It's been a long time....

Well, I've been busy doing non-art related life stuff. Opened a yoga studio this fall - no more art for me for a while, at least, no more commissions. (You can check the yoga studio out at www.florenceyoga.com)

But, I have had a few outstanding commissions to fulfill - hence the pet portrait of "Winnie" - Oil on stretched canvas, 8x10 inches. I have another couple of items to finish up, then it's yoga yoga yoga all day long.

Fairway Drive Ink on bristol board. 8x10". SOLD

Somer's, Ct home -
commissioned house portrait/SOLD

What I have been working on...

I haven't posted too many paintings in recent months because we were in the midst of moving into our new home - see it here at www.jamesandmichellescabin.blogspot.com.

However, recently, I have been working on something different - a decorated bear proposal for the Easthampton Bear Fest. Here's what I submitted:





It's based on Indian henna design.

New paintings

White Pines, oil on gessoed cotton/panel 8x10





















Cow at Bryant Homestead, oil on gessoed cotton/panel 5x7- SOLD

Yellow Barn, Arcady - 2008
8x10, Oil on gessoed cotton/panel

Apple tree

A larger painting that I need to photograph vs. scanning as I did here. 11x14 Oil on primed cotton/panel

Wiffleball field

8x10 oil on primed cotton/panel

Little fluffy clouds, New River Beach, NB - SOLD

Yet another view of New River Beach in beautiful NB Canada. 5x7 oil on primed cotton/panel

Arcady, Summertime - redux

8x10 oil on primed cotton/panel.
I've done this view twice before in watercolor - once for me, once as a commission. There's just something about it that I can't get enough of...perhaps because it's a view the makes you realize why you drove 8 hours up from Massachusetts. Just pulling into the drive of Arcady and seeing Passamaquoddy Bay opening up before my eyes always makes me happy. So, I tried to capture it in oil.