Ice out #2

Ice out #2 sold
Pastel 6x8 ©2017
Nita Leger Casey 
Decided to do another scene of my Sunday drive, the ice going out is always nice with these strong colors and  perfect for a pastel, I did it early this morning before I get carried away with the endless list of chores I have to do. It was a beautiful day today, like 85 degrees, last week we had a foot of snow.
this painting is available ,email me nlcasey@charter.net 

"High water at the pond "
Oil on canvas paper 8x10 copyrighted
Nita Leger Casey

The house is getting back more or less to normal , the kids and grand kids went back home to Maryland , they are home safe ! Tim is feeling better , some of the Christmas decorations are put away , my gallery is still in a bit of a mess , this week will be the week to clean and get organized and back to painting .
This is another painting from my collection , a scene from our pond when it is high water in the late winter early spring . the painting is for sale $100.00 matted ready to frame email me if you are interested nlcasey@charter.net

" A Boston Spring day"

original watercolor 6x8 copyrighted 2010

Nita Leger Casey

I am really having fun with these spring scenes of Boston , I am lucky I was able to capture the beauty of the city with my weekly trips in town , I always wanted to do this but never took the time . The second thing I am enjoying is painting with my watercolor , it's a medium I always loved and was using it mostly with my greeting cards illustrations ,and doing the plein air in other medium , and now with the good weather I know I will be doing more pastels outside. Galleries do not like to show watercolors ,they don't want to deal with the glass and framing , so being on line you can buy directly from the artist ,so collectors this is your chance .
for an original painting , email me nlcasey@charter.net

"Spring Garden in the city "
miniature watercolor 2,5x3,5
Nita Leger Casey

This is # 3 of my minis of Spring in the city, I almost did not posted this one , I think I overworked it , sometimes you go a step to far , artists never know when to quit! as i wanted these little ones to be light like the Spring colors, otherwise I can paint a watercolor like an oil with tons of details and loose the affect I was after . I painted this early this morning before I went and did some yard work ,now every muscles in my body is hurting from digging turning some flower beds over , good things it's Friday Tim and I will go on our date and I will have a glass of wine ,so I am posting early tonight .
collectors of miniatures if you read this post ,give me a shout .nlcasey@charter.net

A touch of Spring in the city # 2
Nita Leger Casey
original miniature watercolor (c)2010
Voila, another scene from my day in the city of Boston , this is in Boylston Street , another beautiful street to visit if you are in town , lots of restaurants and nice hotels , my timing was perfect going there with this early Spring we are having!
these are small works, really thinking of paint them larger so if you are interested in these please let me know .nlcasey@charter.net.

Farm at Harvard's Fruitland Museum ,copyrighted 2009 , Nita Leger Casey
5x7 pastel on canson paper $ 100.00

Scene from our Sunday ride to the town of Harvard , Ma , about twenty minutes from my studio on a beautiful sunny Spring day .Email if interested

The Gazebo, copyrighted 2009 by Nita Leger Casey
Pastel 5x7

Thinking I would have a terrible day today , because I had Jury duty, I was in luck when the case did not go to trial , I was out by 10:45 , just in time to join all my friend painting plein air in a beautiful private property with all the trees in bloom , and a gracious hostess who made us a lunch ,what more could you ask? and I was able to do two daily paintings. At the court, I managed to do some sketching of a few the jurors reading the paper , it's something i would like to practice more it's figure sketching .
email me if you are interested .

Spring in Hollis , copyrighted 2009 ,Nita Leger Casey
oil on gesso board , 5x7

A beautiful morning brought all my artists friends out for a plein air day today , it was great!
the fields are a lush green , the leaves are coming in the trees , Spring and fall are my favorite time of the year , not too hot and both seasons are very colorful. email me if you are interested in this painting

"Spring in New England "
Copyrighted 2009
Nita Leger Casey
Pastel on board 6x8

The beautiful colors of Spring have finely come in this part of the world , just a few weeks ago, that same scene had a couple feet of snow , the beauty of nature is a miracle.
Today we had a wonderful Greek Easter dinner with friends ,the food was wonderful , it was also a great Spring day!
If you are interested in this painting email me , nlcasey@charter.net

Spring fields of wild flowers , copyrighted 2009 , Nita Leger Casey
Pastel, 6x8 on board

Still working with my new set of pastels , tomorrow they really will be put to the test , I will be driving a hundred miles to meet the pastel painters of Maine for a plein air paint out , the weather looks like it's going to be good so I am exited , we will see what I post tomorrow night , my friend Jeanne is coming with me.
this was from a reference photo I took last spring , I always wanted to do these delicate purple wild flowers , email me if you are interested , nlcasey@charter.net

A touch of Spring, copyrighted 2009 , Nita Leger Casey
4x7 watercolor.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter, I did , watched the sunrise at 6:10 AM over Pepperell , it was just beautiful ,I really wanted to paint what I had just seeing but I had guests coming over for breakfast, but I will later!
, email me if you are interested nlcasey@charter.net

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

Apple trees in bloom I know it is spring , but here in Massachusetts , it does not feel like it , I called my friend in Maine where we have a cabin and the snow banks are still 10 feet tall , it will be June by the time I get back there to paint , what a long winter it has been here . This painting I am posting is what I want to see soon , we live in a area where they're is a lot of apple trees , people come from the Boston area in the fall to pick apples .

This is a large painting mated and framed . email me nlcasey@charter.net

Rhododendrons
Looking for Spring

I will be taking a break for a few days due to some family obligations , and also need to catch up on some work , so in the next few days I will not post . I am wishing for some Spring and also wishing everyone a Happy Easter.

Oil on canvas 5x5 email me nlcasey@charter.net

Maine sky #2

Enjoying my stay in Maine, just relaxing and doing my daily painting.
Pastel 5x7 $100.00 email me if interested nlcasey@charter.net

House Portrait

The weather has been bad for artists this past week , I really want to capture some spring scenes before the flowers goes away, but no luck this week .

I am posting an example of a house portrait of a Victorian house , it was done from an old family picture with an updated look, the grand daughter wanted to have the house done for childhood memories. and this is why I enjoy doing house portraits , because it brings joy to people.

Email me for more details nlcasey@charter.net

House portrait watercolor 16x20 Sold

Crab apple blossom


In my walk this morning ,I picked these blossoms ,all the trees are in bloom in this area , we are a bit late from the rest of the country , but this is New England !
Watercolor 8x10 matted 11x14 $100.00 Pay Pal accepted , Buy original art
all my work is originals and copyrighted and not to be copied.

apple trees in bloom

Had a wonderful Mother's day, and took the day off. but here is a large pastel painting ,from the beautiful orchard in Hollis, NH
This pastel is 26x30 white matt and gold frame, $1200, email if interested nlcasey@charter.net

Spring walk
I had started this one a few days ago, after my trip to Strawberry Banke in Portsmouth. A couple taking in, Spring and History,What fun!
The next few days I will be busy figuring what to take on my trip to France, I hope to be able to paint and post from there, I will be going to the "Bois de Barbizon "area , a place I used to go as a child, we had family picnic's there, it's a great place to paint ,and Orleans my home town.
oil, on canvas 6x6 , $100.00 email if interested, nlcasey@charter.net

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.