Hills beach cottage

Hills beach cottage, Biddeford ME
Watercolor 5x7
©2017 Nita Leger Casey
In January  I took a drive along  the coast of Maine ,we barely had snow and now we are expecting a blizzard. On this drive I came upon this large cottage with the bottom windows boarded for Winter,but I just imagined how this house was waiting for it's summer residents to enjoy it's beautiful beach  with children running around ,people sitting on this wrap around porch enjoying the gorgeous Sunsets. OK, I am dreaming ! tomorrow we are getting 18 to 24 inches of snow, In March I know the snow will melt quickly and Spring will be here.
this watercolor is available.
 email me nlcasey@charter.net   $100.00 mated      

Maine Rocks.

Just a little bit of Maine rocks . ©2016 Nita Leger Casey .
I had a pastel board with a no so good painting from a couple years ago, so I decided to add some texture to it with some Gesso and grounds for pastel, when it dried I could see rocks. Being so familiar with those rocks ,that is what I painted !
 Also today I started a larger painting at my Atelier, a full  pastel sheet of a house I have admired for years in Pemaquid , exited to go back tomorrow and finish it .
This 5x7 is available , just email me nlcasey@charter.net
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Happy 4th of July " Pemaquid "

Watercolor 12 x16
©2015 Nita Leger Casey
I painted this last month on location at the Pemaquid lighthouse , I saved it to post for the 4 th of July week end, it just has that feeling of a family 4 th of July holiday visit to a famous lighthouse on the coast of Maine, I had fun painting this scene with some friends in a mini art retreat, we stay there in a beautiful Antique hotel  with other artists who enjoy painting as I do. Actually will be going back in a couple weeks with another group of friends, I just love the coast of Maine!
this painting is available email me if you are interested , nlcasey@charter.net

Original Miniature , Mink Island

Colored pencil 

6x3 ©2013

Nita Leger Casey

At the present I am working on some large paintings for a show in my own studio , sort of a whole new collection of work for all the big open studios and Holidays coming up, yes the summer is just about done!  so for now I am going to post some miniatures I have done this summer while at my retreat in the Lubec area.
When these small  gems one are framed they do look good in a grouping and are all original. so start collecting!  email me for more details , nlcasey@charter.net
  

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

Hamilton cove ,pastel

Pastel 16x20 copyrighted 2013

Nita Leger Casey

Thinking of Summer made me paint this scene, I was looking through some quick sketches I had done on location, I knew I wanted to paint them again and this one was one of them, I love this small cove in Maine where my friends and I go every summer. Sure wish Spring was here for tomorrow but no such luck we must of got 14 inches of snow today and still  coming down ! today was my youngest son's birthday and thirty eight years ago he was born during a snow storm in Germany and I remember to be it as bad as today!
Any paintings you see on my blog are available, just email me for details nlcasey@charter.net 

Summer Maine cottage

Watercolor and ink

5x7 (c) 2012

Nita Leger Casey

I was in Maine for a few days having some work done at our little cabin in the woods, back home now and tons of work to do, like framing for my upcoming show, when you are told a year in advance you are going to have a show in November and you say to yourself ,Oh, I have plenty of time, next thing you know you only have a month left, how could this Happen?
Here is another small painting from my summer retreat ,in this one I did a little mix media do the watercolor first and added ink to get a stronger look to it,I don't do this often but sometime you need a change . this is available email me if you are interested .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

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

Maine rocky coast

watercolor on Youpo paper11x14 (C) 2011

Nita Leger Casey

A fun night of painting at our recent retreat , we all worked on Youpo paper that Paula had brought , it was fun and fast ,we all painted something different , with this paper you never know what the result with be ,it can be control or just let the work of blending go whatever it wants to go.

It's nice to try different things and expend your knowledge of art material .

anyone interested in this painting email me nlcasey@charter.net

Cove at Tide Mill, copyrighted by Nita Leger Casey
pastel 13x20 framed and matted 18x24

This painting will be on display at the art show at the Library in Lubec, Maine the first two weeks of August , it was done on location at the farm, where the tide goes in and out all day, a beautiful scene to see daily .
I will be painting in the area August first to the fifteen.We are a group of Eight artists ,we paint all over the area , this will be our 17 th year. If you are interested in this painting please email me ,

Sea breeze , miniature copyrighted 2009 , Nita Leger Casey
2,5x3,5 acrylic on paper

I was just cleaning a box of acrylic paint to see what was still good or not ,before my painting trip to the coast of Maine in a week, decided to check some colors and next thing you know , I had a cute miniature , of course I had been trying to paint all day ,it was raining and dreary all day and the dogs did not want to leave me alone , wanted to go out wanted treats.... .so my day was not very productive.
I actually love these miniature ,because they make perfect present , I gave two this week for birthday presents ,if you are interested in this one Email me comes with a nice card .

Fishing shack in New Harbor, copyrighted 2009, by Nita Leger Casey
11x14 pastel matted to a 16x20

This was a painting done in Plein air last week end , we were to have lunch with all the artists at this restaurant called Shaw's famous for their fish dinners , so I parked in their parking lot and this is the scene that was across the way , I just couldn't pass this wonderful light on the building and that's what I did first ,to capture the light , it goes so fast ! I was pleased with the results .This painting is $425.00 , email me if you are interested

Pemaquid sunset,copyrighted2009 by Nita Leger Casey

Watercolor 6x8

I painted this early this morning from a photo I took a couple days ago , before doing some cleaning at the cabin, spiders have a way to take a place over when you are not here,being beautiful the last couple days ,it has been nice being here in the woods.Going back home tomorrow,

Crushing waves,copyrighted 2009, by Nita Leger Casey
pastel 11x14

Well , I am back from a three day paint out at Pemaquid light , we had a great time and produced some good work. what more could you ask?
My summers are spent between Massachusetts and Maine , if you have followed my blog ,you know I also go in the Western Mountains of Maine where I have a cabin in the woods, We are off to open for the season , I will blog from there next, painting Sea Shore this week end and will paint mountains during the week.
Crushing waves was painted on location ,I had to do it fairly quick as the tide was going out .
email me if you are interested , this painting is larger 11x14 and asking $250.00

Campobello International park ,on the bay of Fundy
copyrighted by Nita Leger Casey
20x30 oil on canvas

I don't know if everyone is like me ? but I am trying to finish my taxes , every year I say to myself I will not wait until the last minutes, and every year I am in the same crunching time ,you would think I would learn! so painting took a back seat two days in a row . Yesterday I attended the Art Breakfast club in the morning and at night I went to an art demonstration of a friend , you know you have to support each other in the art world , it was great so I am glad i went.
i am posting a painting i did in the summer past on the lovely Campobello Island , I go there every summer to paint . I am looking forward to go in August as usual. This is a larger painting, would like to find a home for it framed with a small dark wood frame , $400.00 a bargain .
email me if you are interested nlcasey@charter.net

Kittery Point
11x14 oil on Linen, copyrighted

we just had 8 inches of snow today , looks beautiful and tomorrow more of the same. This is an older piece from my collection , a painting who is looking for a home . if you are interested please email me nlcasey@charter.net $200.00

Ocean Avenue fall colors,copyrighted 2008 Yesterday , My friend Sue and I brought some paintings for the pastel member show in Kennebunkport ,after delivery, We had a nice lunch downtown then took a drive down Ocean Avenue , the fall colors along the ocean were very nice , mostly all different bushes and berry's .

later drove along route one all the way to Kittery , many stops were made to take that special photo . We made a nice day of our painting delivery.

5x7 oil on Wallis , email nlcasey@charter.net

The tide is coming in, copyrighted

When you go away from the studio for a couple weeks, the work do pile up and this is what I am doing now , emails ,correspondences, dateline to enter shows and organizing the work and project I worked on location and off course cleaning the house pay attention to the family and animals ,forget the garden , it's too far gone!
This is a large pastel of the bay on the backside of the farm where I was staying for two weeks , being a salt water farm , the tide goes in a goes out twice a day.
The time of the painting, the Tide was coming in ,
pastel painting framed 22x25 . I take commision work. Email nlcasey@charter.net