Hollis Village

I live on the Massachusetts border with New Hampshire. The town closest to me is Hollis with tons of New England charm, so I must say it's always a pleasure to paint there. I have done this scene a few times,different style. I did one in Pastel, that was sold right away, also have done it in Pen & ink.  

  Hollis Village in Spring  Watercolor 11x14 ©2024 Nita Leger Casey

if interested email me at:  nlcasey@charter.net

Spring is here !

Spring is here !
mini pastel 3x5
©2017
Couple days ago , I just looked out of my window and Spring had arrived! here in New England it's a bit slower then the rest of the country, I was exited to see some pretty flowers just pupping out everywhere, so i just wanted  to capture it, as we know it is short lived .I  didn't have a lot time so decided on a mini , they are always good for beginner collectors . This little one is available .
Just email me nlcasey@charter.net      

Gloucester harbor on a Sunday afternoon

Watercolor 11x14
©2014 Nita Leger Casey
Wanted to keep working on my watercolor series of Seashore in Massachusetts while it is still fresh in my mind, I travel the back roads of New England all year and always come upon the most beautiful scenery and if I don't paint them right away it gets backed up and I loose the momentum of what I felt that day, the light the season the atmospheric feeling and so on . All my paintings are original, meaning I go to all the places I paint. I feel very lucky to be able paint in beautiful  New England. email me if you are interested in this painting ,it will be matted in a 16x20 matt.
nlcasey@charter.net

Rockport Village

Watercolor 11x14

©2014 Nita Leger Casey

This past Mother's day Tim and I went for a Sunday ride to Rockport ,it was a beautiful very hot Spring day, all the flower bushes had peeked ,the light was just perfect, I had all intention to paint on location, but didn't expect that everybody had the same idea  to go visit the town, way too many people  to find the right spot. I did get some nice photos. I also wanted to paint the scene while it was fresh in my mind. I just love that cute town !  this watercolor is available email me if you are interested.  $225. matted  nlcasey@charter.net

Stream in Mason NH

oil on paper 6x8
©2014 Nita Leger Casey
My friends and I went on a little field trip today in NH. It was a cold and sunny day, We had a nice lunch at Parker's barn and later made a few stops along the way to take photos , this was a nice stream with  rushing  Spring water ,I decided after supper to paint this with oil on  a new paper Arches put out, kind of like it!  almost like a watercolor.
email me if you are interested in this painting .nlcasey@charter.net  

Single house anyone?

6x6 pastel © 2013

Nita Leger Casey

What a beautiful day today,perfect to paint this scene, a single family home for  happy birds ,not sure what type goes in but looks homey ! I love Spring except for the pollen who is giving me problems, never had it before  last year, i guess when you get old you get everything, not good! email me if you are interested
nlcasey@charter.net

Down in the village

Watercolor 8x10

copyrighted 2013

Nita Leger Casey

I painted this during the week but just getting to post it now, this was a scene from my recent trip to France, I just wanted to capture this great light, that got my attention while I was at this village visiting a castle above this little town, and the scene called for a watercolor .
Today was a bad day for me, my beautiful hens that I have painted a few times ,well this morning  a predator  killed them ,we think a fox my neighbor thinks a hawk ,not sure? I feel so bad for my little rooster who survived and now is all alone, he did put out a fight ,feathers all over the place.
email if you would like this watercolor  nlcasey@charter.net    

Sign of Spring

Pastel 5x7 copyrighted 2012
Nita Leger Casey
I worked on another project today, so today I am re posting a piece I did awhile back.  Spring is just around the corner, so happy to go out and paint like I did yesterday, all next week looks good for plein air.
 this painting is available email me nlcasey@charter.net  $99.00

"Spring shadows " original watercolor
8x5 copyrighted 2010
Nita Leger Casey sold

Took a few days off my wonderful series of Downtown Boston , I love the soft colors of Spring with this brown stone house on Newburry Street , I have a few more to do , but also other projects so I might not post everyday, commissions come first!
I have a challenge going with my artists Breakfast group , paint a scene working with only two colors , a few have done it already I probably will post the results later, it is amazing all the colors you can make with only yellow ochre and burnt sienna with white and black .
email me if you are interested nlcasey@charter.net

"A touch of spring in the city"
Nita Leger Casey
Original Watercolor,mini (c)2010

Went to Boston yesterday to my favorite Street and captured more scenes for my series , Spring on Newburry Street is always spectacular and this year I think it is early by a couple weeks . The Boston Marathon was the day before , plenty of visitors and tourists were in town , I stopped in a few shops it is always a treat to see the different decors and display of the beautiful things they sell in their stores . I only had time today to paint a mini , but more to come will follow , hoping to work a bit larger in the next few weeks . For the collectors of minis , this one is a gem an original watercolor .
nlcasey@charter.net

First Spring Plein air , Willard Brook . pastel 11x14 still in progress !
Nita Leger Casey
A wonderful Spring week end it was! for New England that is , because it was snowing in Texas.
Yesterday I cleaned the yard and the chicken coop , later in the afternoon Tim and i went to a chicken farm in Ashby to get some new Hens ,I had missed my chickens over the winter I needed a new batch , on the way there I found this beautiful scene with a brook , told Tim I am coming back to paint this scene , we took three hens , all different types ,stopped for ice cream and got them settled in their new homes , the neighbors came over to greet them ,they also have chickens and they spend a lot of time in my yard also , just a big family here !
So today after breakfast I decided to go back to this nice spot ,while I was painting i saw the farmer
and in the process i decided to get two more hens , I figured it was best to get five now , because it is so hard to introduced new ones at a later date , so I now have five new girls all different colors , i am sure i will paint them !
this painting still needs some work ,but decided to post it anyway .

Dancing Shadows , copyrighted 2009 Nita Leger Casey
6x8 pastel on Wallis paper

While painting with my friends yesterday ,I did two paintings , the oil in the morning and after lunch I painted with pastels, a tree in my friend's yard , a couple of us zoomed on the branch the shadows and the dancing light picking trough the branches , Our work looked totally different painting at the same spot, amazing!
Email me if you are interested in this painting

This old maple tree, copyrighted by Nita Leger Casey
Large watercolor on board 19x24 matted to 25x30

New England has very old trees , lots of them are maples , this one was probably planted when the house was build in the late 1800 , or early 1900 , this one also has a maple syrup bucket and a swing on it . I found this house in NH a few towns over from where I live . This painting was part of my collection , but I decided to put it for sale , so let me know if you are interested in this large watercolor that depict the season right now , March! nlcasey@charter.net.
make me reasonable offer , but don't forget it's a larger one .

Twin sugar maples , copyrighted 2009
Pastel on board 5x7

My subject are all around me when you live in New England , few days ago a sugar maple farmer taped the trees right across the street from my house , they belong to the town , I actually have some huge maples in my yard also . I love to see the buckets every springs , you need warm days and cold night to get the best maple syrup , some area they have gone modern and simplify the process , they have this blue tubing going from tree to tree and to a big plastic barrel , it's just not the same ! I will need to catch the farmer picking up his buckets to take a picture of him . After you have had the real maple syrup , you would have a hard time going with that commercial stuff. Email me nlcasey@charter.net if you are interested , $ 99.00

Gerbera daisy I went food shopping yesterday when they were taking out these flowers ,at that minute I was thinking a great subject for my daily painting ,you always have to think of your next one when you are a daily painter, I wanted to also do a watercolor of it so maybe tomorrow.
Oil 5x7 on board nlcasey@charter.net

Cottage from the Low Country
Spring is here in South Carolina , I just called home to Massachusetts and they are expecting snow tomorrow, I am glad I just spend two weeks here where the weather is a bit nicer , I will go home on saturday,I have spent a great time with the kids a lot of driving and tons of new scenes to do , I have explored this area, the landscape, the wildlife and got to know my way arround,
I painted this scene in Bluffton yesterday , alla prima 5x5 oil on watercolor paper .
email me if interested
nlcasey@charter.net

From Victoria square
I left the Boston snow to be with my Grandchildren in Hilton Island for a couple weeks, this morning the sun was shining,the spring flowers are starting to bloom, a great change to see after having snow since November. The Island is beautiful ,and I hope to find some nice spots to paint.

Kathy's chair 5x5 watercolor email if interested nlcasey@charter.net

Maison de campagne Spring is always a pretty time ,In France it's always a bit ahead of the spring in New England ,
we are still in deep winter here and a few more weeks to go.
Watercolor series 5x7 email me nlcasey@charter.net

Rue des ruettes
Voting day in France today, so I took the time to escape to go painting while the family is out , also went to an antique market, a bit cool this morning!
We are eating way too much! tomorrow we are on our own , so I hope to paint more.
Sketch from France 8x10 watercolor.

The Brick House

Where did the week go, seems like a flash to me, good thing the cold is going away also .I did paint most of the day. My post cards for the show arrived , now I have to organised my mailing list. I worked on this painting of a unique brick house in town , I have paint it in pastel before , and actually won a prize with it ,so today I wanted to do it in Oil.

6x6 oil on canvas $100.00 ,buy now with paypal , email me nlcasey@charter.net