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Showcasing Bill Revill's Art
Coast Guard Beach - winter - 12" x 48" - $225
I had painted this one a few years ago and finally reworked it. Improved.
Cape Cod National Seashore
12' x 48" on Gallery wrap canvas
This was awarded the Irma Morse 3rd Place Memorial Award in Gallery 53's 96th Annual Fall Art Show.
$250
Hammonasset view 12 x 48"
About Me
My Background
Until January 2006, I had not picked up a paint brush for over forty years when I was back in middle school. In the back of my mind, I had thought about trying painting and had picked up some inexpensive paints, brushes and canvases the summer before, but those had lingered in the closet until one January day when no one was home. A small, hesitant painting from a photograph of a boulder in the Hammonasset surf of Long Island Sound was the beginning.
While my painting ability lay dormant for decades, it is a talent possibly drawn from my genetic pool. Great-great grandfather James Barton Longacre was the chief engraver for the United States Mint (he designed the Indian Head Penny). My grandmother, Breta Longacre DelMar, and great aunt, Lydia Longacre (never got meet either of them), were both accomplished painters and members of the Old Lyme Art colony at the Florence Griswold House (now the Florence Griswold Museum).
I am primarily drawn to New England seascapes and landscapes these days, using acrylics on canvas and on board. I primarily work from my own photographs (please see my Flickr page) in my home studio.
You may also see my paintings through my Flickr site, which may be an easier way to see them all, if you are so inclined.
My Medium
I almost always use acrylic paint on canvas, canvas board, wood panel, Masonite or other platform.
My Inspiration
Cape Cod, the Connecticut shoreline, barns, chickens, the Vermont hills ... I think you can get an idea of what makes me want to paint.
Latest...
Saint Rooster?
No longer available, but since I had a tube of gold paint leftover from making Christmas ornaments for the grandkids, I had to do something with it and since I was in a fowl mood ...
5x7" on birch board with gold plein aire frame.