Gloucester Harbor Loop boatyard

This is the red shack about five years ago-the sign is no longer there.

Old Essex boat and Roughneck Gloucester

Two 11x14 oils on linen available at EvenTide Studio and Gallery located in Essex, MA.

Gloucester Harbor

View from the boat yard. Size is 12x16 on linen.

Grey boat

Oil in linen 8x10

Gloucester Schooner Festival

Here are a few of the sketches I managed to do in my kayak this weekend. The swells in Gloucester harbor were decent- hurricane Earl had passed through the night before. I paddled over to Ten Pound Island, explored a little and drew the cormorants. The island is well known for at least two reasons- Winslow Homer stayed on the island in the summer of 1880, and several people reported a sea monster near the island in 1817. The origin of the island seems to be a bit of a mystery. Ten pound could refer to the amount of money that was paid to the Indians for the island, but another theory is that it refers to the number of sheep pens that were located there (pens were called "pounds").

Tuna

My camera broke so I haven't been able to post my new pen & inks. Here's an old one that I found and touched up with watercolor today. It was small enough to fit into my scanner.
The image is from a photo that I took while on a boat tour of Gloucester Harbor. I love old faded buildings with evidence of former lettering or signs.

Rocky Neck sunset

Last evening's view of Gloucester Harbor from Rocky Neck. I tried to paint in all the little rocks on the shore but it looked too busy. After a short break, the tide had come in quite a bit and all the rocks were covered. Some pretty little ripples were happening so I repainted the bottom half. The light was changing so rapidly! I need to go back to this area and do a night painting- it's beautiful. I saw a band at the MadFish Grille after it got dark.