"Looking Up" Exhibit

I was given the opportunity to exhibit some work this month so decided to display my recent "sky paintings". There are even some winter images inspired by the first few storms of the season. If you are in Yarmouth please check it out at the library. The show is called, "Looking Up...a focus on skies". There are 16 paintings in the series at Merrill Memorial Library, Yarmouth 846-4763. I will try to post more of the winter ones in the next few weeks. The image posted here is called, "Hill-side Farm". The barn and house looked so rooted on the hill-side...like they had been there for a very long time.

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."

Sky - Painting Challenge - 6

This is my last "sky" post for a while. I may continue in January. This stream is a few miles north of Kokadjo, Maine. The mountain in the distance is Spencer mountain. A late afternoon storm was passing by.

Quote for this post...by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 - 1882

"The river, as it flows, resembles the air that flows over it; the air resembles the light which traverses it with more subtle currents; the light resembles the heat which rides with it through space."

Sky - Painting Challenge - 5

My current painting challenge is to include more sky in my works. Usually I focus on the land. This meadow is in Falmouth at Gilsland Farm. This is one of my favorite places to walk in the late afternoon. I saw a fox on the trail while I was there.

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

"I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in".

Sky - Painting Challenge - 4

My current painting challenge is to include more sky in my works. Usually I focus on the land. This pine tree stands in one of the meadows at Gilsland Farm in Falmouth. I liked the way it was silhouetted against the sky.

Quote for this post...Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 - 1882

"A single object is only so far beautiful as it suggests this universal grace."

Sky - Painting Challenge - 3

My current painting challenge is to include more sky in my works. Usually I focus on the land. I saw this marsh in Yarmouth on the first day of November. Just a few days later all the leaves had fallen off the trees. I liked the red leaves against the blue-violet clouds.

Quote for this post...by Albert Camus - 1913 - 1960

"Autumn is a second Spring when every leaf is a flower."

Sky - Painting Challenge - 2

My current painting challenge is to include more sky in my works. Usually I focus on the land. In August I was re-introduced to Scarborough Marsh while at a PPOM paint-out. Since then I've returned to see the marsh in the Fall months. This painting was inspired by the leaning tree. It was late afternoon in October.

Quote for this post….by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow – 1807 - 1882

“I hear the wind among the trees
Playing the celestial symphonies;
I see the branches downward bent,
Like keys of some great instrument.”

Sky - Painting Challenge - 1

My current painting challenge is to include more sky in my landscapes. Usually I focus on the land. A few months ago I learned about a great place to paint. It is called Parsons Beach in Kennebunk. This painting was inspired by the driftwood at the edge of the beach. It was late afternoon in October.

Quote for this post….by Joan Didion – Born in 1934

“The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.”