Tuesday, August 31, 2010

August Painting Challenge - 20


Fresh off the easel! This is painting #20 of my August painting challenge. The location is a river in Limington. I was there on August 11. This painting was done today in my studio. It is the last in my series of 4”x6” paintings for this month.

Quote for this post….by Pablo Picasso – 1881 - 1973

“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.”

August Painting Challenge - 19


Fresh off the easel! This is painting #19 of my August painting challenge. The location is a pond in Harpswell. I was there earlier this month in the late afternoon. This painting was done today in my studio. My goal is to finish at least 20 paintings in August. Some will be painted on location and others in my studio. All will be oil on panel and measure 4”x6”.

Quote for this post….by Rachel Carson 1907 - 1964

“There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature – the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”

Monday, August 30, 2010

August Painting Challenge - 18


Fresh off the easel! This is painting #18 of my August painting challenge. The location is Scarborough Marsh. I was there on August 18th. This painting was done today in my studio. My goal is to finish at least 20 paintings in August. Some will be painted on location and others in my studio. All will be oil on panel and measure 4”x6”.

Quote for this post….by Rachel Carson 1907 - 1964

“The shore is an ancient world, for as long as there has been an earth and sea there has been this place of the meeting of land and water.”

August Painting Challenge -17


Fresh off the easel! This is painting #17 of my August painting challenge. The location is Littlejohn Island Preserve in Yarmouth. The clouds were rolling in on the day I was there, earlier this month. This painting was done today in my studio. My goal is to finish at least 20 paintings in August. Some will be painted on location and others in my studio. All will be oil on panel and measure 4”x6”.

Quote for this post….by Anais Nin 1903 - 1977

“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.”

August Painting Challenge - 16


Fresh off the easel! This is painting #16 of my August painting challenge. The location is Gilsland Farm in Falmouth. This tree is a favorite of mine. My goal is to finish at least 20 paintings in August. Some will be painted on location and others in my studio. All will be oil on panel and measure 4”x6”.

Quote for this post….by John Muir – 1838 - 1914

“I never saw a discontented tree; they grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do.”

Sunday, August 29, 2010

August Painting Challenge - 15


Fresh off the easel! This is painting #15 of my August painting challenge. The location is at the end of Old Town Landing Road in Yarmouth. I spent an afternoon there more than a week ago. I am just getting around to posting the painting. My goal is to finish at least 20 paintings in August. Some will be painted on location and others in my studio. All will be oil on panel and measure 4”x6”.

Quote for this post….by Annie Dillard - Born in 1945

“Spend the afternoon. You can’t take it with you.”

Monday, August 23, 2010

August Painting Challenge - 14


Fresh off the easel! This is painting #14 of my August painting challenge. The location is Parsons Beach Marsh in Kennebunk. I was there earlier this month and it was a very windy afternoon. My goal is to finish at least 20 paintings in August. Some will be painted on location and others in my studio. All will be oil on panel and measure 4”x6”.

Poem for this post….by A.A. Milne 1882 - 1956

No one can tell me,
Nobody knows,
Where the wind comes from,
Where the wind goes.

Sunday, August 22, 2010

August Painting Challenge - 13


Fresh off the easel! This is painting #13 of my August painting challenge. The location is Freeport. This farm is one of my all time favorite scenes to paint. My goal is to finish at least 20 paintings in August. Some will be painted on location and others in my studio. All will be oil on panel and measure 4”x6”.

This farm reminds me of the book called, Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn The Connected Farm Buildings of New England by Thomas C. Hubka.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

August Painting Challenge - 12


Fresh off the easel! This is painting #12 of my August painting challenge. The location is Scarborough Marsh. A group of trees seemed to reach over the water. I painted here with friends on Wednesday. My goal is to finish at least 20 paintings in August. Some will be painted on location and others in my studio. All will be oil on panel and measure 4”x6”.

Quote for this post….by Alice Walker - Born in 1944

“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.”

Friday, August 20, 2010

August Painting Challenge - 11


Fresh off the easel! This is painting #11 of my August painting challenge. The location is Route 123 in Harpswell. This road has so many beautiful views. I look forward to seeing this meadow when I drive on Route 123. My goal is to finish at least 20 paintings in August. Some will be painted on location and others in my studio. All will be oil on panel and measure 4”x6”.

Quote for this post….by Aristotle 384 -322 B.C.

“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”

Thursday, August 19, 2010

August Painting Challenge - 10


Fresh off the easel! This is painting #10 of my August painting challenge. The location is Maquoit Bay in Brunswick. This is away from the shore but you can see the water in the estuary. My goal is to finish at least 20 paintings in August. Some will be painted on location and others in my studio. All will be oil on panel and measure 4”x6”.

Quote for this post….by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 – 1882

“The succession of native plants in the pastures and roadsides, which makes the silent clock by which time tells the summer hours, will make even the divisions of the day sensible to a keen observer.”

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

August Painting Challenge - 9


Fresh off the easel! This is painting #9 of my August painting challenge. The location is Maquoit Bay in Brunswick. Along with Goldenrod plants there were some Queen Anne’s Lace near the cove. My goal is to finish at least 20 paintings in August. Some will be painted on location and others in my studio. All will be oil on panel and measure 4”x6”.

Quote for this post….from The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers

“Wild carrot [Queen Anne’s Lace] is considered a troublesome weed. It was the ancestor of the garden carrot, and its long, first-year taproot can be cooked and eaten.”

Monday, August 16, 2010

August Painting Challenge - 8


Fresh off the easel! This is painting #8 of my August painting challenge. The location is Maquoit Bay in Brunswick. There was a beautiful stand of Goldenrod near the cove. My goal is to finish at least 20 paintings in August. Some will be painted on location and others in my studio. All will be oil on panel and measure 4”x6”.

Quote for this post….from The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers

“This highly variable Goldenrod [rough-stemmed] can form large masses in fields that were once cultivated. Physicians in ancient times believed that Goldenrod had healing powers; in recent times these plants have been popularly blamed for causing hay fever, but its irritating symptoms are actually caused by Ragweed, whose pollen is abundant when Goldenrod is in flower.”

Saturday, August 14, 2010

August Painting Challenge - 7


Fresh off the easel! This is painting #7 of my August painting challenge. The location is on the Royal River in Yarmouth. I painted at the river’s edge with friends on Thursday. My goal is to finish at least 20 paintings in August. Some will be painted on location and others in my studio. All will be oil on panel and measure 4”x6”.

Quote for this post….by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 – 1882

“The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.”

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

August Painting Challenge - 6


Fresh off the easel! This is painting #6 of my August painting challenge. The location is in Harpswell. To see this view of Long Reach you have to find the little church on Route 24 and go behind the building. My goal is to finish at least 20 paintings in August. Some will be painted on location and others in my studio. All will be oil on panel and measure 4”x6”.

Quote for this post….by Celia Thaxter 1835 – 1894

“There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.”

Friday, August 6, 2010

August Painting Challenge -5


Fresh off the easel! This is painting #5 of my August painting challenge. The location is Parsons Beach marsh. I painted it yesterday in the studio. My goal is to finish at least 20 paintings in August. Some will be painted on location and others in my studio. All will be oil on panel and measure 4”x6”.

Quote for this post….by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 – 1882

“Nature wears the colors of the spirit.”

Thursday, August 5, 2010

August Painting Challenge -4


Fresh off the easel! This is painting #4 of my August painting challenge. The location is at the causeway between Cousins Island and Littlejohn Island. I like seeing the narrow channel at low tide. My goal is to finish at least 20 paintings in August. Some will be painted on location and others in my studio. All will be oil on panel and measure 4”x6”.

Quote for this post…by Heraclitus 6th century B.C; translated by Brooks Haxton. Haxton’s book is called Fragments.

“The earth is melted into the sea by that same reckoning whereby the sea sinks into the earth.”

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

August Painting Challenge -3


Fresh off the easel! This is painting #3 of my August painting challenge. The location is Gilsland Farm in Falmouth. The weather Tuesday was “iffy” with sun for a minute then mostly overcast. I started to paint the garden then turned around and painted the goldenrod in the meadow. My goal is to finish at least 20 paintings in August. Some will be painted on location and others in my studio. All will be oil on panel and measure 4”x6”.

Quote for this post….by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 – 1882

“Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.”

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

August Painting Challenge -2


Fresh off the easel! This is painting #2 of my August painting challenge. The location is Littlejohn Island Preserve. I never saw any people the entire time that I was on the Island. It was a very quiet and peaceful morning. My goal is to finish at least 20 paintings in August. Some will be painted on location and others in my studio. All will be oil on panel and measure 4”x6”.

Quote for this post…by Heraclitus 6th century B.C; translated by Brooks Haxton. Haxton’s book is called Fragments.

“Silence, healing.”

Monday, August 2, 2010

August Painting Challenge -1


Fresh off the easel! My August painting challenge is inspired by friends on Facebook who are creating as many paintings as possible throughout the month of August. This is painting #1 of my August painting challenge. The location is Parsons Beach Marsh. The sun was bright and the breeze warm. My goal is to finish at least 20 paintings in August. Some will be painted on location and others in my studio. All will be oil on panel and measure 4”x6”.

Quote for this post…by Heraclitus 6th century B.C; translated by Brooks Haxton. Haxton’s book is called Fragments.

“The sun, timekeeper of the day and season, oversees all things.”