Beach Near Sunset (framed)

Beach near Sunset

8x10

Oil on Panel

Gold frame

$255

The sunsets are lovely on this side of Deer Isle, which faces west just north-west of Stonington. This piece was painted at Burnt Cove, again with my steering wheel easel. There is a gift shop just past where I parked, and all I saw was a long old interesting looking building. After I had been there a while, a woman came over and told me I could go down to the beach if I wanted - and then she said oh,you are painting. Then she said she needed to get back to work. So after I was finished, I went around the bend a bit and found her with her mother on a picnic table creating some crafts. The gift shop, called Clam Factory Gifts, was in an old building that seemed to go on forever. I stayed quite a while and had a personal tour through it. The most impressive were the dollhouses the woman made, but there was also a large variety of other gifts in the jumble in the back including photography and paintings/drawings. It was a real "downeast experience"!  And just a short way up 15A north, you will actually come to a town called "Sunset".

Lynne Schulte's Painting a Day: "Moving Water"

Lynne Schulte's Painting a Day: "Moving Water": Moving Water gold frame 6x6 oil on panel One day in Stonington I had dinner early and was very hungry. Feeling like treating myse...

"Moving Water"

Moving Water

gold frame

6x6

oil on panel

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One day in Stonington I had dinner early and was very hungry. Feeling like treating myself, I went to a restaurant and ordered a glass of wine before dinner. Well, the wine was all gone before any food came by and by the end of my dinner I could feel that it had really hit me. Knowing that I couldn't drive to my rental like that, I decided to - what the heck - do another "steering wheel easel" painting of what was in front of me. My easel hooks over the steering wheel while I paint small paintings from the materials sitting on the passenger seat. (I Know, it's not so good for the car, but I've got almose 300,000 on this one and believe me, no one will notice!) I figured it couldn't hurt. Turns out I liked the painting, and after finishing, I took a walk, took a bunch of pictures and safely drove back.

"Last Light" (framed)

Last Light

oil on panel

8x10

framed

This is another piece from my steering wheel easel. I love that light when the sun is so low that the water just shimmers while the sky softens. Silouettes become stronger and details fade and we are all taken in by the magic. The location of this piece is a wonderful cove near Stonington and "The Cannery" gift shop which is unseen off to the left.

"After the Rain" (framed)

After the Rain

8x10

Oil on Panel

Framed

$255

Now that I have my "Steering Wheel Easel" that hooks over the wheel, I tried it out in Maine. The first day of my trip, I did three paintings in the car using the easel. I have to be honest with you. There is a limit. When I was painting this piece, it started raining, hard, and I discovered the limit on the use of the easel. You cannot paint out the window if you cannot SEE out of the window. But I did the best I could and when I got this piece home I took a good look and said "no one is going to want that, it is just too grey and boring" So I worked on it in the studio and that's how it got it's name. I think it actually looks like it could be a wet, after the rain scene! This scene is on the causeway that runs from Little Deer Isle to Deer Isle.

Lynne Schulte's Painting a Day: "Hillside Home"

Lynne Schulte's Painting a Day: "Hillside Home": Hillside Home 8x8 $195 oil on panel unframed I loved the way this birdhouse sat among the rocks and spring flowers in Stoningto...

Lynne Schulte's Painting a Day: "Yellow House by the Sea"

Lynne Schulte's Painting a Day: "Yellow House by the Sea": Yellow House by the Sea 8x8 $275 Framed Oil on Panel This was part of my view off the deck on the place where I stayed in Stoning...

"Yellow House by the Sea"

Yellow House by the Sea

8x8

$195 Framed

Oil on Panel

This was part of my view off the deck on the place where I stayed in Stonington. Fabulous. The waterway is called the Deer Isle Thoroughfare and it is just studded with island after island and a gazillion lobster boats. It was heaven being there! I loved the way the little yellow house kept watch.

"Hillside Home"

Hillside Home

8x8

$195

oil on panel

unframed

I loved the way this birdhouse sat among the rocks and spring flowers in Stonington, ME. Lupines, roses and phlox are abundant and just tumble down the hillside and over the rocks.

Stonington Hillside

Stonington Hillside

6x6

oil on panel

SOLD

This was the first painting that I made with my driver's wheel easel (touched up in the studio) It really worked. The day was grey, misty and not condusive to outside work. I am going to call this my "no excuses easel" The flowers were primarily dame's rocket, just pouring down the hill side in the millions, I am sure, with a few lupines. Stonington, Maine is gorgeous in the spring. Ledges of granite abound, with wildflowers everywhere, backed by a special fishing village. A painter's paradise.