William B. Hoyt Studio

William B. Hoyt Studio William B. Hoyt is a fine art painter from Vermont who paints in a realistic tradition. Art Gallery open by appointment. Please call 802-436-2565

Pull back that curtain and take it all in. This is our room away from home. Room 143 of the hotel that will forever go u...
08/26/2026

Pull back that curtain and take it all in. This is our room away from home. Room 143 of the hotel that will forever go unnamed. We book it whenever we can, and the furniture says hello each time we come in. The staff know us and we know them.

Work in Progress
Window By the Sea
13x18
Oil on Linen


Do you see where the title comes from? My homage to Vermeer continues, this time on the mounted raw linen covered panels...
08/24/2026

Do you see where the title comes from? My homage to Vermeer continues, this time on the mounted raw linen covered panels I’ve been making. A few details wait for me when I get back to Vermont: holes in the colander, final touches on the grapes. Kathy and I are up in Maine, soaking up some sea air and scouting for painting ideas for the upcoming winter months.

Work in Progress
Glass of Wine
20x30
Oil on Linen

Isn’t it ironic that linseed oil in my paint and flax fiber in linen canvas come from the same plant? As an experiment, ...
08/19/2026

Isn’t it ironic that linseed oil in my paint and flax fiber in linen canvas come from the same plant?

As an experiment, I decided to paint on mounted linen without primer. I protected the linen fibers with a coat of Golden matte medium to make them less absorbent to the oils in the paint. I found that by leaving the linen “raw” the matrix of fibers clings to the paint in a helpful way, pulling the pigment off the brush and depositing it into the nest of fibers instead of smearing it onto the shield of gesso.

Drawing on it is a bit more difficult and I found wolffs carbon pencils 4B leave a decent mark, and General Pencil Charcoal White (is that an oxymoron?) show highlights. Here are the early results of this experiment: a 20x20 work in progress painting of Gooch’s Beach in Kennebunkport, Maine.

It’s a long way out on the ferry to Monhegan Island from Port Clyde, Maine. So a Pepsi and an ice cream cone can help pa...
08/06/2026

It’s a long way out on the ferry to Monhegan Island from Port Clyde, Maine. So a Pepsi and an ice cream cone can help pass a little of the time before you leave the calm waters and the islands and get on the open ocean. Too bad the store is closed—a hazard when you take the early boat.

Port Clyde Village Ice Cream
oil on linen
24x36

See it Gallery at Somes Sound

Oh, those Kodachrome mornings in Maine! I found a trove of 35 mm slides I took in 1993 and this is the third painting in...
08/03/2026

Oh, those Kodachrome mornings in Maine! I found a trove of 35 mm slides I took in 1993 and this is the third painting inspired by that iconic red boat casting reflections and cutting an artful swath in its path.

The first painting featured a small boat leaving a blue line in the dark reflections. But I couldn’t resist an expanded view with the red lobster boat doing the same thing in the second painting. Here, in no. 3, I zoomed in and indulging myself with closer attention to the elements on display in the early morning light.

Burnt Coat Harbor
oil on linen
24x36

See it at the Gallery at Somes Sound

If you pay close attention there are little stories unfolding all over Gilkey Harbor. I was lucky to notice two intrepid...
07/31/2026

If you pay close attention there are little stories unfolding all over Gilkey Harbor. I was lucky to notice two intrepid swimmers take a dive and a joy leap from the
Louis French into the frigid early morning waters. If you’ve ever jumped into any Maine waters you know the shock. Nearby the Angelique catches the first rays of the sun on its sail and sheds glimmers across the waters. Both boats will head back to Camden today.

Morning Swim
oil on linen
24x36

Many brush strokes to go. Port Clyde, Maine, is the last stop before Monhegan Island. I love the Port Clyde store with i...
07/30/2026

Many brush strokes to go. Port Clyde, Maine, is the last stop before Monhegan Island. I love the Port Clyde store with its two tones of shingles and clapboard—the truck seemed to pull up and be the perfect painter’s prop. Also in two tones—as are many of the islanders trucks—and all small works of art themselves.

Port Clyde, Village Ice Cream Work in Progress
oil on linen
24x36

The subject outside is finished, time to work on the inside blocking in.
05/14/2026

The subject outside is finished, time to work on the inside blocking in.

View from the Pantry, 32x24, Work in ProgressI have taped off the window while I paint the outside. When visiting this M...
05/13/2026

View from the Pantry, 32x24, Work in Progress

I have taped off the window while I paint the outside. When visiting this Maine island house we often see windjammers anchored in the bay.

The Thin Blue Line, Work in Progress 24x36
05/06/2026

The Thin Blue Line, Work in Progress 24x36

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