Nita Léger Casey: December 2013

Friday, December 20, 2013

Morning sunrise #3

Watercolor 6x8

I came down stairs this morning and this was the view out of my kitchen window, I took the liberty of doing away with some buildings and made it a peaceful winter scene . All this was done before my morning coffee, I love working like this with spontaneity , not planed just do it!
update : knee is doing good still not the full range I want but therapy is helping ,the one thing is not is the cold weather we had last week!
email if someone is interested nlcasey@charter.net

Friday, December 13, 2013

Mr Cardinal #4

Pastel 6x8
©2013 Nita Leger Casey
I have a wonderful window feeder that my brother -in-law made, birds are coming to it all day long ,and this beautiful cardinal is a regular, he stands on a branch a few feet from the window and comes and gets seeds one by one, his wife does as well ! they love the dark sunflowers seeds, it's a regular parade of birds ! my cat Mini loves it and so does my husband.
This one would make a nice present for someone! email me nlcasey@charter.net
$100. matted and shipped free in US only .

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

New England Church

Nita Leger Casey

Feeling bad for not posting as much as I should, the time and energy gets away from me these days. I painted this awhile back ,I just think it's the season , we just got a nice coat of snow and we are getting close to the holidays and this painting needs a home!
I had a great open studio last week end seven paintings went home with someone, we had lots of new visitors so that is a good thing!
email me if you are interested nlcasey@charter.net

Sunday, December 01, 2013

The MOO girls from Maine

Nita Leger Casey

5x7original

While I have been recuperating from my knee surgery I sometimes want to paint and yet i can't seem to get started with all the PT I have to do, but today a rainy Sunday really made me do it, first I was looking through all my photos and trying to decide ,I came upon the girls at the farm I had visited this summer, a farm where I have spent 18 summers before and very found of the great Moo cows who produce this wonderful organic milk sold all over the State of Maine. So it was a nice warm up for today!
This painting is for Sale $100.00 free shipping for cyber Monday!
Nlcasey@charter.net

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

Buy Art Online

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Nita Léger Casey