Mount Washington in April - SOLD

 

On a trip up to North Conway here in New Hampshire last spring, before the buds on the trees were ready to open, I was able to capture this shot of our stately Mount Washington. This is the highest mountain in the northeastern United States, with record-breaking wind speeds at the summit.  This view appears on routes 16 and 302, just as the road turns west toward the town of Glen.  Fun fact: all that snow up there at 6,288 feet isn't going to melt until June.

Mount Washington In April  

~SOLD (Somebody liked this!)

6 in. x 6 in., acrylic on canvas

$100  (gallery-wrapped, no frame needed)

Mile Road Salt Marsh at Wells - SOLD

Mile Road Salt Marsh at Wells  ~SOLD (Somebody liked this!)

6 in. x 6 in., acrylic on canvas   

$100 (gallery-wrapped canvas, no frame needed)

This little painting is a snapshot of the large salt marsh area just near the end of Mile Road in Wells as you approach the Wells Beach public parking area.  Here, the sun is nearly overhead, close to noon, and the red underpainting peeks through the top layers of paint so that the viewer can feel the hot, hazy August atmosphere hanging in the salt air.

Luna Moth Study

This little square, gallery-wrapped piece was a fun exploration into the  luminous, chalky green wings of the elusive Luna moth.  The incredible opaque jade color tends to glow against the surprising pink background, and I liked the lighthearted mood it created. The original photo of this moth was taken by my fellow pastor's wife friend, Christina, and she very graciously let me use her photo to play around with for this study. 

Luna Moth Study

6 in. x 6 in., acrylic on canvas
$72 (gallery-wrapped canvas, no frame needed)

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Almost Dark Over Wells Beach

Almost Dark Over Wells Beach
11 in. x 17 in., acrylic on canvas   NFS 

This piece was painted from a a very dark photo I took as my husband and I walked along Crescent Beach (just south of Wells Beach) after the sun sank behind the horizon and the last fingers of blazing clouds surrendered to the dark rolling in from the ocean.  Here, the tide has just started to go back out, leaving a shiny wet beach reflecting the bright lights of Wells Beach a half mile north.

Dusk at Wells - SOLD

This was fun little study based on some 

lovely moments of turbulent sky and sea 

I enjoyed in the early spring at Wells Beach 

in Maine.  The fun bit about this piece was 

that I had challenged myself to paint it all in 

one hour, on a small canvas, with a single 

brush.  I wanted to see if I could capture the 

feel of the swiftly moving clouds and get the 

marks in the foreground surf and sand area 

to read as wet and glossy and reflective. 

Dusk at Wells  

~SOLD (Somebody liked this!)

5 in. x 7 in., acrylic on canvas    $72   

Misty Morning, Wells Beach - SOLD

Misty Morning, Wells Beach ~SOLD (Somebody liked this!)

16 in. x 20 in., acrylic on canvas    

$235 (unframed)

We had gotten away for a quick weekend respite right before Memorial Day.  I stood barefoot on the packed, wet sand of Wells Beach on a cool Saturday morning in May and was taken by the how green the receding tide appeared as the mist lifted.  Here, the flat, bright disc of the sun slowly burns through the weakening early fog, just as the grayness of the morning surrenders to blue sky.

Expanse (Wells Beach, Maine) - SOLD

Expanse (Wells Beach, Maine) ~SOLD (Somebody liked this!)
12 in. x 24 in., acrylic on canvas    $235 (unframed)

Long and wide at low tide, Wells Beach is seven miles of sand, sky and cold Atlantic waves.  The wet, black piles of rock near Mile Road dry to a soft gray as the water recedes here at midday, and the onshore breeze creates a turbulent expanse of clouds thrown like a ragged cape across the blue ceiling of sky.  This piece sold while it was still wet on the easel, getting the last details laid in.

Winter Salt Marsh at Kettle Cove, Maine

Winter Salt Marsh at Kettle Cove, Maine
9 in. x 12 in., acrylic on canvas    

$150 (unframed)

On a recent winter trip to Maine, we stomped around lovely Kettle Cove, just over the hill and south of Two Lights in Cape Elizabeth.  Kettle Cove is connected to Crescent Beach, but has some great walking trails... if you don't have to contend with ice and snow.  Don't let the blue morning sky fool you; here's a small, icy salt marsh stream surrounded by spindly trees and tall, dead salt grasses, dried and stiffened by the bitter freezing February ocean air.  

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After the Storm, Harbor Island - SOLD

After the Storm, Harbor Island ~SOLD (Somebody liked this!)
9 in. x 12 in., acrylic on canvas    

$150 (unframed)

My son Sam visited Harbor Island in Maine (the one further north) last summer and caught some great shots of some beautiful Atlantic coastline.  It's an isolated place, peaceful and wild, he says.  This is a view toward the west at sunset just as a strong summer thunderstorm subsided and passed.  

Black Mission Figs on Stripes II - SOLD

Black Mission Figs on Stripes, II ~SOLD (Somebody liked this!)

6 in. x 6 in., acrylic on canvas

$72 (gallery-wrapped canvas, no frame needed)

I love figs.  Fresh figs, dried figs, fig preserves... but NOT the Newton, which does a terrible, dry disservice to something so wonderful as the sweet and earthy fig.  For my fiftieth (!) birthday last September, my beloved daughter-in-law, who knows how much I love them, made me a gorgeous spiced pear layer cake with blackberry curd filling, brown sugar frosting and caramel sauce, topped with enormous blackberries and FRESH BLACK MISSION FIGS.  FRESH!!!  They were exquisite.  I am so glad I was born during that short window of time when fresh figs are actually available in the produce department of some stores.  The long and short of this is that my daughter-in-law loves me, so much that she left the rest of the little vented box of lovely black mission figs for me to enjoy.  Their dusky, tender and lightly ribbed purple forms were just begging to be painted, so I threw the last few onto a well-used ochre and white striped kitchen towel in the afternoon light and painted them.  I've painted this twice, an original study (still available, contact me for details) and this second treatment.  I hope you like it.