new computer/all thumbs

Sorry about the bad photo but I am just thrilled that I managed to get it here at all! I love my new computer but it will be an adjustment to figure a few things out.....luckily I have had an ipad & an iphone for quite a while so the operating system isn't foreign. iPhoto will be a bit more of a challenge but at least things aren't shutting down for no apparent reason. Actually this post is a combination of practice and missing New England (probably by the imminent purchase of a house and its concrete commitment to the south).....so I have been in the house and decided to work from a pretty old photo.

boats on a marsh study - 10x8"

This is a study from my trip to Cape Cod last fall...........have not felt like posting updates of larger things and realized that I hadn't posted this one in all of the confusion of moving. This week has been busy because I had to buy a new car. I realized that I had spent a fortune last year on my 2001 Rav 4 when I added up my expenses for taxes and wasn't willing to spend another dime. I was also becoming stressed just waiting for something major to happen - the car had 215,000 miles on it. So........I bit the bullet and am now the proud owner of a 2012 Prius!!!! It is so damn quiet, kind of spooky but it's beautiful.

cape sky plein air 12x9"

I did this small plein air last fall when I went painting with friends on Cape Cod. I actually had another painting I was just about to finish this morning when I had a terrible accident - I went in the house for just a second and my entire set-up blew over, spilling mineral spirits all over the nearly done painting causing everything to bleed together! Very upsetting since I was liking it and it is now pretty much unsalvageable.

town landing plein air study - 12x9

This is one of the studies I did while in Cape Cod last week.............when we started painting everything that is dark here was wreathed in mist and lighter in value. I had to change the painting completely but I still like the way this one came out. Back to NY again tomorrow for the millionth time!