recent acrylic painting

I recently completed this 30x60 acrylic on canvas.  I hope we can find it a good home soon :)

Ogunquit Museum of American Art

I went to the Ogunquit Museum of American Art this morning to drop off a couple of pastels to the gift shop.  What an absolutley beautiful setting.  The grounds surrounding the museum have a variety of sculptures........AND the Atlantic Ocean is right out back!   It's too gorgeous.  Tomorrow the museum opens for the season with a photgraphy exhibit that looks VERY cool.  I plan to visit again soon when I can take a better look.  http://www.ogunquitmuseum.org/events.html

while on my way to someplace else......

Recently at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, I was headed to a small watercolor exhibit.  As I wove through the maze of galleries, I stumbled upon one in which Japanese kimonos were displayed.  I stopped in my tracks.  The fabrics of these robes are so beautifully designed.  Each truly is a work of art.  ALSO this gorgeous basket is a wonderful example of functional art.

one week left!!

Still one week left to see Matt Adrian's show at Nahcotta.  These beautifully painted "bird portraits" are wonderfully stylized.  Somehow one feels the "personality" of the bird coming through.  The entire surface of each painting is very carefully considered.  The often quiet space surrounding the birds give the paintings a contemporary feel..........and some of the titles are hilarious!  Check them out here!  Oh....and you need to click on learn more in order to see the whole image on many of these.

giclees at the MFA, Boston!!

I am "over the moon" excited to tell you that the gift shop at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is now carrying three of my giclees!!  They also have them on their website.  I feel incredibly honored by this endorsement of my work.  Just sharing the good news :)

enormous tiny art eleven!

I JUST dropped off eight tiny pastels to Nahcotta for the ETA 11 show.  The pastels themselves are 3x6 , framed to 8x10.  Some of these images might inspire some larger works at some point in the future.  I always look forward to this show.  The diversity is so great.  Show dates are February 1-29.  The opening is Friday, February 3^rd from 5-8 PM.  It is always such an electric event!

mixed media at the MFA

I am currently taking a class in mixed media at the Museum of Fine Art in Boston.  So far we have created decorative papers using acrylic paint, built three dimensional constructions with cardboard and created a collage which references a master painting.  It has been such a great way to expand my creative thinking and process.  AND it means I am at the MFA every week!

This piece is a project called “call and response”.  First we sketched in the gallery from a drawing or print that was of interest.  Then, back in the studio, we each painted a background sheet.  On the right hand side of the page we responded (loosely) to some aspect of the sketch we had made.  Then we passed our page to another student who responded to that on the left side of the page.  It was so interesting to look at all of the results.