The COVID social isolation mandate allowed me to reassess my work, experiment with collage and encaustic and complete a family history for possible publication 

This 10.5 x 10.5 oil painting of six wild oyster shells is a donation to the Wellfleet Oyster Fest 2020 auction. Other oyster paintings are available, and 15% of all sales during October will go to S.P.A.T.to help support Wellfleet's shellfishing and aquaculture industries including the pandemic relief efforts. Donations can be preview now at 32Auctions.com

Online Silent Auction October 9-23, 2020

Finally back in the studio on cool mornings. Inspired by the exotic shapes and subtle colors of wild Wellfleet Oyster Shells. This one is 18 x 18 oil on canvas. I have been experimenting with darker backgrounds, this is blue-gray French ochre.

Sam Bellamy's Cat, 26" x 9" x 9" acrylic composite sculpture on vintage lobster pot buoy, on display at Cotuit Center for the Art's Members, Students & Faculty Exhibit.  

Cotuit Center for the Arts
4404 Falmouth Rd
Cotuit, MA 02635

Opening reception 11/23/19 5:00PM-7:00PM Show runs through 12/29/19

 

Monster Map with Super Heroine Collage on Panel  12 x 12"	Cape Map with Monster Seals Collage on Panel 8 x 8"

Deck the Walls is a juried show at the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.

Opening reception by invitation only.

Show runs through 12/31/2019

Arts Foundation of Cape Cod
396 Main St Ste. 10
Hyannis, MA 02601

"Blue Crab" lithograph 19" x 25" on display at The Commons Art Exhibit 

Opening reception 12/7/19 3:00PM-5:00PM.

Show runs through 1/31/20.

Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657

"Jiminy Cricket's Conscience Tour" 18" x 18" framed Collage for Viridian Art Gallery's Holiday Madness Exhibit.

Opening reception 12/12/19 6:00PM-8:00PM. Show runs through 12/28/2019.

Viridian Artists, Inc.
548 W 28th St #632
New York, NY 10001

The Art and Oyster Crawl features five Wellfleet galleries for 2019. Stationed at each will be a shucker and a sommelier, a raw bar and wine for visitors, cost is $40 payable at the special tent set up in front of the Town Hall. Burdick Gallery where I show my work is one of the five chosen for this year's crawl.

I am presenting a number of new oyster paintings for sale for the occasion, 24 x 36" being the largest to 5 x 5 single. Meet the artists and enjoy the prelude event to the Oyster Fest on the following weekend.