January Updates

After the holiday rush, we welcome January's slower tempo here on the hill. These cold, snowy days are perfect for working inside, tackling some long overdue projects around the house. And after a very successful holiday season in my Ebay Store and at my daughter-in-law's shop I need some serious studio time.

I’ve received a few requests and questions that I would like to explore in my blog this winter. I invite you to send me questions or comments to discuss and to sign up to automatically receive my blog posts in your email. You can unsubscribe at any time but I hope you will enjoy visiting with me. The subscription procedure is an easy two-step process. Please let me know if you need assistance.

A few updates -

Our Virtual Paint-Out Group is on vacation indefinitely. Our administrator, who has so generously given much attention and long hours to this group, has been very busy in his new position as Mayor of his hometown. I think this will signal the end of our travels, at least until he retires. We all wish him success in his new adventure.

I recently joined a new plein air group on Facebook called Virtual Plein Air that employs the same concept, but uses Map Crunch (a form of Google Maps) for destinations. This is an informal group; you travel when and where you wish. I'm looking forward to traveling with them – and I can do it on my own schedule.

California artist, Leslie Saeta, did not offer her usual 30/30 Painting Challenge this January. She lives in the area of the terrible wildfires. Hope all is well.


Stay well and warm. I hope 2019 brings us all joy and peace.


Thanks for visiting,
Celene


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January - Belfast, Maine

This painting was a joy to work on. Some paintings are like that - others are just the opposite. 

This photo was taken a few years ago on the way to my gallery in Belfast. I always traveled the lower road to check out the harbor. I was very fortunate to have this scene as part of my daily commute.

January - Belfast, Maine
12x20, oil

I'm not sure if this painting will go into my Ebay Store or to a gallery. I will just keep it for awhile as it is still wet and needs to dry before I can varnish it. I will enjoy having it in my studio. 

Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and the best New Year ever!

Thanks for visiting,
Celene

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Winter Sunset, 8x10, oil SOLD

Winter Sunset, 8x10, oil SOLD

This is a studio piece, not plein air.

This painting was available in my Ebay Store - Landscapes.

Any of my paintings can be purchased directly through me. Please contact me for more information.

Thanks for visiting,
Celene

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Plein Air with a Guerrilla

I am behind in my blog posts. I don’t know where the time goes, but at our house every week seems to be only three days long.

Last post or so I mentioned that I have a new Guerrilla 6x8 pochade box – my early Christmas present. I've had many odd plein air kits over the years but this one is the best. It’s small, 7x9x3 and weighs only 1½ lbs. It holds everything I need plus two wet 6x8 canvases. There is an adapter for 5x7s and with a little ingenuity, I can use 8x10s and 9x12s. It’s great to take anywhere – especially nice to work in the car now that the weather is cold. I really enjoy painting on small canvases, with 6x8s being my current favorite. 

My Guerrilla 6x8 Pochade Box, loaded and ready to go.

These small plein air paintings were completed in one session. There is an excitement in the process of trying to capture a fleeting moment in time. No time to think - just paint! Because the light will move, shadows and colors will shift and the scene will change right before your eyes. What a challenge and what fun! 

Sitting in our front field trying to catch the late afternoon light shining behind the trees before the sun dipped behind the hills.

Back Light, 6x8, oil  SOLD

 Sitting in my car at the end of our driveway in the cool November sunshine.

Sunshine Day, 6x8, oil  SOLD

Now we have snow and it's cold. I painted this afternoon looking out the den window. I will post it later. It's still too wet to handle.

These paintings were available in my Ebay Store - small paintings.

Any of my paintings can be purchased directly through me. Please contact me for more information.

Stay well and warm. Thanks for visiting with me.

Celene

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Cirque of the Unclimbables - my November's Virtual Paint-Out

Our Virtual Paint-Out Group is on vacation again this month, so I decided to choose my own destination for November – The Canadian Northwest Territory.

After exploring this fascinating country, I chose the exceptionally beautiful and remote mountains called “The Cirque of the Unclimbables” in the Nahanni National Park Reserve.

Cirque means a semicircular shaped valley with steep, sheer walls formed in mountainous regions by glaciers during the ice age. Sometimes the base of the mountains is below the level of the valley.

A little info -

In 1955, (yes, that is the correct date) the mountaineer, Arnold Wexler, discovered these immense cliffs in the Logan Mountains. Impressed by their massive, sheer granite walls and jagged peaks, he named them “The Cirque of the Unclimbables”.

These mountains are considered sacred ground and surround a green valley called Fairy Meadows. The Lotus Flower Tower is one of the most famous and dangerous peaks within the Cirque. This steep 2,000 foot cliff has been ranked one of the top 50 climbs in North America.

Despite being nearly twice the size of Texas, the Canadian Northwest Territory is home to only about 42,000 permanent residents. Most of the land is undeveloped forests, mountains and tundra. There are roughly 570 miles of permanent, year-round roads. Float-planes and helicopters are an important means of transportation in this vast remote land.

Cirque of the Unclimbables
Lotus Flower Tower and Fairy Meadows
9x12, oil

This painting is available in my Ebay Store – Virtual Paint Out

Any of my paintings can be purchased directly through me.

Please contact me for more information.

Thanks for visiting,

Celene

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Happy Thanksgiving

From my house to yours -

Wishing you all a wonderful Thanksgiving 

full of love, laughter and good food.

Then it will be time to think about Christmas shopping. Every year I say that I'm going to start early, but I never do.

This Thanksgiving weekend I'm having a 25% off sale in my Ebay Store on all my paintings. The sale will go through Monday, encompassing Black Friday, Cyber Monday and whatever they call the days in between.

And so starts the busy season.

Any of my paintings can be purchased directly through me,.

Please contact me for more information.

Thanks for visiting and Happy Thanksgiving to you all.
Celene

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Summer Roses, 12x16 oil

After the last few weeks of cold, gray and rainy weather, today is a beautiful day in Maine - 60 degrees, warm and sunny. I'm waiting for the late afternoon sun so I can go out and paint. I have a new Guerrilla Plein Air box that I'm eager to try. It's my early Christmas present!

We're late in receiving our destination for November's Virtual Paint Out because our administrator was busy running for local office. He is now the Mayor of his hometown in Kentucky. Congratulations, Bill Guffey.

I have been adding the finishing touches to two still lifes. They do take a lot of time and a lot of thought. I like to add glazes to enrich the colors and these must be applied to a dry surface. Here is one that I think is finished.

Summer Roses, 12x16 oil   SOLD

I'm not sure if this painting is going into my Ebay Store or to another gallery. I'll have to think about it.

Now it's time to go outside and paint. Enjoy your day!

Thanks for visiting,
Celene

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