The Maine rose cottage

The Maine rose cottage Sold
 8x10Watercolor
 ©Nita Leger Casey
I was looking through some of my past summers watercolor, and I remember painting this one , it had to be the cutest cottage on that street on the edge of the ocean , I am glad I did when I saw it, because the year after it had lost it's appeal, probably a different owner who didn't care about flowers. So when you see something that really speak to you ,paint it!
 This little watercolor would make a great present to someone who loves Maine !
email me nlcasey@charter.net

Seen better days, in Maine

6x8 watercolor

Watercolor © 2013  sold

Nita Leger Casey

Just came back from Maine, after a nice week there, you can tell  it's the end of the summer and fall is right around the corner a few picking colors here and there , we took a ride across our pond to find a friend who had moved when I came up on this old corner store  who had seen better days ! over the years I have seen this country store with different owners, a little sad when no one can seem to be  able to make a living there. Maine as a lot of these small places sometimes so far remote from populated area and yet needed by many! I decided to paint the poor thing in a watercolor ,maybe someone will recognize it. email if you are interested nlcasey@charter.net

Victorian house by the sea

6x8 watercolor (C)2012

Nita Leger Casey

This is New England and it is beginning to look like Christmas! In Maine I hear they have lots of snow, we got some couple days ago but melted today, but I am sure it will soon looks like this watercolor, what I like about New England the sun will shine after a nice storm and this is what I had captured in this painting, it happens to be in Kittery, Maine
email me if you are interested in this one nlcasey@charter.net 

Farm by the river

 

8x10 watercolor(c)2012

Nita Leger Casey   Sold

I painted this while I took a break from posting on Daily painters,because this past week I did not have time for anything but getting ready for the Big week end in Lowell, I am looking for paintings that did not get attention before. Well The week end was a bit disappointing for me,we did not get the crowd we normally get, it was a fairly nice week end and I think many people went up North to see the foliage, and I sure don't blame them! I would of myself if this was not planed.
As Artists we always make excuses why people did not come or buy, it' just the way it is ! This scene caught my eye while driving this little country road in Maine, I love the sunlight coming through the trees .I think I did capture it. this watercolor is available just email me nlcasey@charter.net

Looking in!

watercolor (2012)

Nita Leger Casey

Getting ready for a huge city wide open studios is taking some of my precious painting time, i sure hope it will be worth it in the long run, we are expecting a couple of thousand people walking through the hall ways of Western Avenue, In the same time I am getting ready for a solo show in November ,lots of framing still needs to be done !
This painting I am posting today is of a window at  at the Olson's house in Maine where Andrew Wyeth painted for many years , now part of the Rockland Farnsworth  Museum , a beautiful place to visit. If you look close, I also painted myself taking the photo of it ,he painted many beautiful paintings from this house one being Christina's world .This painting is available ,email me nlcasey@charter.net
 If you are in the Lowell, MA. area this week end stop by the Western Avenue Studios 11AM to 5PM

Laundry out on the porch

Oil on copper,6x6 (c) 2011

Nita Leger Casey

In a rainy day , what do you do ? well ,laundry and hang it out on the porch! this is what I did today ,well painted today. when the rain stopped I took a few walks with Clancy ,picked fresh berries and enjoyed the woods of Maine , by the end of the day it cleared up and went for a Kayak ride on the pond .

Going home tomorrow ,I must gallery sit on Friday at Western Avenue studios .

this painting is available ,email me nlcasey@charter.net

Linda's laundry
pastel 8x10 (c) 2011
Nita Leger Casey

While painting in Maine I really zoomed on laundry lines ,everywhere I went in the small back roads everyone had their fresh wash out , they're something so nostalgic about it , remembering growing up ,that was the only way we dried our clothes and it used to smell so good . This new generation will never know this feeling unless you still live in Maine , like the saying go " the way life should be " .
this is a pastel painted on location at our wonderful retreat ,Thank you Linda for hanging your wash out !
painting is for sale email me nlcasey@charter.net

Sketch of fall from the cabin window
watercolor 6x8 copyrighted 2010
Nita Leger Casey
At the cabin for the long week end ,the colors are at peak in Maine , painted this from the window at the same time I was cooking an Apple pie for our guests who are coming over for an October fest dinner , this is a short post ,must get the table ready !

"Old Maine Barn "
Pastel 6x6 copyrighted 2010
Nita Leger Casey

I have spent the last few days moving in my new studio in Lowell , it has been fun, a new adventure , by September I will be totally ready!
but until then I still must catch some nice days of plein air painting in Maine .
This pastel was done in my past retreat in Lubec ,I am still finding paintings I didn't post before . they really need homes to rest on some nice wall .
email me nlcasey@charter.net

"Art and Antiques "
oil on board, 5x7 copyrighted 2010
Nita Leger Casey
A week has gone by since I have posted , I had a few family obligations all week and this week end coming we are having another one , so my painting time has been limited, everything happens in the summer and we must deal with it!
This painting was done during the one and only rainy day we had at our retreat, I always want to do interior and this was the perfect time to do it , I also used a limited palette in this painting.
If you are interested in this piece , please email me nlcasey@charter.net

"American pride "
Acrylic on board copyrighted , 11x14
Nita Leger Casey

This is a re post of a house I painted on location in a small village of Machais Port in Maine . I go paint there every summer , I will be there next week ! really looking froward my two weeks of painting retreat .
Today it was a brutal hot day in New England went over 100 degree , very hot for us , we are not used to this, I mostly spent time doing some organizing in the gallery and get my art supply ready for the trip.
I would love to find a home for this painting $300.00 email me if you are interested nlcasey@charter.net

Beach roses and lupins
Pastel, 6x6 copyrighted 2010
Nita Leger Casey
On the cost of Maine with the Pastel Painters of Maine at a retreat at Pemaquid point , just a wonderful treasure spot on the coast, staying in a Victorian Hotel ,it's like going back in time .This is my third year with the group,this year I was chosen to give the critique after our first day of painting, it was a lot of fun we are 25 artists.

New England farmhouse , copyrighted by Nita Leger Casey
11x14 pastel matted and framed with a gold frame 16x20
sold

I started a painting today and did not get to finish it , so I am posting a framed painting from my gallery , really would like to find a home for it . I painted this one on location , the farm is in Maine the sunlight was great that day! email me if you are interested

Down East cottage by the sea, copyrighted 2009by Nita Leger Casey
6x8 watercolor

Another one of my Maine cottages , when I am painting with my friends in Maine , they all call theses cottages or houses , a Nita house , because I am so attracted to all those houses , i always see a painting , most of my friends paint the ocean , the rocks ,the boats , and I paint all the old houses with some character and charm . I have lots of houses in Maine with my name on it, so to speak! email me if you are interested nlcasey@charter.net

Meadow and cottages , copyrighted 2009,Nita Leger Casey
6x8 pastel on la Carte paper sold

A dreary day today ! rained must of the day , kept me busy painting most of the day , and also made Easter cards for my grandchildren , they came out so nice , I hope they appreciate all the work that went in to make them . I love making cards !
I have painted this scene a few times , in watercolor in oil and pastel , it's a typical Maine landscape that you never get tired off , hope you all enjoy it ! if you are interested email me nlcasey@charter.net

Washing day at the cottage , copyrighted by Nita Leger Casey
watercolor 4x7

Another sketch from my collection of summer quick sketches on location , I always like to work a small one before attacking a larger view, I can work out my composition or problems with colors , actually when I was done with this larger one , it completely looked different , it is sort of a warm up ,with watercolor you want to be sure , oils I just wipe out . This week being very busy , I am posting these little gems from my sketches .

"Let's go sledding"
acrylic on masonite 8x10
copyrighted

well today I decorated the outside of my house with lots of fresh pine greenery from my back yard , all natural and free, put the candles in the windows , that was a good beginning of the annual chore of decorating for the holidays, living on Main Street and an Historical house , I must do that ,but it is a lot of work .
My costumers picked up the house portrait and love it , they will make their parents very happy , it is a perfect gift!
This painting is of a street in Kingfield ,Maine , near Sugarloaf USA , a famous sky resort in Maine .

Birch trees on the path,copyrighted 2008

I am just about finish with a large commission ,after this I really want to go back outdoors while the leaves are still on the trees and capture the last beauty of the season, I am also still having computer problem , I had bought a new one and after three weeks of problem with this new machine ,I packed the whole thing and returned it to the store and picked a different one .I just hope this one work the way it's supposed to.
this pastel was done in Maine last week just in front of our cabin,
11x14 pastel,email me if you are interested nlcasey

The farmer's fields,copyrighted2008 sold
I went out plein air painting this afternoon on the road to our cabin , it was just beautiful almost past peek , only a week left before some wind will take all the leaves down, it was so peaceful !
going back tomorrow to another area down the road.
5x7 pastel on wallis paper .
email me nlcasey@charter.net

Fall shadows, copyrighted
My computer crashed last week, I now will have to get used to a new system, I just hope i can recover the data from my old hard drive , my son is working on it.
this is a fall scene with long shadows across a country road of Maine.
6x8 oil on canvas. $100.00 email me if interested nlcasey@charter.net