Seascape & Nautical Paintings
“Backshore Wave” – original watercolor seascape painting
Watercolor Seascape painting inspired by the rugged backshore area of Gloucester, MA.
“Ebb Tide” – Watercolor Seascape Painting
“Ebb Tide” – 10" x 14" This is a studio painting done based on a favorite painting location in Gloucester, Massachusetts. This particular rock formation is unique and recognizable to anyone familiar with the backshore. This painting is really about the contrast of...
“Off The Coast” – Watercolor Seascape Painting
“Off The Coast” – 7" x 11" This painting is about nothing but the action of waves in the open ocean. Any painting of the ocean requires stopping the action of complex movement while still capturing the essence of the rhythmn. A simple, limited color scheme helps us...
“Gray Morning Backshore” – en plein air watercolor seascape painting
“Gray Morning Backshore” –11" x 15", $900 A chilly and foggy morning along the backshore of Gloucester, Massachusetts. The open ocean with moving water is a favorite subject of mine. This seascape painting was done at a favorite location of mine as well. I've sketch...
Gold, Green, Gray – watercolor seascape painting
“Gold, Green, Gray” – 10" x 13" I have thing for rocks and water. The area around Gloucester, Massachusetts is known as Cape Ann. The entire area is full of paintable scenes with endless variety of subject ocean and nautical subject matter. While I enjoy all of those...
Portrait of a Rock – en plein air watercolor seascape painting with surf and rocks
“Portrait Of A Rock” – 11" x 15" There's something about light on rocks at the ocean that never gets old or boring! This scene was done at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester, MA in the middle of a day in early May. A very simple scene with a rock in spring sunlight. The...
“Bass Rocks, Afternoon Light” – en plein air watercolor seascape painting
“Bass Rocks, Afternoon Light” – 11" x 15" This painting was done during the inaugural Cape Ann Plein Air competition in October 2016. Bass Rocks is an area along the coastline of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Often called the 'backshore', it is a rugged, rocky coastline...
Gathering Tide – watercolor seascape painting
“Gathering Tide” – 11" x 15", watercolor on paper. This painting is available It was an honor to have been invited to demonstrate my watercolor painting technique in conjunction with the New England Watercolor Society’s Annual Signature Members Show in February 2018....
“The Paint Factory” – original en plein air watercolor painting
“The Paint Factory ” – 7" x 11", matted to 11" x 14" for easy, low-cost framing. This painting is available – SPECIAL PRICING THROUGH 10/28/17 [add_to_cart id="6717"] Another Cape Ann Plein Air 2017 painting. Gloucester, Massachusetts is an area much visited and...
“Starboard Side” – original en plein air watercolor seascape painting
“Starboard Side ” – 7" x 11", This painting is available Painting as drawing. Usually, I put a light pencil drawing down on paper before painting. For this one, I went right to the brush. This work was done late in the day on Sunday, October 8th - the first day of...
Surf At Bass Rocks – en plein air watercolor seascape painting
“Surf At Bass Rocks ” – 15" x 22", matted to 20" x 28" for easy, low-cost framing. Another painting done during Cape Ann Plein Air 2017. I like to think this one speaks for itself. Bass Rocks is an especially inspiring area of the the Gloucester coastline. The...
Tucks Point Afternoon – original en plein air watercolor seascape painting
“Tuck's Point Afternoon ” – 11" x 15", matted to 16" x 20" for easy, low-cost framing. This painting is available - SPECIAL PRICING THROUGH 10/28/17 [add_to_cart id="6704"] A calm, gentle afternoon at Tuck's Point, nestled in Kettle Cove. The attraction of this scene...
“Back Shore Surf” – original en plein air watercolor seascape
“Back Shore Surf ” – 7" x 11", matted to 11" x 14" for easy, low-cost framing. This is another painting done during Cape Ann Plein Air 2017 and one of two paintings done of sky, surf and rocks. Surf and rocks is a subject of unending fascination for me. The contrast...
“Cape Ann” – watercolor en plein air seascape painting
“Cape Ann” – 11" x 15", This painting is available This one is 90% en plein air! I suppose we all have our favorite places to paint. I certainly do, and the Cape Ann area of Massachusetts is one of them. It is a place that has been visited and painted by artists for...
Drydock At Night – Original Watercolor Painting of Boat In Drydock at Night
"Drydock at Night" - 15" x 22" The process can take a while! The concept of this painting has been on my mind for two years, beginning shortly after a painting trip to Gloucester and Cape Ann, Massachusetts in 2014. This area is a favorite place of mine - both to...