This is a view from a new home on Champlin Farm Road and was a commissioned drawing and given as a house warming gift to the new homeowners.
May 15, 2012
This home sits off the road almost hidden by shrubs, trees and hedge. It has an amazing view of the North Light and beyond.
April 25, 2012
This is a home that perches atop a hill overlooking the ocean. It has a rather majestic look and the landscape is greening up as Spring progresses here on this quiet island 12 miles away from the Coast of Rhode Island.
April 23, 2012
This sweet little church is nestled in the landscape and overlooks the ocean. It was a commissioned drawing and will be a gift to the pastor who will be retiring after many years service here.
St Ann's on Block Island, RI
March 28, 2012
It's almost April and I love the way the forsythia is almost blindingly bright when it catches the sun. This home sits atop a hill at the corner of Center Road and Beach Avenue.
March 16, 2012
Here is another view of the beautiful boulders and beaches in the British Virgin Islands. The water is really and truly this color!!
March 13, 2012
This is a home at the top of High Street on Block Island. The crocus' are blooming, daffodils are getting ready to open and Spring already seems to be in the air here.
March 9, 2012
Looking across Guavaberry Spring Bay on Virgin Gorda, the boulders are captivating and you can make out two blue sling chairs at the bottom of the boulders tucked into the shade of the mid day sun and heat.
March 8, 2012
This drawing...brown ink with watercolor, was done while on vacation on a small island in the British Virgin Islands. We were lucky enough to spend 2 weeks there and I will be posting some of the drawings I did while there.
February 8, 2012
Just off the corner on Old Town Road, Block Island sits this old island home. In summer it has quite a bit of privacy from the thick hedge and shrubs but is almost naked and exposed in mid-winter.
This old island farmhouse with additions and modernizing sits off Old Mill Road. It was a commissioned drawing for the owner and I had to include the faithful dog...I said I don't "do" dogs but I guess I did! I also hand colored the original but forgot to make a record of it with watercolor.
January 17, 2012
Today's completed commissioned drawing is of "The Plains" with it's expansive view of field and ocean it is breathtaking. The clouds are incredible this time of year on Block Island.
January 13, 2012
This bit of property has just recently been sold and the new owners have begun clearing which lets the viewer catch a glimpse of a pond beyond a newly exposed stone wall.
January 4, 2012
This house is on a windy road off Beacon Hill Road on Block Island. It was a commissioned gift for the family that built it and resides there as a Christmas surprise from a friend. I meant to post it several weeks ago but it got lost in the holiday shuffle so here it is now.
The shadows are amazing right now here onBlock Island. They are long and cold as is the temperature. The sky is such an intense blue too. This small cottage has recently had a lot of work to preserve it and I have always loved it as I bicycle or drive by it on Corn Neck Road.
Jessie Edwards is an artist living on Block Island. She owns and runs the Jessie Edwards Studio, a gallery which opened 26 years ago and specializes in regional fine art. During the off season she spends her time painting, drawing and catching up with aspects of her life which she has put aside during the hectic summer season. She plans to use this blog as a tool to encourage more self discipline and creativity by posting new work in it's various states of completion and as finished drawings and paintings for sale or just plain viewing.