Early Blues

"Early Blues"

6x6

Oil on Panel

starting bid $25

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I am hungry to go to Long Hill Reservation in Beverly when the blue flowers come out. There are thousands of siberian squill and scilla and they pop up everywhere. It was a beautiful day when I sat down and painted these nestled in some rocks at the base of a greening-up tree.

Boats in the Harbor

"Boats in the Harbor"

10x12

Watercolor

Framed with a white decorative frame

starting bid $25

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These little pleasure boats are sitting in Rockport Harbor, MA. They are wondering why their owner hasn't come to take them out on such a lovely day, and I am too. Low starting bid, already framed, a great deal!

The Neighbor's Garden

"The Neighbor's Garden"

7x5

Oil on Panel

startng bid $50

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I was painting off the porch in Friendship and wanted to do another small painting before I closed down for the day. But I had been painting the harbor (to my right) all day and wanted something different. Lookng across the street, I saw a garden with irises I had not really noticed before, hidden as it was by trees and parking. I enjoyed painting this even though the rocks made me insane (only for a while!)

Lantern

"Lantern"

12x12

Oil on Canvas

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When I was on Cape Cod, friends of my host invited me to come into their yard and paint. It was hidden, peaceful, set in the woods but open to the beautiful cove. Out beyond (in the upper right) was a small spit of land that divided the cove from a larger Seconsett harbor. These people had traveled extensively and had brought back beautiful artifacts from Japan. This lantern was one of them. I liked the way its presence punctuated the space. For a long time the lantern was fighting with the tree for dominance, but I think the lantern won.

"The Survivor" (Framed)

Oil on Canvas

12x12

Framed in Contemporary Light Wood Frame

$590

I did this painting in Plymouth, right in the middle of the tourist area, with Plymouth Rock and the tour busses behind me. I had some time to paint, and was dropped off. Looking around this was what I chose. It was a lovely park on the waterfront, with large shade trees and great shadows. All that beauty, and I was drawn to this small tree, bent, twisted, and pruned until there was just one limb left. Maybe I felt a kinship....Later I found out that the tree has a huge fan club, who came out in huge numbers to prevent it from being torn down, and that it is photographed more than the Mayflower! Also people come out and water it in the winter. I guess it's struggle and survival touches us all.

I wish I had painted all fishing boats, but there is a pleasure boat there. I would have called it The SurvivorS, because of the struggle the fishermen have now and how many of them have quit.

Vermont Treeline, Early Autumn

4x6

Watercolor

$140

This tiny piece was done sitting in the car....on a crisp autumn day in Woodstock, Vermont that was too windy to go outside. It's another small gem I found in my treasure hunt, and I have always loved the simplicity of it. I particularly like the way the evergreens stand out. I always enjoy that part of fall, seeing them return after being hidden by all the deciduous trees. They are like the bones of the landscape. Now it's your chance to own it!

"Quince and Bird Feeders" (matted)

Quince and Bird Feeders

7.5x5

Watercolor

Archivally Matted

$115

Yup, they were all that slanted! This lovely little garden was in my sister's yard off a nice patio; a great spot to rest and visit!


This piece is archivally matted to 12x14 for a nice presentation. This image, as are the other small florals, is part of "A Year in Bloom" a series of 365 paintings I created one year. Many of these images are available as blank cards, and I have 10 card sets (sets of 5 different blank cards) available on Etsy.

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Rockland Gazebo (framed)

Rockland Gazebo

12x12

oil on panel

Gold Frame

$330

This is the second painting this gazebo has shown up in. It sits in a garden by the sea and provides a lovely resting place for many tourists and locals. The same gazebo, in Rockland, Maine, was in my painting "Garden by the Sea" from the Pink Chair Project.

"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.

Remembrance - The Pink Chair Project" #19 "Full Nest"

FULL NEST

11X14

AVAILABLE FOR DELAYED SALE (SEE BELOW) 

$450

Right from an early time in the project, I knew I wanted to paint a piece with birds. I have some of them in the studio that I use when I teach classes; we use them for models. I saw them perched on the back of the pink chair, even taped them up there. I was clear on why: to celebrate Mom’s joy in singing. She was part of singing groups for many years, and would easily burst into song. As we did the dishes each night, we would sing together, all the old ones. I called them “kitchen sink songs”. Or so it was planned.  I started the piece and placed the birds on the chair in front of a tree that was in its autumn splendor out my studio window. But I could not get into it somehow; it just wasn’t right. I also had a nest I bought at a flower show and I kept putting it on the chair, it seemed to be telling me to put in. So I did, but I had to turn the tree to springtime dress, because that’s when eggs are seen!. As the green started to take over, I opened my eyes and saw what I had. Why 5 birds? Why THOSE five birds? Why was the nest so important? Ahh, the awakening. Lynne, Ricky, Paul, Georgie, Joey…I can hear her call us to dinner now. This piece is a celebration of my mother’s family, her five children. Mom loved us and was always ready to drop everything to be with us; no matter if the house needed cleaning. Our doors were always open to welcome our friends and her heart expanded to hold many foster children. The nest is still full because the door is always open. I even know who these birds are though I didn’t paint them deliberately; From the left: Me, Georgie, Joe, Paul and Rick. Rick died at age 27; he is flying away in the upper right. Mom’s children were her song, and the songs were joyful, energetic, mournful, loving, and heart lifting.

I am now sharing my current show with my readers and daily paintworks viewers. This show is currently traveling and unreserved work will be available for purchase after the travel is completed, around mid-2014. Paintings may be held until then with a 10% down payment. E-mail me or see my pink chair project blog, for details. High quality giclee prints are available on paper or canvas in a range of sizes as well as blank cards with this image. E-mail me for further information.

This exhibit tells the story about painting a pink plastic Adirondack chair. The chair represents my mother, Carolyn Elizabeth Pedersen Schulte, of Rochester, NY, who passed on June 5th, 2011. She was a wonderful woman, full of love for everyone around her, and she loved this bright color pink. She was proud of me as an artist and would love what I am doing. I take the chair to favorite places of hers and to places or situations I know she would have liked. It is a way for me to grieve and to celebrate her life. I talk to her as I paint and make sure that she would want to be where the chair has been placed.

Remembrance -The Pink Chair Project #5 - "Lupines and Buttercups"

TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2012

Lupines and Buttercups

10x14

Watercolor and Gouache

$375

Delayed Sale

This Painting is Available, see below

I was perplexed about this piece for a long time. I didn’t know whether or not to put it in the show because it didn’t have a pink chair in it. But I absolutely love it. For me it says all that I went to Maine for and it felt like part of the series. I had to leave the spot where I was painting the first day because of a storm before it was finished and came back to finish a couple of  days later, on the day before I had the awakening that I was going to be doing Pink Chair paintings. As I painted that day I had an incredible feeling of intensity when I was painting, like I had to do it fast - strong - NOW!  It is part of what put the power in that tree. I think that the strength I felt had come from Mom and was just waiting inside to be named on the next day when I would be doing the first transformative painting, the one in which I felt her presence.. With tears in my eyes, on the last day of preparing paintings for this show, I realized that she was indeed there, but quiet and in the background. Her power had come through my paintbrush. So I painted her in, as she deserved.

I am now sharing my current show with my readers and daily paintworks viewers. This show is currently traveling and will be available for purchase after the travel is completed, around mid-2014. Art work may be held until then with a 10% down payment. E-mail me or see my pink chair project blog, for details

This exhibit tells the story about painting a pink plastic Adirondack chair. The chair represents my mother, Carolyn Elizabeth Pedersen Schulte, of Rochester, NY, who passed on June 5th, 2011. She was a wonderful woman, full of love for everyone around her, and she loved this bright color pink. She was proud of me as an artist and would love what I am doing. I take the chair to favorite places of hers and to places or situations I know she would have liked. It is a way for me to grieve and to celebrate her life. I talk to her as I paint and make sure that she would want to be where the chair has been placed. 

Matted "In the Shade"

In the Shade

8x10

Prismacolor on Canson Paper

Archival Mat

$80

This is a sweet little drawing that uses prisamacolor pencils to bring out many colors in the strong trunk, bringing power and variety to it.

Framed "Tree With Vines"

Tree With Vines

11x14

Gold Frame

Oil on Panel

Plein Aire Landscape

$365

I created this piece standing in a yard outside the Fresh Paint Gallery on Cape Cod with other artists; we were having a paint-in. At the time, I was a member of this gallery. The only thing that drew me was this tree, and it drew me strongly. The incredible action of the trunk and branches twisting around, compounded by the vines going every which way gave me plenty of challenge.

Stonington Sunlight

Stonington Sunlight
10x10
Oil on prepared paper
$295

Some of the best painting opportunities are found in the town of Stonington, Maine. It's enough off the beaten path to avoid huge crowds, and the hills surrounding the harbor make dramatic compositions. I painted this right off the porch I was staying in. I love painting on porches!