Three Trees- SOLD

Three Trees Oil on Stretched Canvas 16" x 20" Sold at $55.00 plus shipping Trees in the front yard on a gorgeous day in June. Thanks for looking.

Sarah Painting - Bartered

Sarah Painting 8" x 10", Oil on Canvasboard Bartered for a Sarah Watercolor.

Moss Pond Clouds - SOLD

Moss Pond Clouds 16" x 20", Oil on Canvasboard Sold at $60.00 plus shipping On Saturday I drove through a crazy hailstorm, and as I was nearing home, the clouds were magnificant. I stopped at Moss Pond and it was so dramatic that I had to stop and shoot some photos. There was a fine wind and the storm that I had come through was heading in. This one turned out well, and I'm very pleased that it has some "feeling" to it. Thanks for looking.

Barre Falls Dam - SOLD

Barre Falls Dam,
Oil on Canvas on board 9" x 10.5"
Sold at $40.00 plus shipping.

I got the heebie jeebies driving over the dam and spillway at the Barre Falls Dam today, so I just went to one of the overlooks and enjoyed the distant view. There was a nice swaying field with something lavender in it, and at one point the clouds cast a really nice shadow across the mountain, so I tried to pop that in. Thanks for looking.

Connors Pond - Gifted

Connors Pond 9" x 12", Oil on Canvasboard Gifted. I had to get my car inspection done today, and on the way back, I stopped at this pond, where there were wild yellow irises blooming along the edge of the water. Is there such a thing as water irises? Anyway, it was one of those truly perfect summer days, so fine just to be in a beautiful spot, enjoying the sun and listening to the sound of the little waterfall beside me. Thanks for looking.

Apples and Tomatoes - SOLD

Apples and Tomatoes 12" x 16", watercolor on Arches 140 lb Cold Press Sold at $25.00 plus shipping. When it looked like it would rain this afternoon, I grabbed this basket of apples and tomatoes that my daughter (Happy Birthday, Mieke) had sitting on the counter. While a layer was drying, the sun came out and I headed up the road to do the tree, posted below. A productive day, and thanks for looking.

Old Tree - SOLD

Old Tree 9" x 12", oil on canvasboard Sold at $35.00 plus shipping. Between showers today, I went up the road to where I had spotted this beautiful old tree, with most of it's foliage to one side. The trunk was catching such great colors that I just mixed them up and popped them in. When I got it home, I didn't want to disturb it by blending and fussing, which is what I generally do. So this one really is alla prima. Thanks for looking.

Riverside - SOLD

Riverside
Oil on Canvasboard, 9" x 12"
Sold at $40.00 plus shipping.

A gorgeous sunny day down by the water, and all I could really see (because there was so much to see) was a couple of bright spots of reflected water, an overhanging branch and spots of sunlit greens across the water. Thanks for looking.

After the Rain - SOLD

After the Rain,
Oil on Canvasboard, 16" x 20"
Sold at $50.00 plus shipping

This one is another redo of an earlier plein air painting posted on my sketching blog: http://nelsartmarks.blogspot.com/2006/11/landscape-class.html It was done at Butler's Orchard with my painting class, and a few folks stayed to wait out the rain and paint afterwards. I had just bought a "slicker" and wanted to use it. The colors and the puddles appealed to me. This actually turned out quite differently than the original, but I like it just as much. Thanks for looking.

White Irises - SOLD

White Irises Watercolor and Pastel on Grey Watercolor Paper 25" x 19.5", all deckles intact, full sheet Sold at $50.00 plus shipping I went last night with a new acquaintance, Sarah Dyer, who is a fine watercolorist and teacher, to a meeting of The Massasoit Art Guild, link here: http://www.massasoitartguild.com/live/, and got to enjoy a pastel demo, which of course, made me want to get out my pastels. I had a "dog" watercolor on really nice grey paper, that never did quite "work" so I played over it with pastels today. It is so much better. It could also be cropped down, like one of the following, or into two matching sized pictures: Thanks for looking.

Gerber Two

Gerber Two Oil on Canvasboard, 6" x 8" Available at $25.00 plus shipping. These guys are harder to paint than you'd think. But this one turned out better than the last one, I think. I still want to try one more, to see if I can't get an image I really, really like. Thanks for looking.

Town in the Valley Two and Three - SOLD

Town in the Valley Two and Three 10" x 10", each at $30.00 plus shipping, Oil on Canvas Sold I did a painting a while back called Town in the Valley. Since it sold, two other folks asked for copies, and it was actually kind of lazy fun today to copy my own work as a photo. Thanks for looking.

Quiet Inlet -SOLD

Quiet Inlet 16" x 20", Oil on Stretched Canvas Sold at $50.00 plus shipping. I've been noticing the wonderful colors of the sky at sunset, the glow of yellow in the sky, and the beautiful almost turquoise color above. I wanted to play with these colors and this made-up landscape is what evolved. Thanks for looking.

Summer Field - SOLD

Summer Field 9" x 12", Oil on Canvasboard, Sold at $40.00 plus shipping. The sky was wild with clouds today, but they seemed to all be "over there." Where I was painting it was all about sunshine, the field and sky. I really like how the field and trees turned out on this little guy. Thanks for looking.

Suncatchers

Suncatchers 10" x 10", Oil on Canvasboard, Available at $35.00 plus shipping. The old abandoned house again today, and the sunshine was creating spots of brightness on the leaves here and there. Splendid to be out and painting, just soaking in all the beauty of a summer day. Thanks for looking.

Gerber One - SOLD

Gerber One 9" x 12", Oil on Canvas Sold at $40.00 plus shipping. This was a complicated but fun painting to do. I'm calling it Gerber One, becasue I'm going to use this plant again. The color of the flowers and shapes of the leaves are just beautiful. Thanks for looking.

The Hairdresser's Place - SOLD

The Hairdresser's Place 9" x 12", Oil on Canvasboard Sold at $40.00 plus shipping. Just past the remodeled house where my daughter's hairdresser does business is a picnic turn-in along the water, and I was tickled that you could see the house from the shoreline. Not many strip malls in the country. It was overcast and the breeze kept blowing the refections away, so I tried to show how silvery the sky and water were. Thanks for looking.

Mama and Baby - SOLD

Mama and Baby 9" x 12", Oil on Canvas board Sold at $35.00 plus shipping. I got permission to paint on one of the local dairy farms today, Carter and Stevens Farm right here in Barre. They also have a lovely little country store, where they sell fresh milk and ice cream (which I've heard is quite wonderful.) So I painted cows, next visit maybe some of the cool barns. This mama and baby were separated from the herd, so I had a nice close view of them (although they didn't want to stay in the same spot for long.) The next painting is of the herd grazing. Thanks for looking.

Stevens Cows in the Pasture - SOLD

Stevens Cows in the Pasure 10" x 10", Oil on Canvasboard Sold at $35.00 plus shipping. Behind one of the barns, looking down into one of the pastures. Sunshine, blue sky, and the swoop and sounds of barn swallows. Thanks for looking.

Lawn Chairs - SOLD

Lawn Chairs 10" x 10" Oil on Canvasboard, sold at $45.00 plus shipping This is such a cozy image that I'll probably take some pictures and do it again. Sitting in the backyard, looking across at the neighbors yard (and they are nice folks who don't mind that I rearranged their lawn furniture to paint.) New size canvas board as well, since RayMar will cut to order. Thanks for looking.