No place like home

Oh, there's no place like
home for the holidays,
'Cause no matter how far away you roam
When you pine for the sunshine
Of a friendly face
For the holidays, you can't beat
Home, sweet home

Oh there's no place like home
For the holidays, 'cause no matter
How far away you roam
If you want
To be happy in a million ways
For the holidays, you can't beat
Home, sweet home
by Robert Allen - Al Stillman

Have a wonderful holiday!

Pastel, 7.5 x 9., Artist's Collection

Snowglobe in snow

A Christmas rose
grows in snow.


Pastel, 5x7, $100.

Tiny Landscape

Each year is summed up with a symbolic ornament that goes on our annual tree. Some have been influenced by work; some travel; some by people, family, feelings; life itself; the world. This year was the year of LightCaught.

These paintings seemed to rule the year: 4 shows, online exhibits, 100+ paintings completed, inclusion in the first Daily Painter's Gallery book, and continuous growth with each stroke.

Glad that you were a part of this painted year.

Pastel, 3/4" x 3/4"
NFS [going on the tree]

Silent Night

Silent Night.
All is calm.
All is bright.
Sleep in heavenly peace.

Pastel, 5x7, $100.
SOLD
[Washington]

Snow Surf's Up

Snow's down.
Surf's up.
Sky's gray.
Souls search.

Pastel, 5"x7"
Sold [New York]

First Snowflakes

Giant, fluffy, downy snowflakes.
Smell them,
Eat them,
Wash your face with them.
They're free.



Pastel, [study for commission]
NFS

First Snow

The first snow-
of the season.
The first snow ever-
for someone.
A beautiful moment frozen in time.

Pastel, 16 x 24 Commission
SOLD [Conn. to Malaysia]

Seasonal Reds-amaryllis

Amaryllis means "pride".
Pop in a bulb.
Up pops the flowers.
Red and regal and ready.
Christmas blooms.


Watercolor, 7.5 x 9.5
$150.

Nutcracker costume: Clara

Little Clara.
Dressed in white.
Ready to party; then dance through the night.

Pastel
[prints and cards available]

Seasons

Cranberry Bog

The New England landscape lights up with small red lakes;
filled with cranberries ready for harvesting.


Pastel, 7.5 x 9.5
SOLD [Massachusetts]
[& print-Vermont]

Travel Memories: Villa Real, Portugal

Travel.

Tired.

Trip into bed.

Trays of bread, butter and coffee wait outside the door in the morning.

Thanks.

Pastel, Original NFS [email for print available]

New Day

Watercolor, 5x7
SOLD [New Hampshire]

Bring me a rose

My Calico cat Tara brings me a rose when I need one. Don't know where she finds them most of the time. Some fake, some real, some dried but they are roses all the same. Pumpkin is her side kick.

Pastel, 9.5 x 7.5
[Sorry, this one's for me– NFS]
Commissioned Pet Portraits available.
Email for info.

Vote Today

Today's the day.
Our chance for change.

Pastel, 5x7, $50.

Portrait Series-Royal Footman

Pastel, 18 x 24, NFS

Dancer in repose

dancer.
Repose.
Pose.
Look over your shoulder.
Break time's over.

Pastel, 7.5 x 9.5, $200.

My Mother's Vase

When my mother passed away and my sister and I were sadly clearing her house, I took, among other things, her white vase. Simple- white- marked Redwing on the bottom. It is now always filled with the changing flowers of the season so that she lives on.
October 23rd was her birthday.

Pastel, 5x7, $100

Fall House

Ipswich.
Stopped for coffee.
Across the street a house screamed:
"COLOR!"


Pastel, 5x7, $100.

Friday Libations

Café society.
A cup of coffee to wake you.
A glass of wine to warm you.
The week wraps.

Pastel, 10 x 12

Approaching Storm

A sunny blue day sitting on the bay.
Then storm clouds roll in like bullies pushing out the soft ones.
Can happen anytime; anyplace.

Pastel, 5 x 7, $125.

The Cat Thief

Found.
Missing items.
A stash under the bed.
The culprit-
The cat thief.

7.5 x 7.5
Sold

Misty Beach

A veil of misty blues.
Softened by gray.
Dogs, people, seagulls, and sand all swallowed up in the fog.
Water. The only sound.
Washes the beach and the air.


Pastel, 7.5 x 9.5, $150.
SOLD [Utah]

Oktoberfest

Cheers!
Das Bier.
O'zapft is! [It's tapped!]



Watercolor, 5x7, $100.

Harvest Moon

Columbus.
The open ocean.
Still.
But for the lap of the sea;
the wind in the sails.
Thru the black of night-
the harvest moon guides the way to discovery.

Pastel, 8x10, $125.

Take me out to the ballgame

Peanuts, Cracker Jacks,
hot dogs, and beers.
Roars and boos,
waves, and cheers.
Nightlights, neon,
bat and ball.
Perfect weather–
this night in fall.
Take me out to the ballgame.

Pastel, 8x10, $150.
SOLD [Maine]

Little Red Schoolhouse

One room.
Coed!
Hanna was the teacher; not Hanna Montana.
Facebook meant "Put your face in the book."
No computers, ipods, Myspace.
Just readin, writin', 'rithmetic.

Pastel, 5x7, SOLD [New York]

Final Fleurs

A final burst.
Flowers before the 'fall'.

Pastel, 5x7, $125.

New View

Inside– looking out.

It's a new day.

Pastel 5x7, $100.

Gourds

Gourds.
What good are they?
Can't eat 'em.
But they strike a pose with their colorful curves like models of the vegetable world...
and look pretty.

Pastel, 5x7, $125.

911 Messages

Words and a rose left on a wall at Ground Zero.
Rain soaked. Tear stained?






5x7, mixed media

Farmstand

Ridin' along.
Hit the brakes.
Stop for the farmstand.
Load up the car.
Can't wait to wash 'em.
Take a bite.
Keep goin'.



Pastel, 5x7, SOLD [Maine]

The Seasons

Winter, Spring, Summer Fall-
A year of my daily genre paintings will be on display at the Beverly Farms Library,
Conrad Lecture Hall,
Beverly Farms, Massachusetts
through the month of September.

Soon

Soon.
The trees will paint themselves-
yellow, orange and red.
We don’t have to do a thing.


Pastel, 16 x 20
Matted and framed-$750.

Little Black Dress

What more can I say?