16 x 20 inches Oil on canvas
Detail
Love to get the annual laundry on the line when I'm in Maine.
Only good to paint on a windy day to keep the mosquitoes away!
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Showing posts with label Maine. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Monday, June 25, 2012
DInghy, Charcoal on Cansen Tientes Paper 19" × 25" by Candy Barr
19" × 25" (483 mm × 635 mm)
I matted and framed in 24 x 36 inch black frame.
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Back from Maine with gorgeous weather. Sometimes too windy to set up on the beach, but perfect for blowing laundry on the line.
Discovered a butane mosquito repellent to paint with in the deep woods.
What a break through!
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Breaking Waves - #62911
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
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!
Friday, June 24, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
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!~)
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!~)
Monday, June 20, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
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.
Friday, June 17, 2011
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.
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.Sunday, May 29, 2011
Rainbow Rock - #52911
18 x 18 inches Oil on canvasTide going out with interesting rock formations in Maine.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Vernal Pool with Log- #52511
14 x 14 inches Oil on Cradled Birch
Detail
Earlier version below and start
originally posted July 1, 2009
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Beach Cottage - #51112
16 x 16 inches Oil on canvasThis is a revisit to earlier version below.
It turns out when I return to Vermont studio after being away all winter, and see older paintings that need a bit of tuning up, it's fun to rework.
It's always nice when there's clarity about the weak spots, and how to improve them!
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Mackerel Platter
18 x 24 inches Oil on canvas
There's a fish story here...
a dingy was untied at one end (that I had tethered to keep in place) leaving it to blow about, which altered my "model"...so I chided the lobsterman and his helper when they came up the ramp past me and my easel plein air set up, "can't get no respect! You moved my subject!"
So he kindly asked a bit later if I liked Mackerel...and I gleefully said "YES!" It was a real beauty,
but my Michael said they are Heck to filet and very bloody, so I decided to paint it a few times instead of eating it! Best served in sushi probably if you're going to eat it.. (actually I have a can with red label on it that holds pencils with picture of mackerel on it from years ago). The story just never ends.
There's a fish story here...
a dingy was untied at one end (that I had tethered to keep in place) leaving it to blow about, which altered my "model"...so I chided the lobsterman and his helper when they came up the ramp past me and my easel plein air set up, "can't get no respect! You moved my subject!"
So he kindly asked a bit later if I liked Mackerel...and I gleefully said "YES!" It was a real beauty,
but my Michael said they are Heck to filet and very bloody, so I decided to paint it a few times instead of eating it! Best served in sushi probably if you're going to eat it.. (actually I have a can with red label on it that holds pencils with picture of mackerel on it from years ago). The story just never ends.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Heron Island
16 x 22 inches Oil on wood SOLD
This one took a nose dive as I was packing up
with a direct implant into the sand as sunrise complete.
I loved the painting and was so devastated,
I just let my spirit enjoy the fact that I did
the painting and had enjoyed the sunrise
listening to the tide go out.
The sparkles in the paint are an added benefit,
and really I just touched it up after it had dried,
so it was a good thing I didn't get too worked up.
It's taken me a while to consider "touching up"
on a plein air painting OK. Geez...
lighten up Candy.
Maybe there needs to be a
Certificate of Plein Air Authenticity,
where on the back of each painting done on
location ...there is a place to check off
what percentage was done in studio:
5 %, 10 %, 20%? If it was touched up
at all, even to straighten out the mast after it's
dry, then there you go... 5% in studio.
(I assume the mast is an important part
of the composition to figure 5%_!)
Without this certificate, one can hardly
trust it was done entirely on location.
Price hike for on location vs in studio?
Ah the pricing dialog. Later.
This one took a nose dive as I was packing up
with a direct implant into the sand as sunrise complete.
I loved the painting and was so devastated,
I just let my spirit enjoy the fact that I did
the painting and had enjoyed the sunrise
listening to the tide go out.
The sparkles in the paint are an added benefit,
and really I just touched it up after it had dried,
so it was a good thing I didn't get too worked up.
It's taken me a while to consider "touching up"
on a plein air painting OK. Geez...
lighten up Candy.
Maybe there needs to be a
Certificate of Plein Air Authenticity,
where on the back of each painting done on
location ...there is a place to check off
what percentage was done in studio:
5 %, 10 %, 20%? If it was touched up
at all, even to straighten out the mast after it's
dry, then there you go... 5% in studio.
(I assume the mast is an important part
of the composition to figure 5%_!)
Without this certificate, one can hardly
trust it was done entirely on location.
Price hike for on location vs in studio?
Ah the pricing dialog. Later.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Lobster Boats
8 x 10 inches Oil on panel SOLD
This is same location as the lobsterman
24 x 24 posted on June 29
24 x 24 posted on June 29
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Camden Harbor
8 x 10 inches Oil on clayboard SOLD
My favorite time of day; the end of day light.
I nearly kept driving by, but realized I
needed to turn around and paint the harbor
with the available light. The shadow is foreground
was moving over quickly the park in front
of the town library with this great view of
the boats in the harbor in Camden, Maine.
My favorite time of day; the end of day light.
I nearly kept driving by, but realized I
needed to turn around and paint the harbor
with the available light. The shadow is foreground
was moving over quickly the park in front
of the town library with this great view of
the boats in the harbor in Camden, Maine.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Sashay to Ocean
18 x 18 inches Oil on canvas
$725. +S/H
Overcast day but with
exquisite greys and violets
against the lush green
seaweeds and grasses.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Bowsprit ~ Happy 4th of July
18 x 24 inches Oil on canvas (in process)
I had painted this bowsprit plein air, with a different
background. It was too bland for the ship,
so I made up the dramatic sky to compliment
the shape of the bowsprit.
The ropes need some more deltail and highlight.
The horizon line is uneven too..yikes.
bow·sprit (bou
spr
t
, b
-)
I had painted this bowsprit plein air, with a different
background. It was too bland for the ship,
so I made up the dramatic sky to compliment
the shape of the bowsprit.
The ropes need some more deltail and highlight.
The horizon line is uneven too..yikes.
bow·sprit (bou
sprt, b-)n. Nautical
~ from www.thefreedictionary.com A spar, extending forward from the stem of a ship,
to which the stays of the foremast are fastened.
to which the stays of the foremast are fastened.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Vernal Pool Reflection
14 x 14 x 1.5 inches Oil on birch
Really infatuated with the reflective colors,
the dispursement of light ~with the rain
lightly falling as well as the wind
shaking the water from the canopy of trees.
It's another rainy day in Maine, so
I'm taking advantage of the
mysteries in the woods.
The ocean waves are tremendous.
Painted 6.22.09
The lady with a walking stick
Really infatuated with the reflective colors,
the dispursement of light ~with the rain
lightly falling as well as the wind
shaking the water from the canopy of trees.
It's another rainy day in Maine, so
I'm taking advantage of the
mysteries in the woods.
The ocean waves are tremendous.
Painted 6.22.09
The lady with a walking stick
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