Expanding out to Rhode Island

Entering Charlestown, Rhode Island

16x16

Oil with palette knives on board

Available at The Charlestown Gallery

Welcome To Green Hill Beach

16x16

Oil with palette knives on board

Available at The Charlestown Gallery

Quonnie, Rhode Island

16x16

Oil with palette knives on board

Available at The Charlestown Gallery

Kim saw my Entering Sign paintings on Instagram and contacted me about painting some signs for Rhode Island towns. She owns The Charlestown Gallery in Charlestown Rhode Island, and thought they would be a good addition to her offerings. I painted these 3 towns initially and we'll see how they do. 

A Provincetown treasure

Land's End Inn

6x12

Oil with palette knives on board

Last year I painted The Red Inn for Toni as a Christmas gift for her wife. The Land's End Inn in Provincetown, MA is another of their favorite places to stay so this year she asked if I would paint a similar size painting as this year's Christmas gift.

Land's End Inn sits high atop a hill and it's quite a climb to get there, but it is so worth it. The views, the grounds, and the inn are all spectacular. 

Dog pals

Katie and Snooki

10x10

Oil with palette knives on board

This is Cheryl's dog Katie and her brother's dog Snooki who are best pals. They must have had a rough day playing and like to snuggle and relax together. So cute.

Snooki!

Snooki

10x10

Oil with palette knives on board

I painted a previous pet portrait for Cheryl of her dog Katie a few years ago, and she contacted me again to paint this cutie as a gift for her brother. Who's a good doggie?

Entering Sandwich

Entering Sandwich II

16x16

Oil with palette knives on board

SOLD

Jason saw the first Entering Sandwich sign I painted and got an idea. His brother and his family had just purchased a new home in Sandwich Massachusetts on Cape Cod and he wanted to give them a painting as a house warming gift. 

He told me that in Sandwich, it is a tradition for everyone to jump off the boardwalk bridge (at high tide of course) so he asked if I could add his brother and his family doing just that in the picture. Here is a close up:

Wait For Me!

Wait For Me!

6x6

Oil with palette knives on board

Available

This past summer, my sister and I visited an amazing exhibit in Newport Rhode Island. It was called the Great Migration and it consisted of hundreds of handmade/carved elephants done by residents in a small village in India. That exhibit inspired me to paint this cute baby elephant strutting along after his mom amongst a colorful landscape in the dessert.

Boston's Farmer's Market

Copley Square Farmer's Market

5x7

Oil with palette knives on board

Available

When the weather is cold, I like to paint images from the summer to brighten my spirits. When I worked in Boston, there was a wonderful farmer's market that took place every Tuesday and Friday during the summer in Copley Square in the Back Bay Area of Boston. I used to love to stroll around and admire all of the colorful vegetables, flowers, and other wares of the local vendors.

My art in the Miamian

Perfect Beach Day

8x10

Oil with palette knives on canvas

SOLD

I graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1984 from Miami University (Ohio not Florida!) so I was so excited to receive the latest edition of my college magazine where my palette knife painting "Perfect Beach Day" was printed on the inside front cover along with a short blurb about me and my art journey.

Since the magazine was published I have received several emails from people who saw the painting and reached out to hear more about me. I have made several new connections (one with a woman who graduated the same year as me, and lives in the same Massachusetts town as I do. What are odds?). 

And I also made a wonderful new reconnection with a friend from art class. She lives in Florida but was traveling to Massachusetts for vacation with friends from Miami. We met up in Plymouth and had such a fun time reminiscing about school. 

I will be forever grateful for our college magazine bringing us back in touch again.

Who's a good dog?

Bella

6x8

Oil with palette knives on board

Julie saw a painting of mine in the Miamian (my alumni magazine) and contacted me about doing a portrait of her brother's dog Bella. Her fur was such fun to paint with my knives. Such a beautiful dog.

Entering a New Year!

Entering Provincetown

16" x 16"

Oil with palette knives on board

SOLD

Entering Truro

16" x 16"

Oil with palette knives on board

SOLD

I can't believe it's 2025 already. I have been so busy with holiday commissions I haven't been able to update my blog in awhile so I plan to spend January posting my most recent paintings. My entering signs have been very popular. These two were created for an auction event last October called "Artists4Kamala" sponsored by Greg Salvatori Gallery in Provincetown.

Dean was the lucky winner of the Truro sign. Here he is showing me where he intends to hang it in his beautiful new home in Truro. And fun coincidence....Dean and I discovered during my visit that we both grew up 5 minutes from each other in a small town outside of Cleveland Ohio. Small world!

And here I am with the Entering Provincetown sign hanging at the gallery. My painting went for $1450 to a lucky new owner in Texas.