Mark and Remark
Pastel and Oil Paintings by Robert Lafond
Thursday, January 15, 2026
Rocky Monhegan
Monhegan Island, ME. 12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas. A view from the southwest corner looking north. Smutty Nose Island at top left.
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Monhegan Gardener
Gardener, Monhegan Island, ME. 12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas. Not a seascape but an island landscape.
Labels:
garden,
landscape,
Maine,
Monhegan Island,
oil
Saturday, January 10, 2026
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Brooklyn in North Adams
Brooklyn Street, North Adams, MA. 18x24 inches, oil on panel. A painting I made seven years ago, which I just re-touched a little today to fix a detail that always bothered me.
Labels:
Brooklyn,
cityscape,
landscape,
North Adams,
oil,
Street Scene
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Another Monhegan Clothesline
Clothesline, Monhegan Island, ME. 12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas. Not a snow or winter painting. Another Monhegan clothesline.
Labels:
clothesline,
Maine,
Monhegan Island,
oil,
seascape
Monday, January 5, 2026
Summer Cows
Cows, Williamstown, MA. 11x14 inches, oil on linen canvas. Even though it's winter, I don't have to paint snow.
Saturday, January 3, 2026
Thursday, January 1, 2026
For Starters
Labels:
drawing,
mixed media,
pen&ink,
stratton road,
williamstown,
winter
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Mixed Media Winter Weather
Frozen Pond, Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 8x10 inches, watercolor, acrylic, pastel and ink on mixed media paper.
Labels:
Field Farm,
landscape,
mixed media,
pond,
williamstown,
winter
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Friday, December 26, 2025
Rising Greylock
Greylock from Sloan Road, Williamstown, MA. 8x10 inches, watercolor, gouache and pastel on Bristol paper. Whenever I walk down Sloan Road, the mountain rises up above me.
Labels:
Greylock,
landscape,
mixed media,
Sloan Road,
williamstown,
winter
Thursday, December 25, 2025
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Appreciating Spring
Old Milk Shed, Luce Road, Williamstown, MA. 8x10 inches, acrylic and pen and ink on Bristol paper. We can appreciate Spring all the better because we have to put up with Winter.
Monday, December 22, 2025
Winter Hoosic
Hoosic River at Stone Beach, Williamstown, MA. 12x16 inches, oil on linen canvas. From a visit to Stone Beach a few days ago. Now the snow is all gone.
Labels:
Hoosic River,
landscape,
oil,
Stone Beach,
williamstown,
winter
Sunday, December 21, 2025
Still Playing
Portico, Nice. 8x10 inches, acrylic, pastel, pen and ink on Bristol paper. I'm still playing with different ways of marking a piece of paper. This one is inspired by a Ken Howard drawing from his book Inspired by Light: A Personal View
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