One Beacon Street small world connection

One Beacon Street II

7" x 5"

Oil with palette knives on board

SOLD

There’s a fun “small world” story behind this painting from Pat, a former coworker, who purchased the first one I painted: “We hosted a party at our house last weekend here in Maine. After folks had been here for an hour or so, one of the guests pulled me aside and said, “Tell me about the little painting in the kitchen.” Before I launched into the whole story, I asked her why she wanted to know about that particular painting. To my surprise, she said, “I used to work in that building when I was employed by AARP.” I didn’t even know that AARP was in One Beacon, but she recognized it immediately and wanted to know why I had a picture of it. I explained our connection through HMCO, and long story short, she loves your work and might also be interested in a One Beacon painting. I told her I’d reach out to you and put you in touch.” 

I love making connections like this with my art!

Beacon Hill Brownstone take 2

Beacon Hill Brownstone

36" x 12"

Oil with palette knives on board

Molly and Ray at the Galaray House saw a painting I had on my website of a brownstone on Beacon Hill (which had sold several years ago) and asked if I would recreate it for their gallery. It was fun to revisit this unique vertical format.

I am Entering Lexington again!

Entering Lexington II

16" x 16"

Oil with palette knives on board

SOLD

Great news! A few months ago, I was invited to be included in a new gallery in Lexington, Massachusetts called Galaray House. Ray and Molly were so nice to invite me to show my work at their beautiful espresso bar/art gallery. I created this piece on spec and just learned that it is now sold!

Galaray House is moving to downtown Boston which will be an exciting new venture for my work. Stay tuned!

Seeing Double

Calder 1

12x9

Oil with palette knives on board

Calder 2

12x9

Oil with palette knives on board

Dean is a grandpa! He is so over the moon that we wanted me to paint not just one portrait of his new grandson Calder, but two so he could keep one for himself and give the other to the new parents.

Don't you love his cute little outfit? So sweet. 

Preparing for Opening Day

Entering Provincetown (Race Point Light) II

16" x 16"

Oil with palette knives on board

Entering Provincetown (Long Point Light) II

16" x 16"

Oil with palette knives on board

It's never too early to start thinking about opening day at the Red Inn. These signs are always very popular, so I usually create at least a few of them to put up for sale.

My name up in lights!

Trinity Church, Boston

6" x 6'

Oil with palette knives on board

A highlight of 2025 was back in September when I received an email from our local PBS station (WGBH) letting me know that my painting was selected to be projected up on their Community Canvas digital mural from 3-8pm that afternoon. I had submitted my painting for consideration back in January  so the email came as such a wonderful unexpected surprise 8 months later!

Polo and I took a drive on that rainy evening to see it in person. Wow-it was so much bigger than I thought it would be. I said if felt like the artist's version of seeing your name up in lights in Times Square.

For the love of Charlie

Charlie

8" x 10"

Oil with palette knives on board

My sister Cathy commissioned this portrait as a gift for her friend Tracy whose family recently lost their sweet dog Charlie. Charlie loved the water so I wanted to make sure include some in his portrait. What a great face!

Pugs in Burberry

Pug in Burberry (Marcel and Bardot)

9" x 12"

Oil with palette knives on board

Bill is a true believer in giving original art as gifts. He asked if I would paint a portrait of these 2 pugs in their Burberry outfits to give as a gift to some friends of his. How could I say no to these cute little faces?

My largest Red Inn Painting yet #69

Welcome To The Red Inn

30" x 48"

Oil with palette knives on canvas

SOLD

Happy Groundhogs Day! This is the 69th painting I've done of the Red Inn in Provincetown and it is my largest one yet. 

Ben and Gordon were staying at the inn last year and saw a painting of mine hanging on the wall in their room. They told me they asked around to find out who painted it, and finally tracked me down.

I usually paint on board but that would have made this a very heavy painting due to its size, so we decided to go with canvas instead. I haven't posted progress shots in awhile but I remembered to take some as I was working on this painting:

Stage 1 the drawing

Stage 2 the red

Stage 3 the inn details and water

Stage 4 the trees sky and Adirondack chairs

Stage 5 the greenery and flowers

Leaving just the fence and the road to completion!

Phew.

3 More Boston Littles

Joy Street, Boston

6" x 6"

Oil with palette knives on board

Custom House, Boston

6" x 6"

Oil with palette knives on board

North End, Boston

6" x 6"

Oil with palette knives on board

I've been enjoying creating these little scenes from various locations in and around downtown Boston. I think they capture the heart and soul of our city.

Pretty Lindy pet portrait

Lindy

8" x 10"

Oil with palette knives on board

Tamara contacted me to paint a portrait of their beloved dog Lindy who they recently lost. Lindy looks like she had a good life and was dearly loved by her family. This portrait will help the family remember her for years to come.

Large commission of a special vacation

PeloponnesePeninsula, Greece

18" x 36"

Oil with palette knives on board

Olivia and Oliver asked me to paint this image for their parents to commemorate a special vacation they all took in Greece. What a fun challenge not only due to the larger size, but also the interesting homes, the foliage, the sky, and all of the reflections in the water.

Wood End Light II

Entering Provincetown (Wood End Light) II

16" x 16"

Oil with palette knives on board

SOLD

Michael saw the first version I had of this painting hanging at the Red Inn with a sold sticker on it and asked if I would paint another one for him. No problem!

A fun commission for my sister

Box 29 Bar

9" x 12"

Oil with palette knives on board

My sister Cathy's best friend Chris contacted me and said she had an idea for a painting that she wanted me to create as a gift for my sister. For the past several years, my sister has been working on a really special project called The Box 29 Diaries Project. It was inspired by our family's happenstantial discovery of a diary my mom had written for a history class she was taking at Miami University in the 50's. Turns out there are several hundred of these diaries in existence in the archives of the university, and the project was created to make the families aware of the existence of these diaries written by their loved ones. Cathy has interviewed several of these families and so this painting represents my sister talking to one of the family members about the diary. As a fun twist, Chris and I set it in a bar scene named after the archive box number in which my mother's diary is located.

Today is my mother's birthday. I think she would be very proud of my sister's efforts to contact the families and create awareness about the existence of these diaries and their place in history.

Happy New Year!

Neil and Samantha's Special Day

8" x 10"

Oil with palette knives on board

I have been so busy with commissions and then the holidays hit that I am only now getting back to updating my blog with my most recent paintings from the last few months.

Teddy asked if I would paint a portrait for his friends who recently tied the knot. It was fun to paint the beautiful dress and veil with my knives as well as the rock wall and background scenery.

Congratulations to the Hoglunds!

Season finale for the Red Inn

Far From The Madding Crowd

11" x 14"

Oil with palette knives on board

SOLD

It's the final home stretch for The Red Inn in Provincetown. They close their doors for the season on November 2 so I made a few paintings these last few weeks to hopefully make some sales before they wrap up. This painting was inspired by a photo by Marshall Walden of @curbingart on Instagram (used with his permission). He takes such interesting photos in and around Provincetown. 

Trinity Church again

Trinity Church II

Oil with palette knives on board

5x7

I had painted a square version of this scene which sold right away so I decided to do a more horizontal version which was on display at Gallery Twist in Lexington this past month.  I love the play of architectural styles in this scene.

Distinguished boy

Auggie

8 x 10

Oil with palette knives on board

Bill asked if I would paint Auggie, his sister's beloved cat and big brother to Maddie who I previously painted. Auggie lost his eye when he was a kitten but he is still a most handsome and distinguished boy!

Belle of the ball

Belle In Her Tutu

12" x 9"

Oil with palette knives on board

Krisann asked if I would paint this image of her beloved black lab Belle. I had done a previous painting of her white lab Rex several years ago so she wanted a similar size for this one. She looks so pretty in her pink tutu and flower collar.

Cat glam

Butterscotch

6" x 12"

Oil with palette knives on board

My latest pet portrait is giving major glam. Susan asked if I would paint this for her favorite aunt, the loving owner of Butterscotch the cat. Isn't she a beauty?