daily paintings

I just finished painting this beautiful sunrise that I witnessed this Fall on Vinalhaven. Sunrises on water are my happiness. Sometimes it’s hard to wake up for them, but I never regret it.

We’ve had a lot of construction on all sides our house over the past 5 years and after one of the jobs was completed we got to go up to a top floor balcony and take in this winter view of some Munjoy Hill rooftops. That’s Howard Street down below looking towards the Eastern Prom, Mackworth Island and beyond. Such a special view!

Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you beauties! We’re sharing more Fort Gorges love for our sibling set this week. So many soft colors glowing on this particular sunrise from earlier this winter. Such a treat! :-). And it’s always so fascinating to see how we interpret scenes and color–Michael usually has a softer interpretation which is fun to observe and compare to mine.

I was slicing an avocado the other day and realized that my brother and I had not yet painted a still life for our sibling set, so when we started to talk about what to paint, I said how about an avocado. We went for it and had lots of fun doing so . I stuck a lemon, a small juice glass and a spoon into the scene for color and variation … and I have to say, the spoons always get me. But it’s all good, I got to eat this yummy avocado.

Purchase the sibling set HERE.

We’ve got a snowy sibling set for you today in honor of our snow day today. We decided to paint a snowy scene looking out to Fort Gorges from Eastern Prom. The snow flakes didn’t show in the photo I had taken earlier this winter, so we each did our own thing with the flakes. Happy Snow! I hope you are safe and cozy!

I’ve been meaning to paint this gorgeous October moonrise I witnessed from Geary’s beach on Vinalhaven this Fall, and today was the day. I had gone for a late afternoon hike and pondered watching the moon come up from high atop a rocky ledge, but realized I might be in trouble getting down the rock after dark, so I headed over to the beach to watch it come up over Isle au Haut and the bay instead. It was glorious!

We’ve got a sunrise sibling set for you this week. This was one of those mornings where everyone ran outside to watch the magic unfold. I had already been down on the Eastern Prom with the pups and was back home getting the critters their breakfast when I saw an insane pink glow over Munjoy Hill. I ran out to the top of Munjoy Street and observed in awe–what a light show Mother Nature had for us that morning. WOW! It looked like the sky was filled with fluorescent pink cotton balls. Pure magic.

Just reliving some blissful moments on the rocky coast of Maine. Such a treat to hop rocks, dip your feet in the water and feel the sun on your face while soaking up incredible beauty. Pinch me!