I have been enjoying some amazing watermelon this week. Yummmmm! It’s so darn refreshing ... especially with a little mint. This is an older painting, but with all of the watermelon I have been having lately, I thought I’d repost it. Cheers to some juicy warm weather to come & watermelon!

8x10• oil on canvas • $100

Tags: Fruit, watermelon

It’s almost time to escape to the beach house! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LISA!

5x5 • oil on canvas • SOLD

I was out in the garden today & noticed our irises are starting to bud. I love, love, love irises! They are one of my favorite flowers ... along with daffodils, tulips, peonies, daisies, sunflowers, lilacs ... I guess I just love flowers. Anyways, I decided to post this painting I did awhile back of irises.

The painting is ready to ship & is professionally framed in a 3 inch decorative gold frame with black sides.

20x24 • oil on canvas • $465

Tags: irises, spring, flowers

Nothing like some mild weather & a full moon to draw people out! We went to a potluck dinner on Saturday night & when we came out the full moon was shining bright over Portland & Casco Bay. We headed straight for the Eastern Prom to admire it on the water. WOW! So beautiful! And there were SOOOOOOO many people out. The Eastern Prom was littered with people & their cameras & cars--everyone stopping to admire the view. Ahhhh!

10x10 • oil on canvas • SOLD

It was so damp & dreary last week ... 5 plus days of gray & rain. Sometimes I love a good rainy day to cozy in & get stuff done, but after awhile it kind of wears on your spirit. I definitely got caught up in the sogginess & decided to paint this misty, foggy afternoon scene. We have bright sunshine today which is amazing, but I thought I’d share this misty painting that I never got a chance to post earlier in the week. Cheers!

5x5 • oil on canvas • $75

Tags: Fishing boats, rain, Maine

We are going back to Borestone Mountain this Fall & I can’t wait! As I finished up some work in my studio this afternoon, I started to daydream about this magical place, and the daydreaming turned to escaping there in the form of a painting. This is a late afternoon scene from Sunset Pond looking back at the mountain & the gorgeous sky above. Cheers to daydreaming & getting lost in a painting!

6x6 • oil on canvas • $95

Tags: Maine Audubon, Borestone

Today was a beautiful & deceiving day ... it was one of those days that looked so nice and warm, but it was downright chilly out with a wild wind! I’ll take it though--I love sunny days! I sat in my studio this afternoon & thought about those warmer days ahead & decided to paint this scene from Mackworth Island. It kind of reminds me of the French Mediterranean coast that some of my favorite painters like Renoir & Cezanne painted. I’m not sure if it’s the landscape or the palette that makes me think of them. What do you think?

6x6 • oil on canvas • $95

Tags: Maine coast, ocean, island

I love Spring & it has been such a treat to experience a real Spring here in Maine. We often go from snow to mud to Summer & this year has been the kind of Spring I remember enjoying at home in Ohio as a kid ... warm days, cool nights, budding trees & flowers, birds chirping, grass green & soft. Ahhhh! And this bouquet of flowers says all of that too me. It was a gift from my friend Maggie & co-author of “Kids Gone RAW” an un-cookbook book we are writing together for kids. Check out our website, follow our blog & like us on facebook! Cheers to Spring!

5x5 • oil on canvas • $75