Winter Bird - Donated

Oil on board
8x8
Donated

If you haven't heard of the website "Morguefile" it is an excellent resource for free photos (no copyright).  Great for reference photos and ideas.  That's where I got this little guy.  Anyone know what he is?

Low Tide, Popham Beach

Oil on canvas
7 x 14
SOLD

What a wonderful spot this is in Maine.  At low tide the beach yields many large sun-warmed wading pools.  I loved the reflection of the lifeguard chair in this one.  This painting was done with a knife only, using the medium Neo Megilp for the first time.  Great stuff!

Clearing

Oil on canvas
12 x 12

SOLD

A Commission

Digital photo taken in Acadia

 Study done in oil, 8 x 10

Since I was committing to a large canvas I knew I needed to do a small study to determine composition and color choices.  I had to simplify a fairly busy harbor full of boats down to what I thought was a nice minimum.  I knew the seaweed area in the foreground would be difficult as it was extremely busy with various rocks and multi-colored seaweed.  

Final painting

"Harbor Stillness"

Oil on canvas, 24 x 36

Private Collection

The Traveling Chicken

Oil on panel
8 x 8

$95

This post was done for the 'Traveling Chicken" blog.  This little bird has been sent all over the world from artist to artist to paint.  Check it out!  The Traveling Chicken
If interested in purchasing, email me here.

Edge of the Pond

Oil on canvas
12 x 12
$200 framed

Early summer at the edge of a secluded pond in Falmouth.

Ellie

Acrylic 8x10, NFS

This was a study, done a few years ago, of my niece at Crescent Beach, Maine.

Red Returning

Oil on canvas

12x12

$225 framed

A placid end to the day on Campobello Island, NB.  

(Photo by Ron Rubocki)

Freeport View, Winter 2014

Oil on panel, 9x12, 

$225 SOLD

This 'secret view' in Freeport will be a subject for a painting project in the future with 2 good friends. I tried to capture how cold this past winter was here in Maine...brutal.

Luminous Beach

              

Oil on panel

9x11

$150 / $220 framed

A special spot from a family vacation last year in the Keys.

Christmas Primaries

Oil on gessoboard

6 x 6

$155

Here is another painting of the set up I did a while back with poinsettia leaves. This time in oil.  Inspired by Qiang Huang's beautiful still lifes.  I wish I could master his economy of brushstrokes!!

Early Morning Mist

Oil on canvas

8 x 10 

$185 SOLD

This scene was painted from a photo my husband took just across the street in the horse paddocks.  It was very early and the morning mist was lifting from the previous night's dew.  The big challenge was creating a mist that seemed transparent.