The Locust Grove show opened yesterday. These two oil paintings are at the entrance to the exhibition. On the left is “Pay Attention Here – Orange Hibiscus and on the other wall is, “Worth the Wait – Tree Peony”. Both are oil paintings.

Off my studio is a balcony and looking down from there I can see the magnificent plants now blooming in the garden. From a distance, you don’t get the scale of how large these shrubs are but I think they make an interesting mosaic. The Kalmia latifolia, are the white flowers, Rhododendron rosebay are the pink shrubs, and the purple shrub is Calycanthus x. Aphrodite which I planted over a decade ago. All these flowering shrubs provide privacy from the road.

This is a daily journal of my solo exhibition at Locust Grove in Poughkeepsie, NY, from June 5 – September 15, 2026, my work in the group show at the Ceres Gallery in June, and my upcoming November exhibition in Chelsea, New York City.