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| On the easels, final touches. |
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| The River Beyond |
From January through August of 2015 I found myself working on a series of paintings about my home town of Fall River. They are the precursors to the "Intersecting
Principles" series I am now creating. (Some of the earlier drawings have been spoken about in previous blog posts.)
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| Fourth of July Holiday |
I call this collection of paintings "Public Spaces." They are inspired by my walks through the major public parks within the City of Fall River. My intent was to express the hidden, often overlooked beauty of the city. I did not create portraits of specific parks. I worked to capture the feeling of a view, the movement of a hillside, or simply the color relationships between trees. Efforts were made to translate the mood and essence that are fundamental to the splendor captured between the shadows and the sunlight.
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| A Parting of the Way |
My hometown has been besieged with negative perspective and publicity. Headlines shout about crime, drugs and corruption, but Fall River is so much more than that. We are a community, complex and diverse. We are authors, Artists, musicians and hard working tough minded, strong willed people. Our public Spaces, North Park, Ruggles Park, and Kennedy (or South) Park have evolved as the city has evolved. Those parks have been my motivation, my very muse for this collection of paintings and drawing. Posted here is a selection of that work.
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| There is History There |
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| Blue Pine and Shadow Play |
