Nita Léger Casey: April 2014

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Life is good!

Watercolor 6x8 framed mated white and black frame ,
©by Nita Leger Casey
Life is Good in a Spring day on Newburry Street in Boston, this painting is part of a series of watercolors where I have captured the Brown Stones and it's lovely boutiques . I have not posted for a couple weeks ,sometimes life just gets in the way, like cleaning and other project that takes me out of my studio. I wish the warm weather would stay more than a day at a time , I so want to go plein air painting soon!
This painting is available framed $175.00 email me nlcasey@charter.net

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Stream in Mason NH

oil on paper 6x8
©2014 Nita Leger Casey
My friends and I went on a little field trip today in NH. It was a cold and sunny day, We had a nice lunch at Parker's barn and later made a few stops along the way to take photos , this was a nice stream with rushing Spring water ,I decided after supper to paint this with oil on a new paper Arches put out, kind of like it! almost like a watercolor.
email me if you are interested in this painting .nlcasey@charter.net

Friday, April 11, 2014

A special girl !

watercolor 6x8
©2014
I called her special because she was the best looking of the herd, she even looks like she has black eyelashes on, my friend Denise and I were coming back from our Art breakfast club meeting and decided to take the back roads when we came upon her eating lunch, just too cute to pass! this watercolor is 6x8 will look great in a 9x12 mat , she is available for $75.00 with mat , email me if you are interested nlcasey@charter.net

Wednesday, April 09, 2014

Organic beauty

Watercolor 6x8
©2014
After working on two different major projects for the pass month, I am back with some fun subjects to paint, I love animals and cows are one of them, growing up in France I was exposed to the country life every summer when my mother would sent me to my older sister's house who lived in a village full of farms, my job was to go get the fresh milk before breakfast from the farm next door, it was still warm by the time I got back at the breakfast table, and now I still spend part of my summers on farms in Maine where I paint the beautiful landscape. This one is from the Tide Mill organic farm in Maine, they now produce the MOO milk sold all over New England. email me if you are interested
nlcasey@charter.net

Saturday, April 05, 2014

Finished House portrait

The young couple came to pick up there car top with the house painting on it and they loved it !
lots of emotions when she saw the finished painting of the house she grew up in, it brought back lots of memories!
They now have a conversation piece of art in their house, always a nice day when you make someone happy!

Artist statement

Artist statement

I am an Artist who has painted most of my life and enjoy every minute of it. My journey in the art world continually evolves keeping up with the time, I paint in many different medium and love them all. My collection of work is primarily in oils and I use watercolors for commissions, illustrations, and pastels for my own pleasure. My love for architecture shows in my work and many have compared my style with Edward Hopper. I feel honored to be compared with such wonderful artist. I paint daily in the studio and plein air when weather permits. I try to paint from life as much as possible. Last year I gave up teaching art after thirty years of private classes and, now enjoy my former student’s accomplishment in the arts. Many collectors around the world own my work and hope many more will in the future.

The best is yet to come – enjoy my journey!

Nita Leger Casey

www.gingerbreadartgallery.com

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