The new cover of my Tarrytown mystery novel, The Ice Cream Shop Detective, shows instantly that it’s all about art. My book was inspired by two separate experiences: doing copies of master paintings at the Metropolitan Museum […] Read more »
Spending time looking at the old buildings of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow is a wonderful way to experience the quieter graciousness and beauty of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries […] Read more »
What makes a portrait great? To me it’s the creation of a moment of life on canvas, when we see what appears to be a living and breathing person. To […] Read more »
I write this out of love for traditional art and love of the pleasure I see that it brings to others when I paint in public. Art has enjoyed protection […] Read more »
Lyndhurst is a Gothic-style castle-like structure which seemed intimidating to me from a distance, yet somehow changed to warm and cheerful and welcoming as soon as I got close to […] Read more »
It’s nearly summer and the light, air and landscapes are achingly beautiful. If you have the soul of an artist and the work schedule of a lawyer, sales clerk or […] Read more »
The dining room at Kykuit, including the portrait of “Junior;” in the distance are the Okada and the Stuart. Driving up the long, winding road on a foggy winter day, […] Read more »
In the library at Kykuit is a portrait of Lincoln by Joseph Alexander Ames done in February, 1865, shortly before the assassination. It is one of the few that were […] Read more »
