Jeff Blum Art
Artist’s Statement
My career was as a community and political organizer. Upon retiring, I asked my mother, who had taken art up again after a decades-long hiatus, to teach me to paint. I found that the use of a different part of my brain was stimulating, challenging, fun and made for a wonderful connection with mom that greatly deepened my connection to Cape Cod, where I’ve been coming for nearly 60 years.
I believe that you can teach an old dog a new trick if he’ll go to school. So I take classes religiously – in New York at the Art Students’ League and the School of Visual Arts, among others; on Cape Cod at Truro Center for the Arts and PAAM. So far, my media are mainly acrylic and watercolor, but I am learning more. Like others, I study artists for inspiration and am pleased to offer renditions of some that have captivated me.
The world needs more justice, peace and democracy, so I remain politically active. Mainly, I find that my art is more about seeing the beauty and structure in nature, and trying to express that, than about making a more explicit “political” statement. I enjoy experiencing the overlap of art and politics but I am rarely called to try and “paint my politics.” Yet. Of course, since so much of my painting is landscape, it is very much about sharing my love of the very threatened natural world, esp. on Outer Cape Cod, or of the beauty to be found in cities where I’ve lived or visited.
When we moved to NYC in 2018, I was faced with many new scenes to paint and schools to study in. Then, when we spent almost an entire pandemic year on Cape Cod, I got to experience the Cape’s beauty in all seasons. I study watercolor partly so that I can paint while traveling, and some of these works were done on Amtrak, on a mountainside or in locales where I’ve landed.
My paintings are for sale unless marked with an asterisk. Contact me for pricing and details.
Cape Cod Spring and Summer
* Sold or in Private Hands
High Head Morning
11 x 14, Oil on board, 2022
High Head Evening
6 x 8, Oil on canvas, 2022
Sturdy Way Sunrise
12 x 16, Oil on canvas, 2022
Provincetown Harbor Noon*
12.25 x 15.25 framed, Acrylic on canvas paper, matted, 2021
Race Point Living*
11 x 14, Watercolor, 2020
Race Point Living 2
12 x 14.5, matted, Watercolor, framed w/glass, 2022
House Across the Kettle
11 x 14, Watercolor, 2021
Wellfleet Harbor
6 x 12, Acrylic on ½” board
Pamet River at Truro Center*
8 x 8, Acrylic on board, framed, 2018
Leila at the Beach*
8 x 8, Acrylic on canvas board, 2021
April Sunrise
6 x 8, Acrylic on canvas board, 2020
From the Window Pandemic Study
10 x 14, matted, Watercolor, 2020
Cape Cod Fall and Winter
* Sold or in Private Hands
Pamet Marsh
12 x 12, Oil on board, 2022
Pamet Marsh
10 x 6.7, Watercolor, 2020
Cold Storage Beach
12 x 16, Oil on canvas board, 2021
After the Storm
24 x 30, Acrylic on canvas, 1.5” bars, 2019
Fall on the Kettle
12 x 15, framed Acrylic on canvas, 2021
Truro December Sky
9 x 12, (2 paintings), Watercolor, 2022
Long Nook Beach
9 x 12, Acrylic on canvas, framed, 2021
Misty Winter Morning
5 x 7, Watercolor, 2021
Railroad Trail
11 x 14, Watercolor, 2021
Snowy Kettle
7 x 10, Watercolor, 2021
Winter Sunset on High Ridge
12 x 16, Acrylic on canvas, 2022
Snow on the Kettle*
11 x 14, framed under glass, Acrylic on paper, 2021
Blooms by Blum
* Sold or in Private Hands
Spring Comes Again.320
11 x 14, Acrylic on board, 2020
Carpet of Cherry
9 x 12, Acrylic on paper, 2019
Hollyhocks*
5 x 15 approx., Acrylic on house shingle, 2022
Forsythia in Greenville*
16 x 20, Acrylic on canvas, 2018
Tulips*
11 x 14, Acrylic on canvas, 2021
Fisherman’s Road Cactus
8 x 8, Acrylic on canvas, 2020
Patty’s Flowers
11 x 14, Acrylic on board, 2020
Patty’s Garden*
9 x 10, Watercolor, 2019
Snow on Cherry Blossoms
12 x 12, framed, Acrylic on canvas
Windowsill Blossoms
9 x 12, Acrylic on paper, 2018
Vase with Flowers
12 x 16, framed, Acrylic on canvas, 2016
Yellow Joy
framed, Acrylic on canvas, 2016
New York Spring and Summer
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Rebuilding in Spring
12.75 x 15.75, framed, Acrylic on canvas, 2018
Cherry Tree in Central Park
8 x 8, Acrylic on canvas panel, 2019
Going Too Fast Cover*
5.5 x 8.5, Acrylic on board, 2019
Liberty*
12 x 16, Acrylic on canvas, 2018
Cherry Over Gerry*
9 x 12, Acrylic on canvas, 2018
Morningside Park*
12 x 16, Acrylic on canvas, 2018
Storm Gathering over Riverside Park
9 x 12, Acrylic on canvas, 2018
Riverside Park Sycamore
9 x 12, Watercolor, 2022
Notan Riverside Park Sycamores
9 x 12, Marker on paper, 2022
Riverside Sycamores
7 x 10, Watercolor, 2019
Croton Falls Reservoir*
9.75 x 13, framed, Acrylic on canvas, 2019
New York Fall and Winter
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The New View from the Window
16 x 20, framed, Acrylic on canvas, 2018
Snow at Dusk
9 x 12, Acrylic on paper, 2018
Snow Day
12 x 12, Acrylic on paper, 2022
Riverside Park Fall
9 x 12, framed, Acrylic on canvas, 2018
Three Mile Harbor Sunset
12 x 16, Acrylic on canvas, 2022
Three Mile Harbor Sunset
5.5 x 8.5, Watercolor pencil on paper, 2022
Winter Sky from our Window
9 x 12, Acrylic on paper, 2019
From the Window
9 x 12, framed under glass, Watercolor & gouache, 2018
Central Park Pond – Homage to Ruth Pelham
6 x 6, Acrylic on board, 2019
Icy Central Park Pond
8 x 10, framed, Acrylic on canvas, 2019
Misty Riverside Morning
14.5 x 18, mat, glass, framed, Acrylic on paper under glass, 2020
Pandemic Goodbye
10 x 10, Acrylic on board, 2020
Glacier Park and the West by Amtrak
* Sold or in Private Hands
Glacier Park After Wildfire*
12 x 12, framed, Acrylic on canvas
Glacier Park After Wildfire
16 x 20, Acrylic on canvas paper
Glacier Park After Wildfire
9 x 12, Watercolor
Argillite on Mt. Henry/Running Eagle Falls Streambed.919
5.75 x 9, Watercolor
Sunset Over Golconda
7 x 10, Watercolor (2, separated)
Sunrise over Price, UT, from Amtrak
5.25 x 9, Watercolor
Victoria Lower Falls watercolor
5.9 x 9, Watercolor
Victoria Lower Falls
9 x 12, Acrylic on canvas paper
St. Mary Lake Reflections
14.5 x 18, mat, under glass framed, Acrylic on paper
McDonal Creek
7 x 10, Acrylic on canvas paper
Beaver Pond*
4 x 6, Watercolor
Hint of Fall
5 x 7, Watercolor
Across the US and Beyond
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For Ro, Morning on the Dan*
18 x 24, framed, Acrylic on canvas, 2016
Leaving Nantucket
11 x 14, Oil on board, 2022
Lake Champlain with Hammock
11 x 14, Acrylic on canvas, 2018
Cylburn Thanksgiving.1221
12 x 16, framed, Acrylic on canvas, 2021
Screechie’s Beach at Xmas
9 x 11, framed, Acrylic on canvas, 2020
Mangrove Swamp on Black River*
18 x 24, framed, Acrylic on canvas, 2020
Egret on Black River Jamaica
12 x 16, Acrylic on canvas, 2020
Heading to Market, Vietnam
12 x 16, Acrylic on canvas, 2019
Maine Evening
8 x 10, Acrylic on canvas, 2021
Jokullarson
6.25 x 10, Watercolor, 2021
Dancing at Lake Montebello Cover*
5.5 x 8.5, Acrylic on paper, 2020
Sunset over Benedictine Monastery in Vilnius*
11 x 14, framed, Acrylic on canvas, 2015
Sunrise, Sunset
* Sold or in Private Hands
High Ridge Sunrise 4.721*
12 x 12, Acrylic on canvas, 2021
After the Blizzard
16 x 20, Acrylic on canvas, 2018
Pandemic Riverside Sunset
11 x 14 matted, Watercolor, 2020
April Sunrise*
6 x 8, Acrylic on canvas board, 2020
Farewell to Ryder Beach*
12 x 12, Acrylic on canvas, 2020
Farewell to Ryder Beach*
12 x 12, Acrylic on canvas. PAAM Auction, 2021
Ballston Beach #3 and 4
9 x 12, Acrylic & watercolor on paper, 2020
Great Hollow Solstice Sunset
12 x 16, Acrylic on canvas, 2020
Great Hollow Solstice Sunset*
16 x 20, Acrylic on canvas, 2020
Last Light on the Hudson
12 x 16, Acrylic on canvas, 2018
Sunset on the Hudson*
7 x 10, Watercolor, 2019
Takoma Park
* Sold or in Private Hands
Farewell to Sligo Creek*
19.5 x 23.5, framed, Acrylic on canvas, (painting 16 x 20) 2017
Cedar Holly Fall Tree*
12 x 16, framed, Acrylic on canvas, 2017
Fall from the Window
11 x 14, Acrylic on canvas, 2017
Japanese Anemones
12.25 x 15.25, framed, Acrylic on canvas, 2017
C & O Canal*
12 x 16, Acrylic on canvas, 2017
Yoga Tree*
12 x 16, Acrylic on canvas, 2016
Maryland State Flower*
10 x 13, framed, Acrylic on canvas, 2017
Home
13.5 x 17.5, framed, Acrylic on canvas, 2017
Still Lifes, Portraits and Studies
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Cabbage and Perfume Jar
16 x 20, Oil on canvas paper, 2019
Okra
9.25 x 11.25, framed, Acrylic on canvas, 2021
Cherries
9 x 12, Pencil on paper, 2017
Panels for Here Comes Leila Book*
12 pcs, all 6 x 6 or smaller, Acrylic on canvas and board, 2019
Sitting Woman*
11 x 14, Acrylic on canvas, 2019
Ludwig Wittgenstein*
4 x 6, Acrylic on paper, 2018
Young Jeff
5.5 x 8.5, Pencil on paper, 2021
Reve de Chemise
9 x 12, Colored pencil, 2022
Still Life After Resika*
7 x 10, Acrylic on paper
Still Life After Matisse*
7 x 10, matted, Watercolor
Still Life with Kiddush Cup
9 x 12, Pencil on paper
3 Bottles
19 x 19.5, Pastel on paper, 2015
Inspirations
* Sold or in Private Hands
Herman Maril Serendipity
7 x 10, Watercolor, 2020
JS Sargent Albert de Belleroche
5.5 x 8.5, Watercolor pencil on paper, 2022
Nicholas Roerich Mount M
9 x 12, Pencil on paper, 2018
JMW Turner The Slave Ship*
9 x 12, Acrylic on paper, 2018
Jess Hurley Scott
9.3 x 10, Watercolor, 2021
George Bellows Rock Bound
9 x 12, Acrylic on paper, 2019
Martha Armstrong Two Red Maples*
9 x 12, Acrylic on paper, 2019
Mary Salstrom Sweden
9 x 12, Oil pastel on paper, 2019
Claude Monet La Pie
9 x 12, Acrylic on paper, 2021
Hopper Cobb’s Barns
8.75 x 10.75, glass, framed, Acrylic on paper, 2016
Hopper Corn Hill
8 x 10.75, framed under glass, Watercolor, 2016
Looking In Looking Through
16 x 20, Acrylic on canvas
Clouds
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Early Evening
12 x 16, Acrylic on canvas, 2022
Clouds
9 x 12, Acrylic on paper, 2022
Clouds
9 x 12, Acrylic on paper, 2022
Mackerel Sky
7×10, Watercolor, 2021
Foot of High Head
11 x 14, Oil on board, 2022
Truro Sky
7 x 10, Watercolor, 2022
Turner in Truro
9 x 12, Watercolor, 2022
Storm Clouds Lifting
5 x 12, Acrylic on paper, 2021
Snowy Sunset
8 x 10, Watercolor, 2021
Clouds with sun
11.7 x 15.7, Acrylic on canvas, 2022
Farewell Sunset
12 x 16, Acrylic on paper, 2021
Truro Fall Sunset.123
12 x 16, Acrylic on canvas
In the Province Lands
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Trapped in the Ice
9 x 12, Acrylic on canvas, 2022
Great Pond Fall Leaves 1, 2021
11 x 14, Acrylic on 1.5” canvas
Great Pond Fall Leaves 3, 2021
12 x 12, Acrylic on canvas
Great Pond Fall Leaves 4, 2021
12 x 12, Acrylic on canvas
Blackwater Pond, 2022
12 x 12, Oil on board
Blackwater Pond, 2022
8 x 8, Oil on board
Great Pond Summer with Lilies.821
12 x 16, Acrylic on canvas
Great Pond Summer with Lilies 2.921
11 x 14, Acrylic on board
Great Pond Summer with Lilies 3.921
12 x 16, Oil on canvas
Dune Grass
5.5 x 8.5, Watercolor
Leila in the Dunes
9 x 12, Acrylic on paper
Jessica Saves the Day*
9 x 12, Acrylic on canvas, 2019
Memories of Mom
* Sold or in Private Hands
Mom’s Last Sunset
14 x 18, Acrylic on canvas, 2022
Mom’s Last Sunset
11 x 14, Acrylic on 3/8” board, 2022
Mom’s Last Sunset
12 x 16, Acrylic on canvas, 2022
Mom’s Last Sunset
12 x 12 round, Watercolor, 2022
Mom’s Last Sunset
Paper collage, 2022
Fall In Spring 4 Carpet of Phlox.522 final*
12 x 12 round, Acrylic on paper, 2022
Fall in Spring – Carpet of Phlox2.522 final
14 x 11, Acrylic on canvas, 2022
Fall in Spring – Tulips.522
14 x 11, Acrylic on canvas, 2022
Fall in Spring – Tulips.a.422
3-9/16 x 8, Watercolor, 2022
Vanishing Sun
12 x 16, Acrylic on black canvas, 2022