My realist oil paintings applaud the beauty of the ocean and were driven by nostalgia of childhood summers at Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket and Long Island. I began this series at the end of my father's - an avid sailor's - life. I found it cathartic to explore my memories of sailing with my dad from this angle. At first I focused on solitude and stillness a great deal and many of those calm and serene pieces have sold. Next, I tried painting the collaborative excitement and momentum of wind-filled sails.
"Fearless" 24x36, oil on canvas, $1800
"Her Majesty" 16x40, oil on canvas, $1700
"Riding the Waves" 40x16 oil on deep profile canvas, $1700
"Blue Sky Momentum" 36x48, oil on deep profile canvas, $2500
"Drawn to the Rhythm" 15x30, oil on canvas, $1400
"Lifting Fog" 12x36, oil on canvas, $1500
"Yellow Hull at Menemsha Pond", 12x36, oil on canvas, $1500
"Afternoon Aglo" 12x36, oil on canvas, $1500
"Stillwaters" 12x36, oil on canvas, $1500
"Purple Haze" 12x36,oil on canvas, $1500
"Red Humility" 24x36, oil on canvas, $1800
"Shared Tack" 10x20, oil on canvas, $900
"Red Right Returing" 16x40, oil on canvas, $1700
"Three Afternoon Sailors" 10x20, oil on canvas, $900
"Rainbow Fleet Parade at Brant Point" 10x20, oil on canvas, $900
"Heeling Winds" 10x20, oil on canvas, $900
"Red Skies at Night" 18x24, $1300, oil on canvas,
"Rolling Fog" 17x25, oil on canvas, $1300
Red Reflections, 10x10, oil on canvas, *$400
"Stillness II" 12x24, oil on canvas, $1100
"Sunlight Coming" 8x8, oil, *$300
"Spinnakers and Sails and Dreams" 10x10, oil and cold wax on birch board, $600
"Swells" 10x10, oil and cold wax on birch board, $600
"Harnessed Breeze" 10x10, oil and cold wax on birch board, $600
"Homeward Bound" 10x10, oil and cold wax on birch board, $600
"Early Winter Nocturne" 12x16, oil on canvas, $800
"Red Sail at the Regatta" 16x20, oil on linen panel, $1100
