Monday, December 5, 2011

Before the Storm



With the assistance of The Art Connection in Boston, "Before the Storm" has just been donated to Whidden Hospital.   Whidden serves the communities of Everett, Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop and Malden, MA.    We, the family, are please to have Dad's work going to public collections where it can be appreciated by many for years to come.

This is an acrylic on canvas in Dad's favorite size, 30 x 40."

Tuesday, August 9, 2011



August brings memories of Rockport and Gloucester, where my earliest summers were spent, with Dad off every morning to the fishing harbor and back every afternoon with a new painting. In this one you can practically hear the foghorn. There are gulls crying, too, and the gentle lap of waves against the boats. I believe that's "Motif #1" in the background, which places this scene in Rockport harbor.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Lost Painting


On February 4th a water pipe froze and burst in the studio, where Dad's watercolors are stored along with my paintings. The photo above shows two waterlogged and frozen rugs we tossed out to dry in the sun - and then it snowed again. One of Dad's watercolors, dating from World War II, was lost, so this image is a kind of memorial. We were lucky that it was only one painting, plus a beautiful print by my California friend, Dorothy Churchill-Johnson, and a number of (replaceable) picture mats that were damaged. The studio itself had had to be dried out, the walls punctured to release dampness, the sink cabinet below the burst pipe replaced, the walls rebuilt, etc. In all, an upsetting but not catastrophic event, well covered by insurance. Dad's painting of Missouri barns and fields, though, is gone for good.