Featured Painting

"Buoyancy"

News and Updates

"Working the Coast," my solo show at the Elizabeth Moss Gallery in Falmouth, Maine, is now open. My new body of work has been in the making for the past two years. It focuses on Maine fishermen and their way of life. I've lived in Maine for 11 years and wake up every morning to lobstermen hauling their traps, clammers working the flats and fishermen heading out to sea. If it's not the people that catch my attention, it's their gear--coiled lines, waders, oilskins, lobster crates, pot and mooring buoys, and of course dinghies and fishing boats.

"Buoyancy", shown above, is a featured piece in the new collection. Other paintings for the show are posted on the New Work page. If you are in the area, please stop by the gallery to see the show any time before it closes on June 9. The Elizabeth Moss Gallery is located at 251 US Rte 1 in Falmouth.)

Warmer spring weather means that I'm moving my easel outside to paint "en plein aire". Besides looking for local settings, I'm planning a trip to Provence this fall to paint in Impressionist territory. I'll be with a group led by Ian Roberts, an expert in plein air painting. Trips such as this give me new inspiration, as well as the collegiality of other artists equally passionate about painting.

A new show opens at Centre St. Arts Gallery (CSAG) in Bath, Maine, on May 22. Six of my oil paintings will be on display there, including "Damariscove Island" below. At this time of year, CSAG is open Wednesday through Saturday, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please stop in if you're in the area.

More information on each of these galleries can be found on their web sites: www.elizabethmossgalleries.com and www.centrestartsgalleryllc.com. For the complete list of my shows in 2018, see the Exhibits page.

I would love to get your feedback on my art and my web site. Just send an email to llpmaine@hughes.net.  Thanks, and I hope to see you at one of my galleries or shows in 2018.