Acquisitions/Commissions
It is in the people I meet and the stories they tell about how my art makes them feel, that unintended benefits of following my passion are found.
-Stunning home, "This is the place of honor," she said, "I saved it for your work... " xxxx- Marblehead Neck- Ma
... even the wall paper has silver metallic in it... a match made in heaven- Winchester Ma.
... From My studio on Rocky Neck, Massachusetts to Boca Raton Museum Artists Guild Florida 1st Place !!! to Key West Street fair, Florida to Piantedosi Gallery, Portsmouth NH- Back to this fabulous home on Rocky Neck...
... In Manhattan with perhaps my biggest fan who has the wildest taste in art....
My very first sale ever!!!! going up to Vermont
A Russian from East Boston
This musician saw music in my painting!
Dear Friends- Watertown, Ma.
Dear Friends- N H
A Famous Sculptor- Cape Ann
A salty seaman.... Rockport, Ma.
... supporters and fans! Beverly Ma.
Love birds with one of my freaks... Andover Ma
Took this little abstract on Yupo home.... NY
She decorated her entire bedroom around this painting...
little 8x10 now living in Ipswich...
only sale was mine! "A fine line" art show, rocky neck cultural center- This minimal piece went to a published writer... in his new novel- a young woman walks towards a horizon she never reaches... no matter how long she walks, her only measurement of the distance is behind her.... heavy.... oh and he is a physiotherapist as well...
she loved my work- contacting me from Denmark...
A metallic abstract for their dinning room...
Taking this little gem back to Japan....
Lovely couple from Canada- baby in tow...
for over their mantel in Lynn Ma
For her sister... one of my FreAks...
A gift for her son's new home...
A high school buddy... Maryland....
A great jeweler and fellow Mad Fish Buddy...
Just too much fun... Portland, OR
off to Martha's Vinyard...
My little boat... Denmark
the first boat I ever painted... in Denmark
Another piece in Denmark...
Smart, accomplished young woman... Manhattan NY
Encaustic in Orlando, FL.
This couple wanted the dress in the window... I had them show me... abstract is in the eye of the beholder...
NH Buddy with her textural abstract
this polymer piece sold in Delray Beach, FL
Captain A's jacket...
I was eating lunch with the other artists outside on Mad Fish Wharf when a woman, hot and bewildered, motioned she wanted me to come into my unattended gallery... she purchased this 40x30 for her mantle ... Hamilton, Ma
In South Carolina... wild piece
North Carolina... this diptych of the first houses i ever painted, was sold through the window of my closed gallery- Had to get one of the artists to open up and give her the pieces... they sailed off on a boat docked around the corner
encaustic diptych... Charlestown, Ma
Created on a discarded piece of aluminum in Delray Beach... sold in Rocky Neck... hanging somewhere on Cape Ann..
a cutie with a cutie... west coast- florida
Little Fatty... painted Photo... he's a perennial favorite.... he's all over the place!
A collector... Framingham MA
Lola, my nephews fur baby with her portrait... North End, Boston
a raffle winner in Delray Florida at my semi-solo show... Le Garage
from Key West to Missouri ....
Cape Ann- Massachusetts
Gloucester Ma...
Winter Park, Florida
Parkland Florida
Lynnfield, Ma
Visiting my Mad Fish gallery, this young Swiss fell for my black Panther...
MANHATTAN...
a historic home... Hingham Ma.
Ipswich, Ma...
New Jersey...
Washington- DC
Sold at the Truro auction... Cape Cod
Shipped to outer banks SC
One of three large pieces a couple took back to NJ..
#2 new Jersey
#3 New Jersey- she said she had a "big ass" wall.... I guess so! xxx
White Horse Beach... a collectors home- Cape Cod
White horse beach... she said she wanted some real art in her new home by the sea...
Nemo.... admiring - White Horse Beach
The collectors... xxx
From Portsmouth to Saint Augustine Fl... a wonderful woman starting a new life... xxx
Some Buddies... Boca Raton, Fl.
Framingham Ma -This tall Swiss biker in black leather and shaved head pulled his Harley up to my Gallery front door... wasn't sure if there would be trouble... He was a refined and eloquently spoken gentleman who became a collector... this was his first of three pieces...
Artists are often victims of scammers trying to have us accept checks that are over payed and then send them back money ... sounds absurd but I get these solicitors often through email... so this poor woman keeps trying to contact me and I keep ignoring her attempts... Long story short... she has three boats now and her name is Regina P. Hahahah this is the 1st of three... Long Island NY-
Long Island NY
Long Island NY
three painted photos, Gloucester Ma
My favorite client... He came to visit this piece two years consecutively at my Key West show... Its now in his meticulous home in DC... we talk often and share interior design and thrift store stories... xxx
Fabulous metallic and cold wax triptych - Martha's Vinyard...
another encaustic in Gloucester
this was my most Iconic boat... 48x48 and was chosen for the cover of a poetry publication- "Born to be lonely" and was on the Rocky Neck walking brochure - it was a piece that brought so many to tears, one woman insisting I put a little note next to is saying it was for her son who had died tragically- when it was sold I told the collector the note should stay with the painting... in Waltham Ma
large encaustic with metal- Gloucester
A commission piece painted from his childhood memories in Gloucester- the iconic paint factory- in Boxford ma
Really nice couple- he had summered in Gloucester and had fond childhood memories... took this beauty back to Va-
for a red head- a Christmas present Portsmouth to Maine
little painting - Rocky Neck
Black Necked Stilt, sold in the show-" For the Birds"- Rocky Neck...
A woman from Newton Ma took this home... but that's me modeling it...
sold this to a couple- Both women agreed it was a moving piece... Key West FL 36x48
A great writer from Cape Ann had to have this!
small Yupo prints of originals... Rock Neck to CHINA
Rochester NY
Lynnfield Ma
This truly textural, one of a kind prototype with an underlay of cold wax- with oils, is now in it's forever place. A beautifully appointed, eclectic home.. Boxford Ma. She grew up on lake Winnipesaukee and my boats reminded her of childhood and foggy mornings...
A NH Buddie... she's a collector and Fan!!!
Adorable woman from California and her new jacket... Truth be told this is a SUE HANDMAN creation- my special order...
This 18 year old Canadian was doing an apprenticeship on Rocky Neck and this was his first art purchase ... it was an honor... fine young man
A commission piece- 36x24- his second boat the first was 60x40- Boston Ma
tiny 8x8.. sold many of this size... one even won 2nd prize at the Annual Magnolia Library Art Show, Massachusetts
Key west Florida- a man said he would have to spend all his beer money to buy it and wasn't sure he could make that sacrifice ... called me at the end of the show to hold it... guess he loved it more than his beer... 36x48
Beautiful encaustic Diptych- Lynnfield Ma. 36x72
images of my work on greeting cards look great framed... this triptych is hanging Winter Park- Florida
I began my art journey in" Glosta" this Southern gal has deep love for Cape Ann and all it's artist... she especially loves the boats and dories everywhere. Here is my fellow wharf rat... those who frequent Mad Fish Wharf, with her "Glosta" room in Florida... mine bottom right.... Hi Sharon xxxxx
Tel Aviv -Israel... went home in a suit case!
... your art found the perfect place in my home. Kitchen, not family room, not bedroom! This is where I spend most of my time! xxxx thank you, we're super super happy! - Portsmouth NH
This little gem is hanging in Boca!!!
this lucky young woman from Keene NH got an early christmas gift from her OHIO parents... lovely family... She felt a strong emotional connection to this abstract...
Andover Massachusetts! yay!!!
Boxford Ma- this antique home is contrasted with my minimalist/ leafed piece... another smashing home.... love what I do...
the new owners love it!!!! yay!!!! Key West....
24x24 many moons has found a home.... lynnfield Ma
this will live over a grand two story fireplace- those clouds will be so dramatic.... and FYI absolutely wonderful people.... my heart is full....
Newburyport, Ma..
Lynnfield Ma- "My grandson saw it and said WOW! Thats just what I was looking for- I love it! "
"you are amazingly talented and I feel like we have know each other for years..." A wonderful collector from NC whom I have never met in person- 2015 & 2021 purchases.
North Carolina... Just WoW!!!!
powerful !!!! Newburyport ma
BU dormroom!
Newburyport Ma cool
BU Dorm room
Encaustic planet newburyport
another beauty Newburyport ma
small but powerful -Newburyport ma
This 24x24 went to a good home is Portsmouth NH! lovely women - she's a fan!
this glass and acrylic stunner is grooving in Exeter NH
A Giclee.... in Beverly Ma. Love these buyers- just the best.... xxxx
a wild piece.... Kennybunk Me...
I have never experienced a more impactful transformation to a room.... it just lit it up.... like adding a panoramic window with an ocean view, and the collecter - well we talked for hours... what fun...
this woman was a trouble maker... but the best kind.... xxxx Pittsfield Ma.
