art by michael perchard

Hello all my art buddies!  I am back.  Feeling better. Meds from double lung transplant can create havoc.  Now on the mend. Hope al...

I have been painting quite a bit lately but not "finishing" much.  First "finished" painting in a long time. Hope a...

"Semper Fi" Acrylic 12"x16" Canvas I am happy to report I am back.  So sorry not to be blogging for just about a year....

Forsythia Study In Oil I love forsythia!  A sure sign of spring in Southeastern Massachusetts! 

So very happy and a bit proud that the East Boston Museum and Historical Society chose this painting of an East Boston street corner for t...

Thought it would be fun to post one of my earliest works. 1968 18" x 24" Board

Sad to write my brother, Sergeant James F. Perchard USMC, passed away on October 10, 2016. Very pleased that local art gallery accepted the...

I so enjoy making marine art! Especially wild oceans! "Flying Cloud" was inspired by the famous clipper ship of the same name bu...

I so love to paint ocean scenes.  I am thinking this one is finished? So hard for me to know when to stop.  Especially when I start and on...

So very happy to see a photo of one of my paintings published on the front page of a Boston newspaper! A commissioned work I did of an Eas...

Fun to see one of my paintings in an advertisement for a local art gallery! Hope all are well! Michael

Woke up not too long ago to this beautiful sunrise view from my art studio! (Thought of song from rock musical Hair, "Good Morning St...

Same photos!  Different Year! (Hope still funny!) "Santa!"  Busy plein air painting! Not the real Santa! It's Me...

Started this work last summer.  Other commissioned paintings slowed down its progress.  Happy to finish it today! Brings back many wonderf...

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! In the USA we celebrate Thanksgiving with huge feasts to honor the friendship between the Wampanoags an...

I recently finished this 24" x 36" canvas acrylic painting.   A labor of love for an East Boston client who wanted a nostalgic p...

Not painting much lately!  But I had to paint this very quick rendering of France's beautiful Tricolor! So very, very sad! Vive La Fra...

Working on a commissioned work taking most of my time lately. Posted some of these works a while back on another National Lighthouse Da...

Because of the pain caused by a severe shoulder injury I haven't been able to paint much  the last few months. Paintings shown here...

Painted and posted these two works last year for Memorial Day, USA! Not painting much because of shoulder injury.  Slowly on the mend...

March 21, 2015 First Full Day Of Spring In USA! Officially Spring in the USA! Somebody should notify the weather! Woke this morning ...

Love the snow but didn't want to wait for Spring! I so love plein air painting!

"Snow" Acrylic 20" x 30" Canvas   Heavy amounts of snow on roofs causing very dangerous situations in Massachus...