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I have been painting watercolors since 2005, after moving to Gloucester. Having always been able to draw well, I took painting lessons
during the winter of '04 and '05 and found that I had the ability to become adept in an art form that did not involve digital tools.

My life as a designer is mostly involved with computer related tasks, and thankfully painting does not.
 The pure enjoyment of putting paint to paper is extrememly fulfilling, and besides, getting outside to sketch and document future painting subjects is very inspiring.

To inquire about availability of paintings for sale, please contact me.
Limited edition giclee reproductions may be ordered on a custom basis, please inquire.
SUNSET AT PIRATE'S LANE: A Gloucester harbor scene taken from the parking lot of the Cape Ann Art Association. A watercolor, painted from a series of photographs. WAITING FOR THE WEEKEND: Watercolor, painted from a photograph I took on one of the drives around my new hometown, Gloucester. There are always many boats tied up at their berths awaiting the influx of weekend sailors. RIVER RAFT IN SCOTLAND: Watercolor. Painted from a photograph in a Sail Magazine calendar which I designed some years ago. SOLD
DAWN AT LANES COVE, ROCKPORT: Watercolor from a photograph at one of my first painting lessons.

MENEMSHA: Watercolor. I took a photograph when visiting Menemsha on Martha's Vineyard, and was struck by this unusual mooring arrangement in a creek only yards from a beach and sand dunes.
SOLD

 

 HIGHVELD CAPE DUTCH: Watercolor. I found a black and white photograph in a book about varied South African architecture. What is unusual about this painting is that this house with its distinctive gables, was built a thousand miles north of the western Cape, where this type of farmhouse is usually found.

MOTIF #1, SERIES: Watercolors. Cape Ann has many beautiful scenes that beg to be painted, but none more so than that of Motif #1, Rockport's ubiquitous landmark. I approached the subject from that of a wandering tourist, capturing glimpses from unusual vantage points – from an alleyway, behind a building and through the window of a gift store. SOLD

THE PAINT FACTORY: Watercolor. Another Cape Ann landmark is Gloucester's 's Paint Factory. This view avoids the old painted lettering that make it stand out from it's surroundings. Locals recognize it anyway.

 

 

FOGGY DAWN: Watercolor. The effect of sun shining through dense fog is something to marvel at. SOLD

 

WINGAERSHELLS: A Watercolor. Ever since I moved to beautiful Gloucester, I would pick up a shell or a piece of interesting flotsam as a souvenir of my daily walks on nearby Wingaersheek beach. This was painted partially as a still-life and the background is a remembered scene at the beach. SOLD

 
BIRCHES: Watercolor. From a photograph painted in one morning at one of my earliest painting classes.

BEACH HOUSE AND ROCKS: Watercolor.
Completed at one of my earliest painting classes.

 
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