Donation to BuildOn...

This painting, "Farm in the Wine Country" 34 X 36", will be one of the few auction items at the 11th Annual BuildOn gala next Friday night - June 6th.

BuildOn is an organization I have been dedicated to---which focuses on breaking the cycle of poverty and illiteracy through service and education. Over the past 21 years, the buildOn Afterschool Service and Global School Construction Programs have provided the ignition to change lives and rebuild communities.

Contact Lisa Thompson, Development Director, West Coast, for more information or to bid on this painting-(lisa.thompson@buildon.org), and to learn more about this incredible organization go to:

 www.buildon.org

Dunes (sold)

March Bloom (sold)

My first painting sold through "Coastal" on Nantucket...thank you Karen---I love your gallery and great eye for art and design!!!

If you are on the Island, go check out her amazing place at 7 South Beach Street

 

www.coastalnantucket.com

Moonlight (sold)

Sandy Neck Lighthouse.

On the Water - Barnstable Harbor

Back on the Cape...Barnstable Harbor and Sandy Neck Lighthouse...

I am so blessed to have this beautiful cluster of historic homes and lighthouse in my distant view when I walk along Sandy Neck Bay. I understand that these homes have no electricity and I can only imagine how beautiful they are lit by kerosene and candlelight. To get to them is a 6 miles hike through the dunes or a four wheel drive adventure, but as the land is private, they are generally admired from the water.  I spent this morning reading about the lighthouse which has been beautifully restored and has been run by one family over the last sixty years. Here is an notation I read about how the lighthouse came about:

Sandy Neck comes by its name honestly, with shifting sands constantly redefining the margins of this thin, ½-mile wide, six-mile long peninsula on the north side of Cape Cod. In the 19th century, Barnstable was an important port for fishing, whaling, and coastal trade, and Sandy Neck was home to a tryworks for rendering whale blubber into oil.

On May 18, 1826, Congress approved $3,500 for a lighthouse on Sandy Neck’s eastern extremity, known as Beach Point. In a show of support, the town of Barnstable sold a two-acre parcel for the light for only one dollar. On October 1, 1826, Sandy Neck Lighthouse, which cost in total $2,911.25, went into service. Joseph Nickerson, its first keeper, earned $350 per year and remained at the light for seven years. 

The Road Home (sold)

In the works...dunes, grasses, sky...

Seaside Treasures...

I absolutely love finding sea glass on my morning beach walks with my dog. 

There is something about the second you spot them, the way they sparkle and beg to be picked up.

Today I was blessed with a beautiful light green piece along with a penny heads up...something good is around the corner.

Smile.

Mother's Day....

I'm quite simple in what makes me happy. 

Water (although I'm more of an ocean person - but nothing sweeter than watching the kids jump in and out of a friend's pool for hours on end with a stunning view in the wine country for me to lose myself in). Coastal magazines- so I can ponder about the "other life" I live in my head and through my paintings which I am aspiring too. Sunshine. Quiet. Good friends. Great food. Wonderful conversations. And being deeply appreciative for all of it on Mother's Day.

Summer Rolling In 40 X 42"

Early morning treasures found on the beach before coming to the studio.

Sunshine 40 X 42"

Afternoon Light on the Coast 40 X 42"

Rolling In 40 X 42"

Seaside 36 X 48" (sold)