egg and oil emulsion on panel, 2014 later repainted with oils. Below is the earlier version.

egg tempera on panel, 2011

This egg tempera nude of two women sharing a deeply personal conversation on a beach in Maine glows with a light that seems to come from a beloved memory.  The colors are lushly pretty and the young women’s faces and bodies are suffused with a tender innocence. “August 12” will remain in the collection of […]

egg tempera on panel, one of my early egg temperas

This is a small 7 x 5 in egg tempera click for close-up.

  A small, 5 x 7 inch, egg tempera.  I like the open brushwork in this piece. close-up

Veranda, 24 x 24inches, egg emulsion, Sold Egg tempera can have a rawness if the paint is left so, not fully rendered.  At times I like to leave the brushwork with this rawness as I feel it adds energy to a piece.  If a painting is too polished and completed it is all done and a […]

egg tempera, 2010 This is a painting inspired by family and friends who dance and sing and play at the beach.

This painting was inspired by the rooftop gardens at my gallery in Rockland. A beautiful space, the Muir Gardens. But really that was only a launch of an idea. These sculptures are only ‘real’ within this painting. They all are parts in a story. Players on this stage, if you will, acting out a cycle […]

Here is the painting, Dark Waters, as it has evolved in 2010 since it came back to the studio.  A painting of my adopted sister, Sabrina, who is a fabulous artist in her own right. you can see part of the evolution in two previous posts: reworking more reworking

A simple conversation at the beach.  *Egg/oil emulsion on panel.  19.5 x 24 inches In the collection of the artist’s wife. I really like the choppiness of the brushwork. While it may be tempting to smooth and render everything in, in this case I wanted the fractured brushwork to add to the heat and color […]