Cape Cod

For many years my wife and I rented a house for a couple of weeks with our family in Wellfleet on Cape Cod. I loved the landscape there. I was fascinated by the scrub pines, the beaches, and bluffs, and, of course, the water crashing into the bluffs on the ocean side and quietly lapping the shore on the bay side. But, like Edward Hopper, and many other artists, what I found the most fascinating was the Cape light, warm and cool, clear and hazy all at the same time.

Tenir Sa Gauche January 1993

Cape Scape July 1997

Mayo Beach April 2004

Wellfleet Harbor October 2004

Salt Marsh at Audubon October 2004

Foggy Morning at Newcomb Hollow October 2004

Homage to Hopper Truro October 2006

Uncle Tim's Bridge at Wellfleet November 2006

From Powers Landing, Wellfleet November 2006

Wading at Newcomb Hollow July 2007

Cape Dune Trail July 2007

Great Island January 1987

Path and Field March 2009

Lighthouse Keepers House, Cigar Box November 2009

Beach May 2012

Autumn was inside, watching TV, wrapped in a cocoon of warm light. Autumn, focused on the TV was oblivious to me viewing the scene. All the elements for a perfect painting… I depicted all of the exterior elements with cool colors creating a textural carpet for the exterior facade that appeared flat. The cedar shakes, typical of homes on the Cape, provided a perfect texture for the wall. 

Autumn Watching TV

Fog at Chquessett Woods

Great Islan Trail January 2007

Cape Cod

Shady Dune

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