Monday, August 1, 2011

On the Canals-8x8-SOLD

one from near where i live. this one sold to a collector in norwalk, conn.

Morning Anchorage-16x20


contact me if you'd like to purchase- $790 nicely framed in gold, $850 in really really nice dark frame with gold fillet and small details on the corners


from a recent excursion "crawling" around on the waterfront in sneads ferry. was in the 100's doing this one and i had to put paper towels around the headband of my hat to keep the sweat from dripping into the paint. thats too hot for 10 am when this was done a few days in a row. Crawling is the plein air method of driving and walking very slowly past an area a dozen times looking for just the right scene to strike your painting fancy. normally it looks very suscpicious to the locals in a neighborhood but they know me down here and i dont get the stink eye any more. they know i'm a painter and not a cat burglar.


Leaving for the cape in a few days, with my first stop in Rhode Island. theres room left in the one day Paint Camp i'm doing in Portsmouth R.I. this friday. i supply all the materials and you leave at the end of the day with two completed paintings. class is geared for beginner to intermediate painters. contact me if youre interested.

3 comments:

Marla said...

I love this one, it's beautiful.

LOL the cat burglar - a possible second career for you :)

Anne Winthrop Cordin said...

Just met you yesterday at Paint Camp while I was gallery sitting at the Portsmouth Arts Guild. Your students loved you, listening to you teach simple methods and techniques-they DID all leave with 2 wonderful paintings! Love your blog, will add you to my links, I'd love it if you shared my blog link too.

mike rooney studios said...

maria- i hear stealing cats (cat burglar) is very lucrative LOL
thanks for the nice words about the painting

anne- thank you anne! thats nice of you to say. i enjoy taking the mystery out of the painting process and showing that its a series of steps that if followed will result in something they can be happy with.