Tuscany in Pastel

With all of the hustle & bustle of the end of the school semester and the holidays coming to an end, I felt relaxed enough to head out to the studio yesterday. Here's the resulting painting.

Another December iPad Painting

A New iPad Painting

I love painting on the iPad -- I can paint while sitting on the sofa in good clothes with a cup of coffee. There's no cleanup, no trees are cut down, and I can take it with me and finish the piece anywhere.

2012 Desk Calendars are ready!!

Featuring 12 new original paintings

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Pastel painting for sale!

S O L D !

A Secret Sunset

A Christmas gift for someone who hopefully never reads my blog! Looks religious but it's not!

Tiny Tuscan Watercolor

I hardly ever paint in watercolor, but with limited time before a delicious lunch at the organic farm Il Casale, I pulled out my little watercolor set and painted the scene below our hilltop location.

Italian Adventure

What a great trip! My sister and I traveled to Pienza, Florence and Rome. Many paintings to come!

Back to Italy!

Ahhh...soon I will be painting in Tuscany again. Same location as last year -- Pienza. I promise to bring home many ideas for paintings, as well as some studies that could evolve into real paintings.

OPEN STUDIO WEEKEND!

THIS IS THE ANNUAL OPEN STUDIOS WEEKEND! Download your map here:

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Upcoming Open Studios!

Hope to see you!

Cloudy Day Cacti -- iPad painting

I guess the change in weather made me feel like painting on the iPad, after a summer hiatus during which I stood at my easel more, with a real paintbrush in hand. Here's a little painting I did this morning while awaiting the dishwasher repairman.

2012 Desk calendars are ready!!

Calendars are ready! Featuring 12 new paintings, this little calendar will inspire you all year.

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Afternoon, Portland, Maine

Portland Maine. Pastel on Wallis. 7 x 12

Prize Winner

This pastel of a scene in Pienza, Tuscany, won second prize at the South Portland, Maine Art in the Park event last Saturday.

Hatrack

Technically, it's hats on a coatrack, but "Hatrack" works for me, too.

Oil on canvas paper, 6 x 10-ish

House on Pamet Road

Here's a little house I've wanted to paint for years. It's on one of the Pamet Roads in Truro, MA.

S O L D

Study for "Hatrack"

This is a study for a small oil painting of a hatrack in a friend's house.

Two Houses

This small diptych is a study of two houses, one in Newburyport, MA and the other in Provincetown, MA. Both face a body of water, and seem to share a kinship. I was intrigued by the similarities and differences in both the houses and the cities they are in. Pastel on paper, 6.5 x 14.

Chairs Out Back

A small pastel on paper, 7 x 10

Ballardvale Mill

Dedicated to all my friends who hail from the 'vale -- a pastel of the old mill.

Work in Progress

Here's a barn I just had to paint, in Wells, Maine. This pastel on paper is about 10 x 18, and I'm about 3/4 of the way finished. Looking for a bright, sunny look.

Third Place, Beacon Hill Art Walk, 2011

A new Pastel from Tuscany retreat

A New Oil Painting

Village House, Oil on board, 8" x 8"

A Pastel - Tuscany

S. Anna With Olive Trees, 12" x 9", pastel on paper

A Pastel from Tuscany

This is a scene from Pienza, Italy. Pastel on paper.

New Brushes iPad Painting: Tulips

See more at https://www.me.com/gallery/#100015

Day's End, Pienza

Here's a pastel of the valley where we stayed in Tuscany last Fall.

A Big Barn

Here's a pastel of just the upper half of a very large barn in Concord, MA.

Pastel on paper, 11" x 11.5" SEE this painting at Gallery Seven, Maynard, MA. Opening Reception July 9, 7-9PM - Public Welcome!

"Breakthrough" - Pastel on Paper

Here's a little pastel 10 x 10-ish, of the ice on a local stream finally beginning to give way.

New Pastel Painting

I'm calling this one "Power". Not sure why this scene even attracted me; maybe it's the tension between those gargantuan wooden structures and the trees nearby. Comments welcome.

Pastel on paper; approximately 10" x 15".

Buildings in Tuscany

Here's a new pastel of a group of buildings in Tuscany

Towels 2

A small pastel on paper. SOLD

1-Second Survey

I'm thinking of publishing an additional edition of calendars for 2012 -- featuring 12 of my best iPad Paintings. Any opinions? Here's a link to some current works:

http://gallery.me.com/catherinemeeks#100015

Check out my iPad Paintings Gallery

http://gallery.me.com/catherinemeeks#100015

Truro Painting

Here's a spot I discovered last summer in Truro, on Cape Cod. Pastel on paper.

New Winter Painting

The same root cellar door I've painted before, but on a snowy afternoon.

A Small New Pastel

Mirroring the subdued post-holiday, pre-snowstorm mood, the Merrimack flows silently on.

Pastel on paper, 6" x 6". $65. unframed.

Copied from my other blog

Somehow, I now have two blogs. No, I don't want both of them, and I certainly don't have the time to maintain two! Here's a little digital finger painting I copied from my other blog. This was created from imagination on my iPad, back in October.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2010

A new painting from my iPad

Foliage is at its peak color this week in Massachusetts. Here's a little painting of no place in particular. I was hoping to convey the rich color and movement of the season.