Category: Cape May

Nocturne in Blue, Our Lady Star of the Sea, Cape May

I had to visit the Acme supermarket early one winter morning to get eggs for the bed and breakfast. When I came out, I noticed the dark mass of Our Lady Star of the Sea across the parking lot. The pavement was wet and the dawn was dark and misty.
The scene reminded me of James McNeil Whistlers’ Nocturnes, especially those of the Houses of Parliament. He used to say he used his “special sauce” to get the liquid night effect. I guessed that his “special sauce” is glaze made of linseed oil and ultramarine blue – which is what I used.

Oil on canvas
20”w x 16”h

$750.

Cloud at Ocean Street Beach

This was a giant solid cloud that appeared over the beach one day in autumn, only fifty yards from Leith Hall, at the foot of Ocean Street. Crowds gathered to look up at it and I thought that it would make a great painting of weather.

It’s painted very solidly, with thick paint, as the cloud was not the usual wispy, insubstantial thing, but a big heavy mass.

Oil on canvas
30”w x 24”h

$850.

Cape May Wetlands

This is a small painting that I did years ago of the Cape May wetlands between Wildwood and the mainland of New Jersey. The mud flats in the foreground were next to Ocean Drive and the bunch of trees on the horizon are adjacent to the banks along route 47.

I put the horizon very high to try to capture the vastness and flatness of the wetlands in a small canvas. The color is laid on in washes to reproduce the beige and green of early spring.

oil on canvas

24″w x 18″h

$900.

The Storm, Cape May

A few years ago, Cape May’s not-for-profit organization, MAC, had an exhibit about the storms that have struck the town through history. They asked painters to send in pictures on the theme. This was my submission. Clearly, it owes a great debt to Hokusai’s Great Wave – but in a Western, Impressionist style. I really like its graphic strength, the many blue colors, and the threatening, night-time, atmosphere.

oil on canvas

36″w x 24″h

$950.

Cape May Wetlands

This is a small painting that I did years ago of the Cape May wetlands between Wildwood and the mainland of New Jersey. The mud flats in the foreground were next to Ocean Drive. The bunch of trees on the horizon are adjacent to the banks along route 47.

I put the horizon very high to try to capture the vastness and flatness of the wetlands in a small canvas. The color is laid on in washes to reproduce the beige and green of early spring.

oil on canvas

$900.