In the Style of Eric Tiemens

I enjoy paintings with dramatic value shifts and I was recently introduced to the work of Eric Tiemens. I did this painting trying to emulate the style of some of Eric's gouache paintings.

This is a gouache, 6 by 9 inches on 140 pound watercolor paper.

A link to Eric's site: http://www.virtualgouacheland.blogspot.com/

I have 32 paintings in the Mark Wentworth Home, on Pleasant Street, in Portsmouth, NH with an artists's reception this Sunday, 23 January, from 2 to 4. Since the Patriots are out of the playoffs, I'll attend. Come on down and say HI.

Latest Plein Air Painting

I went plein air painting to the causeway that seperates New Castle and Portsmouth, NH and found an interesting subject in the back channels and islands in the area. The small boat is on the far side of the small island in one of the channels and had an isolated feel that appealled to me.

It is an acrylic painting, 11 by 14 inches on a gessoed masonite panel.

A Couple of Marine Paintings

I wanted to get a couple of paintings of marine subjects on my blog before I called it a day. The first painting is an acrylic (sold) of the fishing pier in Portsmouth, NH. The title: "Ice and Fuel" is the sign above the fishing boats. The boats were being prepared for sea.

It was a rainy day and I sat on a picnic table under a canopy, on Pierce Island just across a narrow part of the harbor. The humidity was so high that my acrylics wouldn't dry and became too slick to continue painting. I took a couple reference photos and finished the last 20% of the painting at home. This painting won several awards for me. This painting has been sold.

The second painting also picked up a couple awards and is a pastel. It's coarse texture is due to the Canson paper. It is not a smooth paper. There is also an autobiographical haiku that goes with this painting. It's titled "adrift."

"Adrift on a dark

Dark sea I dream of what never

Was and never will be"

What's a couple extra syllables among friends? It's a lament of a dreamer.

This painting is still available.