Rockport Lobster boat

watercolor 6x8  ©2014 Nita Leger Casey
Hi, everyone, hope you had a nice Christmas! the end of the season was very busy at my studio and home so it didn't give much time to paint and post ! while my family  from Maryland is here for the week ,yesterday we took a trip to Rockport MA ,I captured this lobster boat , it was very colorful with  the buoys and was totally inspired to paint a watercolor  of it .
this painting is available email me nlcasey@charter.net

Cat in a napkin basket

watercolor 6x8 ©2014
Nita Leger Casey
This is my cat  Mimi who thinks she can fit in a small basket!  funny how cats love boxes, baskets and small places . She is not an easy cat to paint, her face being so dark and so many colors. This past week has been busy at my studio with four days open to the public,I got to see many patrons and collectors doing their last minutes shopping . Many paintings found a home, and that is good!  email me if you are interested in this watercolor ,you might have a cat that looks like her?  nlcasey@charter.net

Cardinal

Original pastel 6x8
 ©2014
This beautiful Cardinal comes to my feeder everyday , someone told me it's a visitor from the past! I wonder who it is?
This painting is done in pastel, it is matted off white with a dark wood frame, ready to go to a collector, a perfect gift for someone who loves birds .
 email me if you are interested ,
$100.00 plus shipping. nlcasey@charter.net

Sunset in New England

6x8 watercolor ©2014 sold
  I love the sunset in the winter ! it is early at time, barely 4pm in December , but they are just beautiful and all I have to do is look from my window . This watercolor is small but very powerful it can be frame to a 9x12 and it would look beautiful to any decor ! Original work is the best to collect, become a collector and have fun building your collection!
email me if you are interested nlcasey@charter.net

Snow men

Original watercolor
6x6 snow men ©2014
Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving, we sure did ! great time with the family and way too much food!
This past month I was on a sketch challenge with some friends and managed to do a lot of them ,the recent holiday did slow me down a little, also worked on a few commissions, now I am getting ready for two week end of open house at our Mill where I have my studio in Lowell . I was also in a couple local shows, never a dull moment here.
 Enjoy my snow men !
 email me if you are interested . nlcasey@charter.net

The Gallery scene

 Original watercolor 6x6 ©2014
 Nita Leger Casey
Here is a second scene from Rockport I painted  awhile back ,I call it" the Gallery scene" because when you visit this small town it is full of galleries, the town is also an Artist colony located on Cape Ann on the coast of Massachusetts . I love this small town! the summer it is full of tourists, about an drive from my house ,it makes a nice Sunday ride .
Would make a nice present as well . email me if you are interested  nlcasey@charter.net

Rockport and sketches

 Lowell from my studio

 Hollis, NH

 Original Watercolor ,Rockport  ©2014
This month I am involve with a sketching challenge for 30 days between friends, if you are on Facebook with me you know what I mean ?  I call it just sketching for fun! I actually posted a few for you to see and I am also posting this small watercolor of Rockport MA  I did awhile back, it needs a home, a perfect present for someone who has great memories of visiting this small sea side village full of artists, some famous ones at that .$75.00 matted and shipped in US free . email me if you are interested.   nlcasey@charter.net

Ram in a prairie

Small pastel 5x5
©2014 Nita Leger Casey
I now have enter the commission season and busy doing larger works, but today I had some time to do this Ram, I captured him in a photo few weeks ago not too far from my house, he was not alone, as a matter of fact I did a larger painting with some of his friends, will post later.
If you want this little guy email me nlcasey@charter.net

The pond #10

Watercolor
6x12 © 2014
Nita Leger Casey
My favorite place to paint in the summer, I could paint this place every hour of the day and it would look different , it is amazing how the colors and atmosphere keep changing, I have painted this scene so many times and never get tired of it!
 this watercolor is available, email me nlcasey@charter.net . $100.00 shipping included

Trapp Falls ,New England

18x24 pastel ©2014
Nita Leger Casey
This is a larger painting I just finished this past week,  my husband and I took a Sunday ride just to catch some foliage, I think we just did it in time before we had a storm that took lots of leaves down , my yard is now covered!  the years past  I would rake them all, now I have a landscape CO. do the job, just too much to do for my old bones.
These falls are about 10 minutes from my house in a State park . So lucky to live in New England!  email me if you are interested , this is a larger painting !
nlcasey@charter.net

House portrait

Original watercolor 16x20 ©2014
This is one of my latest house portrait, it was a beautiful house to work with, this was a commission and a surprise for someone, I hope they will like it!
This painting is sold.

Waiting to go fishing

lobster boats,watercolor 6 x12 ©2014
Nita Leger Casey
This is a typical scene in small villages on the coast of Maine, this one was in the Bay of Fundy.
Early in the morning must likely a very foggy morning, these fisherman take these boats out and stay out  all day trying to bring home the right catch, I truly have respect for these guys!
this watercolor is available 
email me nlcasey@charter.net  $100.00 + shipping

Smalls fall, Rangeley Maine

Original Watercolor 6x12
Nita Leger Casey,©2014
When my son and his family came to visit this summer , we took a trip to Rangeley Maine , a beautiful town in the Western Mountains of Maine, right on a Lake. When you go to Rangeley you will pass a small town called Madrid , yes Madrid but not Spain!  and say it like the locals do, because they will correct your accent. There you will find this beautiful fall, very well visited by tourists  and a treat for daring kids who make the jump in the pool at the top, a mother's nightmare of course! I painted this in watercolors but my intention was to do a larger one later in Pastel .
 This one is available email me if you are interested $100.00 matted .
nlcasey@charter.net   

Summer of sketchbooking

 Sketching by the pond with friends! actually had them doing it as well for the first time.will

I have not posted for awhile, I sort of took a break from  daily posting, but never stopped doing painting and sketching where ever I went, back in fourth to Maine and a trip to Kentucky in August . I love sketching and just wanted of share a few of my summer sketches and when I was not doing that I was painting larger pastels of barns . Will try to get back in the routine with my new work!

Maine coast at Pemaquid

pastel ,©2014
Nita Leger Casey
A pastel I painted plein air on the coast of Maine last year, it took me a year to finish some minor details,sometimes life gets in the way of things you suppose to finish, I  am sure everyone has the same trouble !
 a nice  present to someone who has visited this area .
this painting is available 16x20 matted and shipped $225.
email me if you are interested  nlcasey@charter.net

Red roof barn

miniature pastel
©2014  3x4
 Nita Leger Casey
Another small barn for my barn series , This barn is also in Maine, I go by it all the time on our way to our cabin ,the last time going I decided to finely stop there and take a few photos, we are always in a rush to get there, it is a almost five hours trip!
Back at my studio I painted  this little one and worked some colors I liked and already have a large one on the easel, hoping to have it done by open studios the first week of October.
Summer is just about over and now all the fall commitments  are here!  

Pemaquid bell tower

pastel 9x11, ©
Nita Leger Casey
This was painted a couple years ago, but I would love to find a home for this one,this bell tower is located next to the lighthouse, a very popular destination in Maine. It would make a nice present for someone who collects lighthouses .
email me
nlcasey@charter.net, $150. matted

Barn at dusk

pastel,9x12
©2014 NLC
Working on a new series of barns, most of them are large, this one is only 9x12  I wanted to make them a bit dramatic in colors, and simplify in designs. I already have four done and probably half of dozen more I want to do, will see where this takes me! I like some challenges ounce in while ,just wish framing would not get in the way of my creativity. also need to work on a few commissions . if you are interested in this one email me   nlcasey@charter.net

Pond view

Pond view
Pastel11x14,copyrighted 2014
Nita Léger Casey
I have been taking a break from blogging due to my busy activities with family visitors and taking care of daily commitments . I really need to get back in my routine , the summer is almost gone by as I see leaves falling on the ground way up in Maine that is !i do have a new body of work done for the fall open studios , I have not posted any but will soon do that ,this is a pastel of the view of our cabin in Maine , this painting is available $325.  ,email me if you are interested .
nlcasey@charter.net  

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

Water street, Lubec Maine

watercolor 6x10
©2014
Nita Leger Casey
Still painting scenes from Lubec after spending a week there, I never get tired of painting little street scenes in New England . While I was there I did mostly pastels but I do love doing a watercolor, I find it very relaxing! and yet today I went to my studio and painted a large pastel as well, I do want a new body of work by September for open studios  that is my goal!
this watercolor is available , 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.  

Lobster boat in the cove

pastel 9x12
©2014
Nita Leger Casey
Back from a week art retreat in Lubec, Maine where the Internet connection was not my friend due to a lot of fog and rain, Lubec is so far up North, you might as well being in another country  .  We did have a good week of painting and fun, the weather didn't stop us! This scene is in front of the rental house, a scene you never get tired of , love getting up in the morning, have our coffee and see the fisherman get ready  for their daily catch, also watch the fog rolling in and out so peaceful!  and I guess a week without the perfect connection was not that bad, except it kept me from blogging .
if you are interested email me nlcasey@charter .net  $225.00

Low tide

pastel. 9x12
© Nita Leger Casey
 Getting ready to go on my yearly painting retreat ,this is a scene close to where we are staying ,at the distance you can see the fog rolling in at Bailey's Mistake  in Lubec Maine.  It will be nice to smell the  fresh ocean air, and see the lobster boats in the morning with the fisher man going to get there catch!
this pastel was done on location in previous years and it is available .$200.00 ,email me if you are interested  nlcasey@charter.net 

Gloucester harbor at Sunset

8x8 watercolor ©2014
Nita Leger Casey
I can't believe it has been over a month since I posted, things and events in life took precedent .
It started going to Maine and braking down on the highway and coming back in a tow truck , the worst it happen twice in two weeks. Then our kids came home from South Carolina and Maryland  with our kids here they all gave us a surprised 50 th Anniversary party  that was incredibly  beautiful , a lot work went in to it and our kids really fooled us ! we were extremely happy ,along with the 4 th of July ,I don't know where the month went? but I should be back at the easel ,starting with a week going Plein air in Maine .  This is a small gem I would love to find a home for it , $150.00matted . email me if you are interested . nlcasey@charter.net

Sunset after the rain storm

watercolor 6x12
©2014 Nita Leger Casey
I was away for a few days at our pond and painted this after a rain storm, I have painted this scene so many times and it's always different, when you look at a shy and water the possibilities are endless!
 We had a nice few  days there also did some sketch booking that was a lot of fun.
The next couple weeks will be busy for me, my daughter and family are coming up from South Carolina ,I have not seen them for a year so i am not sure when i will get to paint. this painting is available, email me nlcasey@charter.net

New England street scene.

6x8 watercolor ©
Nita Leger Casey
Just a ordinary New England scene where people walk and said Hello to each other passing by, the Spring bushes are out in bloom, The American Flag proudly displayed on this 1750 houses .
I actually painted this scene before in oil ,but had fun doing it in a loose watercolor.
email me if you would like to buy this original watercolor. nlcasey@charter.net

Gloucester harbor on a Sunday afternoon

Watercolor 11x14
©2014 Nita Leger Casey
Wanted to keep working on my watercolor series of Seashore in Massachusetts while it is still fresh in my mind, I travel the back roads of New England all year and always come upon the most beautiful scenery and if I don't paint them right away it gets backed up and I loose the momentum of what I felt that day, the light the season the atmospheric feeling and so on . All my paintings are original, meaning I go to all the places I paint. I feel very lucky to be able paint in beautiful  New England. email me if you are interested in this painting ,it will be matted in a 16x20 matt.
nlcasey@charter.net

Good Harbor beach

watercolor 6x12
©2014 Nita Leger Casey
Spring at the beach! it was a beautiful day last Sunday at this beach on the Massachusetts seashore, I am sure the water was too cold for a real swim but enough to get your feet wet and get your tan an early start for summer. Love those majestic houses on the seashore of New England ! Email me if you are interested in this original watercolor   nlcasey@charter.net

Rockport Village

Watercolor 11x14

©2014 Nita Leger Casey

This past Mother's day Tim and I went for a Sunday ride to Rockport ,it was a beautiful very hot Spring day, all the flower bushes had peeked ,the light was just perfect, I had all intention to paint on location, but didn't expect that everybody had the same idea  to go visit the town, way too many people  to find the right spot. I did get some nice photos. I also wanted to paint the scene while it was fresh in my mind. I just love that cute town !  this watercolor is available email me if you are interested.  $225. matted  nlcasey@charter.net

Happy Mother's day

6x8 pastel on board
©2014 Nita Leger Casey
Just want to wish all the Mother's a Happy Mother's day, being a mother is the hardest job in the world, so today you deserve the best, Have a great day everyone!

Spring beauties

9x12 pastel .
©2014 Nita Leger Casey
Went to my studio today with an idea of painting something cheerful, I was a bit down after a poor attendance of the open studio this past week end, sometimes  the weather can be too beautiful outside for people to come in inside, I think that was the problem this past week end . I might want to do this one in a larger format later ,but for now this one is available ,email me if you are interested.
nlcasey@charter.net

Boston's back bay

Watercolor 9x12 framed
©2014 Nita Leger Casey
Another  original painting part of my series of the Boston's Back Bay, I just  matted and framed this one, it would make a perfect present for someone who has gone to school in Boston ,all the best colleges are located in the area, also Mother's day is next week end , a mom would love this!
$175.00 + shipping , email me nlcasey@charter.net 

Life is good!

Watercolor 6x8 framed mated white and black frame ,
©by Nita Leger Casey
Life is Good in a Spring day on Newburry Street in Boston, this painting is part of a series of watercolors where I have captured the Brown Stones and it's lovely boutiques . I have not posted for a couple weeks ,sometimes life  just gets in the way, like cleaning and other project that takes me out of my studio. I wish the warm weather would stay more than a day at a time , I  so want to go plein air painting soon!
This painting is available framed $175.00 email me nlcasey@charter.net
   

Stream in Mason NH

oil on paper 6x8
©2014 Nita Leger Casey
My friends and I went on a little field trip today in NH. It was a cold and sunny day, We had a nice lunch at Parker's barn and later made a few stops along the way to take photos , this was a nice stream with  rushing  Spring water ,I decided after supper to paint this with oil on  a new paper Arches put out, kind of like it!  almost like a watercolor.
email me if you are interested in this painting .nlcasey@charter.net  

A special girl !

watercolor 6x8
©2014
I called her special because she was the best looking of the herd, she even looks like she has  black eyelashes on, my friend Denise and I were coming back from our Art breakfast club meeting and decided to take the back roads when we came upon her eating lunch, just too cute to pass! this watercolor is 6x8 will look great in a 9x12 mat , she is available for $75.00 with mat , email me if you are interested nlcasey@charter.net

Organic beauty

Watercolor 6x8
©2014
After working on two different  major projects for the pass month, I am back with some fun subjects to paint, I love animals and cows are one of them, growing up in France I was exposed to the country life every summer when my mother would sent me to my older sister's house who lived in a village full of farms, my job was to go get the fresh milk before breakfast from the farm next door, it was still warm by the time I got back at the breakfast table, and now I still spend part of my summers on farms in Maine where I paint the beautiful landscape. This one is from  the Tide Mill organic farm in Maine, they now produce the MOO milk sold all over New England. email me if you are interested
nlcasey@charter.net
      

Finished House portrait

The young couple came to pick up there car top with the house painting on it and they loved it !
lots of emotions when she saw the finished painting of the house she grew up in, it brought back lots of memories! 
They now have a conversation piece of art in their house, always  a nice day when you make someone happy!

Not your ordinary house portrait

At one of my open studio a young couple came in with a request : If I would paint a house portrait on a Corvette hard top? not knowing what is was? I said that depends let me me see it, oh I have in the truck the young men reply, I said go get it then! after he came up to the 4 th floor with the car top, I said well never have done this but I will try my best, I always like a challenge. The story was they just had sold their parents house who had recently passed away and found the Dad's car hard top in the attic while cleaning the house for the sale, this will be a nice remembering of the house and the car. So here are some photos of the  project, Oh forgot to mention I also had to paint the car and the dog. They had provided many photos at different time.
The project is almost done , and the young couple will pick it up at next open studios  

Frozen river

Oil on paper  6x8
©2014
Nita Leger Casey
Another scene from Vermont  done in oil this time, I have not painted in oils for awhile  but just felt the urge couple night ago, I was trying this new paper for oils  made by Arches, not bad !
I have been working on a commission that is very interesting , I think on my next post I will talk about it and post some photos , actually I have been working on two projects and both are unusual .
Spring is around the corner I think! I am anxious to start cleaning my yard but we have to wait awhile  they are talking snow for tomorrow again, I do love to paint snow!
 if anyone is interested in this this painting  let me know , $100.00 free shipping in US
nlcasey@charter.net

Vermont Sugar house

watercolor 6x8 ©2014
Tim and I have just spent a wonderful  couple days in Quechee to celebrate our Anniversary, a beautiful area  with lots of interesting scenery like barns ,covered bridges and lots of sugar maple farms, it is the season to tap the sugar from the maple trees you have a short window to do this, cold nights and warm days of course I love to see the buckets hanging from the trees but now in large farms they just use plastic tubing to be collected in large blue buckets, progress does not help my paintings! email me if you are interested in this watercolor . nlcasey@charter.net  

Winter condo

acrylic on board, 6x6  ©2014
Nita Leger Casey
Another small painting with a limited palette ,does work well with a winter scene. I know a lot of people don't like winter, but it sure create beautiful scenery like this frozen pond with a beaver house on it. Today I took a side road just to go by some farms and found about 20 cows sunbathing in the snow, they surely made my day I just love to see them .if you are interested in this painting ,just give me an email nlcasey@charter.net