Ready for Beacon Hill Art Walk?

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I’m packing up now. The weather forecast for tomorrow is improving – I’ve got tarps for showers, the durability of oils is a plus outside – hope to see you at the Beacon Hill Art Walk, June 5, 2016 – noon til 6pm. If the rain is no worse than showers, you’ll find artists in beautiful corners, gardens and alleys on the north slope and I’ll be at Rollins Place off of Revere Street If the rain is unrelenting, you’ll find us in dry nooks and crannies and me at 99 West Cedar St. (under an overpass or in a church or firehouse) For more details and printable event map, see the Beacon Hill Art Walk site

Fresh Air

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A selection of my plein air landscapes are now hanging at the St. Botolph Club until June 10. The paintings look terrific in this space. Thanks so much to Michael Price, Carol Hartman and George Lynde of the Art Committee.  Visits for nonmembers may be arranged for Wednesday afternoons.

Must be Spring

 

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Rescued Magnolias
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The miserable winter of 2015 left trees and shrubs in shambles. Pulling broken magnolia branches out of a snow bank, I brought them home  to see if they would bloom. The flowering was only partially successful, but I was very smitten with the resulting painting and started to imagine a series in a larger format. The Thistles, painted summer 2015 and The Cherry Blossoms, just completed are both 30×30 – a huge amount of canvas real estate compared to my more typical canvases. Expect to see more of these.

Work in Progress: Cyclamen in Rose

cyclamen.wip ‪#‎flowerphotochallenge‬: day 5 of 7, a cyclamen work in progress. Oil paint on 8×8 canvas. This is more materials experimentation – no solvents. Here I’m using my traditional oil paints (Gamblin, Winsor Newton and Williamsburg) with a mix of linseed oil (for a bit more flow) and solvent-free daneridge cold wax (to cut the oil shine); I like the consistency although it will dry more slowly. And I missed Williamsburg Persian Rose while using the miscible paints. This is naturally lit  – so hopefully the sun will cooperate later in the week so that I can complete this.