With my friends to Kimball Farm to paint

painting 5 minutes away from my house..the most beautiful view ever..

Latest paintout in Hollis

It was sticky hot and muggy and we didn't breathe to keep the energy ..A  photographer from Canada stopped by to take pictures of our little town. Artists Phil Bean and Mary Crump were painting the Hollis church( me too). It is nice to sit together and chat while we struggle with colors.

Painting in Kennebunkport

We spent the whole Sunday morning painting in Kennebunkport, Monique Sakellarios, Hsiu Norcott and myself. The auction followed at the Nonantum hotel but the sales were terrible, affected by this economy!We ate donuts all day and got up at 5 am. It was a long day

Going to Kennebunkport to paint

I am going to Kennebunkport, Maine to paint. Of course it is raining. Last year Nita and I had the same experience and painted in the wind and rain from the back of the car with the hood open. This year Monique Sakellarios is driving and Hsiu Norcott and myself are following our eyes still closed. We had to get up at 5am to get there in time. It is a 2 hours drive from Hollis and Nashua. The things us artists do to make or not make a living. They will have a live auction of our still sticky artwork at the Monentum hotel in Kennebunkport. All our welcome and don't forget your wallet.

PAINT OUT IN HOLLIS

I went painting again in Hollis with the Breakfast club artists yesterday. I painted the same house 3 weeks in a row. The first week I used gouache and didn't like the results too much. With Gouache you cannot overpaint forever, it is best to use it the way you use watercolor by using the white of the paper. The second week I used Oils and canvas paper. The third week, yesterday I used acrylics with a lot of medium. I ended painting three paintings which I will post when I am completely done with them.
Many artists come to paint every week. It is such a lovely spot in the historic district of Hollis!

At the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Yesterday we went to the Boston Museum of Art so it was time for some artistic photos of Fred and I. They remind me of my paintings!

Return from LANCASTER, PA

I JUST CAME BACK FROM LANCASTER IN PENSYLVANIA AND MANY OF THE PICTURES I TOOK WILL INSPIRE MY FUTURE PAINTINGS.
Little boy in the back of the carriage

                                                                                 Peaceful and serene walk.

Trip  to Paradise  town in the train

Painting at the Mandzy's in Hollis

Everybody was there to paint including Steve Previte, Hsiu Norcott, JeanHua, Jeanne Nevard, Helene Levasseur . Nadia Mandzy had prepared an excellent display of food and drinks to help us fight the heat of summer

We had a wonderful time yesterday painting in Nadia Mandzy's house acros from a farm with horses and wild turkeys running around!

painting outdoors with the Breakfast club artists

This is the season for the galleries and all I have been doing is move my paintings around galleries. I was still able to go to my friend's Hsiu lovely garden for a paint out yesterday and the painting I did of Nita Casey while she is painting will be up soon. Steve Previte, Diane Levine, Lori Simons, Bob Steigmaier were all there painting or taking photographs while Hsiu was cooking for us a delicious lunch.

One more day in the rain..oh the summer beach....