Early Sunrise at the pond

Early sunrise at the pond
pastel.11x14 ©2017
Nita Leger Casey 
When I am at my pond in Maine with one eye waking up this is what I see like at 5AM. and that is when I get the camera to capture this beautiful sunrise ,they only last a few minutes .So if you sleep in you sure miss a lot of beauty in this world .
This painting is available , email me if you are interested.nlcasey@charter.net

Evening sky

Evening sky 
pastel 6x6
 Nita Leger Casey©2017
Summer just about over and trying to get some painting done from all the beautiful evening sky I see most night ,the days are getting shorter !
This painting is available , email me for details.
nlcasey@charter.net

The King of the farm!

 King of the farm
pastel 6x8 ,©2017
Nita Leger Casey
I always love to paint  a chicken ounce in awhile , something about roosters ,I guess being French they are part of our National emblems. Having raised a few also, I  know them well!
email me if you are interested in this one.
nlcasey@charter.net

Winter Stream

Winter Stream ,original pastel 5x7 on board ,©2016
Nita Leger Casey
  I went to my Atelier today, just to get back in the routine after the Holidays, it's like you forget what project you were working on! so decided to start cleaning my pastel with some cornmeal, it works like a charm!   I had these beautiful colors cleaned and I looked around at an oil I had painted on location before, then I decided I would do it in Pastel, I was happy with the result! 
this painting is available email me,   nlcasey@charter.net
A great little gem for a collector ! $100. free shipping in the US

Blue bird and berries

4x5 pastel ©2015
The last few days during our New England snow storms, blue birds have come to visit , I have been fascinated with them and taking a lot of photos and sketching them, every year they do come looking for the Christmas berries I usually have for decoration on my deck .It was snowing like crazy and they had a feast! today I went to the feed store and got more food for them ,they like meal worms hoping this will keep them around.
email me if you are interested in this small painting.
.nlcasey@charter.net

After the storm!

pastel 5x7
 ©2015 Nita Leger Casey
We just had a big snow storm in New England over 30 inches of beautiful white powder.  Yesterday while watching the snow falling, taking pictures of birds who came to the feeder by the hundreds, walking back and fourth to see how much snow we were getting, picking at food every time I went by the kitchen, a storm will do that to you!  So at one time I decided to sit and paint a  little and this is what I did, just a simple winter landscape!
all my paintings are available ,just email me nlcasey@charter.net

Happy Mother's day

6x8 pastel on board
©2014 Nita Leger Casey
Just want to wish all the Mother's a Happy Mother's day, being a mother is the hardest job in the world, so today you deserve the best, Have a great day everyone!

Evening shadows

Large pastel 19x25  ©2013

Nita Leger Casey

I have just finished this one, still on my easel!  not sure if I will have time to frame it before the open studios this week end, I captured this scene on our way to our favorite restaurant couple weeks ago, the shadows made me totally turned the car around to this field ,these moments of the perfect light only last minutes .At the same time I  was working on the door project at Wester Avenue, it looks great , a few minor details to finish. The week will be very busy for me party on Friday night, opening of our  show at the Loading dock gallery Saturday night,and two days of open studios with lots of visitors!  

Rooster with a good attitude !

Pastel 9x12

© Nita Leger Casey sold

I named him a rooster with a good attitude! because he is one of the few I know who is very nice , I can walk in front of him and not worry about my leg being attack , he is my neighbor's rooster and he comes and visit often. Today I was sitting on my deck cleaning my pastel box when I decided to paint him,  I have painted him before in a smaller format .
I really need to get back in my routine of daily painting , but I have enjoyed the summer doing other things, Life is too short not to enjoy this beautiful month of August.
nlcasey@charter.net

A touch of Spring in the woods.

Pastel9x12

©2013

Nita Leger Casey

Love the wild little flowers that comes up in the Spring, like violets and these blue ones not sure of the name ? it's a bit of magic every year! my friend's yard was covered with them. This was a plein air painting.
This pastel is available, just email me if you are interested , nlcasey@charter.net

The Chateau de l'etang

pastel 9x12,copyrighted 2013

Nita Leger Casey

Snowing again! but I used the day to be productive and paint at the studios ,my friend Paula asked me to stayed and paint at her studio with Peggy ,it was a perfect day for the company! we talked while painting, I decided on this subject, the first house Tim and I lived at when we got married in France. Today was our anniversary, so I went down memory lane talking about living there in this small chateau ,this was the back of it ,the front was more elaborate ,and the landlord lived downstairs,we also had our first child there. During my last visit I stopped there,it is now an art center, it was converted like thirty years ago .

Coming in the village

pastel 9x12, copyrighted 2013

Nita Leger Casey

I am back! I was in France for ten days with all attentions of painting and blogging, but it did not happen,I visited with my family and had a wonderful time, I visited with 26 relatives and 15 friends, lots of catching up on a few years not being there, some friends were from my school days so it was a lot of years! the weather was not the greatest,but managed to still take a lot of photos to work from.We had snow a couple of the days ,it had been so many years since I had experienced snow there, I am used to it living in New England but it was still nice to see the difference in the landscape. A lot of wonderful meals not weight watchers and I enjoyed every bit of it .
So today was my first day going to my studio to painting this scene, just a simple village! just liked the way the sun was hitting the buildings .
if you are interested in this scene email me nlcasey@charter.net

New England farm in Winter

pastel 11x14

copyrighted by

 Nita Leger Casey

This is a farm in our town of Pepperell, I just love this farm in winter,I think it is the red barn,i am re posting it for people who have missed it and it needs a home. I am also working on a larger version of my Winter golf course painting and getting ready for open studio this week end at Western Avenue,
so if you are in the area stop by the  Mill is expanding so a bit of construction will be apparent so excuse some of the mess, but please do come by studio 407 a .
if you are interested in this farm email me nlcasey@charter.net  
$200.00  pastels have to be framed with a glass   

Winter Stream #4

Pastel 20x25 ,copyrighted 2013

Nita Leger Casey

I must say I am having fun painting these winter scenes, also loving the large format after being on Daily Painters since 2006 and most of the time just painting small works, I feel a little liberated, I don't know how long it will last ? and how fast I will get these framed, just hoping clients will buy them as it and they can frame them themselves.
It's very hard to frame and try to please everyone.
This one is not totally finished ,would like to tweak a few things. 
Pastel can be shipped sandwiched between foam board if you are interested.
 nlcasey@charter.net

Something blue

Pastel 9x12  copyrighted 2013

Nita Leger Casey

We have a challenge going on amongst my friends at the artists Breakfast club in Nashua, it was to paint something in blue one kind of blue and only with white and back , so this was my choice today, yesterday we had a fresh coat of snow and on my way to the studio I took a bunch of photos this one was at a Country club golf course on the river,i just couldn't resist that fresh look,i only used three sticks of pastel ,that is a challenge in itself! i did it fast and had fun doing it .

At the edge of the brook

6x8 pastel (c) 2013

Nita Leger Casey

 From my winter series #3, I am still driving around to look  at some winter wonders! on this one I liked the reflections in the water, then I decided to use a different board, when you use pastels, it is amazing all the different papers and boards you could use, this one was a mat board I primed with a special medium called colourfix primer ,it gives you a fine tooth and perfect for for what I wanted  to achieved, this was a smaller one being a 6x8, the first two were large paintings who need to be framed properly.
this one is available now as a daily painting, and easy to ship, if you are interested in this one email me nlcasey@charter.net

Winter on Heald pond

Pastel 12x24 

Copyrighted 2013

Nita Leger Casey

This is my second pastel since the 1st of January, I have been driving around the town I live in , a small New England town with so many beautiful places to paint, so I decided to make a Winter series ,you may drive by and never see the beauty but it is everywhere, nature is God's creation!
These will be on display at my studio in Lowell after being framed .

Somewhere in Pepperell

Pastel (c)2012 Nita Leger Casey This is actualy my first painting this year, it sure felt good to paint again after two weeks of cooking and cleaning. This is a large 20x25 pastel of a scene close to my house in Pepperell, you don't have to travel far to capture the most beautiful scene in the winter. after doing this scene, i really wanted to do another one but I had a meeting to go to and tomorrow I have to gallery sit and the day after we have open studio, i will paint during open studios.

Winter path

Pastel 6x8

(C) 2012

Nita Leger Casey

Well winter has arrived in New England, we have a nice white blanket of snow, I do love the look of it ,it has a magical look about it and for a pastel artist, I think it's perfect! It was also perfect for my grandchildren who came over for the Christmas week, being from Maryland they sure had fun going sledding, now as for me I love the look but i don't like to walk on the icy part that comes with it, I did not mind it when I was younger, but now I am always afraid I will fall, the fun of getting older ! Yesterday Clancy and i decided to go for a car ride instead and took some beautiful photos of steams, woods,paths etc.. so i hope to work from then in the week to come, I might go back to some spots to start them as well and finish them at the studio, will see what the weather looks like .

This one is available for $100.00 free shipping in the US. email me nlcasey@charter.net

Pepperell farm

Pastel 8x10, (c) 2012
Nita Leger Casey
I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my Son and his family who live in the same town as us,he had made  a Turducken, (a turkey stuff with a duck and a chicken ) it sure was a success!
Today being Black Friday the last thing I wanted to do was going to the stores with all these people pushing you, the weather was beautiful it went up in the 60's for New England it is very good, I was dying to go Plein air Painting so I did just that! one in the morning and one in the afternoon, this one was the afternoon one,the morning one still needs some touch up.It sure felt good going out to paint.Pepperell has some nice farms,it's just a matter of being there when the right light is on them and a place to park.
this one is for sale email me nlcasey@charter.net