After spending almost forty years building and repairing boats on Smith Cove, I’ve spent the last twelve painting full time. My first work was a 4‘x18’ mural of Smith Cove, which hangs on the building that houses my gallery at 15 Rocky Neck Ave. I then proceeded in painting 147 oil paintings, concentrating on showing Gloucester’s history. My last work before escaping Gloucester for the winter in 2008 was a 4‘x24’ mural of Smith Cove, a full circle of the cove, between the two murals. On my other website www.ladarts.com I have set my paintings into the written...more
