Maine fishing boat for auction
oil on Copper 6x6 (C) 2011
Nita Leger Casey

Challenge painting for helping Japan , with DPW, Keiko Tanabe , go to the site for the auction .
Today I was thinking of what to paint for this sad catastrophe , and in TV I kept seeing the boats crashing like toys , looking at my photos I picked a Maine fishing boat , I see these boats every summer in Lubec and I know how hard they work on these boats .
All the proceeds will go to the red cross , so if you want to help, this is a great way to do it , and remembered by having a painting .

Fun in Savannah
Watercolor 5x7 (C)2011
Nita Leger Casey

I am sure the streets of Savannah will be having a big Party tonight , They love St Patrick's day , if you ever visited the city ,you would think you were in Dublin having a party ,so I was thinking this little painting I painted today at the studio was totally appropriate for the day !
all my watercolors are originals , little gems for a collector !
Email me nlcasey@charter.net , start collecting ..

Savannah's front street
watercolor 5x7 (c) 2011
Nita Leger Casey

Catching up with my South Carolina and Georgia scenes , I must do them when they are still on my mind and keeping the excitement of my recent visit ,because if you wait and think you will do them later , later never comes because you have moved on to something else ,your mind has traveled to another scene another season or another subject totally different .
The snow is melting fast can wait for Spring ,lots of cleaning needs to be done , my Chickens have been going out free all day long ,they are so happy they leave their little house and never look back until dusk ,they are so afraid I might close the door they visit the neighbors yard , I am lucky to have neighbors who spoiled them also giving them treat .This painting is available email me for details . nlcasey@charter.net . If you have visited Savannah you will remember the Street !

"The Store"
watercolor 8x10 (C)2011
Nita Leger Casey

A little store with Southern charm full of collectibles was my pick for today , it happens to be in the same little town of Bluffton , the name was easy , it was called the Store !
I wanted to catch a nice light on it , like a nice sunny day , in a very loose style .
Feeling so sad today learning about this devastating earthquake in Japan , cannot fight nature ,
very sad !
This watercolor is available email me if you are interested
nlcasey@charter.net

Southern Hospitality
Watercolor 5x7 (c) 2011
Nita Leger Casey

while visiting South Carolina this past week end ,I took lots of reference photos of the Old South , the historical houses which I love , if the walls could talk in this little guest house !
The progress is coming to this little town , it has changed a lot in the last five years , I hope they keep the quintessence of it , many houses are razed to put a new one , and the Country side is growing with Gated communities .
I think I captured the Spanish moss on the live oaks , some of those trees are just beautiful .
This little gem is available , email me nlcasey@charter.net

Southern comfort

Watercolor 5x7 (c) 2011

Nita Leger Casey

Our stay is getting short , going home tomorrow and sad to leave the kids and better weather then the one in New England, Spring is starting here. Today we went for a ride to the quint little southern town of Bluffton ,love the little cottages ,so this was my choice for today! exagerated the colors by two weeks .

This one is available ,email me for details .nlcasey@charter.net

Journaling #2

Nita Leger Casey

I did not plan to journaling, but my daughter wanted to learn how to do it, so it was a good occasion to use this style while visiting and record some memorable moments , all you need is a pencil some watercolors , over the years I have done many books but not including writting just painting.
Going to Beauford today and celabrate our granddaughters sixteen birthday.

On a Holiday on Hilton Island ,relaxing and journaling spending time with the kids and Grand kids,going to Savannah for lunch! and the art store.

St Anne in winter #2
Oil on copper 8x8 (c)2011
Nita Leger Casey

I didn't think I would still be painting snow scenes, but when it snows outside it is hard to think of anything else , I had a piece of copper in front of me and wanted to see if I could get the same effect as the last one on a wood panel by using the same colors , close I guess ! painted the church from the front view .
Went to an opening at the Whistler house Museum yesterday ,this small museum has an amazing collection of wonderful New England Artist from 19 th century to early 20 th century like Frank Benson, Aldro Hibbard , Cullen Yates , William Phelps and more , a must see if you are visiting Lowell the birth place of James McNeil Whistler , famous for Whistler's mother .
the Museum is also located very near my studio .
This above painting is available , email me if you are interested .nlcasey@charter.net

Winter at St Anne in Kennebunkport
6x6 oil on panel (C)2011
Nita Leger Casey

I had a great day today , going to Maine with my two friends, our destination was The Pastel Painters of Maine meeting at Heartwood college , but I made my friends get up early so we could go take sight scene ride to the wonderful Kennebunkport village before the meeting , it was quiet and peaceful not your usual busy tourist attraction , drove down Ocean Avenue to see all the beautiful homes and go By st Ann's church , I have painted this church a few times but never in the winter , so here is is painted with a limited palette ,witch I think I will do more , i love all the range of muted colors .The meeting was very nice seeing friends again ,first time since last year , it's about 100 miles from my house so I do not see them as ofter as I want , a Lecture with a pastel artist Tim Parks was very interesting , a Master pastelist!
a stop in Portsmouth made the day complete .

Lowell's Acres
watercolor 6x8 (c) 2011
Nita Leger Casey

I had a full day today , walked almost an hour this morning at 6 AM watched the sunrise in Pepperell walking with my friend Pam and Clancy of course , a bit cold at 7 degree , I later went to Yoga for an hour and a half ,I am really liking it! I think it is good for my back problem and very relaxing Then I drove to the Lowell Western avenue Studios had lunch with my friends before going to my own studio and painted most of the afternoon , this was my pick for the day another view of Lowell from the stairwell going to the fourth floor . The Whistler Museum is having a show about Lowell soon , I must think about this , so many interesting scenes to do .
email me if you are interested .nlcasey@charter.net

The walking path in Pepperell
Pastel demo 5x7 (C) 2011
Nita Leger Casey

This was the other painting my students painted along with me , a nice summer scene , a change of our snow scenes we have now and still snowing ,sixty degree one day and 9 degree now !
I was taking care of my son's dog all week end a baby Burmese Mountain dog , just was too cute ,he just went home I think Clancy will be depressed tomorrow , he won't be able to boss him around. My home studio was turned into a puppy room , so I didn't get much done .
this painting is available , email me for details .nlcasey@charter.net

Pastel demo , Rooster (C)2011
Nita Leger Casey

I had a workshop at my studio yesterday , three very nice ladies took the workshop and did a great job of all the subjects they had to work with , started with a summer landscape , then a sky scape , a great exercise to work with colors , after lunch we all painted a rooster, with the many photos I have of my own chickens who are great models .
the rooster is for sale , $ 100.00 matted ready to be framed . email me for details .

Blue bird
Mini ,pastel 2.5x3.5 (c) 2011
Nita Leger Casey

Working with my pastel , sorting and cleaning them , a day workshop tomorrow at my studio . should be fun ! today my friend Susan came to visit at the studio , we painted together in total peace and quiet . The weather was beautiful today, an lots of snow melted .
this ACEO, trading card , miniature is for sale email me .

Needs Love !
Watercolor 6x8 copyrighted 2011
Nita Leger Casey

Decided to work on something that has been on my drawing table for awhile , because I was going with Tim for a routine appointment at the hospital I took my work along and did this in the waiting room , it's a large one with lots of windows and tables , so I was very comfortable , a few patients stopped by to see what i was doing and gave me lots of compliments . always nice !
This old car was down the street from our house in Pepperell and every time I went by it I wanted to paint this old beauty . I have a son who loves to bring them back to life and spends a lot of time in restorations , wondering what he will say when he sees this painting .
this painting is for sale , just email me if you are interested $125.00 including matting and shipping in US

Savannah's best
8x10 watercolor , copyrighted 2011
Nita Leger Casey

Sunday is not my favorite day ,I always seem to get get the blues unless I am out somewhere , today I really was prepared to take a drive to chase the Sunday blues but the weather was so overcast and cold we choose not to waste gas , not knowing how the sidewalks will be where I wanted to go , my destination was to be Newburryport ,the town I mentioned yesterday .
As you see I am on my street scenes mode ,this was from a photo I took in Savannah , I love that town the old part of course ,I have visited many times ,it is famous for it's special Southern cooking lady and this is her restaurant , let's see if anyone recognized the place ? the parks are great and the waterfront very tourist and funky , my grand daughter loves the candy store there . Tomorrow is valentine's day , be good to your love ones .
Happy Valentine's to all my followers !
Email me if you are interested in this painting ,nlcasey@charter.net

Shopping in Newburyport
Watercolor 6x7 copyrighted 2011
Nita Leger Casey

I didn't get to post last night , my husband 's computer crashed and now he seems to like mine , while waiting to use it I feel a sleep . This is the other painting I painted while at the studio the day before , a scene I have been wanting to do for awhile from a visit to Newburyport , a very quint and historical seaside town in Massachusetts , not to be confused with Newburry street who is in Boston. I am a bit tired of the snow right now and wanted something a bit more cheerful, also wanted to get back to some watercolors .
I think I forgot to mentioned , I have joined the Loading Dock art gallery at Western Avenue ,if you are in the area and the artists you are looking for is not in , the gallery gives you the opportunity to see many beautiful piece of art from jewelery , pottery ,quilts photography paintings and more ... and special shows .
This painting is available $125.00 matted and shipped . email me nlcasey@charter.net

The kids are going home !
A Lowell street scene
watercolor 10x7 (c)2011
Nita Leger Casey

I had a great day at my studio today ,I was to meet a client who did not come ,but in the process I painted two paintings ,this one is a view from the window of my studio on the fourth floor . It was about 2:30PM as I was sketching the painting the school bus made a stop at the top of the hill , that sure helped my painting! I was told by a visitor a while back when I showed him the oil I also painted from the same window last summer ,it was the neighborhood where they filmed the" Fighter " the film that is in theaters right now and it was filmed in Lowell , I did see a trailer for the film and you do see our mill in it . This painting is for sale ,email me nlcasey@charter.net

"Roses for you " Pastel 8x10 (c) 2011
I just received my new set of hand made Pastels , from Diane Townsend and I was dying to try it , I wanted something cheerful with Valentine 's day coming, what better then beautiful roses !
they are beautiful pastels , the first time I use this brand, when you paint with pastels , it's a bit of an addiction to get more and more of them .
Otherwise today I made a trip to a chiropractor to cure my ailments with my chronic back pain , he is my last resort ,hope it will work ! I have tried the injections at a pain clinic and that did not work . I am keeping my fingers cross !
Think of your Valentine ,only a few days .

The red house on the hill
miniature oil on copper 3x5
Nita Leger Casey

I had a busy week end , one of my friend Paula Mingolelli had an opening at the loading dock gallery on Friday night a beautiful show a must see if you are in the area , than open house studio all day yesterday at Western Avenue , to our surprised many people came by even during a rainy and icy day , they all had cabin fever I suppose! Today I took a break and did not do much .
This is the last of the paintings I painted at snow camp , just a little one of the house next to the Sunset Inn , last year I did a larger painting of it .
the painting is available just email me for more details nlcasey@charter.net