Artist Renee Lammers

"Intertwined" 14x20 oil on copper 950$ framed in gold or black with gold.  Shipping included USA.

   I am happy to have finished this painting today.  I started drawing the painting yesterday.

I combined two images to get two dories to overlap.  I have seen many paintings of one dory.

I like the additional challenge of painting two! 

    After I finished this painting, I started to draw two more dories, and finished them tonight!

These new dories are the traditional orange color painted to be seen in foggy New England weather.

I will finished the new painting and show you tomorrow!  I am on a roll!  Must be my Mom's excellent

cooking and my Dad's company too.

    Robert hired a coworker to take care of the dogs for three days.  He had to leave town

to learn more about taping people up to control pain.  He is a physical therapist and must

participate in continuing education.  He said he would practice on me when I returned home.

Oh boy.  Can not wait to be all taped up.  It could always be worse.  I could be in a dentist chair.

   Bruce came over to visit the dogs this afternoon.  He said Monet wanted to play ball.

Then he saw Bruce brushing Lily, came running over, to get brushed. 

It is not easy to brush my dogs because they all want to be brushed at the same time!

Bruce said he finally brushed them all.  Then they decided to run and jump around in the grass!

   Looks like Ziva was watching them roll around and wrestle.  I know she is a peace keeper.

She is fascinated.  She has never seen golden retrievers like this.  They are different.

Bruce said they should try out for the Bucksport High School Wrestling team. 

I wonder if Ted and Luke know there are two other people caring for the dogs? 

No matter, a visit from Ted and Luke is always a honor.  They dogs will love it.

Good Night.

  Bruce, the doggy sitter, writes funny things describing what Monet, Poppy, and Lily do.

His two goldens, Maddie and Ziva sound like they are mystified by them.

My dogs played musical chairs.  Each dog tried to climb up into the plastic chair.

Ziva and Maddie were sitting close by watching. 

Then Monet was barking at the thing used for throwing the ball.

I have seen him doing this.  He is relentless.  Barking and barking until his ball is thrown.

Monet put all three tennis balls in his mouth.  He ran around showing all.

I am sure Ziva and Maddie don't put all three balls in their mouths. 

They are more interested in making sure their owner Bruce is safe.

They watch Bruce to make sure his oxygen level is right.

  Bruce brushed all the dogs.  He said he filled up a small trash bag with hair!

He also reported he was covered in dog hair from top to bottom. 

It looks like Maddie allows Lily to get scratched too.

Poppy enjoyed a few scratches too!

Luke and Ted visited the dogs while Bruce, Maddie, and Ziva were visiting!

There were six golden retrievers in our fenced yard by the sea.

I would have loved to see all the goldens playing together. 

"Heavenly" 30x40 oil on copper 2000$ framed in gold includes shipping in USA.

Payment plan:  Make a 300$ first payment, then 100$ each month after until balance is paid.

Enjoy your painting while you make your payments!

"Intermission" 30x40 oil on copper 2000$ framed in gold includes shipping in USA.

Payment plan available as seen above.

"Dreamers" 30x40 oil on copper 2000$ framed in gold.  Shipping included USA. Payment plan.

   I do have a few larger works on copper available.  Thank you!

"Autumn Feast" 11x14 oil on copper 475$ framed in black with gold or gold.  Shipped.

   Last night I started to paint more flowers! 

I worked until I started to draw a flower wrong.  It was time to go to sleep.

I finished the painting today.  Flowers are fun to paint.

I added a few white flowers to the bottom to create a curve in the design. 

Then I invented small light flowers on the bottom right to keep the eye in the painting.

I used a little ivory black again in this painting. 

I decided to use pure white in the white flowers instead of a light yellow.

"Autumn Beauties" 11x14 oil on copper 475$ framed in black with gold or gold.  shipped.

   I think these two floral paintings would look great together!

   Monet accidentally wrapped Bruce's camera cord around his neck.

He ran around with the camera swinging from his neck. 

I know Monet well.  He ran from Bruce.  I know it took Bruce a while to retrieve his camera!

Bruce said it looked like Monet was running around the yard trying to look for a subject to photograph!

Sounds like Bruce is enjoying spending time with our three dogs during the day.

Who knows?  Maybe Monet, Lily, and Poppy will learn a few things from Maddie and Ziva!

They look like they are having fun!

  Maddie is Bruce's dog on the front right.  Monet has his favorite green ball.

Ziva is taking a break in the back.  Poppy and Lily look similar! 

Good night.

"Illumination" 14x20 oil on copper.  Sold.  Thanks.

   I am so excited to have found an excellent home for this painting.  There's great

satisfaction in selling work!   It means I can continue to do what I love to do!

I can continue to paint!  Thank you! 

   I framed three paintings, packaged, and shipped them to new homes today.

My Mom asked me what states were the painting traveling? 

 I thought that was a good question!

The painting were heading to Maine, New York, and Illinois.

Almost everyday I ship out sketch-n-cans. 

   My Brother Jim owns a copier business.  He made 400 copies of this new brochure.

Color brochures are very expensive.  They sure do make the product look great.  Thanks Jim!

      Robert told me Bruce, the dog sitter, found my golden retrievers in the kitchen with

their heads under the sink in a cabinet.  They were hunting.  I am sure Poppy was the

lead hunter giving Monet and Lily instructions on how to catch a mouse.  I have never

seen Poppy catch anything.  She seems very confident.  It is only a matter of time before

Poppy is a successful hunter.  A friend thinks Poppy could supply meat for an entire family

if there was need.  What worries me is the type of meat Poppy might bring a family to eat!

   Have a great night!

"Autumn Beauties" 6x8 oil on copper 475$   Framed in gold or black with gold.  Shipped.

    I walked around in stores yesterday to get exercise in Florida.

Ninety plus degrees is too hot to paint outside or do anything except swim!

My Mom has a good size battery powered fan!  I was thinking of taking the fan outside and holding

the fan in front of an ice chest full of ice packs for relief!  If this worked I could paint outside and

get a little relief once in a while from the fan!

My idea of creating a ice pack body suit wouldn't work because of the public's fear of bombs.

I started to paint later in the day.  I worked until bedtime.  

 I added a few shadows and softened edges of the leaves or flowers in the morning. 

I allowed myself to use a little bit of Ivory Black for the background. 

I am pleased with this painting. 

Good night!

I first saw Charles Burchfield's watercolors in an American Artist Magazine in 2007.

I admit to shaking my head in disbelief, turning the pages, but going back for another look.

His paintings were  original.  Every inch of his painting were full of interesting shapes.

My first thoughts were this artist had to be suffering from a terrible mental illness.

   I asked my Mom to order out of print rare books about Charles Burchfield from her library.

I am reading one now.  I was so surprised to learn about his abstract symbols.

He designed symbols unique for an adjective.  Fear for example.  He used abstract symbols

in his landscapes to express emotion in nature.  He tried to paint a scene just as he saw it.

He was very disappointed in the results.  This is why he started to create these symbols.

He stood at his easel to paint watercolors.

He used a dry brush technique or watercolor pigments with little water to create higher saturation

of color in his paintings but also to control the paint. 

He started using charcoal instead of pencil to draw the sketch before painting.

He used black crayons in unique ways to smear across areas.

He worked on very thick watercolor machine made papers so he could rework the painting

sometimes for years.

He loved to stand in a marsh up to his knees to paint.

His best friend was Edward Hopper. 

In 1936 Life Magazine named him the top 10 of American painters.

He studied with Henry Keller at the Cleveland Institute of Art for four years.

Then he received a scholarship to attend the National Academy of Design.

He chose not to attend this school and returned home.

Unlike many artists he chose to paint local scenes.

Most of his paintings were created during the age of 5 to 28 years old.

He Father died when Charles Burchfield was only 4.

He was taken care of by his Mother.

He wanted to be a nature writer. 

 He chose to write descriptive pieces on the backs of his paintings.

Many of his early paintings were scenes from his windows.

His boyhood home is now a museum in Salem, Ohio.

  His paintings sold very well even through the Great Depression!

He was able to paint full time in 1930's on.

In 1956 the Whitney Museum of American Art purchased his paintings

to show permanently.  He had no further financial worries in his lifetime.

He married Bertha Kenreich early in his life.  They had five children.

Charles Burchfield died of a fatal heart attack while having lunch with his wife in NY.

   What an interesting artist.  I do love his work.

  Was he crazy or was he creating original paintings using abstract symbols to express his emotions? 

   I think he was an intelligent painter creating fresh and exciting works of art.

   My first negative thoughts might have been because his paintings were so unique.

   The dogs did fine yesterday outside despite a few downpours during the doggy sitter's visit.

Poppy wanted to go inside when it started to rain.  Bruce went to get a towel to dry them off.

Lily jumped into Bruce's van.  Monet barked at her to get out of that car!  She minded her Father.

They all ran to the back door of our house.  Monet was looking after Lily!

Sounds like everyone had a good time. 

  My parent's took me out for lunch.  We had a great time at a buffet

   Then my friends Herschell and Ardell came into town from Tallahassee to take me to dinner.

We had a splendid time.  Thank you!  Good night.

"Symphony In Red" 14x20 oil on copper. 950$ framed in gold or black with gold.  Shipping included.

  First thing this morning I decided to worked on my zinnia painting!

I decided the white bucket in last night's zinnia painting had to go!

I took a palette knife and scraped the paint off where the white bucket was located.

Then I added a few zinnias and leaves to finish the painting.

   "Crowd Of Zinnias" 11x14 oil on copper.  sold at the Stroke of Art Boothbay event.

I found myself looking at this fresh plein air painting to finish the painting. 

   Here is the photo of the farmers market zinnias I used as a reference. 

I thought you might like to see how much artistic license goes into creating a painting!

   I just discovered this zinnia painting by Henri Latour.  It is beautiful.

   Another beautiful painting done by Henri Latour.

   Zinnias by Vincent Van Gogh. 

Flowers painted by Klimt. 

It is so lovely to see flowers painted so differently.

Good Night!

   My Mom and I went to Giovanni's Italian Restaurant for lunch. 

We had tomato bruschetta, leek potato soup, chicken francheso with a side of spinach,

and angel hair with meatballs.  Wow!  I saved most of my chicken and spinach for my Dad.

My Mom saved him a meatball.  Dad had a feast for lunch!  It sure is nice to treat my Mom to lunch.

   I started to paint a 14x20 oil on copper painting of zinnias I saw in Boothbay, Maine at the

farmer's market.  It is almost finished.  My Mom said it looked great. 

   Monet put the ball way up in between the two trees.  Hard to believe.

   Bruce is doing great taking the dogs outside for an hour during the day. 

Robert reports taking them to the beach at sunrise or taking them hiking after work.

They look great.  Good night.

   The Ford Transit Connect Van works great for a plein air painter.

During a plein air event I need to carry frames, framing equipment, easels for different situations,

shoes and other gadgets.  

When I opened my van to show a client a painting, many items would fall out of the van,

and scare them!  Sometimes it was a shoe or brushes or an easel falling out. 

I purchased 16 white plastic containers to organize my equipment!   It was 97 degrees outside

in Winter Park, Florida.  I was happy with the results.  I think this system will work.

I will organize the containers to all one level instead of stacking while in motion.

Two extra large new dog mattresses create a space for sleeping.

Black out drapes close in the back and front for privacy. 

I have a closeline in the back for hanging a wet towel. 

Temperatures need to be in the 50-76 range to sleep inside the van.

    My Mom went for a drive with me today.  She liked the larger windows for visibility.

She said the seats were comfortable.  She liked the AC.

My Dad made me laugh.  He said the van looks like the mail man's van.  He was

surprised his two Yorkshire terriers didn't bark at it when they saw it. 

I like the van.  The only issue I have is how loud the van seems on the highway.

I wonder if spraying insulation underneath the van including under the tires might resolve this issue.

   Bruce and his wife, Maddie on the right, and Ziva in the back, when to visit Monet,

Lily and Poppy.   Bruce is the official dog sitter now.

I asked him how he was able to get all five dogs to pose.  He said they were tired out.

I do know Bruce has special dog training capability.

   Monet accepted Maddie into the house today.  Yesterday he would only allow Ziva.

Today Monet allowed them all inside!   Monet thinks he really should be guarding the house.

He allows all people to enter but it is the dogs he scrutinizes. 

    Bruce's wife (sorry I don't know her name) was brushing the dogs.  They loved this.

Ziva lower right is a very special dog.  She takes care of her owner to make sure he

controls his COPD.  If she feels he needs oxygen Ziva will bring his oxygen mask or claw

on his arm to let him know.  No one trained Ziva to do this.  She has trained her side kick

Maddie to do this.  Ziva and Maddie both take shifts at night to watch Bruce. 

I think this is very amazing.

  Bruce takes wonderful photos of his two goldens.  Here Maddie is driving the tractor.

   This photo taken by Bruce is my favorite.  Ziva and Bruce's grandson I believe.

Thank you so much Bruce for the photos and for taking care of the pups while Robert is

working. 

"Romance" 5x7 oil on copper.  375$ framed in gold.  See this painting at Camden Falls Gallery.

The gallery is located in Camden by the harbor. 

   Tomorrow I will try to design something out of gorilla tape to hold 10 small ice packs.

I hope to create an outer ware garment to hold these ice packs so I can paint.

Temperatures were 90-97 in Winter Park, Florida!

Good night.

    Today when Bruce brought over his two golden retrievers, Ziva and Maddie, to play with Monet,

Poppy, and Lily, there was a seal in the channel behind our house! 

Monet ran all the way down the hill into our private doggy park fenced area. 

He jumped up on the gate to bark at the seal.

   All five golden retrievers played fine. 

Monet would only let Ziva into the house. 

 He barked at Maddie to stay outside.

  He gave them their treats and left. 

Maddie is a very nice golden retriever. 

 I hope her feelings were not hurt.

   Today I finished a difficult commission painting.  There were 6 people in the painting about an

inch in height each.  The rest of the painting contained trees and water.  Size of painting was 6x8 oil on copper.

The art client was very happy!

Have a great night.

"Walker's Cat" 7x5 oil on copper Sold.

   This July my friend Walker asked me to paint his cat.

His cat had never been outside.  Walker had this image in mind

of his cat being outside on a sunny day in the grass. 

He had a photo of the cat inside his house sitting on the counter.

I believe I made his dream come true.  He is happy with his painting.

"After Metcalf" 11x14 oil on copper.  Gifted to my Brother Jim!

   Coco Vivo Art Gallery in Boothbay asked me to be in her gallery.  I accepted the invitation!

I am excited about being represented by Mary Phelps in Coco Vivo. 

I admire the gallery owner very much.  She is smart and has a heart.

She asked me to paint at a large party at the bank during the Stroke Of Art event in Boothbay.

Each patron had paid 75$ each to attend the party and preview a movie about a hiker.

I painted one of my favorite paintings done by Willard Metcalf.  

I finished the entire painting in under two hours.  This surprised me.

I guess I paint faster in front of a crowd!  Great opportunity.  I am grateful.

My Brother loved the painting.  I made sure he knew it was a Willard Metcalf image.

   Robert said he was in our private doggy park in the backyard when he saw a large tan animal.

He said the animal was larger than Monet.  Monet is 100 pounds.  The animal moved differently.

Then he saw the bobcat coming through the bushes to take a look at them.

The bobcat was in our neighbor's yard. 

 The cat ran towards McDonalds. 

 He must have been hungry.

I alerted our neighbor about the bobcat! 

  We have had skunks, raccoons, porcupines, bobcats,  eagles, and a moose in our yard! 

We have never seen a bear.  I think that is strange. 

Have a good night.

   I packed up in Maine and left to drive to Florida in such a rush I forgot to post these photos!

Here we are heading to the beach.  Monet lays on my lap.  Lily stands in the middle.  Poppy gets the seat!

   I wish I could have my goldens with me when I travel.

Now we have two doggy sitters to rotate.  Each day the doggy sitter lets them outside.

They play with them and put them back inside. 

 Otherwise it would be a long 12 hour day inside our house.

Robert comes home from work to take them to the beach or out hiking.

   The dogs are quiet inside the van to the beach.

They start to bark loud on the road down to the beach. 

They sound like a pack of hunting dogs!

People on the beach know we have arrived. 

They race out of the van down the path.

   Once they are on the beach they look for their doggy friends. 

Most of their excitement is meeting up with their golden pals!

   Luke and Sophie are related to Monet and Lily.  They seem to love to be close to each other.

   Monet and his Father, Luke, dig side by side.  We were all laughing.  Luke likes to bark

in the hole!

Lily stole Poppy's stick and ran figure eights in the field.  Poppy tried to catch her.

   Monet sat on the beach with the largest rock!  We all admired him.  Yes we laughed.

   Poppy is beautiful.

   Monet, Poppy, and Lily dug the largest hole!  Monet decided it was a great place to lay!

We roared laughing.  I covered the hole up before I left.

  Lily stole the bottle.  She knows how to unscrew the lid.  Then she will drink the liquid!

I grabbed the bottle before she did this.  She is quite ingenious.

   I am looking forward to visiting with my parents.  Precious time. 

I made it to Winter Park, Florida without any issues.  Glad to be here.  Good night.

    I am driving to Florida to attend the Cape Canaveral Seashore Paint Out Oct 5, 2016!

I will visit with my parents in Winter Park until then.

I drove to North Carolina!  Tomorrow I should drive 8 hours to Winter Park, Florida!

Here are a few photos of Boothbay.

Grimes Cove in Ocean Park.

   This was the day all plein air painters were invited to paint in Ocean Park in Boothbay.

    View of East Boothbay.

   This was taken early morning.  Funny how I thought this would make a great painting.

The light was more brilliant than it is in this photo.

   Here is a little seascape done at Ocean Point during the plein air event.

I didn't think it was that great for some reason.  I never showed it.

    View seen from Harborfield Cottages.

   I miss Robert, Monet, Poppy, and Lily already.  It is never easy to leave. 

Good Night.

"The Black Dress" 7x5 oil on copper.  Sold  Thank you.

   The winning dress of the Boothbay Harborfest Fish For Fashion was this black dress.

I was commissioned to do a painting of the model. 

   I drew the sketch first before attempting to paint.

   At first I painted the flowers on the left very bright.

 The flowers were the taking attention from the model!

I took the color out of the flowers.  I like the painting now.

 I will make prints of this painting for the designer.

    We spent many hours at the beach!  Monet loves to smell like rockweed. 

He thinks this rockweed should be made into a dog cologne.

   Robert is trying to take our dogs outside tonight but there is a cat in the yard!

Here is Lily looking beautiful as ever!

  Poppy is a very fun dog.  She was sneaking up on a seagull. 

   Monet and Lily kept this distance and watched Poppy hunt the seagull.

The seagull flew away.  It was exciting for us all including the seagull.

It was so beautiful at the beach.  We had the entire beach to ourselves.

   Have a wonderful night!

     I met Helen St. Clair today at the last event for the Stroke Of Art plein air event.

When she heard I painted with oils on copper, her eyes lit up, she smiled, and

said, "Oh that sounds like so much fun to paint on copper!"    I decided to give her a

11x14 copper panel wrapped in plastic.   She was so pleased.  I wished her luck

painting on copper.  I told her I would love to paint with her someday! 

Within a few hours, I found myself at Helen St. Clair's oceanfront home,  painting

her view!  Helen's Daughter and I set up a painting station for Helen.

I put my large green umbrella up to shade Helen. 

    Helen St. Clair had never painted on copper before.  I handed her a large Old Holland

flat kolinsky brush to use on copper.  We lost the first brush I handed her somewhere... 

Luckily I had another large kolinsky brush with me!  She loved painting on copper.

I asked her if she would like to try a medium with the oil for the copper?  She said, "Sure,

what do you have?"  I put some Gamblin's Neo Meglip on her palette.  Soon she said she

loved the medium and the brush and the copper!  She said she could get use to painting on

copper.  We had a great time.  She asked me what day it was.  I told her I had no idea.

Then I said I often do not know what day it is because I paint everyday!  She laughed.

   I didn't ask Helen very many questions.  She was so intent on painting.  She had not painted

in a very long time.  I could not imagine her not painting for years.  It seemed difficult for her

to start to paint at first.  She wanted to travel to another place to paint because she looked at

her view all the time.  I told her we should paint a sailboat.  There were plenty of sailboats

tacking back and forth.  She agreed.  I suggested we just have fun and throw some paint around.

She smiled and agreed.  I thought she did such a great job on her painting. 

I wished I had asked her what her colors of oil paint she used.  I could tell one color was Naples Yellow,

possibly an Indian Red, and Prussian Blue.  We couldn't find her Titanium White but before she

had a chance I squirted some white on her palette! 

    We were both enjoying ourselves so much today.  I told her it was a lot of fun to paint with

a great painter.  I made sure to stay two hours so Helen would not get tired. 

"Sailing" 11x14 oil on copper.  475$ framed in gold or black with gold. 

  Here is my painting efforts in Helen St. Clair's backyard! 

She asked me where I had the idea to paint so many sailboats in one painting?

I told her I didn't know.  She giggled.  She said it looked like a happy painting.

She suggest I paint a few people navigating the sailboats.  I had ghost sailboats!

I painted in a few people.  Then she suggested I paint a trail of light behind the boat.

I painted one in front but then she said behind and told me to look at one. 

She said she liked the sailboat in the upper left hand side best. 

I was grateful for her comments.  I loved her painting.

  Here is Helen St. Clair's painting.  She said it was not done but Wow what a beautiful painting.

Her limited palette, incredible design, and lovely brushstrokes were great. 

She loved hearing my thoughts about her painting.  I could tell it made her very happy.

Her Daughter was pleased.  She thanked me.  I told her to make sure to frame that painting!

I was given a beautiful gift of a watercolor print by Helen before I left. 

I hope to paint with Helen St. Clair again soon.  Thank you.

It was a day to remember.  I have been a fan of Helen St. Clair's work for years.

   What a welcome I received when I came home!

   Lily climbed into my lap and buried her head under my arm.  She missed me.

Monet did the same thing after Lily left my lap!  Poppy was dodging back and forth

and jumping up.  Great to be home! 

   I was so pleased with the Stroke of Art event in Boothbay.  Great people and great artists.

I ended up selling 11 paintings and receiving 1 commission!  Thanks.  Good night.

"East Boothbay View" 14x20 oil on copper.  950$ framed in gold.  Shipped.

   I painted at a hotel in East Boothbay today.  This is Harbor Island in the distance.

I was waiting for a fashion show to start at 2pm. 

"Fish For Fashion" 5x7 oil on copper sold.  Thanks.

   I have never painted at a fashion show.  It was nerve wracking and challenging.

I painted the background first quickly then waited for a model to turn around.

Then in four strokes or so painted in the model from memory. 

I turned in the painting to the Charter House.  It sold very quick! 

What a nice surprise.

"In Good Company" 5x7 oil on copper Sold.  Thank you!

   I ate a kiwi and a homemade donut.  I was surprised I had the energy to paint this one

at a marina.   They are going to find out who is the owner of the large boat in

the painting. 

   Mary Phelps made us all steak, salmon, salad, finger potatoes, and corn on the cob, and desert

tonight.  We all talked afterwards about the art market and galleries. 

I am grateful for being invited to this event.  Tomorrow is the last day to see the work

at the Charter House in Boothbay.  Good night.

"Cozy Harbor" 14x20 oil on copper.  Sold.  Thank you.

   This morning my goal was to paint this view. 

Cozy Harbor is a beautiful place to paint. 

Unfortunately I can not say Cozy Harbor or Pratt Island residents are kind to painters.

Instead these residents and workers bully and yell at painters until they leave.

They complain about painters parking. 

Painters park along the road.  Painters park in the road (as I did).

There is plenty of room for another car to go around a painter.

It is not a busy road.  Very few people travel on this road.

There are no parking areas except at a restaurant. 

An artist must hike with equipment to paint. 

The other complaint:  Painters are trespassing.

I didn't trespass today.  I was careful about this.

The only place a painter can legally paint is in the ocean area.

This area is owned by Maine to protect residents from being sued if someone is injured.

I will spare you all the comments by the residents and workers. 

I did leave after the selectman was called, dropped off by a truck, to get me

to leave. 

I have decided Cozy Harbor be renamed "Nasty Harbor". 

     I am grateful for selling all my paintings produced at this event before the gala.

I will work hard tomorrow to paint at a fashion show.  Good Night.

"A Crowd Of Zinnias" 8x11 oil on copper   Sold.  Thanks.

   Today all the artists participating in A Stroke Of Art painted at the Boothbay Farmers Market.

I decided a large bucket of zinnias would be perfect to paint!

Here are a few photos from the last few days!

   Nice photo of Tony Van Hasselt working at Ocean Point!

Here is Erin painting like mad.  She had blue paint all over the place. 

Beautiful clouds over Grimes Cove last night.

Good night.

"Grimes Cove" 8x11 oil on copper   Sold.  Thanks.

    I was sound asleep in my hotel room (size of a gymnasium) when I heard a lady loudly

yell, "Bring in the dog bowl!"    I woke up.  I was so disoriented.  Where was I?  I was not in the van.

Then I realized I needed to be in Ocean Point to paint!

Ocean Point is a famous place to paint.  Lovely Grimes Cove has a few large homes dotted along it's shore.

"Ocean Point" 5x7 oil on copper.  Sold.  Thanks!

I painted this one next as the golden hour was approaching.  I bought a beautiful 10$

sandwich.  Three giant pieces of toast lined with turkey, bacon, ham. 

I was so happy.  What a great day.  Good night!

"Boothbay Train Depot" 4x5 oil on copper.  Sold.  Thank you!

"Ribbet" 4x5 oil on copper.  Sold.  Thank you!

"Put Out My Fire" 4x5 oil on copper  Sold.  Thank you!

   I worked all day at the Boothbay Train Village.  I was so lucky to sell two. 

The fire truck was most liked.

The manager of the village told me in 1980's the fire truck was delivered late at night.

Workers discovered the fire truck in the morning. 

There was no attached note on the fire truck.  It is still a mystery.

She thought it was a 1950's Seagrave. 

  I painted next to Tony Van Hasselt today. 

I was given Tony Van Hasselt's watercolor book when I was 9.

I studied watercolor for 25 years.  It was fun to paint next to Tony.

I told him I was a big fan of his.  He painted great today. 

Ted and Luke are taking my dogs outside during the day.

They are happy.  Robert is doing well.  Good night.

   Artists arrived from all over the USA to attend this plein air event in Boothbay.

There was host housing at the wonderful Harborfield Cottages. 

I decided to stay in a hotel nearby.  I like to chill out after painting all day long.

I can write my blog and get a few photos uploaded here. 

Ship Ahoy Hotel is on South Port Island.  It is very inexpensive. 

It is very clean and simple just as I like a hotel to be.

The view is of the ocean.  Not bad!

   I set up to paint at Harborfield Cottages.  Their view was amazing with sunflowers,

birch trees, sailboats, and homes dotted along a peninsula on the other side of the harbor.

I was hard at work painting when a tv reporter with cameras and video filmed me.

I also gave 5 minute talks on why I paint on copper to anyone who asked. 

I smiled and kept painting!  Sold this painting a few days later.  No photo of the painting!

Thank you for the sale.

Later I painted a sunset painting at Cozy Harbor.

It was too dark to take a photo of the painting. 

The sunset painting turned out fine at the time.  Later I looked at the painting

the next day.  I didn't like it at all!  I will use a light next time painting that late!

I am going to sleep early to be ready to paint 60 antique cars at the Train Depot! 

Should be a fun time trying to decide the car to paint.

Good Night.

"Zinnia Magic" 14 x 20 oil on copper.  950$ framed in gold or black with gold.  Shipping included.

    I drove to Mount Desert Island to Charlotte Rhoades Garden today.

I love to paint zinnias.  They are such a happy flower. 

I started with a fast wild background. 

A couple arrived in the garden who I recognized.  They were neighbors of an art client.

The man has a PHD in science.  He said, "Oh my!  And you are going to get a great painting

out of that?  I can not believe how she started the painting?  Wow!"  

I was chuckling to myself.  I told him I was confident I would paint a great painting!

They left mystified. 

     Another couple arrived a few hours later.  I had painted many zinnias and leaves.

The painting was almost finished.  They loved the painting so much they inquired about the

painting's purchase.  I gave them my business card, told them about framing, and shipping.

I was happy because I knew the painting was looking good!

   I was refining edges when I looked up to see a beautiful hummingbird hovering

over the zinnias looking at me.  It was so amazing to see the hummingbird's eye.

All I could think was this was another magical day.

   Hummingbirds were everywhere in the garden!

   I took the pups to the beach this morning.  They had a ball!

    Tomorrow I will drive to Boothbay, Maine to participate in the plein air event!

Good night!

   This was the sweetest thing I saw today.  Larry was brushing his elderly golden retriever

Maggie at the beach.  She loved getting brushed.  She had her eyes closed.

  This was the funniest thing I saw today.  Monet moved in to position to get brushed by Larry!

Monet does this at our house when I am brushing Poppy or Lily.  He knows he will get brushed.

Larry was committed to brushing only his sweet Maggie.  Monet did get a few pats.

   Nice picture of Maggie.

   A new golden lab arrived at the beach.  He didn't mind sharing his toys with Poppy.

   I cleaned, shipped more Sketch-N-Cans, and cleaned more! 

I have been away painting for many weeks.  It feels good to stay home and clean and cook.

I am gearing up for a plein air event in Boothbay, Maine for a week starting September 5! 

I might paint on Monhegan Island tomorrow!  Good night!

"Cove In Schoodic" 11x14 oil on copper 550$ framed in gold or black with gold.  Shipped.

   I drove to Schoodic later in the day to finish this painting.

I am glad I did.  I feel like I breathed some life into this painting!

   This is the painting before I worked on it today.  It was fine but boring and lacked light.

   Here is the painting after day one!  It is interesting seeing the three day process.

   Our pear trees are abundant!

   Grapes are all over the arbor!

   One plumb tree is full. 

   Charlotte Rhoades Garden was beautiful today.  Monarchs were flying around.

There were two other types of butterflies and hummingbirds. 

I just took photos.  It was almost too beautiful to paint!  I might go paint there

tomorrow.

   Good night!

   Lily found a sheet of paper in a box.  She brought the paper to me then to Robert.

I told Robert to make a big fuss over her sheet of paper.  "Oh Lily what is that?"

Good.  Then she brought the sheet of paper to me.

   Lily loves to make a cute growling sound when she has things in her mouth.

I told her, "That is so cute Lily.  What a fine sheet of paper.  What does it say?"

Then she marched over to Robert wagging her tail and growling.

This went on for a while.

   Next Lily decided to rip up the paper.  We both giggled at her.  She is fun.

   Lily is cute when she is asleep.

   I was awaken at 5am yesterday.  I heard Robert in our private doggy park screaming, "Stop!"

I looked out the window to see a skunk inside the fence looking at Lily and Monet in the face!

Robert had both Lily and Monet by their collar.  Poppy was a few feet back watching.

Robert had his headlight on.  It was still dark.  He glanced up at the house.

I decided this was my clue to come to the rescue!

Ran downstairs, grabbed three huge bottles of Skunk Off, and stood on the back deck.

"Did they get sprayed?"  I asked. 

"No!"   All the dogs saw me and came running.  I closed the door just incase they smelled skunky!

Robert said the skunk saw the dogs, came through the fence, and tried to spray them all, but

had no skunk smell left to spray them!  What luck.

Lily, Monet, and Poppy's eyes were wide.  "We saw a skunk!" 

Robert fixed the fence by adding more fence down around the base. 

  I sent out Sketch-N-Cans and paintings!

I am headed over to paint either zinnias at Charlotte Rhoades Garden

or paint in Schoodic.  I can not decide!  Maybe I will paint at both locations!

 Another day is well done.  Good night.