A typical Sandy Island cabin. This is the only painting I’ve ever done in oil, courtesy of Amy Stein who shared her materials at Sandy Island.
Month: August 2017
Lake Winnipesaukee
For 30 years, we’ve spent the week before Labor Day at Sandy Island Family Camp on Lake Winnipesaukee, NH. Everyone has their own little simple cabin — no heat, a bare lightbulb hanging from the ceiling, a short walk to the bathroom. There are two big buildings, the Lodge, and this Dining Hall. We love Sandy Island!
Sailboats
It’s all about the shadows.
Ice Cream!
Who doesn’t love an ice cream parlor in the summertime?
House Portrait
I do house portraits on commission. This painting of a Vermont cottage is one of my favorites, because I love the angle looking up the stream toward the house.
Nature’s Lawn Mower
New England used to be full of sheep raised for mutton and wool. There are still a few around.
Swimming
This little sketch was done at Caspian Lake near our cottage in Vermont.
Farmer & Cows
This is a classic New England scene. Sadly, it isn’t as common as it used to be, as many cows spend their lives in factory farms and don’t go outside.
Mountains and Lakes
Bostonians are roughly divided between those who, on vacation, head for the ocean (often Cape Cod) and those who head for the mountains and lakes (Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, the Berkshires). We are among the latter category. To me there is nothing more peaceful than staring across a lake at the distant hills.
I’m taking the rest of August “off” from posting new paintings, and am posting some of my favorites from my archives. All were painted of Vermont and New Hampshire.
View From the Plane
Have you noticed that, as soon as you get away from the cities, so much of the view from planes is the geometry of farmlands? Here’s my sketch (from a cell phone photo, then painted on my tray table during the flight) ascending out of Denver on the way back to Boston.
