Heirloom Pumpkin Trio
6 in. x 6 in., acrylic on gallery-wrapped canvas
$100 unframed (no frame necessary)
A fellow gardener grew a few heirloom pumpkin varieties last fall and had these big, blocky specimens posing in a perfect little grouping on the sideboard in her kitchen. The pinky-orange one is an Indian Doll pumpkin and the others were a more traditional orange variety. The interesting ribs and chunky textures were fun to paint.
Plum Island Sand Dunes
8 in. x 8 in., acrylic on traditional-depth canvas
$140 unframed
I can't stop painting Plum Island. Most of the island is protected land and part of the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. Venturing through Newburyport, MA and out to the island brings you into a wonderland filled with songbirds and seabirds, rabbits, coyotes, horseshoe crabs and wild, salt-tolerant vegetation of all kinds. In this painting, I'm capturing a glimpse of the sun-kissed sand dunes and beach grass just uphill from the high tide line. Can you smell the salt and feel the hot sun on your shoulders? This piece welcomes you to heady, salty, coastal New England, where, 70 miles of coastline south of here, Pilgrim feet waded ashore and here praised God for the wild land that promised a free future.
10 in. x 10 in., acrylic on traditional-depth canvas
$180 unframed
My fellow artist friend Pam of @arthavenstudios picked a whole bowlful of strawberries last June and had the audacity to post them on social media. Her photo was so delicious I told her she ought to consider using it as a reference for art. She is an accomplished print maker and I could envision a beautiful print of speckled strawberries done in her lovely, organic style. She, instead, suggested I use her photo for a painting, and she might think about a print. It was deal, I said, and this became by studio work-in-progress that I'd fiddle with over a busy summer as time permitted. I still hope to see Pam's interpretation of her beautiful strawberries; maybe we could show our pieces side by side some time in the future. I hope you like this one!
