Ratatouille

Ratatouille

Pastel 8 x 10

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Already eaten...

Girls' Night Out

Girls' Night Out
Pastel 8 x 10
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We have been painting eggplants in our pastel class at NOA Gallery. My two new students Ashley and Yoshie inspired me to use a palette I don't normally use.

At our "Gallery Conversations" event last Saturday at the Yarmouth Gallery, we were discussing how people love to know the story behind a painting. I couldn't come up with a name for this painting and my husband said: "Girls' Night Out" and made up his own story: Susie?... Susie... Get up!

Beach Tents for the Last Vacationers

Beach Tents for the Last Vacationers
Pastel 8 x 8
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In the summer, the beach parasols in Deauville turn into little beach tents to protect vacationers from the sun and sometimes rain, being Normandy...

This painting will be at the Yarmouth Gallery exhibit on February 11th. Here is the information about the show illustrated with "Normandy Horizon #21" from Suzanne de Lesseps.

End of Summer in Deauville

End of Summer in Deauville
Pastel 8 x 8

In the heart of Normandy, Deauville is a popular seaside resort known for its long beach, harbors, horse racing, international film festival and grand villas. All summer long, the colorful sun umbrellas are at the ready for beach lovers. At the end of the summer, the umbrellas have the beach to themselves...

This painting will be in the show at the Yarmouth Gallery in Yarmouth, Maine in February,

Road to "La Laiterie"

Road to La Laiterie
Pastel 8 x 10

"La Laiterie" stands for dairy barn. La Laiterie where we stayed in Normandy during our painting trip was converted into a beautiful gîte for holiday rental. This is the road to the property.

Green Pastures

Green Pastures
Pastel 8 x 10

On a clear day, there is always a symphony of greens in the Norman countryside!

Steeple in the Clouds

Steeple in the clouds
Pastel 8 x 10

Happy New Year to all my friends and followers! Your support and encouragement is invaluable and keeps me going.

Last September, with my friends Bobbi and Suzanne, I took a wonderful oil painting workshop with Carolyn Walton in Normandy. We stayed in a wonderful place called La Laiterie on the outskirts of Pont l'Eveque in the heart of the Pays d'Auge. The weather was typically Norman, alternating between rain and sunshine. It was a chance for me to learn how to paint lots of clouds and practice all these amazing greens!

Our Normand paintings will be on exhibit at the Yarmouth Gallery in Yarmouth, Maine in February. More information on the show later.

Clementines in Old Bowl

Clementines in Old Bowl
Pastel 6 x 8

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Sweet Clementines

Sweet Clementines
Pastel 6 x 8
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These clementines are a gift from Spain I always look forward to this time of year!

Sold at the Concord Art Association annual holiday exhibit and sale. It is a great event with beautiful artistic creations and gifts for everyone!
Reception: Sunday, December 4, 2-4pm. The show will last through December 22. . Check it out if you can.

Provencal Pots

Provencal Pots

6 x 6 pastel

Available for purchase through Olive and Branch

I am usually spending time in Provence this time of year. I won't be going there again until next year. Feeling somewhat nostalgic, I painted my provencal pots which spend their own summer in my garden.

If you enjoy all things from Provence, check Olive and Branch  for great French accessories and gifts for the home.

Demo 1 at the Concord Art Association

Completed tomatoes
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Tomatoes demo in progress

Tomatoes painting in its first stages

Michele from the CAA doing the introductions

The Concord Art Association graciously invited me to perform a pastel demo at their beautiful facility in Concord, Mass. It was a wonderful experience, well attended and great fun!

Stay tune for future pastel workshop information at the CAA.

Pretty in Pink

Pretty in Pink
Pastel 8 x 10
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A treat from the garden, already replaced by irises and other blooming wonders.

Best Oranges of the Season

Best Oranges of the Season
Pastel 7 x 7, matted and framed
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Auctioned at a fundraiser for Primary Source, an organization that promotes global education by preparing K-12 educators to empower students to be culturally literate, contributing global citizens in our increasingly interconnected world: http://www.primarysource.org/25th-anniversary-celebration.
 

Blue Lilacs

Blue Lilacs
Pastel 10 x 10
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There is a profusion of flowers in bloom right now and we are having fun in our pastel class painting clusters of lilacs, apple blossoms, forsythia and other spring blossoms. What fun!

Yarrow by the Pond

Yarrow by the Pond
Pastel 10 x 10
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It is May 1st and it's official... color is part of our lives again! Forsythia, daffodils, tulips and azaleas are in bloom, a reward we have all been waiting for after a very long winter in New England.

If you enjoy spring and summer and happen to be in Maine on Saturday 7 May, please join us for a reception at the Yarmouth Frameshop and Gallery for the "Impressions of Summer exhibit". It will a wonderful and colorful feast for the eyes!

"Impressions of Summer"
30 artists and their works
Gallery Reception
Saturday, May 7th, 4 to 7

Diana Johnson, William Hallett, John Bowdren, Neil Wyrick, David Little, Marcia Feller, Anne Witte, Lois Strickland, Sukie Curtis, Suzanne deLesseps, Bobbi Heath, Joelle Feldman, Susan Gosselin, Linda Dessaint, Elizabeth Newman, Anne Macleod, Ruthie Garroitt, Kathleen Daughan, Martha Baum, Dale Augustson, Cathrine Breer, Mary Lynn Engel, Sandi St.George, Kitty Clark, Alison Bramhall, Judith Barker, K.Dana Nelson, Denise Horne-Kaplan, Andrea Sawyer, Anne Tarbox

Yarmouth Frame Shop and Gallery
720 Route One, Yarmouth, Maine, 04096
207-846-7777

Tuesday ~ Friday 10 ~ 6 Saturday 10 ~ 4

Yarrow Field

Yarrow Field
Pastel 8 x 10
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I am happy to report that my three entries - "Yarrow Field", "Lilacs" and "Need More Forsythia" - were selected for the "Garden of Earthly Delights" juried exhibit at River Arts in Damariscotta, ME. Colin Page, a wonderful painter of Maine landscapes (among others) was the selecting juror for this show.

If you get a chance, please join us at the opening reception on Friday 29 April, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Looking forward to it!

Lilacs

Lilacs
Pastel 8 x 8
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The only lilacs available at the moment in New England are from the store. In anticipation of these favorite blooms in my own backyard, a bouquet from the flower shop will do.

Pastel Class

Let me introduced you to the members of my new pastel class at the NOA Art Gallery and School in Groton, Mass! From left to right: Jean, Meghan, Dylan, Alice, Kate and Joni. We are missing Lois in the picture, but there will be other photo opportunities! They are a wonderful group and learn fast. They have only done 2 sessions so far and look at what they were able to produce practicing layering pastel techniques on Canson mi-teintes paper! I am impressed!

Next class, we will be practicing blending, layering and scrumbling on sanded paper. Can't wait to see what they'll do!

Need More Forthysia

Need More Forthysia
Pastel 8 x 8
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Mother Nature played a dirty trick on us this April Fool's day and dumped another 10 + inches of snow on the ground. I refuse to be defeated and I am creating my own spring!

Tajine # 2

Tajine # 2
Pastel 8 x 8
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I am on a tajine kick: Cooking it, eating it and painting it. Life is good!

This beautifully decorated tajine was a gift from my sister and I bought the two miniature ones at an outdoor market in the town of Uzes in Provence. I used the small ones for extra condiments.