Lobstering - #73113 by Candy Barr

 18 x 24 inches Oil on canvas

Detail

sitting by the water watching the boat activity pass back and forth, with cormorants and seagulls made for an exciting day.  Watching the tide come in and listening to all the wonderful sounds by the sea.
The wonderful seaside restaurant Anna's Water's Edge near by.

Summer is good.

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.

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.

Low Tide Early Morning Rocks

20 x 20 inches Oil on canvas



This wet moss seaweed is pretty darn spring green in the early morning light.





The sound of the glug, glug, glug of the low engine going by to check his traps was a comforting sound at 7 am.

Wholy Mackerel

14 x 14 x 2 inches Oil on cradled birch

$715 + S/H

So the next day I painted this version smaller over a longer period of time in the direct sun. I froze it after that to save to put into a tide pool painting later in the week.

Here's the start




The lobstermen have such colorful accoutrements!

Lobstering

24 x 24 inches Oil on canvas



detail of island




On location at a dock viewing the lobster boats
The boat in the foreground and the guy behind
the motor boat was pulling up
his traps. He drifted by the dingey
and made my picture!

Casco Bay

12 x 12 inches Oil on canvas

$595. + S/H

Detail



Rain all day in Maine, but set up under the
umbrella at the lobsterman's dock.



Home of six artists working for two weeks



We hung it the night before