Fellow artists, Kim Morin Weineck and Tony Donovan of the Neponset Valley Artists neponsetvalleyartists.blogspot.com, set out very early in the morning to capture images of the famous Brant Point Lighthouse on Nantucket. I painted this 14" x 11" acrylic on canvas, being inspired by the dramatic colors and the straight-forwardness of the composition. This was perfect for me because I've been trying to push my colors and looking to paint with a more modernist approach. The painting is now hanging at the Artist's Studio and Gallery at Patriot Place. artgalleryatpatriotplace.blogspot.com
I spent three days in Nantucket with my friends the Neponset Valley Artists, by invitation from member Haydi Hurley. Her artist friend, Susan Ottison, let us on her property to paint one day. See her website here http://www.ack.net/Baskets053107.html
This acrylic painting (14"x11") is looking over a marsh towards Monomoy Bay.
We had a nice week on the cape in New Seabury and stayed at a great house with a long row of Hydrangeas in the front. I did this small painting and gave it to Danielle, one of our partners in crime, as a souvenir. The high noon Summer sun and bright colors were an inspirational moment. Ann also did some very nice paintings of the flowers: anngorbett.blogspot.com
It was a fun weekend at Artist's Studio and Gallery at Patriot Place. The visiting artists Dianne Scotti, George Mitchell Jr., and Eli Cedrone were nice company. It was also productive and here's one of two paintings I did, while minding the store, of Bird Park in Walpole Ma.
This is the start of a new apple series in a 5"x 5" canvas format with a 1 3/8" profile edge painted in acrylic all around (edge painted too). They're free-standing like a real apple. These and other paintings are at the new Artist's Studio and Gallery at Patriot Place I'm involved with as a permanent artist. This weekend I'll be minding the store with my spouse, Ann Gorbett. Here is the blog: http://artgalleryatpatriotplace.blogspot.com/
Polo is a painter, Illustrator, and a visual designer based in the Boston area. His painting is abstract expressionist to representational and inspired by nature. His illustrations are fun and whimsical.