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.”

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.”

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.”

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.