Thought I would share a few of my favorite nocturnes with you.
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Rainy Night, 5x7, oil. SOLD |
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Number Please, 5x7, oil. SOLD |
I hope you will visit my new Facebook page -
Celene Farris, A Maine Artist
Thanks for visiting.
Saturday, November 27, 2021
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Love of Nocturnes
My paintings seem to jump from one subject to another. Lately I have been focusing on nocturnes with their dark, haunting images and the mysterious stories they suggest.
I have always loved the old black and white movies - the dark, gritty detective stories and the haunting classics such as Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. Nocturnes, or night paintings, are a challenge to paint - but great fun!
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| The Stranger, 7x5, oil, SOLD |
This painting was available in my Ebay Store or directly through me.
I hope you will visit my new Facebook page -
Celene Farris, A Maine Artist
Thanks for visiting.
Sunday, September 26, 2021
Learning Social Media
Last week I attended an on-line, intensive, "Social Media for Artists" workshop.
Then I spent the rest of the week on the computer, bouncing back and forth from sheer amazement to utter confusion, while weaving my way through setting up "Social Media for Business" Facebook and Instagram accounts, and then separating each account into two different pages. A total of two accounts and four pages - and then linking them all together.
I split my Facebook/Instagram accounts into two different pages to separate my two vastly different painting subjects and styles.
My first Facebook/Instagram page is Celene Farris, A Maine Artist. This page features my traditional Maine landscapes and seascapes, traditional still life, florals and figurative oil paintings. Also some miniatures.
My second Facebook/Instagram page is Celene Farris, Night Painter. This page features my new subject of Night Landscapes and Cityscapes.
Success! My two accounts are now active, my four pages are now complete and all has been launched!
And two days ago I had my first "internet/social media sale". How great is that!
I now have both my original Ebay Store and my new "Social Media Sites" as internet selling platforms.
Last week was a very busy but productive week. This week I hope to paint!
I hope you will visit my new Facebook and Instagram Pages and "Follow" me through this journey into the world of social media. I will be adding more of my paintings on a regular basis and showing some older works as well. Hope to see you there!
I would love to hear your comments.
Thanks so much for visiting with me.
Celene
PS... A little follow-up a few months later - Downsizing - I have eliminated my Night Painter page and combined it with my Celene Farris, A Maine Artist page. It was just too time consuming. Too many pages to monitor. Not enough painting time! So please visit me on Facebook and Instagram at Celene Farris, A Maine Artist. Thank you!
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Northern Lights
Who knows where our painting inspiration comes from...
Right now, in the middle of a summer (and a political) heat wave, I'm thinking of the peace and quiet of our Maine winters and the beautiful, mesmerizing and ghostly colors of the northern lights that often dance across our night skies.
Fire in the Sky, 5x7, oil
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| Winter Skies, 5x7, oil |
The scientific explanation-
The Northern Lights (aurora borealis) are shafts or curtains of colored light visible on occasion in the northern night sky caused by collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter into the earth's atmosphere. These particles are attracted to the poles by the magnetic fields found there and react with gases in the atmosphere, causing the gases to glow. The lights appear in many forms from patches or scattered clouds of light, to streamers, arcs, rippling curtains or shooting rays that light up the sky with an eerie glow.
I think it's more than that.....These paintings are available in my Ebay Store or directly through me.
Thanks for visiting. I wish you peace.
Celene
Monday, July 19, 2021
Studio Sunshine
Our July, so far this year, has given us an over-abundance of cool, rainy, gray days. The outdoor flowers and greenery may love this weather but it's so hard to get motivated when the house is dark in the middle of the day! Today - 3PM - it's 67 degrees and drizzling.
So I've spent quite a bit of time in my studio, lights on, music playing. Here are a few new paintings to bring a smile.
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| Carnival Lights, 5x7, oil SOLD |
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| Number Please, 5x7, oil SOLD |
I remember being so excited as a child when the carnival came to town. And who could forget the phone booths and searching for some change to make a call? The operator had to place the long distance calls for us. After we dialed "0", she would come on the line and say, "Number please." No cell phones in the good old days!
These paintings are available in my Ebay Store or directly from me. Thanks for visiting.
Stay dry and busy.
I think I'll bake a batch of cookies before returning to my studio.
Celene
Saturday, June 5, 2021
Lilacs
We are having a wonderful spring here on the coast of Maine. We went from early spring's gray, cool and rainy days, frosty nights and dreary mud season - to glorious sun and color everywhere. My lilacs were a week early and are now beginning to fade, as are my bleeding heart plants. The iris, poppies and lupine are in blossom now, with peonies soon to follow. How could I not paint my lilacs?!
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| Lilacs and Blue Glass, 8x10, oil |
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| Lilacs and Copper, 8x10, oil SOLD |
And, of course, a few little ones. 3x3 Framed, oil. SOLD
A few years back, when I had my studio at our gallery in Belfast, I tried to paint all the spring flowers as they came along. Every day I would bring in new flowers and try to capture them on canvas. Some paintings were successful, some were not, but it was fun trying. This brought in a lot of repeat visitors who wanted to see what I was working on next. Those were fun times and I met some truly delightful people.
These new paintings are available in my Ebay Store or directly from me.
Stay busy and happy. Thanks for visiting with me.
Celene
Friday, May 7, 2021
Painting is never boring
Well, another few months have gone by since my last post. A friend asked what I have been working on so I thought I would share a few of my latest pieces.
I have been very busy in my studio getting ready for my favorite local shop, Patchwork Plus in Searsmont, Maine, to reopen for the season on May 1st. She carries a line of my work and we were all hustling to finish up in time. My eBay Store has also been busy, so more paintings needed there, too.
I seem to jump from one painting subject to another. For the past few months it is been miniature paintings - 3x3 inches square. I found some darling frames on-line that, I think, are perfect. These mini paintings give me a chance to use bright colors and quirky subjects - snowmen, colorful songbirds, flowers, a goldfish. Even a few mini still-lifes and landscapes. Here is a sample.
My husband cut a stack of 3x3 canvas panels for me and I have a dozen or so left. When they are done, I need to finish my nocturnes. I started one with a pick up truck and a man in a phone booth - so many subjects to choose from.
Painting is never boring! I could never understand how anyone could say they were bored. I say -"just get busy doing something!" Life is short, don't waste it.
Enough said, time to paint. Stay well and stay busy. Thanks for visiting with me.
Celene
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