Dan Robbins 11

M-301- Harbor Reflections
24x18

--Now, with a larger size canvas and 35-45 colors to work with, I could really get into it. What better place to start than with a picturesque harbor scene found up and down the New England coast. But the thing I remember most about this painting was contemplating a name to paint on the white rowboat in the foreground when our bookkeeper, Ann Vashinski came by to see how I was doing. In jest she suggested I call it the ANN V. I thought, “Why not? Well, you would have thought I had named a great vessel after her. She was so thrilled to see her name on the first production set of Harbor Reflections. She brought in a bottle of champagne and we all toasted the ANN V as I came off the assembly line.

M-302- Going Home
24x18

--What I liked most about this painting was the long shadows cast by the early morning sun on a fall day. I remember walking down a similar dirt road watching the scenery change as I passed by the familiar red barn and the old oak tree. I tried to recapture that feeling.