Orleans #3

Orleans #3

Watercolor  6x8

©2013 Nita Leger Casey

 

Just another view of my home town, with a little drama  of light, I had fun and a  little bit of a challenge to achieve the look I wanted . I was pleased at the end !
One more week before I get my new knee, I think I am ready , I have too many thing to do just sitting around .
I will be at open Studio this Saturday.
 if these watercolors are of interest please email me for the price  nlcasey@charter.net
reminder all my work is copyrighted.

Down in the village

Watercolor 8x10

copyrighted 2013

Nita Leger Casey

I painted this during the week but just getting to post it now, this was a scene from my recent trip to France, I just wanted to capture this great light, that got my attention while I was at this village visiting a castle above this little town, and the scene called for a watercolor .
Today was a bad day for me, my beautiful hens that I have painted a few times ,well this morning  a predator  killed them ,we think a fox my neighbor thinks a hawk ,not sure? I feel so bad for my little rooster who survived and now is all alone, he did put out a fight ,feathers all over the place.
email if you would like this watercolor  nlcasey@charter.net    

The Chateau de l'etang

pastel 9x12,copyrighted 2013

Nita Leger Casey

Snowing again! but I used the day to be productive and paint at the studios ,my friend Paula asked me to stayed and paint at her studio with Peggy ,it was a perfect day for the company! we talked while painting, I decided on this subject, the first house Tim and I lived at when we got married in France. Today was our anniversary, so I went down memory lane talking about living there in this small chateau ,this was the back of it ,the front was more elaborate ,and the landlord lived downstairs,we also had our first child there. During my last visit I stopped there,it is now an art center, it was converted like thirty years ago .

Coming in the village

pastel 9x12, copyrighted 2013

Nita Leger Casey

I am back! I was in France for ten days with all attentions of painting and blogging, but it did not happen,I visited with my family and had a wonderful time, I visited with 26 relatives and 15 friends, lots of catching up on a few years not being there, some friends were from my school days so it was a lot of years! the weather was not the greatest,but managed to still take a lot of photos to work from.We had snow a couple of the days ,it had been so many years since I had experienced snow there, I am used to it living in New England but it was still nice to see the difference in the landscape. A lot of wonderful meals not weight watchers and I enjoyed every bit of it .
So today was my first day going to my studio to painting this scene, just a simple village! just liked the way the sun was hitting the buildings .
if you are interested in this scene email me nlcasey@charter.net

French Country life

Watercolor 6x8 (c) by Nita Leger Casey
 French Country life
 A painting that needs a home , if you have traveled to France and want to remember what it was like walking to get your fresh bread from the bakery ,this watercolor would bring you back !
email me if you are interested , nlcasey@charter.net

L'Ancienne Hotel du Midi

Watercolor by 

Nita Leger Casey ,copyrighted 2011

Thinking about France made me look at some of my old photos, this is a hotel that my Aunt owned in the town of Checy, it was called L'hotel du Midi , I probably could write a book about it, a lot of Family history happened there, weddings, religious events, births and funerals the family would gathered  at the hotel after, I have just about every relatives photos in front of this old hotel even  during World War two as well , the name is changed now, but the memories live on .
This was from a photo I took about 4 years ago  now called Bar de la Diligence .
If you have a photo of a place that you would like to have  a painting for  memories ,
email me nlcasey@charter.net

Galette des Rois
Watercolor 5x7 , copyrighted2011
Nita Leger Casey

I couldn't eat the Galette I made this morning so I decided to paint it instead , it's not I didn't like it but just started a diet and I am trying to stick to it , not easy ! i did have a sliver to make sure it tasted good when I gave Tim a slice with his coffee , he said it tasted just like in France , so I think I did good. It all started yesterday when I posted on Facebook about the Galette des rois a traditional Epiphany cake we eat the Sunday after new years , actually it had come to my mind when I called my Sister in France earlier in the day and asked her if she was going to eat some, thinking of our home tradition . My friends all commented on it my kids also ,so this morning I got up and made it , to my surprise it came out nice, in France we buy it from the patisserie.
If you are interested in the watercolor email me ,nlcase@charter.net

Winter morning on my walk. watercolor 5x7 copyrighted 2009
Nita Leger Casey

Every morning , my friends and I and our dogs walk by this old New England farm house , the Sun is about to rise and the light shines on the front of this old house , I now have my non artist friends look at the landscapes they took for granted before , every morning we see the most beautiful sunrises here in good old Pepperell, we are so lucky to live in this beautiful part of the country, this painting is for sale email me

"Market day " copyrighted 2009
watercolor 6x8 by Nita Leger Casey

If you are following my bad weather misery , yesterday after an snow and ice storm , this morning i couldn't walk anywhere , the snow banks were so high i couldn't reach my poor chickens who are really cooped up , I guess that is where that saying come from ! I did managed later during the day to get to them . I retrieved to my studio most of the day and painted my daily , a market scene from the Sologne region of France , about two hours south of Paris .
a wonderful area to visit if you go there .
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Chambon-la-Foret ,copyrighted 2009 , Nita Leger Casey
Watercolor 6x8 sold

When I got up this morning to go walking it was -4 degree , a bit cold and decided to called it off and go later when the sun was up, but the temperature stay cold all day ,now they are talking more snow for Wednesday , in days like this , I have a hard time believing about global warming ! anyway I stayed in and painted this French scene , thinking about being there , this is from a small town where my nephew and family live , a very quaint village.

Le chateau de Chenonceaux , copyrighted 2009
watercolor 5x7 sold

I was raised in the Loire valley where all the Castles are located , I grew up visiting all of them a few times a year , if not with my family, it was the school trips for cultural exposure , I was not crazy about them then , they used to smell old and mildew, heavy wax, but when you are a kid you don't appreciate the beauty and history they all had , we had so many I was not that impressed , one of my uncle was even a Inn keeper of one , our first year of married life was a three room apartment in the second floor of one . We left France to come to the US ,and when I returned to France a few years later, they looked so different , and I fell in love again with the rich history and architecture of my own backyard . So When my children were small we visited the castles again and again also , this one was a favorite of them ,because they was an Animal zoo in the gardens .
If you are interested in My french series of painting ,email me nlcasey@charter.net

"La route de chabris "
Watercolor ,5x7 copyrighted 2009

Well, we had our day with the self portraits , It was actually fun to see everyone on Daily Painters .
I must say today was a dreary day , it snowed, iced, rain all day ,I just hope we don't get a repeat of the December storm during the night , the trees are full of ice again!
This is my work for today , a watercolor of French series I do ounce in awhile , this was the village next to my mother's house , my kids used to love to go there to the open market and the newspaper store , their Grand mother used to give them francs to buy candies , in the spring it has this wisteria all over , I should call it Wisteria lane .
Email me nlcasey@charter.net if you are interested, the watercolor is matted to an 8x10 acid free matt

'Le bar de Sologne "
Watercolor 5x7 copyrighted 2009

The holidays are over and it is back to work , so I decided to start with a few watercolors ,I love the medium , a few years back that's all I was using , I guess I go back and forth . I was in many competition local and National ,received awards and all , but trends dictate of what we should paint , so I returned to oils and pastels , but i still like a nice watercolor ,nicely matted and framed ,they are a gem!
Email me if you are interested nlcasey@charter.net

Sketch of a French shopping street

I am working on some commissions work right now , my time has been limited to do the daily small paintings ,my ideas of what I want to paint is piling up . This is a quick sketch of a scene I wanted to do one time , but this little guy was powerful and liked it as it was and never attempted the larger scene, maybe one day?

5x5 oil on watercolor paper

The Frame Shop Gallery, Hollis, NH
"The Back Roads Of France"
Rue de la Fontaine
Here is another large painting in the show, I was a the gallery for a few hours working on a commission and greeting local visitors to the show , the gallery is next to the post office.

This painting is of two ladies exchanging the daily news of the town , I used to walk by them on my walks while in France, this is 24x24 oil on canvas

This painting is available at the gallery. email me for more details nlcasey@charter.net