My door will be open.
Fenway Studios Annual Open Studios
November 14 & 15
30 Ipswich Street, Boston, MA 02215
11am – 5pm, studio 103
Bring a friend and enjoy tooling around the historic Fenway Studios – lots of wonderful art and conversation.
If you can, we ask that you bring a non-perishable food item for our food drive to benefit the Greater Boston Food Bank.
See you!
TM8584 Looking Up 36×30 oil on panel
TM8430 Young Lily 12×12 oil on panel
The yellow lilies arrive like a tight, yellow fist thrusting out of the water, as if to say “Here I am, you better be ready!” I am, with my zoom lens and soggy sneakers. The feeling of density and lush growth around the lily is equally important to capture. The painting is based on a photo of the flower, and a sequence of photos documenting the lily pads over time. The yellow ribbon around the edges grows more pronounced as the pads age, eventually turning brownish red and almost violet. The upturned pad in back, probably pushed aside by another emerging bud, is another common sight at the pond. Add a scattering of duckweed and summer’s enthusiasm is clear. Enjoy!
TM8424 Family Portrait 12×12 oil on panel
Family – it’s everything and everywhere. I started with a painting of the middle-aged white lily, but she seemed to be asking that I include the soon-to-open bud behind her. So I did. Come visit her at:
Fenway Studios Annual Open Studios, November 16 & 17, 2013. More info at the open studios page in the menu at top. And bring a friend!
While work on the large pondscape paintings continues, I like to set aside time for experimenting with new approaches to details like the flowers, and investigating possible alternative compositions. These small oil on prepared paper studies can be seen (and will be available for sale) at Opening Our Doors with the Fenway Alliance, and at the Annual Fenway Studios Open Studios on November 16 & 17, 2013 (at Fenway Studios, 30 Ipswich Street, Studio 103, Boston, MA 02215). Additional water lily studies are in the Portfolio: 6×6 oil on paper page in the menu at the top of the page.
I will be joining Fenway Studios and the Fenway Alliance for Opening Our Doors, an afternoon of art and fun in Boston’s Fenway Neighborhood Monday, October 14, from noon to 4pm. Come visit me at the studio and be among the first to see selections from the new Pondscape Series, including small lily studies on paper.
TM8371 Late August Lilies 36×40 oil on panel
October 14, 2013, noon to 4PM
30 Ipswich Street, Studio 103, Boston, MA 02215
Walking distance to Boston’s Gardner Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, art schools and music conservatories – Fenway Studios is close to the Convention Center Subway Stop on the Green Line
