"Snow fields two"
Mini 3x5 oil on copper
Nita Leger Casey

Last year when I went to Snow camp ,I met Renee Lammers who was painting on copper , me who always wants to try new things , like I don't do enough! must be a disease artists have . While in Maine this past summer I painted a few seascape and liked very much , it has a different feel to it and great for miniatures ,I wouldn't recommend this for larger work . painting with Renee again this past week end where we braced the cold together in these beautiful snow fields and exchanged ideas when we would go warm up by the fire, it was a treat .
Well today I went to clean my studio at the mill as we have open studios this Saturday ,but the weather forecast doesn't look so good more snow for Saturday , when I drove in to Lowell today the roads were very narrow , not much room left for the snow , the banks look like mountains .
Western Avenue open studios in Lowell , this Saturday noon to 5PM
this painting is available , email me nlcasey@charter.net .

Snow Fields at Sunset Hill
16x20 oil on canvas , (c) 2011
Nita Leger Casey

We are in the middle of a blizzard expecting two feet ! coming from snow camp with Stapelton Kearns and anxious to paint more snow scene ,Well I won't have to go far, the big beautiful mountains will be missing but I am sure I will find some great landscape right here in Pepperell .
I really want to try some of the techniques Stape showed us , I am really getting to like the old Aldro Hibbard paintings more and more ,after talking about them the entire week end ,over the years I have seeing many of them specially when I visit the Vose Gallery in Newburry Street in Boston who have a collection of them , they are very impressive ,I must say he had a way with snow , Stape has been walking in his footstep and producing some beautiful work as well . I truly enjoyed this last workshop ,I feel so fortunate to live in this beautiful New England !
Next Saturday , Open Studios at Western Avenue ,noon to 5 , hope to see some of my friends there .

The Coca Cola machine
watercolor 5x7 (C)2011
Nita Leger Casey

I just got home from a wonderful three day week end painting in the beautiful snowy mountains of NH, what we call snow camp! the sitting is at a nostalgic Grand Inn ,called the Sunset Hill house, it was an oil painting workshop ,but this morning when I looked out of my window I saw the Golf Club house under a morning sun and I couldn't help myself but paint this little scene in watercolor sitting on the edge of my bed before I came down for breakfast , it's also funny to see this Coca Cola machine with the snow . After a wonderful Breakfast we all went out in the snow ,not easy to walk in when we just had so much of it, but we managed and watched Stape paint another beauty ,and later we attacked our own ,the day was clear, Lafayette mountain and Cannon Mountain looked majestic, we also could see MT Washington at a far distance ,so this is what I worked on today a mountains scene ,I came home with 5 oils , I must do some finishing touch on them before I post them . another wonderful experience to be with fellow artists and friends .

The red truck

oil on board (c)2011

Nita Leger Casey

from the high mountains of new Sugar Hill,NH at snow camp, wish we could see the hills but it has been fogged in the last few days, still having fun with a very nice bunch of artists ,and of course Stapelton Kearns as our leader doing great demos,it's cold! but nothing like last year just overcast. This was the first one yesterday painted from the back of the Inn ,lots of snow here ,actually has been snowing all day, the flurries sometimes lays on your canvas like it is part of the painting.
Must get ready for our dinner!