Artist Renee Lammers

 

 

 

"Acadia Colors" 8x10 oil on copper. sold. Thanks.

 

 

   A very nice lady took a few photos of me painting.  She sent it to my cellphone.

 

Thank you.  

 

 

   Here is the painting on my easel.  I liked a strip of light that came

 

through in the foreground rocks.  I ended up working on the painting a little once

 

I returned home.  

 

 

   There are Fall colors coming!

 

 

   The Maple trees are the first to show their color.

 

 

  This view looking back towards Sand Beach and the Beehive was nice.

 

 

   Festus is back to being his loving self with me.  After I turned on the air conditioner

 

he decided we needed to be best friends again.  He likes to be held.  He liked the Zinnias.

 

He was interested in the spout of the coffee pot.  What an inquisitive look!

 

 

Miss Kitty has amazing beautiful spots on her stomach.  

 

 

   Robert and I were driving by little Baxter's house, one of Lily's puppies.  Baxter's 

 

adult doggie name is Brooke.  She is on the right side here with her friend Katie.

 

Baxter was the smallest puppy of the litter.  She is doing very well.  She was retrieving

 

the frizbee with Katie over and over again.  We visited with them briefly.  It was nice.

 

Good night.

 

 

 

 

 

"Great Meadow In September" 8x10 oil on copper 850$ framed in gold or black with gold.

Shipping and frame are included.

 

   I treated myself to a McDonalds two cheeseburger with small fry special as I drove from

 

Bucksport to Mount Desert Island to paint.  I enjoyed the fries so much.  I did not know

 

where I would paint.  I just knew I was going to take advantage of the 7 day park pass I had

 

purchased for 35$!  I once lived on the island in an Airsteam at Bass Harbor Campground.

 

I painted every single day in Acadia and on the island.  I like living in Bucksport because

 

I can paint in a larger variety of places.  I decided to paint at the great meadow.  I have painted

 

here dozens of times over the last 18 years.  Jackson Lab chose one of these paintings to promote

 

their business years ago.  I wondered if I could paint the great meadow better?  It was a good

 

challenge.

 

 

Here is the painting Jackson Lab used for emails, magazine articles, and posters.  

 

Fun to see an older painting.  

 

 

  I took the painting home and worked more in my studio.  

 

 

There is some Fall foliage if you look hard enough.  

 

 

The rocks placed hundreds of years ago are pink granite.  The workers called them

 

Rockefeller's teeth.  He supposedly had crooked teeth just like the rocks placed along

 

side of the roads to keep cars safe.  

 

 

I almost started another painting but it was just too cold!  I headed home.  

 

Good night.

 

 

 

"Otter Point In September" 8x10 oil on copper 850$ framed in gold or black with gold.

Shipping and frame are included.

 

   I drove an hour and a half or longer to Acadia National Park.  Traffic was not too bad until

 

I hit the road into Acadia.  This is the busiest season in Acadia when the leaves start to change.

 

I prefer Otter Point parking area.  The light there is incredible.  I hiked with 50 pounds of

 

equipment.  It seemed like I am getting more selective for painting sights!  I relocated twice.

 

One man said, "Hey did you change spots?"  I told him, "Yep.  It needs to be real good."  I still

 

had to change a lot to get this painting.  There was a row of bushes along the front. No good!

 

I created an opening.  I created more Aster Flowers, Rose Hips, and Asters.  I like color.

 

 

This was a possibility but it was all greys and tans and blues.  I need more color!

 

 

The clouds were nice but I wanted a water scene.  

 

  I hugged Festus for an hour.  Miss Kitty had a few pets.  The dogs all were petted and spent

 

a two hours outside.  Now I am going to go drive to Acadia National Park again because

 

I have a 7 day pass.  Good night.

 

 

 

"Schoodic September" 8x10 oil on copper Sold.

 

   I went to Schoodic to paint yesterday.  I love this spot. I have painted here a lot.

 

There were so many rose hips, a few aster flowers, and one young noisy squirrel.  The

 

squirrel kept me company for many hours.  He was keeping his pose so I painted him into the

 

painting.  I like how he blends into his environment.  I think he added a lot to the painting.

 

I took the painting home, worked on it that night, and worked on it more in the morning.

 

I went back there this morning to paint, drove around, took a few photos, then had this

 

feeling to head home. I didn't paint.  I arrived home and everything was fine.  I recieved an

 

email from an art patron visiting Maine.  She wanted to come over to visit!  I said, "Sure thing!"

 

I have known her on Facebook for years.  She has bought paintings over the years but we have never

 

met in person!  Festus and Miss Kitty came out right away to greet them.  Most cats hide when new

 

people come to a home but mine come running out as greeters!  I poured out their bag of cat

 

toys onto the floor.  They both played for a bit.  Miss Kitty was leaping around.  They are always fun.

 

 

"Perservere" 6x4 oil on copper.  sold.  Thanks.

 

   I am glad I came home.  I had a good day.  Here are a few photos from Schoodic.

 

 

   The blues were very dark today.

 

 

 

The lobsterboat's name was Grampa Bird.

 

 

A pretty Blue Heron hunting.  

 

 

Lily was having her dinner.  She chewed up her carrot.  Festus sniffed the carrot.  

 

My dogs eat chicken, raw vegetables and fruits with Merrick dry dog food.

 

 

Lily went over to her Mom's food bowl and Poppy came over to her bowl.

 

They like to swap bowls!  Festus was noticing.  He is a smart cat.

 

Thank you for the painting purchases.  

 

 

"Monhegan Bell View" 8x6 sold.

 

 

"Monhegan Museum Bell"6x8 oil on copper  Sold. Thanks.

 

   The man who purchased the one bell painting while visiting the island for just the day contacted me.

 

I had lost his information.  I was very glad to hear from him!  He purchased both Bell paintings. They

 

will look nice together.  Good night.

 

 

 

"Monhegan Glow" 14x2o oil on copper 2500$ framed in gold or black with gold.

Shipping and frame are included.

 

   I worked on this Monhegan Island Sunset painting these last few stormy days in my studio.

 

I changed a lot of things about this painting.  I made sure there were 7 chairs. I increased the

 

size of the chairs.  Photos make them seem small but in person they are much larger.  I did a lot

 

of other things to make it look more natural.  One thing I decided to do was to put some light

 

in some of the windows to make it look inhabited.

 

 

   I asked Robert if he might like to go to Schoodic Point with me located in Acadia National Park.

 

The surf was not that large.  I expected the surf to be much greater because of the Tropical Storm

 

Lee.

 

 

   I climbed down low to take a few photos of the waves.

 

 

 

Poppy looked nice in the garden.  She is 9 years old and doing great.

 

 

Monet and Festus in our backyard.

 

 

  Poppy, Lily, and Lady Violet, and Miss Kitty.

 

 

Lady Violet.

 

Good night!

 

 

 

 

 

"Monhegan Museum" 8x10 oil on copper 850$ framed in gold or black with gold. Shipping included.

 

   I painted this one almost all on location one morning.  I wanted to capture the glow of the morning

 

light.  Morning light changes much faster than afternoon light but it is more delicate. I kept the grass

 

dark to allow the building to stand out.  This is something the Wyeths did.  I worked on the painting

 

once I returned home.  

 

 

"Fresh" 6x8 oil on copper 450$ framed in gold or black with gold. Shipping and frame are included.

 

   I had cold brew coffee many mornings on Monhegan Island.  I was headed back to my room at the

 

Seagull Cottage when I stopped and painted this scene.  I worked on the whole painting later at home.

 

 

"Monhegan's Trailing Yew Inn View"  6x8 oil on copper 450$ framed in gold or black with gold

shipping included.

 

    This one was started early in the morning at the Trailing Yew Inn.  I had to repaint most of

 

it because I just did not get some values right.  I like it now.  It shows the morning light and the 

 

happiness of the scene I liked.  I loved that glowing blue sea.

 

 

"Monhegan's Seagull Cottage View Room 4" 6x8 oil on copper Sold. Thanks.

 

   I waited till I return home to paint all those boats and do some roofing work.

 

Someone suggested to paint this one larger.  I think it is always best to figure out how

 

to make each paintings unique. I can add more of the foreground buildings or paint it during

 

a different time of the day.  

 

 

"Monhegan Golds" 6x8 oil on copper 450$ framed in gold or black with gold. Shipping

 

included.

 

   I added a few more boats and refined the chair.  

 

 

"Monhegan Thursday Morning" 6x8 oil on copper sold. Thanks.

 

 

"Monhegan Morning Chores" 6x8 oil on copper 450$ framed in gold or black with gold.

Shipping included.

 

   Here is a plein air painting I did two years ago.  The laundry was still being hung but the

 

house was for sale now for about 850,000$.

 

 

   Festus has been mad because I left him for 7 days to go to Monhegan.  Miss Kitty did not

 

hold any grudges.  She was purring and friendly once I returned home.  Festus pouted. He

 

practically stomped his feet!  He ignore me for 5 days.  I tried giving him cat treats.  I took

 

a shower using this special Nantucket soap he likes.  I let the soap set on my skin for two minutes

 

before I washed it off just to see if the smell might be stronger.  He did notice the Nantucket soap

 

smell.  He forgot the feud for about two minutes deeply inhaling the aroma of the soap!  He

 

was brushing up against me, swirled around, saw me, then remembered, "Oh yeah, you are the

 

one who deserted me for 7 days!"  Then he ran off.  Today I turned on the air conditioner.  Five

 

minutes later after temperatures dropped Festus came running over to me, laid on my lap,

 

purred, rolled around, looked happily into my eyes, to get warm!  So that was the way I coax

 

Festus to be my friend again. I froze him out.  

 

   We are getting ready for a Hurricane here in Maine!  I have heard the lobstermen are having their

 

boats pulled from the water.  I have seen a mass exodus of campers go by our house on Route 1.

 

People are buying bottled water.  Good night.

 

 

 

"Monhegan Bell View" 8x6 oil on copper  Sold. Thanks.

 

   I was hard at work on top of Monhegan painting this bell.  A man came out

 

of the woods.  He claimed there was a special energy vortex at the intersection

 

of Trail number 11 and Trail number 12 by a large rock 100 feet on Trail Number 11.

 

He had made a wish and felt a serge of energy.  He liked the painting in my box of

 

the bell and wanted to purchase it.  I lost his information!  I tucked the card

 

into a place and can not find it.  Maybe he will see this and contact me.  [email protected].

 

I was suppose to send him this bell painting when it was finished.  He liked this one too.

 

He worked for NASA.  This was his 70th trip to the island.  UPDATE!  He contacted me.  

 

He decided to buy both bell paintings. Very happy about that!

 

 

"Monhegan Bell At the Museum" 6x8 oil on copper THanks.

 

 

   A nice lady wanted to take my photo after breakfast at the Trailing Yew Inn.

 

 

I hiked down the Cathedral woods trail, number 11 to the intersection of 12 and found

 

this rock 100 feet from the intersection.  I think this is the special rock.  

 

 

  I enjoyed the ferry ride back to Port Clyde.

 

 

   There were a colony of Seals.

 

 

   It was good to be back home.  Festus was very mad about me leaving for a week.

 

Miss Kitty was excited to see me.  

 

 

   Poppy was digging in the backyard.

 

 

  Miss Kitty curled up with the dogs to sleep!  That was shocking.

 

 

   I was given a tour of Deer Isle by a former resident.    It was a very pleasant day.  We visited

 

three different cemetaries. I saw graves of the homeowners who lived in houses I painted.

 

I came home with a new appreciation of Deer Isle.  Thank you.

 

 

 

 

 

   I took the Monhegan ferry to Port Clyde at 12:30pm. The boat ride is usually an hour.

 

The weather was great so the waves were minimal.  I sure did meet a lot of new artists and collectors.

 

They were exceptionally nice.

 

 

  I was so lucky to have great weather during my weeklong painting trip on Monhegan Island.

 

 

   I worked very hard painting during my trip.  I have another bell painting I would like

 

to improve in my studio.  

 

   Festus wanted to go outside right away in his Kittywalk Penthouse.  The dogs wanted out too.

 

Miss Kitty was curious about an extra large Seagull feather brought home as a present.

 

Good night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Monhegan View From Trailing Yew Inn's Annex Room 12" 8x10 oil on copper 850$ framed in

gold or black with gold. Free shipping.

 

 

"Monhegan Red" 6x8 oil on copper 450$ framed in gold or black with gold. Free shipping.

 

 

"Monhegan View From Seagull Cottages Room 4" 6x8 sold. Thank you.

 

 

"Monhegan Golds" 6x8 oil on copper 450$ framed in gold or black with gold. free shipping.

 

   I have been very busy painting!  There are a few more finished but I am hurrying to catch

 

a golf cart taxi and pick up artist friend Cathy to go to the Lighthouse to paint!

 

Good night!  Let's paint!

 

 

 

"Monhegan Morning" 6x8 oil on copper 450$ framed in gold or black with gold.  Shipping

and frame are included.

 

   This was my morning painting!  There is excellent coffee now at the Cracked Mug.  I met

 

at least a hundred people when I was painting here.  Busy island!

 

 

"The Rock Garden of Monhegan" 6x8 oil on copper 450$ framed in gold or black with gold.

Shipping and frame are included.  

 

   I relocated to the center of town to paint the rock garden. I have heard the story, who ever owns

 

this house also cares for the rock garden.  It has been there for over a hundred years.  

 

 

The weather has been great.

 

 

  The rock garden later in the afternoon.

 

I am meeting an art patron today at the wharf.  I will show her around Monhegan.

 

I am going to do some painting too.  Robert is taking good care of the pets back at home.

 

Let's paint!

 

"Monhegan's Toy Maker's House" 6x8 oil on copper 450$ framed in gold or black with gold.

Shipping and frame are included.

 

   This is my first plein air painting done on Monhegan today.  I decided to paint this house.

 

I had not painted it before now because I did not know who to ask permission.  I discovered it was

 

a rental house.  I decided to set up to paint out of the way prepared to move.  I met a friend of 

 

the owner.  She took my postcard to give to the owners.  I decided it must be ok for me to paint there.

 

This house was made famous by Edvard Redfield's painting, "The Toy Maker's House", done in 1928.

 

 

I saw this Edvard Redfield's painting at the Monhegan Museum!  It is a very large painting.

 

 

The Red House!

 

 

I am staying at the Trailing Yew Inn again.  They have given me the best room in the place!

 

Seagull Cottage number 4 has 360 degrees of Manana Island and Monhegan.  The side window

 

has the view of the whole back part of the island including the lighthouse!  I might stay in my

 

room to paint these views.

 

 

 

I can not get over the views from this room.  Incredible.  Very grateful.

 

 

Very high tide at Fish Beach.  This is the Eider Duck, a rental cottage that sleeps 8!

 

I am having very strong cold brew coffee at the Cracked Mug, a new coffee bakery place

 

very close to Lobster Cove and the Brewery.  Now I have shared photos and my painting!

 

I am going back to my room to paint some views!  Let's paint!