, MAMarblehead Light, one of the Town’s historic, iconic structures, is portrayed with a focus on only the lower entry portal and the tracery of the supporting pipes and cables with their strong cast shadows. The idea was...
Windblown on Surfside

Windblown on Surfside

Windblown on Surfside Nantucket, MAA fun view of children and parent bathers enjoying the sun in different ways at Surfside’s vigorous shoreline. The upturned umbrella happened in an instant, and with the suggestive splashing of the surf, added a dimension of...