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

A Maine cottage
Watercolor 18x20 copyrighted 2010
Nita Leger Casey

I have not posted for a few days , my gallery got totally dismantlement with the painter who did my ceiling and walls a very pale Grey , looks very nice ,now comes the part to put everything back together again , also came down with a cold ! no painting time, that is why I am
Posting a painting from my collection , would love to find a home for it , a very loose style of a typical cottage on the coast of Maine . email me if you are interested nlcasey@charter.net

A cottage in Lubec
needs a home ,pastel 11x14 copyrighted
Nita Leger Casey

If you have traveled to Lubec on your way to Campobello Island , you have passed this cottage ,malheureusement it has fallen in despair in the past two years ,I painted this a few years ago when the light was was shinning on this beautiful place , I feel so bad when some of these places just get forgotten . Maine has a lot of them , I always look for these special cottages and hope some young couple will save them . As for now I am looking for someone to love this pastel painting and be part of their decor on a nice wall , It also has the feel of a Grandma's house , so about it , the price is right $295.00 , email me nlcasey@charter.net

Morning at the pond, copyrighted by Nita Leger Casey

5x5 oil on board

I wish my morning at the pond would be like this painting , but no, it was raining today and most likely tomorrow, New England has had it's share of rain this past month, I had all intentions to go out this morning to do some plein air. I think I will have to paint some still life ,if the weather does not clear soon .
This painting is available , a good memento of a summer by the pond ! email me

Spring cottage , miniature copyrighted 2009 Nita Leger Casey
3x5 pastel on board .

This little painting was started on one of my last plein air trip in Maine and never finished , so today I decided to finish it , sometimes you start something and your heart is not in it , and a year later you see it with a fresh eye . Yesterday I went to Portsmouth to attend on of my friend 's opening beautiful paintings by Marilene Sawaf , a must see if you are in the area at the Three Graces Gallery.
If you are interested in this little painting , email me nlcasey@charter.net

Washing day at the cottage , copyrighted by Nita Leger Casey
watercolor 4x7

Another sketch from my collection of summer quick sketches on location , I always like to work a small one before attacking a larger view, I can work out my composition or problems with colors , actually when I was done with this larger one , it completely looked different , it is sort of a warm up ,with watercolor you want to be sure , oils I just wipe out . This week being very busy , I am posting these little gems from my sketches .

The Summer cottage by the sea, copyrighted

The end of summer has come for lots of families ,who have rented cottages by the sea as this one on the coast of Maine , just a memory now ! that is why I paint these lovely scenes so they can be treasured all year long .I do accept commissions of your favorite summer spot. Just Email me
11x14 oil on canvas
nlcasey@charter.net

Secret cottage #3
You can tell, I want to be back in Maine to paint , so this afternoon I imagined I was back at the secret cottage that my friend and I go painting at . I have sketched and painted this little cottage so many different ways and never get tired of it , it is such a peaceful place to be, but you guest it I am keeping it a secret , it's way way up in Maine , that all!

this is a small 4x4 oil on stretched canvas , email me nlcasey@charter.net for details

Lonely house #4
My schedule is slowly getting back to normal, today was our breakfast club meeting at Borders in Nashua NH. We are a bunch of artists who meet every week , we have been doing this for about 18 years . It's great to have a support group like this ,we share a lot of information on shows art supply , art societies , museum ,critiques and anything connected to art.
I am still working on a few commissions that came after the Holidays.
Here is another one of my lonely houses .
8x8 oil on canvas $ 100.00 email me if interested nlcasey@charter.net

Lonely house #2

My series of lonely houses, Maine has many of these houses , just waiting for people to take care of them ,for me who like architecture, I am in heaven in my Summer travel of plein air painting ,they are posing for me , my friends also looks for them and say , did you see that house ? it's a Nita house.
so here is another one looking for a home. 16x20 oil
email me nlcasey@charter.net

The back streets of Lubec
The first week of my stay was at the Tide Mill farm , making it our 15 th year painting in the area, a warm welcome was waiting for us when we arrived. This lovely farm feels like we have come home when the eighth of us get there.
Making my daily paint out in the streets of Lubec, Maine with it's charming cottages and old Victorian houses , and the beautiful seashore .
I am now back home and must sort out all my work.
all my paintings are originals and copyrighted.
This is a pastel 8x10 painted on a board.

Maine Cottage
I must finish a commission before I go on my painting journey, so this is short.
Oil on canvas 11x14 , email me if interested nlcasey@charter.net

all my work is original and copyrighted.

The Secret cottage


Posting early today, I am on my way to paint in Maine. This is a cottage I have painted a few times with different moods, My friend and I found this lovely cottage one day, and another artist friend wanted to know where it was , but we kept it secret for many years , she would search for it for a few summer so it got to be joke between all of us to be the secret cottage .
This is a 8x10 watercolor Sold email me if you know where it is ?
If you want your cottage painted ,email me nlcasey@charter.net

Demo painting
This was a demonstration painting done for an Art organization , only had one hour to do it so it is very loose but to the point , many small cottages like this on the coast of Maine .
watercolor 18x22

Down East cottage by the sea
A summer place where I want to be !
This Sunday June 24 Th , I will be Plein Air painting in the town of Kennebunk Port, Maine . An event organized by the Heartwood College of Art. Artists will be painting all over the town , it will end with an auction at the historical society, if you are in the area ,be sure to check it out , great way to buy art fresh off the easel for a good cause.

This is a 9x12 watercolor $175.00 email if interested nlcasey@charter.net

all my painting are originals and copyrighted

Bucks Harbor cottage

I am working on a painting for someone , so I had to concentrate on that first , my daily came second , but I always have a painting to post from my summer collection. This painting was done on Location in one of these quint fishing village in Maine , I remember working on this painting for two days with the smell of rotten fish the fisherman use for bates. I didn't mind because I was out painting in the fresh air , by the way that is Plein air translation!

this is a 11x14 acrylic on board $275.00
email nlcasey@charter.net