series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

drawn on location, june 2006
graphite
7 x 9 inches

field notes: paper damp, cormorants in water.

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location in winter harbor, june 2006
transparent watercolor and graphite on 140 lb cold-pressed watercolor paper
6 x 10 inches

field notes: drawn between rainstorms at harbor in winter harbor, maine; painted from memory indoors, away from rain and fog.

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

drawn on location, painted in the studio (rain!), early June 2006
transparent watercolor and graphite on 140 lb watercolor paper
about 5 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches

field notes: drawn at Winter Harbor's harbor, but rained before painting began.

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

august 1991 on-site painting
gouache on whatman watercolor board
6 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

drawn and painted on location at winter harbor's harbor, august 7, 1991
transparent watercolor and graphite on 140 lb watercolor paper
9 x 13 inches

series: maine, mount desert island

1996 studio painting
transparent watercolor on fabriano 140 lb hot-pressed watercolor paper
16 3/4 x 12 inches

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

1995 studio painting
transparent watercolor on 140 lb cold-pressed watercolor paper
11 x 22 inches

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

1995 studio painting
transparent watercolor on 140 lb cold-pressed watercolor paper
16 3/8 x 12 3/8 inches

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

1992 studio painting
transparent watercolor on 140 lb hot-pressed whatman watercolor paper
15 ¼ x 21 ¾ inches
private collection, oregon

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

1992 studio painting
transparent watercolor over graphite drawing on fabriano 140 lb cold pressed watercolor paper
11 x 36 7/8 inches
private collection, new mexico

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

1997 studio painting
transparent watercolor on 140 lb watercolor paper
12 1/4 x 16 3/4 inches
private collection, michigan

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

1992 studio painting
transparent watercolor on 140 lb hot-pressed whatman watercolor paper
14 x 20 inches
private collection, oregon

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

1997 studio painting
transparent watercolor on 140 lb watercolor paper
26 3/4 x 17 5/8 inches

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

drawn on location, june 2006
graphite on sketchbook paper

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location at grindstone, 5:30-6:30 thursday june 15, 2006
transparent watercolor and gouache on 300g/m2 hot-pressed sennelier watercolor paper
about 4 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches

field notes: quiet except for circling gulls who seem to think I will provide dinner. Tide moving out creating rushing sound of water receding. No boats. Partial sun over me, rainy sky over Mt Desert, and Goldsworthyesque rock stacks in the foreground. Tried to get 3 types of painting: wet into wet, layered washes, and dry brush in one painting. Did it work?

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location at grindstone, 3:00-5:15 thursday june 15, 2006
transparent watercolor and gouache on 300g/m2 hot-pressed sennelier watercolor paper
about 4 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches

field notes: changing light-- almost sun! Waves from small boats churn rocks at shore. Inquisitive gulls. Scent of roses. Someone has been playing Goldsworthy.

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location at schoodic in maine, 11:30-1:30 monday july 2, 2006
transparent watercolor on 140 lb cold-pressed sennelier watercolor paper
about 4 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches

field notes: Breezy, sunny, hot; birds quiet; surf constant; intermittent boats; many people.

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location at hensler's, june 2006
transparent watercolor and graphite on fabriano uno 300 lb watercolor paper
about 4 x 20 inches

field notes: view from edge of Frenchman Bay in South Gouldsboro Maine; distant Mount Desert almost hidden behind the fog bank; lovely pearly light, but the air is so damp the paper will not dry.

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location at schoodic in maine, 8:00-4:00 friday june 16, 2006
transparent watercolor, gouache, and graphite on 300 lb cold-pressed fabriano uno paper
about 3 3/4 x 29 1/4 inches

field notes: Sunny! Slightly breezy, with no morning clouds; sound and scent of surf; easel set up in pink-blossomed rose bushes whose sweet smells surround me; bald eagle flies by at 8:10; gulls inquiring about handouts repetitively bow toward me in the late morning and early afternoon; Mount Desert painted at 11; raven flies by at 2; Winter Harbor light on Mark Island painted at 3; high tide at 3:30 noisily crashes under the cliffs at my feet; regular stops from human vacationers, as curious as the gulls but not so polite; all day long lobster and fishing boats travel the bay, a flock of common eider ride the waves and dive in the surf, and a song sparrow sings from a tree stump close behind me.

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location 10-2:00 monday june 20, 2006
transparent watercolor on 140 lb cold-pressed watercolor paper
about 4 x 10 7/8 inches

field notes: cool, breezy, foggy, damp. Sounds of fog horn, muffled tide coming in at end of Grindstone Point. Some fog at start, grows with painting. Salt air thick with scent. Light becoming both clearer and more pearly as day progresses. Intermittent lobster boats roaring past point as they return to Winter Harbor. Mark Island Light straight ahead. While I painted, a group of bright orange-vested people put a warning marker up on the rocks in the middle. By 2:00 those rocks were underwater.
location: towards Winter Harbor end of Grindstone Point

Location: towards Winter Harbor, Grindstone

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location, 3:30-5:30 June 13, 2006
transparent watercolor and gouache on 300g/m2 hot-pressed sennelier watercolor paper
4 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches

field notes: rained 3 times on me as I painted, then a strong wind came making buoy bells clang loudly. Gulls and ravens calling. Finally forced in by rain pour. Lovely light and clouds.

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

left panel: painted and drawn on location, 11-2:00 (includes drawing for both panels);
right panel: painted 2-3:00 June 13, 2006
transparent watercolor and gouache on 300g/m2 hot-pressed sennelier watercolor paper
each panel: 4 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches

Left panel field notes: cool breeze. Intermittent sprinkles, had to turn painting upside down. Parade of lobster and fishing boats, mostly beyond islands. Changing light constantly, breeze. Annoying helicopter. Scent of roses.

right panel field notes: cold winds, rain spatter. Silvery purple light from wet clouds.

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

drawn and painted on location, 11:00-3:30 monday june 12, 2006
transparent watercolor over graphite drawing on 300g/m2 fabriano uno cold-pressed watercolor paper
about 7 x 10 3/4 inches

field notes: sound and smell of salt water against basalt and granite cliffs as tide goes out. Constantly changing clouds and light. Crooning of eiders in surf below rocks. Droning growl of lobster boats near and far; their workers waving when they get near the cliff.

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location, wednesday june 28, 2006
transparent watercolor on creamy white 140 lb rough watercolor paper
5 1/4 x 14 7/8 inches

field notes: constant shifting of fog through trees. Fog, cool, misty damp. Threat of rain. Scent of roses, call of ravens in the pines behind me. Distant sound of boat engines a bass underneath the constant fog horn from over by Frenchman Bay and the surf hitting rocks beyond the islands. Nearby, a wood thrush sings and 12 loons (many adolescents) fly in from far off to the right and begin to call and dive . . . then a car load of loud people descends and the birds all leave or go quiet.

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location, 9-10:45 july 3, 2006
transparent watercolor and gouache on 300g/m2 hot-pressed sennelier watercolor paper
about 4 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches

field notes: view from Blueberry Hill, Schoodic Peninsula. Sunny and very warm, breezy. Surf. Almost low tide. Dueling song sparrows on either side. Easel set amidst blooming roses (pink) -- bees and sweet scent, glitter of sun on water -- beautiful.

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location, wednesday june 28, 2006
transparent watercolor on winsor and newton 140 lb cold-pressed watercolor paper
about 4 x 11 inches

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location, june 2006
transparent watercolor on 140 lb cold-pressed watercolor paper

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location, june 2006
transparent watercolor on 140 lb cold-pressed watercolor paper

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location, 1:30-3:00 Sunday July 2, 2006
transparent watercolor and gouache on 300g/m2 hot-pressed sennelier watercolor paper
4 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches

field notes: warmer -- using trees as wind break. Eiders in surf off to right. Fog comes and goes over far islands. Sun occasionally from behind me makes the grasses rich in color

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location, june or july 2006
transparent watercolor on watercolor paper

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location, june 2006
transparent watercolor on 140 lb cold-pressed watercolor paper

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location, june 2006
transparent watercolor on 140 lb cold-pressed watercolor paper

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location, sunday july 2 2006
transparent watercolor on 140 lb cold-pressed sennelier watercolor paper
about 4 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches

field notes: coldish, very windy -- had to clip down palettes to keep them from blowing away. quiet except for roar of water from incoming but still low tide, and occasional boat distant in the mist.

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location, 5-6:15 monday july 3, 2006
transparent watercolor and gouache on 140 lb cold-pressed sennelier watercolor paper
about 4 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches

field notes: windy, light on water blindingly bright. Cormorants. Gong buoy sounds a constant irregular rhythm.

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location, 7:15-7:45 p.m. july 3, 2006
transparent watercolor on 140 lb cold-pressed sennelier watercolor paper
about 4 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches

field notes: peach glow infuses air; twilight quiet broken by bird calls and drone of boats returning to Winter Harbor.

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location, 7:45-8:15 monday july 3, 2006
transparent watercolor on 140 lb cold-pressed sennelier watercolor paper
about 4 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches

field notes: as light dims, air grows damper, paint stays wet longer

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location, 8:15-8:35 Monday July 3, 2006
transparent watercolor on 140 lb cold-pressed sennelier watercolor paper
about 4 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches

field notes: great blue heron flew by in the almost-dark at end of painting

series: maine, mount desert island

1992 studio painting
transparent watercolor on whatman 140 lb watercolor paper
12 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches
private collection, california

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

1989 studio painting
transparent watercolor and graphite on whatman rough 140 lb watercolor paper
127 x 18 inches
private collection, pennsylvania

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

1992 studio painting
transparent watercolor and graphite on whatman rough 140 lb watercolor paper
18 x 26 inches

series: maine, winter harbor and schoodic area

painted on location, July 1991
transparent watercolor and graphite on 140 lb hot pressed whatman watercolor paper
8 x 13 5/8 inches
private collection

series: maine, mount desert island

painted on location, finished 8 a.m. thursday july 25, 1991
transparent watercolor and graphite on 140 lb cold-pressed watercolor paper
6 x 12 7/8 inches

series: maine, mount desert island

painted on location, finished 5 p.m. july 29, 1991
transparent watercolor and graphite on 140 lb hot-pressed watercolor paper
6 x 13 inches

series: maine, mount desert island

painted on location, august 5 1991 from schoodic peninsula over frenchman bay
transparent watercolor on 140 lb watercolor paper

series: maine, mount desert island

painted on location on schoodic peninsula
transparent watercolor on 140 lb whatman cold-pressed watercolor paper
each panel about ten minutes of painting
private collection

series: maine, mount desert island

painted on location on schoodic peninsula
transparent watercolor on 140 lb whatman cold-pressed watercolor paper
each panel about ten minutes of painting
private collection

series: maine, mount desert island

painted on location on schoodic peninsula
transparent watercolor on 140 lb whatman cold-pressed watercolor paper
each panel about ten minutes of painting
private collection

series: maine

1989 studio painting
transparent watercolor on 140 lb cold pressed whatman watercolor paper
18 1/2 x 25 5/8 inches

series: maine, mount desert island

1989 studio painting
transparent watercolor on 140 lb cold pressed whatman watercolor paper
19 x 19 inches