All Kidding Aside

I’ve always been drawn to light, bold color and dynamic composition. I tend to look for it wherever I am, be it in the natural world, the built world or in the convergence of the two. Those elements charge my eye, and challenge me to see beyond what I’m seeing and mine for the abstraction.

That’s what this body of work is about. Here I leave satire and commentary behind, and just revel in the pure joy of painting.
 PictureROOM WITH A VIEW (37" x 40") Oil on panel, 2014, $3500


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultA SIGN IN THE ROCKS (15 1/2" x 11 7/8") Oil on raised panel, 2014, $375


PictureBIG SKY OVER THE PEMI (11 3/4" x 10 7/8") Oil on panel, 2004 (sold)


PictureBLOWDOWN/PAWTUCKAWAY (74" x 44 1/2") Acrylic on wood construction, 1999, $3500


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultCURB (20" x 16") Oil on panel, 2013, $750


PictureRELICS, HAMPTON BEACH (9 1/2" x 5 1/2") Oil on panel, 2010 (sold)


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultINTERNATIONAL (7 1/2" x 9 1/2") Oil on panel, 2010 (sold)


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultDOORWAY IN THE WOODS (15 5/8" x 10 3/8") Oil on panel, 1995 (sold)


Picture OUR OLD BRIDGE I, (14 1/2" x 14" x 1") Oil on constructed panel, 2013 (sold)


Picture PASSAGEWAY (56" x 40") Oil on canvas, 2013, $4250


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultPANDORA'S BOX II, (20" x 15 3/8") Oil on raised panel, 2014, $950


Picture SCRAP DANCE I (54" x 36") Oil on panel, 2013, $4000


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultTHE OLD QUARRY II (13" X 10 3/8") Oil on panel, 2004 (sold)


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultYAWNING TREE (STUDY) (15 3/8" x 10 3/8") Oil on panel, 2004 (sold)


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultSWAN’S ISLAND (15 1/16” x 10 ½” x 1”) Oil on raised panel, 2018 (sold)


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultMACHINE (HYSTER) (13” x 10 5/16” x 1”) Oil on raised panel, 2018 (sold)


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultEMERY’S BRIDGE JUNKER (12½” x 10 5/16” x 1”) Oil on raised panel, 2018 (sold)


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SCRAP DANCE III (18 3/16” x 13 7/8” x 1”) Oil on raised panel, 2019. $950
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RAITT'S MACHINE (18 5/8" x 15 5/8") Oil on raised panel, 2022 (sold)
 element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultBIG RED (54" x 34") Oil on panel, 2013, $4000


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultBEECH TREE AND BOULDER (65" x 44 1/2") Acrylic on wood construction, 2000 (collection: NH Dept. of Revenue)


PictureBRIXHAM ROAD RELICS (9 1/2" x 6 3/8") Oil on panel, 2010 (sold)


PictureQUARRY ON CAPE ANNE (22" x 23 7/8") Oil on canvas, 1988 (sold)


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultJACOB HAMBLIN ARCH II (13" x 10 3/8") Oil on panel, 1995, $400


PictureFOREST FLOOR (17 15/16" x 16") Oil on panel, 1993 (sold)


Picture MACHINE KACHINA (42" x 36") Oil on panel, 2014, $3500


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultPANDORA'S BOX I (20" X 15 3/8") Oil on raised panel, 2014, $950


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultROTOBALER (48" x 40") Oil on panel, 2013, $3750


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultTHE OLD QUARRY V (13" x 10 1/2") Oil on panel, 2004, $350


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultYAWNING TREE (61 3/8" x 41 3/8") Acrylic on panel, 2000 (sold)


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultWHEELHOUSE IN THE WOODS (28" x 22 1/2") Oil on panel, 1995 (sold)


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultROCK HOPPER’S DELIGHT (15” x 10 ½” x 1”) Oil on raised panel, 2018 (sold)


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultLEAF SPRING INSIGNIA (12 ½” x 10 5/16” x 1”) Oil on raised panel, 2018 (sold)


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultNAUTICAL DÉCOR, HAMPTON BEACH (11 15/16” x 8 3/16” x 1”) Oil on raised panel, 2018 (sold)


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultLOCOMOTIVE (13 1/16” x 10 5/16” x 1”) Oil on raised panel, 2018 (sold)


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultWOODLAND SWIRL (8 15/16” x 11 15/16” x 1”) Oil on raised panel, 2018, $350


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AROOSTOOK STAIRWAY (13 1/16” x 9 15/16” x 1”) Oil on raised panel, 2019 (sold)
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AERIAL VIEW (18" x 16") 14-color serigraph (edition of 26), 1983, $120 each
 element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultBEAVER ACTION (STUDY) (15 3/8" x 10 3/8") Oil on panel, 2004, $400


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultBRIXHAM MOWER (8 1/4" x 9 1/2") Oil on panel, 2010, (sold)


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.default BLOWDOWN/PAWTUCKAWAY (STUDY) (15 3/8" x 10 3/8") Oil on panel, 2004, $400


PictureDANCING SHADOWS (19" x 13") Giclee print, 2005, $120 each (unframed)


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultGREEN MACHINE (ROCK CRUSHER) (28" x 22" x 1") Oil on raised panel, 2015 (sold)


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultDOWN EAST CALLIGRAPHY (15 3/8" x 10 3/8") Oil on panel, 2004, $400


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultJACOB HAMBLIN ARCH I (13" x 10 7/16") Oil on panel, 1995, $400


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.default OUR OLD BRIDGE II (29 3/8" x 18 1/2" x 1") Oil on constructed panel, 2013 (sold)


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.default RUINS OF KING TUT (16" x 20") Oil on panel, 2014, $1550


PictureQUARRY/THE SLIT (dimensions unknown) Oil on canvas, 1988 (?) (sold)


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultSCRAP DANCE II (54" x 36") Oil on panel, 2015, (sold)


Picture WOODSCRAPS (30" x 25 3/4") Oil on raised panel, 2014 (sold)


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultSHIPWRECK (12” x 10 3/8” x 1”) Oil on raised panel, 2018, $350


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultTOLEND ROAD TRUCK (11 15/16” x 8 15/16” x 1”) Oil on raised panel, 2018, $350


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultFIRE TRUCKS (12 ½” x 10 5/16” x 1”) Oil on raised panel, 2018 (sold)


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultBOOTHBAY LILIES (11 15/16” x 10 5/16” x 1”) Oil on raised panel, 2018 (sold)


element_settings.Image+Text_94464494.defaultPUNKINTOWN BIRCH (13” x 10 5/16” x 1”) Oil on raised panel, 2018 (sold)


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INCIDENT AT NEGUTAQUET (57" x 45") oil on raised wooden panel, 2022, $4000
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BEAVER ACTION (76 1/2" x 42 3/4") Acrylic on wood construction, 1997, $3500
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