Even the Garden Weeps

Sad news followed by a rainy gray morning.

Even when the sad times come, there is beauty, if we can bear to look.

Summer Walk Near the Erie Canal

Painted from yesterday's small study. 11x14, oil on panel

Midas Sunset in Early Spring

In spring and fall, when the trees are still without their dense cloak of green leaves, I can see the sunset through the trees. The setting sun turns everything it touches to gold. 5x7, oil on panel

Oh Beautiful for Spacious Skies

Spacious skies, green fields and trees, the summer sound of cicadas and tree frogs singing the close of day hymn that I love so much.     5x7 oil on panel 

Daphne

12x12, Oil

This Morning's Visitor, "Mr. Berryman"

6x6, Oil

This fine fellow was lying in my strawberry patch, munching berries and waiting for his morning tea. Nice of him to stop by for brunch and a portrait sitting. Today he seems to have moved on.

Three glass bottles, silver spoon and silver plate

This is a three value study done in raw umber. Oil on linen. 6x12

Evening of a Perfect Day

When it rains a lot here, the front field floods. "Fetch" with water is the best. This is the close of a perfect day.

Lemons on a Sunny Day

It was a beautiful weekend; a harbinger of spring. Sunny warm light streaming through the kitchen windows.