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I lost the other image yesterday and blogger wouldn't let me add it, so here's another try. 

Valentines

OK, I know it's been forever since I've posted. My only excuses are: holidays, laziness and ....um, that's about it. I was asked to submit some small work for a show at the McGowan Gallery (www.mcgowanfineart.com) in Concord called, "Love, Lust & Desire." Attached are two of the paintings I'm sending, "Conversation" and "Lonely Radish."  Bet you were wondering how the radish would fit into a show with that title, huh? Well, it IS a French breakfast radish..... 

Conversation is acrylic on gessobord, 6" x 6" and the radish is acrylic on gessoed paper, 10" x 7".

Change

Recently, there's been a lot of talk about change. Most of it is directed toward the future; I've been thinking about the past. Heading to my Cambridge home one night back in the 60s, I faced a line of police in battle gear: helmets, shields, tear gas and guns. They were lined up across Mass Ave to prevent a mob of rioters from going toward Boston. It was at the height of the race riots all over the country. People were killed, buildings burned and stores looted. Last night, a black man became president-elect. This country has come a long way.

Summer's over

So where have I been? Vacationing in Maine, harvesting garlic, cleaning up the studio, taking a workshop, planting garlic, getting ready for winter.....

Not a lot of painting. I'm switching to painting mainly in acrylic and have had to adjust everything I thought I knew about what to paint ON, what to paint WITH, and just HOW to paint. 

Meanwhile, here's a summer painting of a peony to try to get my mind off the fact that it's snowing here. It's acrylic on gessobord, 6" x 6". 

Paintout

Over the weekend, I took part in New Hampshire Plein Air's paintout and wet paint sale at Canterbury Shaker Village. I've painted there many times, with and without the group, but this time my painting was too horrible to contemplate, so I'm posting one I did on my last trip there instead. Still trying for the abstract.....

"Barn Door" It's little, 8" x 6", oil on Raymar panel.

Some Color

A friend came to dinner a couple of weeks ago and brought some flowers from her garden. I painted them and their canning-jar vase in acrylic on an 8" x 6" RayMar canvas panel. Fun. Thanks, Judy.

Another View

This is the same woodcut, printed with the same ink, as the previous post, but done on thin Chine colle paper, then glued to heavier Rives BFK. It looked to me as if Steve was paddling into the sunset. I like trying out different ways of using a block, which is partly why most of my editions are "open."