2341
Peaceful v.7
Field Notes
2020
pencil on paper
12x18"
In the center, there is a curl. Part of the Hoosick Field Notes collection called "Peaceful," which were completed in the fall of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each drawing was completed at the back pond in Hoosick. I isolated with my family in Hoosick and committed to drawing for the year because I would be teaching remotely and my time would be too broken up to complete larger works. This is the beginning of the Answer Music series.
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2340
Peaceful v. 6
Field Notes
2020
pencil on paper
12x18"
Part of the Hoosick Field Notes collection called "Peaceful," which were completed in the fall of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each drawing was completed at the back pond in Hoosick. I isolated with my family in Hoosick and committed to drawing for the year because I would be teaching remotely and my time would be too broken up to complete larger works. This is the beginning of the Answer Music series.
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2339
Peaceful v.5
Field Notes
2020
pencil on paper
12x18"
Part of the Hoosick Field Notes collection called "Peaceful," which were completed in the fall of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each drawing was completed at the back pond in Hoosick. I isolated with my family in Hoosick and committed to drawing for the year because I would be teaching remotely and my time would be too broken up to complete larger works. This is the beginning of the Answer Music series.
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2338
Peaceful v.4
Field Notes
2020
pencil on paper
12x18"
This one has a a shape that appears to be a reclining human figure in the bottom, but it's not. Part of the Hoosick Field Notes collection called "Peaceful," which were completed in the fall of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each drawing was completed at the back pond in Hoosick. I isolated with my family in Hoosick and committed to drawing for the year because I would be teaching remotely and my time would be too broken up to complete larger works. This is the beginning of the Answer Music series.
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2337
Peaceful v.3
Field Notes
2020
pencil on paper
12x18"
Part of the Hoosick Field Notes collection called "Peaceful," which were completed in the fall of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each drawing was completed at the back pond in Hoosick. I isolated with my family in Hoosick and committed to drawing for the year because I would be teaching remotely and my time would be too broken up to complete larger works. This is the beginning of the Answer Music series.
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2336
Peaceful v.2
Field Notes
2020
pencil on paper
12x18"
Part of the Hoosick Field Notes collection called "Peaceful," which were completed in the fall of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each drawing was completed at the back pond in Hoosick. I isolated with my family in Hoosick and committed to drawing for the year because I would be teaching remotely and my time would be too broken up to complete larger works. This is the beginning of the Answer Music series.
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2335
Quiet in the woods - a few birds singing - heavy feeling - pandemic.
Field Notes
2020
pencil on paper
14x11"
Cradling gesture at the bottom. First of this series. Part of the Hoosick Field Notes collection called "Peaceful," which were completed in the fall of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each drawing was completed at the back pond in Hoosick. I isolated with my family in Hoosick and committed to drawing for the year because I would be teaching remotely and my time would be too broken up to complete larger works. This is the beginning of the Answer Music series.
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2334
Peaceful with a breeze v.2
Field Notes
2020
pencil on paper
12x9"
Version 2, completed on the same day. Part of the Hoosick Field Notes collection called "Peaceful," which were completed in the fall of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each drawing was completed at the back pond in Hoosick. I isolated with my family in Hoosick and committed to drawing for the year because I would be teaching remotely and my time would be too broken up to complete larger works. This is the beginning of the Answer Music series.
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2333
Peaceful with a breeze. 9/6/20
Field Notes
2020
pencil on paper
9x12"
Vertical egg shape with wiggly lines in the interior. Part of the Hoosick Field Notes collection called "Peaceful," which were completed in the fall of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each drawing was completed at the back pond in Hoosick. I isolated with my family in Hoosick and committed to drawing for the year because I would be teaching remotely and my time would be too broken up to complete larger works. This is the beginning of the Answer Music series.
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2332
Peaceful 9/6/20
Field Notes
2020
pencil on paper
9x12"
Part of the Hoosick Field Notes collection called "Peaceful."
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2331
Untitled
Field Notes
2012
pencil on paper
14x10.5"
Kind of resembles a squirrel with bushy eyes and a giant tale. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2330
6/4/12, 75º
Field Notes
2012
pencil on paper
11.5x16.5"
Drawing for MG1322. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2329
7/21/12, 80º.
Field Notes
2012
pencil on paper
11.5x16.5"
Seemingly a revision of MG2325. The drawing was used in MG 1334 and appeared again in MG1686, 1689, and 1691. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2328
6/14/12, Hoosick, NY, 75º
Field Notes
2012
pencil on paper
11.5x16.5"
Source for MG1315 and MG1385. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2327
Untitled
Field Notes
2012
pencil on paper
12x18"
Looks like three of four odd creatures in a row. Became a painting, MG1383, and small gouache drawing, MG 1323. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
2326
7/5/12, Hoosick, NY 75º
Field Notes
2012
pencil on paper
11.5x16.5"
Used as a source for a little painting, MG 1318. Showed at Gerald Peters, and it was David Breslin's favorite piece in the show. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2325
7/3/12, 80º
Field Notes
2012
pencil on paper
11.5x16.5"
Looks like a giant bird with multiple winged and feathered shapes. The drawing was used in MG 1334 and appeared again in MG1686, 1689, and 1691. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2324
Light through branches
Field Notes
2012
pencil on paper
11x16.5"
I made this during a fever brought on by Lyme Disease. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2323
Crow Call
Field Notes
2012
pencil on paper
11x14"
Multiple bird-like heads with very pointy beaks. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2322
Thunderstorm, 4:30, Hoosick.
Field Notes
2012
pencil on paper
11x14"
Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2321
7/29/13, Hoosick, NY, 70º
Field Notes
2013
pencil on paper
11x14"
Looks like a witch. Has appeared in MG 1489, MG 1488 and MG 1516. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2320
3/25/13, Hoosick, NY 41º.
Field Notes
2013
pencil on paper
9x12"
Looks like the head and legs of a bug, study fro MG1498. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2319
July 18, 2014: Hoosick, NY
Field Notes
2014
pencil on paper
14x11"
Happy smiling face with leaves. Study for MG1416 and the shape appears in the four-panel installation MG1433. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2318
August 25, 2014: Hoosick, NY.
Field Notes
2014
pencil on paper
14x11"
Drawn at the back pond in Hoosick. It is the contour of the pond, with ripples of a stone I threw into the water coupled with a tree that had a foot-like root. Study for MG1417 and appears in the four-panel installation MG1433. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2317
Untitled
Field Notes
2012
pencil on paper
11x14"
Drawing which was inspiration for later works. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2316
Tree Squeak
Field Notes
2013
pencil on paper
11x14"
Very abstract plein air drawing involving a tree squeak. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2315
7/20/12, 70º, Hoosick, NY.
Field Notes
2012
pencil on paper
10.5x14"
Drawing for gouche MG1326. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2314
7/20/12, 72º
Field Notes
2012
pencil on paper
14x11"
Grass shapes. Inspiration drawing for gouache painting MG1321. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2313
5PM, 69º, 8/17/12, Hoosick, NY.
Field Notes
2012
pencil on paper
11 x 14"
Improvisational drawing that ended up looking like a crested bird, but I was not drawing a bird. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2312
7/16, 90º
Field Notes
2016
pencil on paper
9x12"
This sketch wound up becoming a painting, MG1337. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2311
6/21/13 Hoosick, New York 83º
Field Notes
2013
Pencil on paper
14x11"
I don't remember what I was drawing, but it wound up becoming a painting, MG1433. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2310
Birds Singing and Bullfrog Croaking
Field Notes
2012
Pencil on paper
11.5 x 16.5"
Abstraction drawn from bird sounds and bull frogs. Very early Field Notes drawing, from when I first started to draw using all my senses. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2309
Warble and Croak
Field Notes
2012
Pencil on paper
11.5 x 16.5 "
Abstraction drawn from bird sounds and bull frogs. Very early Field Notes drawing, from when I first started to draw using all my senses. Abstraction drawn from bird sounds and bull frogs. Very early Field Notes drawing, from when I first started to draw using all my senses. Wound up becoming a painting, MG1335. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2308
Cold Breeze
Field Notes
2013
Pencil on paper
9 x 12"
Looks like a dog with a satellite on its head. Very early Field Notes drawing, from when I first started to draw using all my senses. Part of the early Field Notes, which were originally referred to as the Forest of Antarctica drawings.
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2307
Song Sparrows at a Cascade
Answer Music
2024
Acrylic on panel
60x45
two song sparrow song improvisations floating in a rocky cascade based on Berkshire streams.
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2306
Man Listening
Answer Music
2024
acrylic on panel
60x45
man in red hoodie sitting on top of a rocky waterfall. Inspired by the cascades in the Berkshire range, but greatly enlarged, the image is about the feeling one gets sitting alone in the forest. Meditative.
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2305
On the Shortest Night this Fragrance Came through my Window v.2
answer music
2024
acrylic on paper, pencil, collaged and mounted on panel. Barrier coat of matte acrylic medium
28x22
A wave motif from St Martin, used to represent waves of scent. Peonies, Lilacs, phlox, roses. The dark reddish purple is the color of the fragrance, not the flower.
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2304
Cabbage Butterflies Finding Mates
Answer Music
2024
acrylic on paper, pencil, collaged and mounted on panel. Barrier coat of matte acrylic medium
30x20
Abstraction of a summer Meadow with forest behind, from a memory of watching a group of cabbage butterflies circling and fluttering in a group in the meadow behind the house.
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2303
White Egret Fishing
Answer Music
2024
acrylic on paper, pencil, collaged and mounted on panel. Barrier coat of matte acrylic medium
20x30
The purples of early spring, daffodil motif in the background, and the memory of an egret I saw at a pond in Williamstown
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2302
Cascade
Answer music
2024
acrylic on paper, pencil, collaged and mounted on panel. Barrier coat of matte acrylic medium
30x20
Based on a favorite plein air drawing, mg2120, The Sound of the Quick Running Brook.
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2301
Early April at Broad Brook
Answer Music
2024
acrylic on paper, pencil, collaged and mounted on panel. Barrier coat of matte acrylic medium
30x20
The colors of Broad Brook in early April when the first greens and purples start to appear. Small stones of a water course.
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2300
The Call of a Seagull Blown off Course into the Mountains
Answer Music
2024
acrylic on paper, charcoal, collaged and mounted on panel. Barrier coat of matte acrylic medium
30x20
The drawing was made using a motif of water falling down a mountain. The black and white motif of the gull sound was drawn from life in Lubec Maine.
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2299
The Territorial Call of a Red Wing Black Bird Coming out of a Lilac Bush
Answer Music
2024
acrylic on paper, charcoal, and mounted on panel. Barrier coat of matte acrylic medium
30x20
Lilac color and form on top half with red, yellow and black motif of the awful call of the male Red Wing Black Bird establishing territory in the spring. Although an unpleasant noise ,the call is one of the first signs of spring and always a delight to hear.
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2298
On the first night of June this fragrance came through my window.
answer music
2024
acrylic on paper, pencil, collaged and mounted on panel. Barrier coat of matte acrylic medium
30x20
the fragrance of peonies, roses, phlox and lilac came through the window to the TV room one night. It was overwhelming.
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2297
Young Garter Snake and the Sound of Feathers in May
Answer Music
2024
acrylic on paper, pencil, collaged and mounted on panel. Barrier coat of matte acrylic medium
30x20
Feather motif in pencil and gray paint. Spring colors and small snake, which was in the garden one morning.
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2296
Bird Songs and the Fragrance of the Garden in June
answer music
2024
acrylic and pencil on paper mounted on panel, barrier coat of acrylic medium
24x20
Two bird song motifs, one unidentified, the other is a set of horizontal overlapping waves, one of many songs of a mockingbird. The colors are fragrances from the June garden; peony, phlox, lilac.
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2295
The Spider Magnolia Blooms in April
Answer Music
2024
acrylic and pencil on paper mounted on panel, barrier coat of acrylic medium, collage
30x20
A vertical line of spider magnolia collage elements, drawn from life. On the left is rough horizontal mark. The center forms have more shape, taken from water forms. The Magnolias are well formed. About things taking form in the spring.
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2294
Blue Heron Fishing
Answer Music
2024
acrylic on paper mounted on panel barrier coat of Acrylic medium
48x36
Blue Heron familiar to the Hoosick River behind my house.
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2293
The Fragrance of Lilacs Came through My Window
Answer Music
2024
acrylic and pencil on paper mounted on panel
30x20
Growth motif in the top half, lilac colored form in bottom half surrounded by branching motif. One of a series of works about fragrance.
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2292
Sound of a Quick Running Brook, v2
Field Notes
2024
acrylic, charcoal, pencil on paper mounted on board
11x14
Cascade abstraction on striped ground. Text/color box on left says, "Poison berry, Meadow Flower, 3 Shades of Grass, Horizon, Sky", which correspond to the colors.
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