Category: night scene

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.

Fifty-second Street at Night New York

Susan and I were in Manhattan to see a play at the invitation of our friends and neighbors, the Krebs’s. We were going in to dinner at The Iron Bar, when I saw this scene. It was a drizzly, misty night and the street lights lit up the fog from below. The street level was bright with glare and the nineteenth century buildings were shining with reflected light. The newer towers in the neighborhood loomed in the background against the inky sky.

This scene made me very homesick and I wanted to capture the liveliness of the scene and the wild contrasts of the evening on 52nd Street near Times Square. It’s a large painting to reflect the large scene.

Oil on canvas
36”w x 48”h

$1100. SOLD

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.