'Ruth' Sebasco Harbor Resort - #63011

8 x 10 inches Oil on canvas

After painting on the drizzly day, I returned to Sebasco Harbor Resort dock to paint Ruth.

Cruises Aboard the Ruth

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"The Ruth

Our own tour boat, the Ruth, is the center of much of that activity and has been delighting our guests since her launch in 1935. We offer a number of trips during the summer months, including scenic harbor and nature cruises, pirate cruises, and lunch cruises.

All scheduled trips aboard the Ruth are reserved seating and reservations should be made in advance to avoid disappointment."

The evening light of the day is the last tour for 'Ruth'. The sparkles on the water are dazzling.

Breaking Waves - #62911

8 x 10 inches Oil on canvas

Not burning sun yet, so didn't feel need for an umbrella. Tide going out on this one...

Ocean Waves at Small Point - #62811

11 x 14 inches Oil on canvas board

Glorious morning with glistening sparkles from sunshine after days of drizzly rain. You can see the drag marks in the sand of my easel due to the encroaching tide coming in. Must be mindful of which way it's going!

Sebasco Harbor Master - #62711

8 x 10 inches Oil on canvas

The morning started off completely fogged in and grey with little visibility... kind of neat. And then as the sun came up it burned off the fog. You can see the island better as the morning wore on...I couldn't even see it initially! And it was chilly and damp enough that I had a down vest and foul weather jacket on top. Layers that can peel.

Morse River - #62611

8 x 10 inches Oil on canvas

I dunno, early morning PINK got to me a little too much.

I witnessed 2 deer crossing the river during low tide swimming across! Gulls were dipping and plenty of bugs...

Seashell Plated - #62511

8 x 10 inches Oil on canvas

This was started again at the Colin Page workshop as a 45 minute study. Hello...what was I thinking seashell
8 x 10 ? I completed it back in studio to give it more distinct personality. Anyone know what kind of shell this is? I think this may be my first still life that was more than a study... (I'm not including interiors that have a vase on a window sill).

Dinghys in Grey Study- #62411

6 x 6 inches Oil on Birch Ply

Boats in Grey - #62311

6 x 6 inches Oil on Birch Ply

Continuation of gray studies with Colin Page from last week. I found these outdoor value studies to be a really good reminder of priorities when challenged by plein air and changing light (or movement as well in case of water and boats!~)

Gerber Daisies-#62211

6 x 6 inches Oil on Birch Ply

I'm going to have to spend more time with still lifes...worth investigation.

Whispering Lemons - #62111

6 x 6 inches Oil on Birch Ply

Again, this was from Colin Page 20 minute exercise, his was first 20 minute lay in of lemons that I felt needed more contrast with background, and right lemon didn't get finished. Brevity of brushstrokes, stepping away from canvas between strokes, taking a long breath... Making every mark count and as accurate to color value as possible. Adjust as you go.

Sunset Fishing Time - #62011

 8 x 10 inches Oil on canvas

Maine Morning Fishing Boat - #61911

8 x 10 inches Oil on canvas

 

 

Fishing Boat - #61811

6 x 6 inches Oil on Birch Ply

Another 20 minute study in grey. With the wind changing and the boat heading in a different direction continuously consequently, it's a challenge to get the alignment just right. You can see how this might have come out very different had I painted it from the photograph. You catch prominent factors when working from life, squinting and catching the values more easily. In a photograph, the values have already been flattened out and less color is available to see.

Red Pepper Hiding - #61711

6 x 6 inches Oil on Birch Ply

The assignment for this 20 minute painting was to count your brushstrokes and make everyone count. This was done in 20. I filled my brush with ALOT of paint before each stoke to get maximum coverage! We were using a large #8 flat brush.
I liked how I placed this pepper sneaking behind the edge of this box.A scene from Colin Page's workshop last weekend during the cold and drizzly rainy day.

Pull Start -#61611

6 x 6 inches Oil on Birch Ply

$125. +S/H


I kind of like the two of these juxtaposed together...the bright orange foul weather gear is nice against the greys.

Damiscotta Harbor - #61511

6 x 6 inches Oil on Birch Ply

Here are two stages of 20 minute study in values using greys mixed with black paint and white.
We used flat #8 brushes to get our block in. Later at studio I used a smaller brush ...!

Apple Still life - #61411

8 x 10 inches Oil on Canvas - final

first posted version, apple on left too highlighted

These two views of same apple front lit, and back lit from natural light were done in a Colin Page workshop this past weekend. What a wonderful instructor and terrific two days in Damiscotta Maine.

I'll be posting some more from this workshop although I'm sharing a phone line with 5 women and it's dial up so it's a challenge unless I do it at 4am~!

Red Tandem Bicycle - #61011

8 x 10 inches Oil on canvas SOLD

MEMORIAL WEEKEND

 Painting in front of the Parade Gallery in downtown Warren, a bunch of bicyclists stopped by to lunch in the Warren Store, so I took advantage of the unique Tandem bicycle posing!

What a lot of fun that looked like!

Queenie _ Airstream Trailer- #6911

8 x 10 inches Oil on canvas

 While visiting my friend in Buzzard's Bay, I had to capture her new "garden room".

Turns out it's a good hideaway from the 'skeeters while taking gardening breaks.

I could paint the flow of an airstream every week.  Just fun.

Ricketson's Point - #6811

8 x 10 inches Oil on canvas

Young Man Head Study- #6611

5 x 6.5 x 3/4 inches Oil on wood block

Young Male Nude Torso - #6511

5 x 6.5 x 3/4 inches Oil on wood block

Young Male Nude - #6411

5 x 6.5 x 3/4 inches Oil on wood block

Young Man's Profile Study - #6311

5 x 6 x 3/4 inches Oil on wood block

Young Man Face Study - #6211

5.5 x 5.5 inches Oil on wood block

Sparkle Sleeping - #6111

4.5 x 6.5 inches Oil on wood block

$99. +S/H
My next door neighbor was off mowing someone's yard when a lightening storm began, and his cute doggy Sparkle made her way into my studio for comfort! We enjoyed each other's presence equally I'd say. The sun coming through my south skylight lit up a corner of the rug for a bit...