Apr 8, 2021 | Upcoming events
Gifts from the Sea: Seascape Painting in the New England Tradition, Thursday, June 24, 7:00-8:00PM. Zoom lecture. Like many New Englanders, I long for the summer months when mindlessly strolling along the ocean shore, intent on finding treasures of sea glass, clam...
Apr 8, 2021 | Tabloid art history
During the golden age of Dutch painting (c. 1625-1700) flower paintings symbolized far more than a careful arrangement of blooms. In fact, if you look carefully, the flowers so lovingly rendered in any Dutch painting could never have blossomed at the same time....
Mar 12, 2021 | Upcoming events
I am happy to share that I have been awarded a Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant to present a lecture this June about the history of Seascape painting in the New England Tradition. Seascape painting, first celebrated by the Dutch during the baroque period of...
Mar 3, 2021 | Pulp painting
Kaitlin uses the pulp to form a base sheet. The base sheet will be used as the surface to accept the pigmented pulp. I had the pleasure of working with Kaitlin Dierze in my studio last weekend. Kaitlin is practicing her paper making skills so she can teach her high...
Feb 25, 2021 | Tabloid art history
Autumn, River Road (2018). Mixed Media painting. Collection: Topsfield Town Hall. Each panel 54 x 26 inches. Adding nature based art to public spaces such as office lobbies, libraries, hospital waiting areas, and town halls affords a sense of calm and serenity to the...
Feb 11, 2021 | Tabloid art history, Upcoming events
For a small town, Topsfield, MA. is home to a lovely library with an impressive art collection, much of it purchased through the Gould fund (Robert Gould Shaw was the captain of the Massachusetts 54th all-Negro regiment during the Civil War made famous in the movie...