After the storm.

Acrylic ink on watercolor paper
6x8  Nita Leger Casey
©2016 this is a small daily painting where I used a new medium for me, I just got a new set of Acrylic inks and this was my trial painting of a scene from one of my trip on Cape Ann on the coast of Massachusetts, that was after a storm recently.
 I was happy with this new product ! will do more...
This little seascape is available just email me 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

Maine coastal rocks

Miniature acrylic
(c)2013, Nita Leger Casey
Playing around with texture, after seeing my friend Colleen do some last week , I though I would try it surely worked well with rocks and water as this scene, so many ideas so little time! These miniatures  are very affordable , at $25.00 just email me for details ,nlcaey@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

Crushing waves at Pemaquid
pastel 11x14 (C) 2010
Nita Leger Casey

A pastel done on location at one of my Pemaquid Plein air painting trip . This painting is looking to be loved by a collector , someone who loves the ocean and the sound of crushing waves . Matted ready to be framed in a 16x20 frame.
email me nlcasey@charter.net $250.00

Pemaquid rocks
Pastel 5x7 , copyrighted 2010
Nita Leger Casey

Back home after a wonderful three days in Maine at the yearly Pemaquid retreat for the Pastel Painters of Maine . This is a small painting done there on location ,the scenery of the coast is just beautiful beach roses everywhere ,Lupines in all the fields .
When you go on a mini retreat with other artists , you really have a great time ,we all learn from each other about different painting material and techniques ,the camaraderie is great ,we paint all day then share a great meal at the small restaurant on the edge of the ocean ,the lobsters are being caught right there , the sound of the light horn and crashing waves ,what more could you ask?
The first night I had the honor of doing the critique , a task with everyone being so good .
the second day we also had a very accomplished Pastel painter , Claudette Gamanche give us a demo and a talk about our passion .all in all it was great!
This painting is available , email me if you are interested nlcasey@charter.net

Maine Coastal rocks,copyrighted 2009 by Nita Leger Casey

8x10 Acrylic

I added some texture in this painting ,something I very rarely do,but turned out OK,
While I was blogging just now , we were called to the barn and watch the birth of a calf, all of us artists had been waiting all day for the event, very exiting to live in a farm for two weeks, lots of happening!

email me if you are interested $150.00 +shipping

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 .

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

White Strand beach on the Ring of Kerry, copyrighted 2009
oil on canvas 6x12

I am in a mood to paint Ireland , because I really wish I was there now or at least for St Patrick's day, a few years back we had gone for St Patrick in Limerick in the morning and Dublin at night, It was a lot of fun ! We love the ring of Kerry, and this is a beach in the village were my husband relatives come from . I also painted in oil today , it has been a while since I used them , I love all different medium to work with , it's a curse I think ! I wish I would be satisfied to work only with one , but this is who I am !
email me if you are interested in this painting nlcasey@charter.net

On the Ring of Kerry, copyrighted by Nita Leger Casey
Watercolor 11x14

I was making Irish bread today , and started thinking about Ireland , a place that I love , my husband's family comes from Co. Kerry, where we have spend many summers , but it has been a few years since we have gone , I want to go so bad right now just to paint the beautiful scenery and enjoy an evening at the local pub , but I must wait ,my husband has a few health issues to deal with before going there .I pulled out one of my favorite scene from the Ring of Kerry ,I painted on location on my last trip there , the view was from our room .

Fishing Shacks in Deer Isle ,copyrighted,2008
Well my two weeks are coming to an end ,tomorrow we will take our show down in Lubec , and starting to put all our Art gear back in the car for the long drive home on Saturday, it has been a wonderful two weeks of painting with my very good friends of fifteen years .
This was my #2 painting done in Deer Island , today I worked on some still life at the farm.
watercolor 6x8 email me nlcasey@charter.net

Low tide ,copyrighted 2007
I worked on the computer must of the day today, working on a writing projects for a book on the History of the pond in Maine , taking a little bit of my painting time, but then again this hot and humid weather has me feeling with low energy, every body is complaining so I am not the only one feeling this way.
This is also another scene of the Lubec area painted on location .
Oil on canvas 6x8. email me if interested nlcasey@charter.net

Fog in the bay,copyrighted 2008

I painted this scene when I stayed at the Tide mill farm in Maine a few years ago , it's a serene and relaxing painting , 16x20 oil on canvas ,
if interested please email me nlcasey@charter.net

Hilton Head island White Egret

What a beautiful sunny day today, still cold in the mornings when I walk with Clancy . Today I went to our local high school NMHS, my young neighbor and two classmate had a class project on world studies , so I went to talk about how it was growing up in France , it brought back a lot of memories living there and going to Art school .This after noon I was a bit press for time so I only painted a miniature of the birds from my last trip to HHI , I would like to do more in a larger format.

miniature oil on Wallis paper , email if interested nlcasey@charter.net

Hilton Head sand dunes #2


Painted more sand dunes , fun to do ! this was between cleaning my yard , we are late in this part of the country ,our snow just melted two weeks ago , but it is amazing how the grass is starting to turn green , my chickens are happy out and about in the yard , George the rooster is bit more protective so I have to watch him and make sure I have a stick in my hand.
oil on sanded paper 4x5 , email me if interested nlcasey@charter.net

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

Fishing boats in Seabrook ,NH
I was on the coast road yesterday in Seabrook, NH when I came across these fishing boats , I just loved the colors of the boats and this winter day by the ocean , so this became my daily today,painted between a commission I am working on ,so it was a full day of work!
6x8 oil on Linen canvas $125.00 . email me if interested nlcasey@charter.net

all my work is original and copyrighted

Plum Island in winter
Happy New Year to all , and thank you for visiting my blog, I am looking forward a wonderful new year with lots of new paintings and ideas ,I hope to find more collectors of my work , don't be afraid to ask questions and don't forget ,I do commissions .

This painting is of a lovely island off the Massachusetts coast.

5x7 pastel framed $100.00. email me 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