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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

Bright Morning Light

This painting just arrived home after spending some time in Cape Cod at a juried pastel show. The inspiration for this painting came from getting up very early while staying on Monhegan Island. I am a big fan of early morning light. Just beyond the barn is the ocean.

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

“I see the spectacle of morning from the hill-top over against my house, from daybreak to sunrise. The long slender bars of clouds float like fishes in the sea of crimson light. From the earth, as a shore, I look out into that silent sea.”