Kennebunkport St Anne in Snow.

Kennebunkport St Anne
pastel, 5x7
©2017 Nita Leger Casey
 My family and I made a quick trip to Ireland over Thanksgiving, a Memorial trip for my husband who passed away almost a year ago, the trip was a success, I am now just catching up on commission work . I really want to paint a few Irish scenes, it will be next !
but for now, I did this quick little pastel before I left and just posting now!  I love this little church on the coast of Maine, a special place for the Bush family .
It is available ,email me NLCASEY@CHARTER.NET 

Sun Down on Gilman Pond

Pastel 16x20  by Nita Leger Casey
©2017 
My summer painting has been accepted at the 2017 Juried Members Exhibition, at The Whistler Museum of Art in Lowell Massachusetts.
The Whistler Museum is one of the oldest in the Country  .Whistler house Museum of Art
It's always an honor to be part of this prestigious Museum .
The painting is for sale at the show .

Sunset at pond

Sunset at the pond
pastel 3x5 ©2017
Nita Leger Casey
 Just another small one done last week on location at the pond ,those small studies sometimes become larger ones. This scene is also different every night depends where the sun will makes it's last appearance on the trees .These small paintings make a great start for a new collector. email me if you are interested nlcasey@charter.net
$75.00     

Maine Lighhouse

Pemaquid 
Miniature 4x5
pastel ©2016
This small painting has been one of my favorite, because I captured the atmospheric feeling  that I wanted  in a 4x5. I have been there so many times when the sunset is going down and it is just beautiful!
Happy Easter everyone!
this mini is available ,email me :
nlcasey@charter.net   

Maine Summer

Maine Summer ,©2016,
Nita Leger Casey
A few summers ago I visited Scootic National park on my way home from Lubec ,it was so beautiful! I wanted to go back, but didn't, so many places to go and so little time. I did take lots of photos of the coast and this pastel is from one of my photos .This is small one 5x7. it gives me a chance to see if I want to do it larger.
This painting is available just email me nlcasey@charter.net  ‪#‎ScooticNationalparks‬ ‪#‎NitalegerCasey‬ ‪#‎Westeravenuestudios‬ ‪#‎pastelpaintersofMaine‬

The fog rolling in

pastel 9x12
© 2014
Nita Leger Casey
This was a painting I did in Maine couple weeks ago on location,this was in a cove across from the house we rented, just now getting to post it,  I have been traveling and spending time with friends and  family so my time has been limited, I have done lots of sketching in my travel ,went to Louisville ,Kentucky  a beautiful city and truly enjoyed the experience  of the true South ,people are so friendly !
  This pastel is available mated ,email me if you are interested:  nlcasey@charter.net

The Blueberry barn

6x6 pastel 
©2014 Nita Leger Casey
This barn was located on the way to our rental house , in the back of it are fields of wild blueberries, the sun always hit it just right, I played on the extreme shadows and color, kind of like it and might do this one larger. interested in this one email me  nlcasey@charter.net
$ 80.00 matted + $8.00 for shipping.  

The fields of Gilman road

5x7 pastel,©2013

Nita Leger Casey

New England is at it's best right now! everywhere you look you see these beautiful colors ,it is truly an amazing show of natural beauty.
I have been out  of commission with a bad knee ,so this week end we stayed close to home, normally we are at our pond, I was lucky to see it two weeks ago ,this is the road going out to the main road ,i just love the long shadows.
Well it looks like i am getting a new knee , a bit scared of the process , many of my friends had it done and happy with it so I am going to look to the positive and forget the horror stories!  so the next few weeks I probably will be posting some works that need a home . email me nlcasey@charter.net
$99.00 mated   

Humming bird flowers

Pastel,9x12
(C) 2013
Nita Leger Casey
I love this time of year at the pond where these beautiful bright red flowers grow at the edge of the pond , the Humming birds loved them! it's actually really called, Cardinal flowers,I imagine for it's bright red color ! Wild flowers are amazing ,so much beauty.
After a week at the pond and doing a lot of cleaning around the cabin I did take a break to paint the scene .The pastels stay in the back of my car so it's easy to take a quick break and paint something, that is our view that we have loved for over 30 years , I have painted this view so may times ,it always looks different. going home tomorrow I must get back to my studio at least for a few days, the Summer is so short , I am trying to enjoy every minute of it!
If you see any paintings in my blog that you are interested, please Email me nlcasey@charter.net    

Mink Island

10x10 Pastel (C) 2013
Nita Leger Casey

I am back from my art retreat after two weeks in Maine and Canada, we had great weather the first week ,OK weather the second with some fog and rain ,but all in all it was nice. The only thing was not great was the Internet so I was not able to post as much as I wanted, this was the last painting I did the day before I left, this was our view from the window, miss it already but Tim was happy I was back home so did Clancy.

Maine marsh

Pastel 9x12 (c)2013
Nita Leger Casey
I am in Maine at my yearly retreat, the weather has been great! I know that everyone else is suffering from the heat, while I am posting this I  am wearing a hooded sweat shirt ,no air conditioner here!
this is my first real painting since we arrived, I have been busy doing a lot of sketching, will post some tomorrow. 

A Pine on the point

9x12 pastel ©2013

Nita Leger Casey

Still posting paintings from my recent trip at Pemaquid Point in Maine.This was done on a beautiful sunny day in Plein air! when the pines grows by the ocean they do take a funny shape and grow under or over a rock in a amazing way ! you couldn't plant that if you tried ,but nature has a way to do magical tricks! this past week i was not able to paint much with family duties and more to come this week so it is a good thing I had painted  some backup.
this painting is available,  $225.00  email me nlcasey@charter.net

Pemaquid point,Maine

Pastel 11x14 framed

white mat with a dark wood frame

©2013 Nita Leger Casey

This is a  pastel painting done on location (Plain Air ) who needs a home to go to, maybe for

Father's day !

Maybe a Dad has gone to the Maine coast and loved it and he would like this for his office, it's all professionally framed $350.00, email me for more details.

nlcasey@charter.net

Maine coast rocks

6x6 Pastel,©2013

Nita Leger Casey

This was the first small painting done when we just  arrived at the retreat,I zoomed on a cluster of rocks it was a abstract design! This painting is available,
It would make a nice Father's day present!
just email me nlcasey@charter.net

September morning on the pond

8x10 pastel,(c)2012

Nita Leger Casey

I got up this morning,walked to the edge of the pond,and quikly got my small box of pastels, I just wanted to catch that crisp September morning,the water was still the reflections in the pond was perfect, just a touch of gold in the foliage,with these cold nights by next week this scene will look like  quilt of colors, I could paint this scene daily and it will look different every day!
So this pastel was done by 9A M, best time to paint plein air.
email me if you are interested in this painting or something nlcasey@charter.net

Cottage by the sea

5x7 pastel on board  (c)2012
Nita Leger Casey
Yesterday with full of energy and a must clean the house,  this type of work is getting the least of my favorite things to do as I get older, I remember when we lived in Italy I was so proud of cleaning every day waxing all my marble floors, dusting and waxing all the furniture, now the house gets a deep cleaning when someone comes over to stay or when I can't stand it anymore, anyway in the afternoon I got  tired if this boring job and decided to paint this little pastel.
Oh another good news I heard this Saturday while at the plant sale at our local Library, A mother of a past student was so happy to tell me that her daughter who I had for many years as an  art Student is now the Deputy Director of textile design for Martha Stewart, I was so happy to hear this, it was the best reward ever to hear of of your student has done so well, better than a prize for myself .
 Before I became a daily painter I had a small art program at my house every day for over twenty years , many of my students have done wery well, so proud of them !
This painting is for sale $100.00 shipped ,email me nlcasey@charter.net

Pastel sunset

6x8 pastel (c)2011
Nita Leger Casey
 I had a busy week end with open studios,lots of people came to visit, it was a rainy day I was not expecting  that, so it was great! I wanted to demo during the day, but I found myself talking so much to visitors that the day went so fast to even get started .
This is a painting who needs a home, it is matted and framed with a  beautiful brown Italian frame ,now in display in my studio . $175.00 . email me if you are interested nlcasey@charter.net

Busy beaver # 2 pastel version

6x8 pastel  copyrighted 2012
Nita Leger Casey
Decided to paint the same scene in a different medium to give you an idea any scene can be done with a different choice of paint ,some colors are just stronger and vibrant, also have to be framed differently .
 If I have time tomorrow or the day after I might do an oil also . The reason I say time tomorrow I have to take my husband to have surgery on his toe, he has diabetes this dreaded disease ! he was fitted for some special shoes and it was not done right, now he has to have surgery, he couldn't feel that the shoe was too small ,I wish they would find a cure for diabetes ,it is an awful disease to have .email me if you have any questions .nlcasey@charter.net

Pemaquid Bell tower
Plein air pastel 11x14 (c) 2011
Nita Leger Casey

Painted this plein air back in June with the Pastel Painters of Maine , the photo of me painting on my blog is what I was doing , the bell tower of the light house . I had my relatives from France with me at the time , they had fun tagging along with me painting the coast of Maine .Today the poor coast all way down the East coast is being battered by Irene as we speak ,hope everyone will be safe .
this painting is available $$250.00 matted ,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