Set Free from Disillusion
Set Free from Disillusion

oil on linen, IN PROGRESS

34” x 34”

After 2024 election…

11/19/24

A Turning Point
A Turning Point

Drawing—preliminary study for an oil painting, pastel & charcoal on paper with tape, 34” x 34”.

Before 2024 election…

Winter Horizon
Winter Horizon

oil on linen, image size 28” x 36”

Currently on exhibition: Fall into Winter, The Helen Addison Exhibition, Mary Heaton Vorse House, Provincetown, MA

The Lights of Camaiore, (Italy)
The Lights of Camaiore, (Italy)

Watercolor, 9"x12", 2024

Every night shimmers with the lights of Camaiore, Lido di Camaiore, and fishing boats in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Exhibited: Mary's Choice: A Curated Exhibit of Art by Women, July 27th- Oct.6th, 2024, Provincetown Arts Society at The Mary Heaton Vorse House, Provincetown, MA

The Flow of Life
The Flow of Life

Oil on linen, 45” x 54”, 2021

Like ocean waves embossed in the sand; we are complex transitory impressions left by the flow of life.

More about this painting

The Three Graces  Adrift
The Three Graces Adrift

Oil/linen, 54x45, 2022

Finding comfort in each other, Elegance, Beauty, & Joy drift in a sea of indifference.

More about this painting

Falling To Love
Falling To Love

Charcoal & pastel

48” x 36”, 2019

I found myself falling; pushed by desire and a runaway heart. I was falling slowly with trepidation, and away from my better judgement...

Teresa Baksa, Love Letters, Miller White Fine Arts, 2019

Salvatore Del Deo
Salvatore Del Deo

Oil on linen, 48”x36”, 2020-22

Alone but together with his muses, the artist works in solitude, yet he engages in dialogue with the Past, Present, and Future of his imagination.

McLaughlin Collection

Previously on exhibition, Provincetown Arts Society, Mary Heaton Vorse House, Provincetown, MA, Nov 26 ,2022- May 1, 2023

Musa De La Floresta
Musa De La Floresta

Oil/linen, 48” x 36”, 2023

The Muse of the Forest plays her music at night up in a tree in a halo of moonflowers. Inspired by the classical guitar composition Un Sueno en La Floresta, (A Dream in The Forest), by Augustin Barrios.

Commission for @ConnorGuitars

Private Collection

Mountain Of Restraint
Mountain Of Restraint

oil/linen 54” x 45”, 2021

The Mountain of Restraint represents a construct of subjugation that cannot crush the human spirit or soil divine beauty.

On exhibition at Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA, May 20-June 18, 2022

Learn more about this painting and Trees of Courage Exhibition

Flight of The Dune Swallows
Flight of The Dune Swallows

watercolor, 22” x 30”, 2018

The flight paths of the dune Swallows echo the shapes and movements of the dunes

On exhibition at Berta Walker Gallery, Wellfleet, through June 15, 2019

Mountain Mist Above Camaiore
Mountain Mist Above Camaiore

Watercolor, 9" x 12", 2024

On my first night in Italy, moonlight awakened me at 3am and this is what I saw from a window at Casoni in Casoli.

Private Collection

Olive Trees & Urns, Italy
Olive Trees & Urns, Italy

Watercolor & Pastel, 9" x 12", 2024

Camaiore, Italy

Salvatore told us the air feels soft in Italy, and we agreed.

 Anna
Anna

Oil on linen, 33"h x 50"w, 2017

The multi-dimensional feeling of being, united in a circular realm of beauty,

Kathleen & Steve Sidwell Collection

On Exhibition: The Steven & Kathleen Sidwell Collection, A Life In Art

Oct. 19, 2023- Jan.11, 2024, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Sun. Oct 22: Gallery Talk 2:00-3:00, Opening Reception 3:00-4:30, more info at: ccmoa.org

Daydream On A Cloud over The Bay
Daydream On A Cloud over The Bay

oil/canvas, 16” x 20”, 2019

Just a feeling….

Shakarah
Shakarah

oil on linen, 18” x 18”

alla prima

2018

Tatiana
Tatiana

oil on linen

48” x 36”, 2020

Tatiana exists in the vibrancy of beauty, & art

Silvery Day On The Bay
Silvery Day On The Bay

oil/linen, 17” x 15”

Summer at Day’s Cottages, N. Truro, MA

ON EXHIBTION, Nov26,2022- April 2023. Mary Heaton Vorce House, Provincetown,MA

The Flow of Life (drawing study)
The Flow of Life (drawing study)

Charcoal & pastel on paper

42” x 55”

2021

In A Lost Landscape
In A Lost Landscape

oil/linen

16” x 12”

2019

We exist in a lost landscape…

The Model Anna Apostolova, Drawing Study
The Model Anna Apostolova, Drawing Study

Charcoal & pastel on paper, 2017

33"h x 50"w

Many of my paintings begin with a full- scale drawing where I work out ideas & expression, and composition before starting an oil painting.

Private Collection

Charcoal Study of Salvatore Del Deo
Charcoal Study of Salvatore Del Deo

Charcoal & pastel on paper

48” x 36”, 2021

Alone & together in his studio, the painter works in solitude, yet he engages in dialogue with the past, present, and future of his imagination.

TY, study for a painting
TY, study for a painting

Charcoal on Paper, 52” x 42”, 2021

Ty made me think of the face of a massive silent mountain. His muscles moved in abstract shapes that mirror the divine grace of nature.

Dilyana & Her Muses
Dilyana & Her Muses

Charcoal & pastel on paper, 54” x 45”, 2020

Dilyana is guided and comforted by her muses

Woman With Shells
Woman With Shells

Oil on Canvas

30"h x 24"w, 2017

from the sea and flowers…

Asleep In Falling Leaves
Asleep In Falling Leaves

Oil on Canvas

image size 24"h x 30"w, 2017

whispered to sleep…

Marisa
Marisa

Oil on canvas, 36h" x 24w", 2017

the dress holds the memory…

MORE ABOUT THIS PAINTING

Vera
Vera

oil on linen, 1994- 2019

30” x 22”

truth at all costs….

Beau & Gumbo
Beau & Gumbo

oil/linen, 24” x 30”, 2020

Portrait Commission from Kathleen Sidwell

On Exhibition: The Steven & Kathleen Sidwell Collection, A Life In Art

Oct. 19, 2023- Jan.11, 2024, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Sun. Oct 22: Gallery Talk 2:00-3:00, Opening Reception 3:00-4:30, more info at ccmoa.org

Grace & Fern
Grace & Fern

oil on linen, 2019

28” x 22”

Commission, private collection

A Turning Point
A Turning Point

Charcoal on Grey Paper,

38” x 36”, 2018

Tianna
Tianna

Charcoal & pastel, 48” x 36”, 2021

Susanna
Susanna

Charcoal Drawing

48” x 36”, 2020

Study for a painting

Letting Go Sequence, in progress
Letting Go Sequence, in progress

Charcoal on paper

36” x 48”, 2018

Panel 1, Diptych

A sequence of emotions between mother & son

Revealing Casey
Revealing Casey

Charcoal & Pastel on paper, 2019

48” x 36”

The lines and tones find the way to reveal Casey. They also reveal the inner life of the drawing.

Sisters, Lily and Madison
Sisters, Lily and Madison

Portrait Commission

oil on linen

2019

30” x 40”

Alva
Alva

oil on linen, alla prima portrait study

20" x 14", 2017

private collection

Mike
Mike

Oil on linen, alla prima

17”h x 11”w, 2017

Collection of Dr. Allan Bezan

 Veritas
Veritas

oil on linen, 2016

17” x 11”

Set Free from Disillusion
A Turning Point
Sovereign Heart
Digree of The Sun
Winter Horizon
The Lights of Camaiore, (Italy)
The Flow of Life
The Three Graces  Adrift
Falling To Love
Salvatore Del Deo
Musa De La Floresta
Saving Grace
Mountain Of Restraint
Flight of The Dune Swallows
Mountain Mist Above Camaiore
Olive Trees & Urns, Italy
 Anna
Daydream On A Cloud over The Bay
Shakarah
Garden of Compassion
Tatiana
Silvery Day On The Bay
The Flow of Life (drawing study)
In A Lost Landscape
The Model Anna Apostolova, Drawing Study
Charcoal Study of Salvatore Del Deo
TY, study for a painting
Dilyana & Her Muses
Woman With Shells
Asleep In Falling Leaves
Marisa
Vera
Beau & Gumbo
Grace & Fern
A Turning Point
Tianna
Susanna
Letting Go Sequence, in progress
Revealing Casey
Sisters, Lily and Madison
Alva
Mike
 Veritas
Set Free from Disillusion

oil on linen, IN PROGRESS

34” x 34”

After 2024 election…

11/19/24

A Turning Point

Drawing—preliminary study for an oil painting, pastel & charcoal on paper with tape, 34” x 34”.

Before 2024 election…

Winter Horizon

oil on linen, image size 28” x 36”

Currently on exhibition: Fall into Winter, The Helen Addison Exhibition, Mary Heaton Vorse House, Provincetown, MA

The Lights of Camaiore, (Italy)

Watercolor, 9"x12", 2024

Every night shimmers with the lights of Camaiore, Lido di Camaiore, and fishing boats in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Exhibited: Mary's Choice: A Curated Exhibit of Art by Women, July 27th- Oct.6th, 2024, Provincetown Arts Society at The Mary Heaton Vorse House, Provincetown, MA

The Flow of Life

Oil on linen, 45” x 54”, 2021

Like ocean waves embossed in the sand; we are complex transitory impressions left by the flow of life.

More about this painting

The Three Graces Adrift

Oil/linen, 54x45, 2022

Finding comfort in each other, Elegance, Beauty, & Joy drift in a sea of indifference.

More about this painting

Falling To Love

Charcoal & pastel

48” x 36”, 2019

I found myself falling; pushed by desire and a runaway heart. I was falling slowly with trepidation, and away from my better judgement...

Teresa Baksa, Love Letters, Miller White Fine Arts, 2019

Salvatore Del Deo

Oil on linen, 48”x36”, 2020-22

Alone but together with his muses, the artist works in solitude, yet he engages in dialogue with the Past, Present, and Future of his imagination.

McLaughlin Collection

Previously on exhibition, Provincetown Arts Society, Mary Heaton Vorse House, Provincetown, MA, Nov 26 ,2022- May 1, 2023

Musa De La Floresta

Oil/linen, 48” x 36”, 2023

The Muse of the Forest plays her music at night up in a tree in a halo of moonflowers. Inspired by the classical guitar composition Un Sueno en La Floresta, (A Dream in The Forest), by Augustin Barrios.

Commission for @ConnorGuitars

Private Collection

Mountain Of Restraint

oil/linen 54” x 45”, 2021

The Mountain of Restraint represents a construct of subjugation that cannot crush the human spirit or soil divine beauty.

On exhibition at Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA, May 20-June 18, 2022

Learn more about this painting and Trees of Courage Exhibition

Flight of The Dune Swallows

watercolor, 22” x 30”, 2018

The flight paths of the dune Swallows echo the shapes and movements of the dunes

On exhibition at Berta Walker Gallery, Wellfleet, through June 15, 2019

Mountain Mist Above Camaiore

Watercolor, 9" x 12", 2024

On my first night in Italy, moonlight awakened me at 3am and this is what I saw from a window at Casoni in Casoli.

Private Collection

Olive Trees & Urns, Italy

Watercolor & Pastel, 9" x 12", 2024

Camaiore, Italy

Salvatore told us the air feels soft in Italy, and we agreed.

Anna

Oil on linen, 33"h x 50"w, 2017

The multi-dimensional feeling of being, united in a circular realm of beauty,

Kathleen & Steve Sidwell Collection

On Exhibition: The Steven & Kathleen Sidwell Collection, A Life In Art

Oct. 19, 2023- Jan.11, 2024, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Sun. Oct 22: Gallery Talk 2:00-3:00, Opening Reception 3:00-4:30, more info at: ccmoa.org

Daydream On A Cloud over The Bay

oil/canvas, 16” x 20”, 2019

Just a feeling….

Shakarah

oil on linen, 18” x 18”

alla prima

2018

Tatiana

oil on linen

48” x 36”, 2020

Tatiana exists in the vibrancy of beauty, & art

Silvery Day On The Bay

oil/linen, 17” x 15”

Summer at Day’s Cottages, N. Truro, MA

ON EXHIBTION, Nov26,2022- April 2023. Mary Heaton Vorce House, Provincetown,MA

The Flow of Life (drawing study)

Charcoal & pastel on paper

42” x 55”

2021

In A Lost Landscape

oil/linen

16” x 12”

2019

We exist in a lost landscape…

The Model Anna Apostolova, Drawing Study

Charcoal & pastel on paper, 2017

33"h x 50"w

Many of my paintings begin with a full- scale drawing where I work out ideas & expression, and composition before starting an oil painting.

Private Collection

Charcoal Study of Salvatore Del Deo

Charcoal & pastel on paper

48” x 36”, 2021

Alone & together in his studio, the painter works in solitude, yet he engages in dialogue with the past, present, and future of his imagination.

TY, study for a painting

Charcoal on Paper, 52” x 42”, 2021

Ty made me think of the face of a massive silent mountain. His muscles moved in abstract shapes that mirror the divine grace of nature.

Dilyana & Her Muses

Charcoal & pastel on paper, 54” x 45”, 2020

Dilyana is guided and comforted by her muses

Woman With Shells

Oil on Canvas

30"h x 24"w, 2017

from the sea and flowers…

Asleep In Falling Leaves

Oil on Canvas

image size 24"h x 30"w, 2017

whispered to sleep…

Marisa

Oil on canvas, 36h" x 24w", 2017

the dress holds the memory…

MORE ABOUT THIS PAINTING

Vera

oil on linen, 1994- 2019

30” x 22”

truth at all costs….

Beau & Gumbo

oil/linen, 24” x 30”, 2020

Portrait Commission from Kathleen Sidwell

On Exhibition: The Steven & Kathleen Sidwell Collection, A Life In Art

Oct. 19, 2023- Jan.11, 2024, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Sun. Oct 22: Gallery Talk 2:00-3:00, Opening Reception 3:00-4:30, more info at ccmoa.org

Grace & Fern

oil on linen, 2019

28” x 22”

Commission, private collection

A Turning Point

Charcoal on Grey Paper,

38” x 36”, 2018

Tianna

Charcoal & pastel, 48” x 36”, 2021

Susanna

Charcoal Drawing

48” x 36”, 2020

Study for a painting

Letting Go Sequence, in progress

Charcoal on paper

36” x 48”, 2018

Panel 1, Diptych

A sequence of emotions between mother & son

Revealing Casey

Charcoal & Pastel on paper, 2019

48” x 36”

The lines and tones find the way to reveal Casey. They also reveal the inner life of the drawing.

Sisters, Lily and Madison

Portrait Commission

oil on linen

2019

30” x 40”

Alva

oil on linen, alla prima portrait study

20" x 14", 2017

private collection

Mike

Oil on linen, alla prima

17”h x 11”w, 2017

Collection of Dr. Allan Bezan

Veritas

oil on linen, 2016

17” x 11”

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