"Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love."
Claude Monet
"Seagull Triptych" oil on canvas, each panel is 30x30"
Claude Monet
"Seagull Triptych" oil on canvas, each panel is 30x30"
From the first time I saw the ocean, I have found great peace walking along the beach and feeling the power of the tides. Of course, this place is instantly interrupted when I open a picnic basket. Years ago, I learned to bring extra food for my persistent guests. If I'd chosen to paint a fourth panel, I would have added a hand holding potato chips.
"One of Two Lights" oil on canvas
This painting is from my series, "Each Unique: Studies of America's Lighthouses." Rather than a lonely light on a desolate pile of rocks, this wonderful lighthouse is now located amid a highly-populated coastal area. Only when surrounded by the morning fog and uncultivated flora does it evoke its origin as a lonely sentinel, warning ships from darkened, rocky shore.