Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, Vermont

6" x 6" Oil on canvas mounted on RDF board SOLD

With a little license for an early snow
in loving memory of Werner Von Trapp
1915 - 2007
He was a dairy farmer in the Mad River Valley
until he retired in 1979

Available at Vermont Fine Art Gallery

Spruce Mountain from Marshfield VT

16" x 16" Oil - SOLD

This was started last weekend (after a dedication
of the land to the town), but the
fantastic sky kept changing and I was distacted
by its drama. I guess that's why value studies
are a good idea, to set the stage. I did take some
photos and will follow up with this painting. It feels like
only the shapes were really put in and not much of the form.

This site is newly acquired in the Vermont Land Trust
for the Town of Marshfield, Vermont. Susan Abbott a wonderful artist, organized
a paint out to raise funds to complete
the purchase for a January 2008 auction.

Blazing Maple

16" x 16" Oil

Painted on Sunday with the smaller one.
Not sure this doesn't need more clarification
in tree shapes . It was stunning day.

Knoll Farm

16" x 16" Oil on cradled birch plywood ~ SOLD

(top reposted for final)

Knoll Farm is a working family farm of hardwood forests and hillside meadows overlooking the Green Mountains in the Mad River Valley of Vermont. Their land and buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places, and conserved by the Vermont Land Trust. They are the base for Center for Whole Communities, a learning and retreat center for activists that was founded by the owners of the farm, Peter Forbes and Helen Whybrow.
(Helen was most gracious allowing me to paint with my friend unannounced,
to which I am most grateful)

Three Birches

6" x 6" Oil on canvas mounted on RDF board

Gone to gallery



Painted today in beautifully warm weather.

Autumn Tree

6" x 6" canvas on RDF board

Gone to VT FIne Art gallery
in Stowe, Vermont


Painted en plein air, this is photo taken during session.
The road less traveled. The brilliant color harmony
of the maple tree against the sky was brilliant.

Male Back Torso

12" x 12" Oil

Fall Field

6" 6" Oil on masonite

$99.+ S/Hlooking east midday
looking north late in day further up hill

Loop Rd Vista

8" x 10" Oil on hardboard

Gone to VT Fine Art Gallery
in Stowe Vermont

Temps in the forties, so wearing gloves, hat and coat.
Plein air not for the weak.
The colors are outrageous this week though.
When the sun is out in the morning, you feel as
though you're driving through a cathedral.

Three Trees

6" x 6" Oil on masonite

$99. + S/H SOLD



Splendid sunlight this morning coming through trees.

Sideview Backlit

9" x 12" Oil on canvas panel

$125. + S/H

Hair Study

4" x 5" Oil study on wood

$99. + S/H

Holding Hands

2" x 4" Oil study on masonite




$99. + S/H

Sunbather

4" x 5" Oil on masonite

$99. + S/H

Technorati Profile

Tanned Breasts

3" x 4" Oil on wood

$99. + S/H

Summer Breasts

3" x 4" Oil on wood

$99. + S/H

Nursing Mom

4" x 4"Oil Study

$99. +S/H SOLD

Female Back

2.5" x 4"Oil on wood

Had my Nudes & Figures opening tonight
with Friday ArtWalk in Burlington, VT
ARTSPACE at 150B Church St.
Studies and gestures through Nov 17.
Lots of traffic and since it opened Sept 5,
17 pieces have sold. I'm delighted and enjoyed
the enthusiasm it generated for the quick studies.

Most galleries are not too interested in nudes,
preferring landscapes or interiors, so this
was a great venue to display over 60 paintings!

Panning for Gold

3" x 4" Oil

$99. + S/H
This is from my figure and nude gesture studies.
I delight in the spontaneous recording of a pose, and
whatever colors are chosen, if they reflect values
is fine with me. This particular one is more natural
than I usually do only because the skin tones were
so interesting with the shadows.

Michael

16" x 20" Oil


While we have portraits coming out, here's one I did
a few years ago of Michael while we were visiting
a friend in Naples, Florida. Isn't he the cutest?
(when he's smiling anyway~!)

Male Head Portrait

18" x 18" Oil Study

Marigolds

6" x 6" Oil on masonite

$99. +S/H

Not too many left in my garden having
had a frost a couple of nights ago.