Some of my non-figurative work is maritime in nature.  In all of the paintings, the challenge is to capture the play of light and shadow on the object.  I also prefer unusual compositions leaning toward an oriental style.  I have been painting the working boats of Maine for over 40 years.  When I first started painting them, I could go to a harbor and see hundreds of the boats lining the docks and the shore.  Recently, when I return to the same harbors I see maybe a dozen.  Many of the former working harbors have been dredged and have become marinas for pleasure boats.  The fishermen and their boats are being driven out.  I am trying to capture and preserve this maritime way of life through my paintings before they are gone.

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