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Everyone is having fun but me

Untitled, by Brad Marshall, 11X14, oil on canvas. In two weeks, I am meeting friends to paint together in Rye, NY at Painters on Location. This is the only time of the year when I get together with...

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Saying goodbye

I was outside yesterday when I heard a voice screaming, “Help!” I knew that voice; it was my pal Mary, who lives too many houses away from me to be audible outdoors. I found her with a dead squirrel...

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Miasma

“Brighton Rainy Day,” 9X12, oil, Carol L. Douglas “You sound like you have that cold that has been going around,” a co-worker told my husband. “Everyone’s got it.” I’ve got “it” too, and any time...

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Storm flags

Just yesterday I wrote that I was looking forward to heading to NYC this weekend, where the breathing wouldn’t be as bad as it is here in the Genesee Valley. Hah! It turns out that New York is under a...

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A hip flask and I’m on my way

Water isn’t a bad thing, in moderation. It seems silly to complain about heavy rain in New York when the Maine coast is inundated. We got 3” of rain overnight, but that is nothing in comparison. Nobody...

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The kindness of new friends

“Anticipating the Storm,” 12X16, oil on canvas, by Carol L. Douglas. “The rain to the wind said, You push and I’ll pelt.’ They so smote the garden bed That the flowers actually knelt, And lay...

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My annual 24-hour vacation

Sandy Hook in New Jersey is a seven-mile long sandspit near the mouth of New York harbor. Sometimes, people imagine that all I do is bop around, occasionally doing paintings. Most of my trips are...

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A tale of suspense

Yours truly, swimming on the Jersey shore. One of the most enduring memes on the internet is “things more likely to kill you than a shark,” which frequently include cows. Perhaps the writers can’t tell...

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Follow my adventure across Canada

Last August I drove across Canada and the US to Alaska. This was not primarily a painting trip. I painted only a few watercolors from the passenger seat. However, the journey—remote, fantastical and...

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Dressing for work

“Regatta,” 2013, by Carol L. Douglas. This morning I’ll pour myself into my car and start another trek. I’m heading south to Queens, NY, where I’ll meet my pal Brad Marshall. He and I will then spend...

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