Vineyard in Chianti

Vineyard in Chianti

30x30cm oil on gessobard

The road from San Donato in Poggio to Castellina in Chianti is always an inspiration.  Oe thing I love about this area is the levels of valleys that make wonderful atmoshperic perspective.

AAWE Auction 1 June 2012

Painting for Auction at American Wives of Europeans auction to be held on June 1
contact AAWE - Paris

Le Select - 100x150 cm oil on canvas

Casa Colonica

Casa Colonica

30x30 cm oil on canvas

I can feel the heat in the hills. 

Forte Belvedere

Forte Belvedere

oil on gessoboard 15x15cm

This is the fortress above the left bank of Florence

Hills of Baratti

Hills of Baratti

25x50cm oil on canvas

Digging through the portfolios in my studio I found this painting from 2002.  It is a house on the Viale della Principessa that runs from San Vincenzo to Piombino in the Val di Cornia.  I can see the influence of the Macchiaoli and I remember laboring over this painting.  The powerlines make it more interesting to me.  The industrial world in the Tuscan hills.

tuscany here we come

Olive Grove

45x55cm oil on linen canvas

The last few years I've done few paintings of Tuscany.  Before moving to Paris Tuscany was my main squeeze.  Twenty-one years of painting on site in the countryside were fantastic but when it became fashionable to hang a field of poppies over your couch the love affair petered off my palette.  It's still in my heart and so the next several paintings are dedicated to that unique place.

Les Copains

Les Copains

100x100cm oil on canvas

This is a scene of boulevard Saint Germain

Green Light

Green Light

oil on canvas, 40x40cm

I've been hiding out painting the last ten days.  This highway intersection is in Long Island, the power lines are amazing in Long Island. 

Below is what I am working on, note how the bright colors are blocked in first.  They set the tone for the whole painting.  The middle ground is an abstraction of juxtaposed colors and contrast.  It's a scene from Boulevard Saint Germain in the 6th- Paris

Lemon Car

Lemon Car

30x30cm, oil on linen canvas

Broadway

Broadway

80x65cm

oil on linen canvas.

Happy New Year, a little late.  Here is the first painting of 2012 the year of abundance!