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  • Busy Bee

    May Day and the bees are buzzing around me. It’s the first time this year that I’ve sat here on the porch to enjoy the budding garden, observe the busy bees and listen to the birds (and the neighbors mower). It’s peaceful but like the bees, I’m all abuzz. Next Sunday, Mother’s Day, I’ll be

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  • For a Change

    I’ve been working on a studio painting of peony in oils.  It’s a big departure from the tight watercolor botanicals I’ve been doing and also quite different from plein air painting.  I really enjoyed it.  Working quite large and painterly, using what I’ve learned about oil from the plein air quick sketches, this feels…comfortable.  Maybe

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  • Paint Out

    I will be participating in a Plein Air event at Kingsland Park in Nutley, NJ this Saturday.

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  • Sneek Peek

    Sneek peak at a small section of two of the new paintings I’m working on.

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