Satsuma Mandarins Three Ways

Satsuma Mandarins Three Ways

Pastels 6 x 6

A favorite of the season: Satsuma mandarins. These sweet and delicious winter fruit are available in most markets for a few more weeks. I love their shapes and entertained myself painting them in 3 different ways, using a variety of surfaces and techniques.

UArt 400 paper with watercolor underpainting (below)

 Colourfix black paper with some scraping and feathering

Colourfix black paper using both soft and hard pastels for blending

First Snow

First Snow

Pastel 6 x 6

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My cast iron garden rabbit surprised by the first snow of the year! Wishing you all a happy solstice and looking forward to increasing daylight.

Red Bushes in Receding Fog

Red Bushes in Receding Fog

Pastel 8 x 10
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It is hard to beat autumn in Acadia National Park. These bright red wild blueberry bushes and multicolored moss-covered rocks came into light as the fog gradually receded on Cadillac Mountain.

Late Afternoon on Cadillac Mountain

Late Afternoon on Cadillac Mountain

Pastel 9 x 13.5

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Every year, my husband and I look forward to a trip to one US National Park.  This fall, we chose to visit and hike beautiful Acadia National Park in Maine.

This is the first in a series of paintings of Cadillac mountain and other areas of the park. Below is a pen and watercolor thumbnail of the scene before I proceeded with the pastel painting.

Floating

Floating

Pastel 8 x 6
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Watched this lobster buoy float in the most colorful waters at Basket Island in Casco Bay (Maine). It was a perfect September late afternoon shared on our friends' Bobbi and Dan's new boat "Fair Tide".

This painting will be in the Yarmouth Frame Shop and Gallery holiday show in December. More information on the show later.

Luminosity

Luminosity

Pastel 8 x 5

I am honored that my painting "Luminosity", winner of the "Chardon Artistry Award" from the Pastel Society of New Hampshire, has also been accepted in their "It's Pastel" national juried show 2014. The juror of selection Frank Federico is a Pastel Society of America's Hall of Fame Honoree. Now that's a thrill!

The reception for the exhibit is on Saturday 25th October at the Discover Portsmouth Center in Portsmouth, NH.  The show is open to the public through November 30th. I am looking forward to seeing many of you there!

Aster on the Rocks

Aster on the Rocks

Pastel 8 x 8
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Aster creeping up on the rocky side of Potts Point in Harpswell, ME.

Aster by the shore

Aster by the shore

Pastel 8 x 8
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A cluster of blooming aster on a late September day along the Maine shore line. 

Upcoming shows

Please mark your calendars for two of my upcoming events in September and October.

"Along their Path" Gallery 111 at Frame-ables at 111 Thoreau Street in Concord, MA - Reception Saturday 20 September 4:30-6:30pm

"All about Pastel" Center on the Common in Harvard, MA - Reception Sunday 5 October 3:30-6:30pm

Come and enjoy a pastel show at Harvard’s Center on the Common featuring my work and paintings by my students from the Center and the NOA Gallery of Groton, MA.  While you are in Harvard, experience the beauty of a classic New England town in the fall.  You can visit the Fruitlands Museum, go apple picking in the famous Harvard orchards and see a great art exhibit while enjoying snacks and refreshments.  It’s the ideal way to spend a fall Sunday!

It will be a great time and I would love to see you at both events.

Golden Hour at Potts Point

Golden Hour at Potts Point

Pastel 12 x 18

Finally got around to completing this painting after staring at it for a couple of months. It is part of my Maine sky series from Harpswell, ME.