Nocturnes opening photos

moon maiden, 30in x 30in

quick shout out to everyone for the great turnout last night! gonna post some better in-show photos a bit later but wanted to get these up – here’s some point-and-shoot shots taken as we were closin the joint…

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love hearing what people are drawn to – one of the sleepers, the rough unframed charcoal (above, lower left and below, enlarged) was far and away the one mentioned most by painters…maybe not surprisingly, that group were the ones to pick up on the ryder and rothko influences lurking beneath the hopper/wyeth/rembrandt patina…

started framing the some of the larger food works in traditional gold and silver. bit of a break from the clean black or blonde wood used exclusively over the past few years, but the response was overwhelmingly positive-

evening shower, 30in x 40in

mr jif is going home as a kitchen companion to the fluff featured in the August issue of American Art collector – 3 of the 4 works in the magazine had red dots.

peanut butter, 20in x 24in

we ended the late night full of wine and great food (homemade lobsta mac!) watching the huge storm surge break on charlestown beach under the distant glow of block island.

thank you all – couldnt’ve pulled it together without amazing support from family and friends. doubleextra thankyou to gallery owners gilly and renee, for saintly patience and faith. it pulled me thru when the show was looking like it might not happen. thanks guys!

this show’s for you, mom-
xo

cattle call

dusk, 30in x 40in; evening quartet, 24in x 48in; moon maiden, 30in x 30in
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works on deck for the upcoming solo show at the charlestown gallery. feelin like the brush is finally catchin up to the charcoal.

omen, 30in x 40in, acrylic on canvas

mandarins

mandarin bowl, 8in x 8in, acrylic on panel
(image courtesy charlestown gallery)

mandarins for you, mom-

mandarin, 4in x 6in, acrylic on panel
(image courtesy bayview gallery)

fruits – summer

cherries, 6in x 6in, acrylic on panel
(image courtesy powers gallery)

berries, 4in x 6in, acrylic on panel
(image courtesy powers gallery)

margarita for mom

margarita, 8in x 10in, acrylic on panel
(image courtesy powers gallery)

This margarita’s for mom. it’s been a ridiculously trying summer and all of the thoughts sent out to the family are greatly appreciated. thank you.

quick studio update-

the margarita, this pina colada and a buncha new smaller food works are currently in the “summer with a twist” group show at the powers gallery.

pina colada, 8in x 10in, acrylic on panel
(image courtesy powers gallery)

2 small food paintings were featured in a gorgeous kitchen spread this past june in RI Monthly magazine. love seeing ‘em at home.

(image courtesy RI Monthly

just weeks away from my solo show at the Charlestown Gallery – postcards are out (image here)  – next post will have more about it, but for now:

a shout out to scott for getting this blog back online. your well-timed visit to the studio helped pull the works out of the figurative fire. sometime the best medicine is a blunt WTF from an old friend – even better if that friend’s been along since the skinny & charcoal-covered collge days, when “having a voice and showing in galleries someday” seemed more like crazy conversational byproduct of an allnighter than future probability. MUCHAS GRACIAS,  hermano.