Matted "Orange Horizon"

Orange Horizon

10x10

oil on prepared paper

$295

This piece was done at Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport right after "First Light" but the differences surprised me: the blue settled into the sky more lightly and a slight cloud was overhead. The sea also picked up a sense of lightness. These clear sky mornings are quite different than the ones with all the cloud drama, and quite peaceful. Looks like a beautiful day ahead!

Matted "First Light"

First Light

10x10

matted (floated) with edges of the paper showing

in a deep mat.oil on prepared paper

$295

This is another from the Coastal Sunrise series. I was indeed, painting at the crack of dawn. A guest in the house came out to look, looked at the sky and water and just said: yup, that's exactly the color out there.
Kinda reassuring....

Deep-Matted "Striped Sky"

"Striped Sky"

10x10

Oil on Prepared Paper

Floated with edge showing in an extra-deep matt to 16x16

$310

This is one of the Coastal Sunrise plein aire series of morning paintings from Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport, Maine. So many variations in that blue provide interest, and the punch of the sky stripes give the perfect accent!

Coastal Sunrise #5 (Goose Rocks Beach Morning)

Coastal Sunrise #5 (Goose Rocks Beach Morning)

36"x36"

Oil on canvas

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This is the largest piece in the exhibit and one of the very first large ones I have done in my career. The director of the art gallery encouraged me to paint larger and I have done that several times now. I absolutely love it. When I face a canvas taller than I am to work on (on the easel, of course, I'm not that short!), it feels like I am taking on a challenging adversary! Maybe I need to do more of them. Yep.

Framed "Pink Sky, Orange Light"

Framed "Pink Sky, Orange Light"

8x8 oil on canvas 

contemporary maple frame

$195

This is one of the smaller studio paintings. With these, I started smaller and then gradually built up my size until I was at the 3x3 foot largest piece. There is a bit of shine on the canvas in this pic and I will be getting another, better, photo soon. Though it is small, I think it somehow manages to hold the large sky, don't you think?

"Coastal Sunrise #1 (Promise)"

"Coastal Sunrise #1 (Promise)"

Oil on Panel

12x24

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This piece, the first of the Coastal Sunrise Series, is the first stage of several paintings from a spectacular sunrise. A long format makes it even more dramatic, and it was a struggle to get the center area as smooth and still as the upper and lower areas are dramatic.

This piece is available as a giclee at my store. Click here to visit the site.

"Sun Squeeze"

"Sun Squeeze"

10x10 oil on prepared paper

deep matted and 

framed in maple to 17"x17"

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This piece seems to have the sun being squeezed down by the cloud. But it is holding it's own! Another of the plein aire pieces from the porch on the ocean at Goose Rocks beach in Kennebunkport, Maine.

"Coastal Sunrise #2 (Breaking Through)"

"Coastal Sunrise #2 (Breaking Through)"

24x30

Oil on Canvas

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available as giclee on paper or canvas (click here)

soon available as a card

This piece was the star of the show - It was on the postcard announcing the exhibit.  This piece seems to carry all of the energy of the whole series within its edges. It is part of a series (Coastal Sunrise #1,2, etc.) that tell the story of a morning's sunrise at Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport, Maine. It is interesting how a show takes the power of all the pieces and creates a synergy that goes beyond. This exhibit certainly did, and I loved the feeling of being deeply involved in those skies in the months leading up to it. I want to share with you the artist statement for the exhibit, which took the form of a poem.

LYNNE SCHULTE

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

“COASTAL SUNRISE” EXHIBITION

I want the viewer to be there with me, and to feel and see what I have experienced. In the Coastal Sunrise series, I celebrate the amazing skies of September mornings.

 

Look up

Up I can see forever

The sky is never as big as it is over the sea

I look down

Sand, rock, and the cool water around my ankles

bring me back to now.

The new day’s sky marked by the most brilliant color is far too much to contemplate in its hugeness

My smallness is comforting

My smallness is frightening

So I bend down, touch a shell, a stone, or a feather.

Then look up again

I pick up the brush and paint

and am transported far beyond myself to what is deepest and whole

I bring the sky inside.

"Indigo Storm Promise"

Indigo Storm Promise

10x10 oil on prepared paper

Deep Matted and framed with glass/maple

$360

The day is dark and the clouds coming up fast, about to take over the situation. The sea is starting to pick up the energy. A strong storm is coming closer.

Painted at Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport, Maine.

Dance in Blue

"Dance in Blue"

10x10

oil on prepared paper

Extra-deeply matted with contemporary maple frame

$360

The sky and water seemed to me to be dancing together - with the water leading. Painted on-site at Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport, Maine.

"Silver Lining #2"

"Silver Lining"

24x30

Contemporary maple frame

$740

I did this piece in a small size on site and then re-did it in the studio. I love this version, in fact it may be my favorite from the whole series. Though that is really hard to call! But this piece is unique in its coloring, and the feeling that comes through is of a magical silvery grey day. And it is still available....one of the few larger ones left. The teeny tiny person and boat give you the sense of majestic scale.

"Feathery Sky"

"Feathery Sky"

10x10 Oil on Prepared Paper

Matted in an extra deep mat and framed under glass 

with a contemporary maple frame

$360

For information, click here.

This painting is one of those get up early and paint the sunrise mornings. It is amazing what clouds do. They change so much in a second! By the time you get to the top, the bottom has changed, and vice versa. But, if you capture it accurately in real time, it will all go together.

Coastal Sunrise #4 (Into the Fire)

Coastal Sunrise #4 (Into the Fire)

20x20

Oil on Canvas, 

Framed in a Maple Contemporary Frame

$590

to purchase, click here

This is one of the few unsold larger pieces from this show. Up close and personal on the sunrise.......

"Costal Sunrise #3 (Above and Below)

Above and Below

Oil on Canvas 20x20

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This is the first piece from the Coastal Sunrise series that sold. I love it and am glad it is available in a giclee print for others who do too. Here's the link for more details: This color is more accurate than the link.

Tidal Flats with Clouds

"Tidal Flats with Clouds"

plein air painting

10x10 Oil on Prepared Paper

Floated so you can see all the edges in an extra deep archival mat

framed size 17x17

Framed in a Maple contemporary frame

$360

Wouldn't you just like to take a walk now out to the ledges? You can almost get there. And I love the patterns the watermakes in the sand....Maybe that's what I should paint next.This is one of 15 plein aire paintings I did in one week in at Goose Rocks beach in Kennebunkport, Maine in September, working on an enclosed porch at the crack of dawn. Because of the enclosure, I could set up the easel, lights for the easel and for the palette and be ready, coffee cup in hand for the first rays, and I never knew what the morning would bring - simple clear color stripes? a storm? This morning I got this later on, around ten, I think. It was probably the last of the morning before the light flattened out.  You can see the plein air paintings by clicking here. I also created a series of studio paintings from the photographs and memories I took home with me.You can see all the studio paintings on my websiteby clicking here.

To purchase paintings, e-mail Lynne directly: lynne@lynneschulte.com

or go to Daily Paintworks - .

Coastal Sunrise #6 "Risen"

"Risen"

studio painting

24x36 Oil on Canvas

Framed in a Maple contemporary frame

$820

This dramatic piece is the largest piece still available from the coastal sunrise series that I showed in Marblehead Arts Association in May 2011.The Coastal Sunrise paintings #1-6 were a series of larger studio pieces that all had their origin in one particularly dramatic morning sky. You can see all the studio paintings on my websiteby clicking here. There were also a quite a few plein air paintings in the show. You can see the plein air paintings by clicking here.

To purchase paintings, e-mail Lynne directly: lynne@lynneschulte.com

or go to Daily Paintworks.

"Wisps Over Flats"

"Wisps Over Flats"

plein aire painting

10x10 oil on prepared paper

floating in a wide, deep archival mat

Framed under glass with a maple contemporary frame

$360

This soft and beautiful piece was painted from the glassed in front porch of a cottage on Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport, Maine.  I just loved the flats when the tide ebbed and made unpredictible ripples in the sand, exposing treasures underneath. The ledges you see in the painting would dissapear almost entirely at high tide. The cloud patterns that morning were a perfect couterpoint to the sand shapes. What would you say? Is this a skyscape or a sea scape?

Blue Skies

Blue Skies

Oil on panel 8x8"

Genre: Skyscape

Contemporary Light Wood Frame

$195

I thought it would be nice to show something besides flowers. This piece is the first one from my "Coastal Sunrise" series which I showed in May at the Marblehead Art Association It is a small studio painting created after a wonderful painting week at Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport, Maine. All in this series are framed.

I still can't see the title of this piece without smiling, because it was the title of the song sung by the school department all-city chorus in Waltham, MA during my first year there as an arts administrator. Oh, the whole stage full of kids singing just took my breath away.