My latest painting depicts a colorful backyard scene of decaying elements of the past, including an overturned boat and a rusting double-flywheel stationary engine, amidst stacks of firewood and greenery.
It was a sunny Labor Day weekend three weeks ago when we visited Quidi Vidi Gut, and in a fast turnaround, I already have a new painting done. This is unusual because I more often work from photos that I took months to years previously.
This scene is from St. Vincent’s Beach in Newfoundland, where it’s possible to stand on the shore and see pods of humpback whales cavorting about. They come in very close because the water becomes ocean-deep within a few meters of the shoreline.
Another in my series of rock musicians performing live, this new painting features Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, as they were in 2003. I’ll be seeing them in concert later this year and couldn’t resist doing a painting of them in advance.