The seascape abstractions were started in the summer of 1972 while on a short vacation to the Rhode Island and Maine shores. Only small studies were executed in pastel, watercolor and acrylic on paper. I also took 35mm color slides of locations to use as references upon my return to my Vermont studio. Initially my thinking was to use these small studies and slides as blueprints for large canvases. In 1973 I applied and received a Goddard Foundation Grant to further develop the Seascape Abstraction Project. I spent 6 weeks on Cape Cod creating and refining work on paper and taking more color slides of various locations, sunrises and sunsets. I returned to my studio in East Calais, VT in July 1973. I tend to work on several projects simultaneously. When I stepped into my Vt studio, I resumed work on another project involving stain paintings on paper and muslin. The Seascape Project got dropped at this time.

In 1979 I moved to Old Saybrook, Connecticut and bought a house near the Long Island Sound shore. I now concentrated completely on developing the seascape abstractions. Also at this time my wife's parents retired and settled in Wellfleet, Ma (Cape Cod). My resources were now fully in place.

I spent nine years working on this project. It was a good time for me professionally and commercially. This work was regularly shown at the Artist's Signature Gallery in New Haven, Munson Galleries in Chatham, MA and Vero Beach, FL. I worked full time on this project from 1979 to 1986, and part time from 1987 to 1990. The Artists Signature gallery in New Haven closed in 1986 ending my full time participation there. From 1987 to 1990 The Munson Gallery in Chatham, MA acted as a private agent taking only several seascape canvas each summer. In 1991 I moved to the Charlotte NC area and the Seascape Project was officially closed.

The Project didn't change much over the nine years. My interest in capturing the essence or feeling of the total environment surrounding life and experience of the sea, sky, shore, horizon, and atmosphere (the clouds) remained in tact over this time frame. Technically I was interested in a watercolor approach to all painting; thin washes and glazes/scumbles of paint. From an archival view point, the work moved from abstraction-presentation to less-abstraction-representational over the nine years; from simple structure, more inventive, to complex structure relying more on direct visual experience. I worked on paper, canvas and muslin utilizing the same techniques and acrylic paint.

When I moved to North Carolina in the spring of 1992, the project was left in Connecticut. I just stopped working on it. I remain open to new interpretations whenever I return to it. I am interested in including the North Carolina shore environment in future undertakings. [The basics of this text was written sometime during 2008. It is now 2021 and I now live near the sea in Lake Tapps WA. It has been suggested that I open this Project again. It has been 31 years since I entertained feelings relating to this subject. In my mind have have moved on in my aesthetics and media. I no longer paint or draw physically. I have been involved in digital photography and digital imaging since 2009. I am happy working with virtual reality. Since all of my work now is related to the photography process, the sea and all other subjects that can be recorded via the camera are now in operation]
001-008: Illustrates a progression from the start of the project 1972 through to the end of the project in 1991.
    Summer 1973
009-012: I stepped away from the seascape project for a few weeks to work up some ideas of mixing amorphous form with geometric form. All of the work shown in this group is acrylic on paper.
013-035: A series of acrylic stain paintings on muslin based upon images 009-010; working on developing ideas of mixing amorphous form with geometric form. It was my intention to encase the stained muslin paintings in a layer of flexible epoxy or urethane plastic; hanging the works with no frames. I never got to this part of the project because I lost interest and decided to continue working on the seascapes.

013-016: AMS, =~70.5   017-018: AMS, =~37.75   019-022: AMS, =~35.5   023-024: AMS, =~21.0   025-029: AMS, =~38.25   030-031: AMS, =~31.0   032-033: AMS, =~41.75   034-035: AMS, =~15.39 036: AMP, =~19.6 037: AMP, =~14.58 038: AL, =~18.3 039: AL, =~20.0 040: ACd, =~72.0 041-043: ACd, =~72.0 044: AMP, =~32.0 045: AMP, =~19.65 046: AMP, =~24.18 047: AMP, 12.4w by 13.25 048: AMP, =~14.0 049: AMP, =~24.0 050: AMP, 27.55w by 6.02 051: AMP, 18.68w by 15.76 052: AMP, 18.54w by 7.42 053: AMP, 23.83w by 16.03 054: AMP, 22.07w by 16.92

055: AMP, 19.13w by 18.98 056: AMP, 28.06w by 15.5 057: AMP, =~28.0 058: AMP, 12.35w by 9.04 059: AMP, 12.35w by 9.04 060: AMP, 12.35w by 9.04 061: AMP, =~12w by 12 062: AMP, =~12w by 12 063: AMP, =~12w by 12 064: AMP, =~12w by 12 065: AMP, =~12w by 12 066: AMP, =~12.0 067: AMP, =~12w by 12 068: AMP, =~20.0 069: AC, =~33.0w by 20.0 070: AC, =~33.0w by 20.0 071: AC, =~33.0w by 20.0 072: AC, =~33.0w by 20.0 073: AC, =~33.0w by 33.0 074: AMP, cropped, =~10w by 10 075: AMP, =~12.0 076: AMP, =~12.0 077: AMP, =~12.0 078: AMP, 19.13w by 18.98 079: AC, =~20.93W X 22.17

080: AMP, =~12.35w by 9.04 081: AMP, =~10w by 10 082: AMP, =~23 083: AMP, =~19.73w by 10.24 084: AMP, =~33.16w by 18.62 085: AMP, =~35.0w by 20.0 087: AMP, =~29.37w by 39.89 088: AMP, =~38.17w by 14.5 089: AMP, =~29.14w by 18.93 090: AMP, =~34.45w by 15.02 091: AMP, =~32.7w by 20.96 092: AMP, =~25.04w by 9.29 093: AMP, =~39.6w by 11.36 094: AMP, =~12w by 12 095: AMP, =~8.92w by 13.4 096: AMP, =~8.92w by 13.4 097-131: ACd. Dimensions vary but long sides are =~4.0 to 8.0. I was interested in changing the image structure and decided to work on small acrylics to experi-ment with something new. I was getting bored with the program. It was that simple! With Number 132 the change were placed into practice.

132-133: AMP, =~21/side   134-137: AMP, =~12/side   138: AMP, =~12 each side   139: AMP, =~19.07w by 15.04   140: AMP, =~19.07w by 15.04   141: AMP, =~20.38w by 35.26   142: AMP, =~9.07w by 23.0   143: AMP, =~9.03w by 13.27   144: AMP, =~20.44w by 12.4   145: AMP, =~19.29w by 11.8   146: AMP, =~18.36w by 10.48   147: AMP, =~16.82w by 6.46   148: AMP, =~38.0w by 14.59   149: AMP, =~19.29w by 11.8   150: AMP, =~19.29w by 11.8   151: AMP, =~18.36w by 19.0   152: AMP, =~20.0w by 13.76   153: AMP, =~20.0w by 13.76   154: AMP, =~18.36w by 10.48   155: AMP, =~10.58w by 8.4   156: AMP, =~19.61w by 16.58   157: AMP, =~17.84w by 19.65   158: AMP, =~20.4w by 18.53   159: AC, =~55.78w by 23.26   160: AMP, =~24.57w by 22.88