Lobster boat at Biddeford Pool!

Lobster boat at Biddeford Pool

Watercolor 11x14  ©2021 Nita Leger Casey

After leaving my studio in Lowell after 11 years . I  have ventured to some new places in New England, mostly coastal towns . In the late Spring I joined the Folly Cove Gallery in Rockport Massachusetts. 

This past month I also have joined the Ceres Gallery in Portsmouth NH.

I have been busy painting all Summer and really enjoy many coastal scenes in my travels.

This painting is available at the Ceres Gallery in Portsmouth NH .

 

The blue Lobster boat

The Blue lobster boat Sold
©2018 Nita Leger Casey
6x8 watercolor
Finely home from my travels and need to post again! I sometimes post on Facebook and then in Instagram but it is not the same as a blog .
  I went to France to visit my family after loosing my sister before my husband, and my brother  six months after I lost Tim.This trip was way over due, mostly visiting all my relatives, lots of nice dinners and memories.
Then I made a quick trip to Maryland to visit my son and his family
So now I need to get serious and get back to my routine of painting daily!
and also thinking Summer fun at the ocean like this nice Lobster boat I passed this summer while in my son's boat on the Saco River in Maine .
email me if you are interested ? nlcasey@charter.net
 

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

Bailey's lobster boat

Miniature  colored pencil

2,5x3,5 ©2013

Nita Leger Casey

While in Maine after a day of painting or touring I would work on a miniature with colored pencil, they were kind of fun to do. The colored pencil gives it a different feeling . This boat is always there after a day's lobster catch, I like to see  the fisherman's come back in their dory with lots of lobster boxes, they don't have time to talk much as they must  bring it quicky to the fish market.

Nothing is better than a Maine lobster!

this miniature is available, just email me for details .

.nlcasey@charter.net 

Three boats in a row

Pastel ,5x7

(c) 2012

 Nita Leger Casey

I am preparing for a quick trip up North to the woods of New Hampshire with a few friends, catching some fall colors, when I took a bag out to take on the trip I found a couple pastels I had forgotten, I had wrapped them so well, I didn't see them.

 I painted this on Campobello Island this summer, all the fishing boats were in the harbor, I think they were not fishing because the price of Lobster was so low, lucky me to have the boats there, it was a very hot day if I remember, so I quickly did the pastel on a board I had prepared myself, it has a lot of texture, I also simplified my scene, I did like the result!

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

   

The lobster boats at Bailey's

Watercolor 9x12 (c)2012

Nita Leger Casey  Sold

I am re posting these boats because I painted them in the same time frame as my previous post .The house we rent in Lubec has a beautiful view of Bailey's harbor I have talked about before .The room that I share with my Friend Tammy has three windows looking at the view first thing in the morning and what we see  these three boats ,we see them get ready for a day of fishing ,they sometimes leave in the deep fog !  gone all day long as we are preparing supper one by one they come back ,not an easy life but I am sure they love it!
if you are interested in this watercolor ,email me nlcasey@charter.net

Cutler village

9x12 Watercolor (c) 2012

Nita Leger Casey

The paintings I have posted are from my summer in Maine, The cute little village of Cutler on the Maine coast below Lubec. I have painted there at least once a year for the last 20 years, it has not changed! well maybe they don't have a store anymore so if you need milk or want a cup of coffee ,you might have to drive 20 miles for that ,but they have plenty of lobster! If you are interested on this painting email me nlcasey@charter.net

Red lobster boat

Watercolor 5x10 (c) 2011

Nita Leger Casey

One of the Lubec Lobster boats ,I have painted a few times before , but never get tired of doing them , I had posted this on Face book when I did it two weeks ago, and did not on my blog ,it gets a bit confusing posting at different places , I think I need a secretary to keep track of all the things I do , artists must do it all ! we don't make enough money for that luxury.

this painting is for sale email me nlcasey@charter.net

" Three boats in a row"

Watercolor 6x8 (c)2011

Nita Leger Casey

I have been painting a lot and having a blast with my friends, the weather has been great compare to the rest of the country, while I was painting this scene I had to put a fleece on to keep warm, ocean air is always tricky, warm one minute and cold the next. Also tricky is painting boats they are always moving.

Lubec fishing boat , copyrighted 2010
Nita Leger Casey sold

Just another little gem from the commission of 25 , with sitting up the studio, the extreme heat and holiday not much time to paint . I did enjoy the first Saturday open house at the Mill , met some nice people and got to meet many other artists, my friends Peggy came over with a beautiful flower arrangement and hope to get a nice painting out of it , I really think i will enjoy my stay at the Western Avenue studios .

Sunday fishing, copyrighted 2009 by Nita Leger Casey
pastel 11x14

This painting was done on location last Sunday in Kennebunkport , Maine, from Ocean Avenue ,
when we got to this spot it really started to rain ,with pastels it's a problem so I sat inside the trunk of the jeep for this one , with a sheet of plastic making a tent , my friend and I had a good laugh . It was not plein air but fresh rain !
email me if you are interested , this painting is $200.00

Tide Mill bay framed

I want to think about summer right now , and not about another storm coming ,this is a beautiful scene in Maine where i spend my plein air painting days .This is a 3x5 framed to a 5x7 framed acrylic. $125.00 email nlcasey@charter.net

Nubble light , York, Maine My friend Margrit came to visit from the Cape today, an artist herself ,so we had a lot to talk about ,we have been friends for over 25 years and have share many painting experiences together.
I worked on my third painting today of finely the light itself , I only wanted to do the first building because I liked it, this painting project grew , one more to come , not sure if it will be done tomorrow , but at least the next,
This is 6 x12 painting on canvas these paintings would look great as a set when done.
My work is original and copyrighted

Lubec lobster boats

My time is limited blogging , I am mostly painting on location and having a great time , the weather so far has been great! This was a quick demo i did for a friend yesterday and liked it , I have done this scene many times and never get tired of it .

9x12 pastel

Morning fog
To continue my small series of lobster boats , at the place I love to paint the most!
If you know the Lubec area , you must know this boat!

In a few days we start a challenge at Daily Painters to paint 2000 paintings in a month ,
So let the challenge begin! be sure to visit the gallery at daily Painters
This is a half sheet watercolor done in Plein air 20x26 email me if interested
nlcasey@charter.net

Cutler fishing boats

I took a day off yesterday , had the pleasure to go with my artist friends to a American Watercolor Society exhibit in Gloucester, MA at the North Shore Art association where the traveling show is making a stop. It's always a pleasure to see the best of the best in watercolor. The weather was also beautiful , the location of the North Shore gallery is such of a beautiful spot, overlooking the harbor of Gloucester, so much history there! I really wanted to paint, I have painted in the area before , it's only about an hour from where I live.

I am posting a watercolor of fishing boats , I painted in Maine in the small village of Cutler

this was painted on location ,this village is very picturesque the fog comes in and out, I love to go there in the summer.

this is 11x14 matted & framed $375.00 email me if interested nlcasey@charter.net

My work is all originals and copyrighted

The bay #2

The show is up , it looks good ,now let see if the public responds. It was a beautiful day in Portsmouth with lots of people walking around .

Here is my #2 of this series of the bay 6x6 acrylic on board $ 100.00 email me nlcasey@charter.net

Low tide in Maine

I am still working on my commission , but glad to report I finished it , my client should be happy !

I don't work that often in Pen & ink anymore ,I used to do a lot of them for advertising ,but now with color printers and scanners etc , it is not much in demand . I will post again something I painted this past summer

This is a miniature oil painted on a special panel 3x5 with a nice gold frame

Buy now $100.00

Email me , nlcasey@charter.net

Maine lobster boat It was like a summer day today ! It made me think of Lubec where I spend my summers doing Plein air painting, I know the snow will eventually come ,we do live in in the North East!
This is a 5x7 acrylic on board framed $125.00
email if interested nlcasey@charter.net