Nita Léger Casey: colonial homes

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Monday, January 18, 2021

Winter House Portrait

Winter House Portrait commission.

I have not posted for awhile. It's not that I have forgotten about my blog, actually have been very busy with some commissions. Sometimes quickly posting on Facebook or Instagram is faster!Making a promise to myself to be better about posting . This winter so far, I have been lucky to paint beautiful New England homes .The winter has been good as well and already have done a few local day trips to the ocean and towns that I like, to do some sketching .

Email me at: nlcasey@charter.net

if you are interested in a house portrait , starts at $300.00 to $500.00

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Walking the dog watercolor 5x7 (c) 2010
Nita Leger Casey

Well ,we had a very gloomy day of snow and rain today, missed my Breakfast Club friends , we meet every Wednesday at Borders , have done it for years , the weather was just too bad to venture out today . So I painted and also spent a lot of time on the computer ,it's amazing how you can go from one thing to another and the hours just fly by .
This is another street scene , this time in Portsmouth , very old and Colonial , I painted this scene in a very loose style, harder than painting details .
This town has the most dog walkers of any town I know .
if you are interested in this painting email me nlcasey@charter.net
these watercolors are a nice way to start a collection of original work at a reasonable price .
reward yourself with an original !

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

The red house , 6x6 oil copyrighted by Nita Leger Casey

Just came back from our opening at the show a Boston Logan airport ,it was a wonderful reception , and the food was great , the exhibit looks beautiful and i adds a nice welcome to the city , if you land in Boston and come in Terminal A make sure you see our show . because of all my commitments the last few days , I am posting a small oil painting painted last winter , it would look nice under someones tree, just call Email me

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

This old beauty , 6x8 Watercolor by Nita Leger Casey ,
copyrighted 2009 sold

Staying with my old classic New England farm houses , I actually painted this one in January , it's an old house in Pepperell , this town is full of them and I just love them ! talk about old houses, I am on a cleaning rampage with mine two weeks before it's the Open House tour , why do I keep so much junk ? always thinking I might use an object for a painting , I think it's an artist disease. My schedule is pretty full these days also finishing some commissions before Thanksgiving . Email me if you are interested in this painting

Sunday, November 15, 2009

The Garden Gate , watercolor 5x7 copyrighted 2009
Nita Leger Casey

By seeing my latest paintings , you would think I am looking for snow, not it all but I do love to paint snow scenes , we are in Mid November and we are having 60 degrees temperatures . This is house located on Kittery point Maine , so many beautiful mansion on that road , my husband and I love to take a drive there in the winter , so this was from a photo I took last winter and using some artistic license.
I am also working on some commissions , a mom buying all her daughters a house portraits , what a Mom! If you are interested on buying an original painting at a very reasonable price look at my gallery , now it's the time ,you don't have to fight the crowd in the mall . email me

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Red roses in Kennebunkport, Impressionistic oil 8x10 on linen ,copyrighted 2009
Nita Leger Casey

I started this painting on location back in June and never finished it, today was the day to give some final touch , sometimes you wait so long to do something that only takes you a few minutes to do , I don't know why is that ? I had done another painting that day for the auction .Kennebunkport is a lovely Maine coastal Town , a must see if you visit New England
It was a beautiful day today , I wish the whole year was like September .
Anyone interested in this painting email me

Sunday, July 06, 2008

House Portrait Commission,copyrighted 2008

We had a wonderful fourth of July week end with the family , parade fire works and all.

I have been quite busy also with two new chickens "Rhode Island reds "I adopted them a few days ago , the only thing is my old ones are not happy about it and they are making their life miserable , I feel bad , my husband says they have to go through it the pecking order , yesterday one had enough of the abuse and flew out of the coop and ran away with the rooster next door, it was actually funny!I think I am going to have to start another blog with just chicken stories , you know like ," War Stories ".

Just have been working on a commission due tomorrow. 16x20 watercolor

if you are interested in something similar for a present for someone , Email me nlcasey@charter.net

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Sketch of Strawberry Banke

Took a Sunday ride to Portsmouth to see how the show was going at the gallery. It was a beautiful day, so I took the time to also walk around the Historic District of Strawberry Banke an do some sketching of all these wonderful old homes. We finished our day driving down the New Hampshire cost road on to Hampton and had a wonderful supper at the Old Salt. It was a perfect Sunday!

So for today all I have a 8x10 sketch in Watercolor.

Saturday, March 10, 2007

Red house in New Ipswich

Took the day off from painting, and went to the Worcester Art Museum , all by myself , normally I always go with a friend but today I wanted to enjoy and take my time in front of these beautiful paintings and only dream to paint like them, they was a painting by James Abbot McNeil Whistler of the lady with a fur jacket , arrangement in Black and brown , I feel in love with that one, I had never seen that particular one , it was very large , I always wondered how did they moved them around in the old days ? Horse and carriage I guess! no SUV. Actually I have been fortunate to have exhibited a couple times in the house where he was born , at the Whistler art Museum here in Lowell,MA
Another Winter scene , and you must know by now I love red!

Oil, 6x6 on canvas $100.00 Paypal

Monday, February 12, 2007

The old Colonials of the 1700

The days are getting longer, I think Spring is near, let's this storm pass and renew the beauty of Winter just for a few more weeks.

I wonder if the houses who are built today will last as long as the old Colonials in the back roads of Portsmouth, I don't think so...

This is to continue my series of these beautiful homes.

Oil on canvas 6x6

Buy now $ 100.00

email me 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

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