Mr. Broadbent

Sometimes, for a number of reasons, we have no model, so one of us volunteers.  It's a sacrifice to not get to paint on the one 'portrait' painting day of the week.   Dennis was a good sport, even when we exchanged his cap for a small straw fedora.  When we imagine him, he's either got a brush, a banana, or an art book in his hands, so...

 11" x 16" oil on Canson canvas paper

Long Live the King

September 9th, the day after her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died, was my regular Friday portrait group at my studio Coddiwomple.   As a nod to the late Queen, I dressed the model up a bit royally.  Coincidentally I had just added that hat to my collection of second-hand store finds.

 11 x 16 oil on Canson canvas paper

Dreaming

I'm back at it!  Portraits again.  My studio mate and two other people started a once-a-week portrait session.   Models have been ordinary people.  It's beginning to catch on and mostly no one misses a session.  I've been painting portraits on and off for many years and always enjoy watching the image emerge by pushing colored grease around. 

 oil on canvas paper 11" x 16"

 

Lee's field in August

A stifling morning in a seamless run of hot days during a summer when 

everyone wishes it would rain.  The very kind landowner got on her tractor and 

mowed three fields the day before just in case anyone wanted to paint the 

view seen from the fields.  I walked out there, but it was too hot so 

I found a shady tree and set out to memorialize her kindness.

 9 x 12 oil on panel

Morning at Paradise Hill Farm, Westport, MA

 9 x 12 oil on panel

Cuttyhunk from Westport

Well, I don't have to explain all that has happened to the world since my last post.   I've gotten out to paint a few times this spring and it's been wonderful to drive somewhere and be outdoors without a mask or worries about what I might touch or inhale.    This was last Monday with a small group of painters that meet every Monday from spring through fall.  Cuttyhunk in the distance is one of chain of islands that make up the Elizabeth Islands off the coast of Massachusetts.  

9 x 12 oil on panel

Patrick

This is one of the last portraits of 2019.  A remarkable beard and a very still-sitting model.  When this portrait group resumes in February of 2020 we'll be meeting at a new location.  Looking forward to our new space.

11" x 16"  oil on canvas paper