all set

fall comes early, 11x14", oil on panel

All ten pieces are dry and ready to hang. If you happen to be in Camden, Maine this month, stop into Zoot to see my latest pieces! There is plenty more happening in our little town in October-Camden International Film Festival, Harbor Arts, Pop Tech, and of course, absolutely beautiful fall weather-(that event is free!)

watching paint dry

when the bough breaks, 14x14" oil on panel

This is the last piece I finished for a small exhibit at a local cafe this month-it is another recycled painting. I like the history of the surface when working on old used supports. It is funny what you hang on to and what you discard once you start over. I think there is a life lesson in there somewhere...

still blue

watch over me, 14x14" oil on panel

resurrection

giving new life to an old surface

glass

isn't it beautiful?

more info at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

where was I?

living, breathing, working, here all along...

back from its photo shoot

two panels @ 18x10"

painting the town

8x 10 oil on panel

This is a one day painting I did for a paint the town fundraiser benefiting the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland.

early august

monhegan

We traded main land rain for island rain this weekend.  I haven't been out to Monhegan Island since I was a girl, and while it is hard to remember my time there, I do know that I have been trying to get back there for most of my adult life.  It is remote, untamed and mysterious in a way.  We walked most of the island's 17 miles of trails in the mist and rain and brief glimpses of sun.  We encountered many plein-air painters along the way.   Its hard not to feel pressure to join the history of all the artists who have sought the island's beauty for inspiration.  I brought my watercolors and did this sketch of the garden where we stayed.