Annual Art Walk in the Park July 1st is my first “in person” event of 2023. My tent will be set up in Putnam Park in Peterborough, NH from 11am to 4pm that Saturday. It’s the Annual Art Walk in the Park and artists will be stationed throughout the downtown including two parks. We are hoping for nice weather. New greeting cards are being created. New paintings will be deputed. Website Update Continues My website has been going through an update and continues to be tweaked as I try to make it a pleasant experience for those of you who visit. I will be adding new paintings to my shop periodically ..read more

New Work Coming Painting studies have consumed my daily studio practice during my time between live events. Over the past several months I have been working exclusively with watercolor. It has been a time to reignite that excitement of observing the mystery of what watercolor can do when you let it flow and blend without trying to control the outcome. I have had so much fun playing with paint. Embracing small works as studies and not thinking about the potential outcome frees me to let the paint lead me. Trying “What Ifs” is something that I love to do in my studies. Starting with a color and ..read more

Studio Tours  This is the weekend that fellow artists open their creative spaces to share with the public. Magic happens in these spaces. Processes are shared and the visitors get a chance to see the stories behind the finished art. I did not open my space this year and that allowed me the chance to support many of my friends. Building those relationships is important to me. Creating can be a very solitary process as we work through how each of us attempts to tell our stories and how the various mediums that we use influence that journey. If you get the chance, take the time to talk with ..read more

Next Paintings are prepped, priced, and packed for this Saturday's opening of the 65th annual Art in the Park in Keene’s Ashuelot River Park. This is my biggest event of the year and is the first of two back-to-back weekend events. Friday I will pack up both cars as we should get to the park by 7am to set up. The event opens at 10am both Saturday and Sunday of Labor Day Weekend each year. We closedown each day at 4pm. The weather looks like it should be nice. I will be in tent 8 in the back section of the park. I have two new series that I will have on display along with many other paintings ..read more

Larger Works Since my last blog post I have been enjoying my studio layout and playing with a different combination of mediums. Last year I made a series of small paintings using a limited color palette in watercolor with ink marks. The series was painted on a single full sheet of watercolor paper then cut into individual paintings. Now I am working on larger paintings of assorted sizes that will expand this series. Soft pastels have been added here and there. Drawing sticks which are cut from long twigs are great for using as dip pens to make interesting marks. The longer the stick the less I ..read more

Website Upgrade I have been busy behind the scenes for several weeks as I gave my website a major overhaul. I still have a few things to complete but I think you will find it I nicer experience. Slowly I will add new products. I now will be able to do real time updates at events and email invoices. That should streamline the checkout process and mean less manual paperwork for me. A newsletter should be available for subscribers soon. That will be useful for me to let subscribers know where my next events will be. As you check out this blog post please look at the various pages of my website an ..read more