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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”