Paint by Nature

At Bar Harbor the rocks that tumble into the ocean are so dramatic and powerful for me.  Every few steps there seems to be another opportuni...

Near where we live here in Rhode Island there is a historical farm (Coggeshell Farm) still run as if it was pre-industrial with all of it...

This gnarled old tree high up on a mountain was a trunk found by my wife's brother in one of his many treks.  I worked with the shapes o...

Hidden deep in back of a neighborhood was this marvelous creek with it's undisturbed banks.  I was struck by the jewels that were the fa...

This image evokes such a sense of untouched nature for me.  I painted the moose into the shot because we had seen one earlier in our hiking ...

Again, Bar Harbor is a place of such varied and breathtaking views and sights.  I am particularly struck by the caligraphy of the rocks and ...

This is one of my favorite images because of the incredible shapes, the flow of the shapes and the wonderful colors I was able to coax out a...

In  this image I really worked to bring out the layers of lichen and moss that were slowly growing their way up this tree.  Simplifying the ...

I have always been enchanted by Plein Air painters and by the romantic era in painting.  I found that breaking down the images into their mo...

Here are a few more digital studies of snow and the forms and shapes it creates.  I braved deeply snow covered roads to travel the half mile...

Here's three digital paintings of a local small park called Hane's park shortly after a big snowfall.  I love the quality the color ...

Bar Harbor is one of my favorite places on the planet.  Here's a composited and heavily painted image that uses some of the incredible s...