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I have been trying to build a sketchbook practice over the past few years, and the truth is I go in spurts … some weeks I’ll play a lot and then there are times I leave it untouched for days. I think what’s hard about sketchbook work for me is that I use my daily […]

Coastal Love • 6×6 • oil on wood • $125 • purchase link Happy New Year, friends! I have been under the weather and am just starting to get back some energy to paint. I figured that there was no better way to start 2024 than with a painting on the beautiful Maine coast and […]

Evening Stroll • 6×6 • oil on panel • SOLD Windy Shore • 6×6 • GOUACHE on panel • $125 • purchase link Here are a couple of small paintings inspired from my time on Vinalhaven this Fall. One from a sunset stroll with the pups and another from a wild and windy afternoon on […]

Quiet Morning • 6×6 • oil on wood • $125 • purchase link The beauty and stillness from this quiet morning walk around Lane’s Island just called to me for a painting. It’s definitely a muted beauty and that is what I love about it. I could use more of this in my life! :-). […]

Sunrise from the Boat • 6×6 • oil on wood • $125 • purchase link One of the benefits of hopping on the first boat off of the island in October is catching the sunrise. This particular morning the sky was on fire! And it just didn’t stop. Wow. Just wow. Always a treat to […]

Autumn Sunrise Walk • 6×6 • oil on wood • SOLD Following oceanside trails is fun at any time of day … but there is something extra special about doing it at sunrise. I love watching the sun burn through and over the pine trees and light up the marsh grasses and rocks of the […]

Window Through the Trees • 6×6 oil on wood • SOLD I love being surprised by a beautifully framed view. In this case, the pine trees on all sides of me opened up a little window, highlighting the morning sun on the shore across the way. I can’t think of a better way to start […]

Rocks in the Basin • 6×6 • oil on wood panel • SOLD I love sitting on the granite rocks and ledges and listening to the birds and the seals in the Basin. It’s so peaceful and beautiful and peace and beauty is what we can all use more of. And I love seeing the […]

Daybreak on the Island • 6×6 • oil on wood • SOLD When the world around us is so tragic and heart-wrenching, we seek beauty and we paint. Mother nature keeps showing up and so will we. Here is a sibling set of the sunrise I witnessed on Thursday morning, the morning after the Lewiston, […]