Leonardo and Rembrandt Stunned

View a larger image. Nobska in the Fog, 16" x 24" - oil/canvas
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"...Go ahead: picture Leonardo and Da Vinci sitting in the corner of your studio unblinking. The art world's version of shock and awe...."

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Other Eyes

View a larger image. Cranberry Bog at Dusk, 30" x 36" - oil/canvas

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"...And then you notice that the paintings are all a little cock-eyed and that your host is looking at you...a little sideways too. You're both in sync. Just not with each other unless you're seeing through their eyes..."

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Capturing an Audience

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"...A little later a girl came up to me in a rare quiet moment and said, "If I sit out there will you paint me?"..."

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Flying at Night

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"...remembering intuitively the spots where there was a gap in the curb and when it had to be jumped..."

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Tickle and Hit the Road

View a larger image. Road to the Beach, 18" x 12" - oil/canvas
This road leads to Alfie's beach, a few yards of coast bought with sculpture, and a summer gathering spot where artists sit around bonfires.

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"...Thresholds are places of creativity which liberate the brain from its' rounded walls..."

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Lord of the Flies

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"...Soon I had a little girl and boy leaning on the shoulders of both my palette arm and my working arm. They had no idea that I couldn't work like that and the two girls who stood right in front of me -- right in my view -- didn't need their parents to tell them to look at the artist..."

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Michelangelo at the Coffee Shop

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"...Without signing the drawing I quickly walked out, leaving it on the table..."

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The Glooming

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"...I overhear someone outside my door say, "...he's in one of his moods. I wouldn't go in there." But with imperfect hearing I remember that I'm prone to imaginings and just continue along..."

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Keen Sense of the Obvious

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"...It is a simple formula: the more one looks and studies art the more one sees..."

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Eye Contact

This is the plein air sketch used for a larger painting.

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"...when that presence behind me starts speaking I respond but continue painting without meeting its eye. It is an unusual sensation meeting someone for the first time, this way in the dark. But my eyes are busy..."

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Starting Trouble

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"...Cars kept pulling in next to me and the occupants would look over my shoulder..."

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Part of the Scenery, Woods Hole

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"...I overheard one of the crew joking, "Offer him $400 for the painting." and another one said, "He probably wants $600, to get a week's wage out of it." When they asked about the price I was too embarrassed to tell them that it would be quite a bit more than that..."

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Frodo's Pergola

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"...I framed it up and put it on exhibition. Someone said to me, "Is that a garage?"
..."

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Traffic Obstacle

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"...Or as a car slows down I turn, expecting a rebuke from a concerned citizen but instead it's, "Can we see?"..."

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