End of the Season

Fall schedule is here. Getting into the new groove. Saturday monthly workshops begin tomorrow.

Last of the Sunflowers
20x20

HEART WORK

Painting figures isn't my strength and I admire artists who do it with ease. This was a real struggle. The beauty of acrylics is that you can just keep plugging until something OK appears. This is a section of a larger painting

HEART WORK
40x30

LOTS GOING ON

Maine was beautiful. I had never been up as far north as Acadia National Park.



 Abby loved the road trip










Great hiking up above Asticou Gardens











Big skies from the top of Cadillac Mountain












MONHEGAN ISLAND 7x7 Acrylic on panel
This is still my favorite place in Maine






CLASSES begin tomorrow and the first monthly WORKSHOP is this Saturday

NORTH RIVER ARTS had a fab party last Saturday night. I was the lucky recipient to "win ' this great piece of art by http://sallydean365flowers

Heading up the coast of Maine for a few days. Rain and fog  coming up minus the summer crowds. Looking forward to the beauty and some  good Gallery viewing

Monhegan Lighthouse 12x12 on canvas

2 CHALLENGES

check out the the SEPTEMBER http://girlsjustwannapaint.blogspot.com 

Saturday night September 11 www.northriverarts.org is having the long awaited OTB reception. Painters were asked to paint 'outside the box' and all the unsigned work has been silently auctioned off. The artists and winning bidders will be revealed on Saturday night.













CHECK OUT the September "Girls Just Wanna Paint' Challenge

THE SUN
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Last day of Summer

I am going to miss my jaunts to the Cape. Wellfleet, MA  is true heaven

This painting is 30x24 acrylic on canvas

Pears want to be "IN' like the Tomatoes

I actually began this painting last year and set it aside unfinished. I often paint over old paintings but yesterday decided to 'Doctor' this old one up using a palette knife and changing the composition. It came alive for me. Now many other freshly harvested local vegetables and fruits are begging to be painted next! Not a problem. Palette knife has a mind of it's own.

Organic Heirlooms

Eating [and painting ] tomatoes are one of the major joys of late August. Garden tomatoes all used to be delicious but it seems unless they are 'heirloom' they taste like store bought winter tomatoes. What is up with that ? FOOD INC

WEEKLY ROAD TRIP

Famous Landmark in the center of P-Town

Bustling Commercial Street, filled with Galleries

This is not Napa Valley but Truro's own vineyard!

The Outer Cape is really gorgeous. Are the lazy beach days of summer over?

Old Cape Cod

I am squeezing the last weeks of Summer out with my weekly road trips. This is beautiful Chatham. I hardly captured the really gorgeous light and sparkle this Cape town displays. Old, historical elegance. Lots of commotion over closed beaches for swimming due to the sharks in the ocean.

 I have enjoyed a lot of  road trips this summer. This is STOWE VERMONT on a stormy day
12x12 acrylic

Fall Schedule Classes and NEW Workshop dates posted on my web site. Time to start planning for Mexico workshop too!  http://www.pagerailsback.com

AUGUST 12x12

On the East Coast, the HEAT goes on!

On the West Coast, the BEAT goes on. I swear the teen age drivers look younger every year!

Nature at it's finest

            
The WORKSHOP was fun. We probably painted on THE hottest days of the summer. It was broiling but there was no stopping this crowd!

PATTI'S WAY

Can you imagine waking up to this each day and returning to it each evening?
Tomorrow this is the special location where we will paint for the PAINTING WORKSHOP.
Last chance...
Join us AUGUST 4-5
2 days of fun and beauty. You can't match the glory of New England in August.







The Glades 12 x 12 acrylic on board

Patti's Way 36 x 24

ABOLITA

This little girl, Abbie is eleven and is part Mexican..well she travels to Mexico in the winter, thus the nick name Abolita. This painting was the subject for a blog Challange group I participate in http://Girlsjustwannapaint.blogspot.com
These are her scary brothers, Wes [Montgomery] and Kenny [Burrell], You DIG?

Next steps

Step 1: Lay in some warm washes, establish simple values, use complementary colors

Step 2: Add darks, light patterns and play with various greens

Step 3: Just keep painting, backing up and re looking, establishing light and dark patterns, re- draw shapes to make more painterly....using  intuition at this point. Decide what is working and getting rid of what is not

Step 4: WORLD'S END 42x38

Step One

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I am in the process of painting a commission. Watch this video to see how I gather information to begin the project.

City Street

This is a 30x28 acrylic. I think I could have stopped a bit sooner, I had hoped to be more lose and free. I also did a still life today but you won't be seeing that one..I am a bit rusty after taking a few days off. It happens...Back to business tomorrow.I  need to follow my own advice and paint like a kindergardener...Just paint with no expectations


The painting workshop on August 4-5 still has a few places left. Come and join us!


Price on request

One Point of View/Green Day

One Point of View
This 40x30 is a scene from Monhegan Island. I go up there each summer by myself. It is an art lover's paradise. A place to get REAL
Price on Request

 GREEN DAY
I experimented with acrylic paint and palette knife! It was fun.
12x12    $650 Framed /$10 shipping

Walk This Way 30x28 on canvas

Walk This Way

I went to Martha's Vineyard last week-end. This is the beach at the very end of Chappiquiddick. I did this small work on panel and a larger version on canvas of the same scene which can be viewed above.

ROCK AND ROLL

I delivered this to OCEANSIDE 17 GALLERY yesterday. http://www.oceanside17.com

Come paint with us at the WORKSHOP on August 4/5 on Boston's South Shore. It is going to be fun. Check out my website for more information
http:/www.pagerailsback.com

Nothing but Organic

Very exciting..My daughter and grandson from California are here. Felix, aged 6 months only eats the best.....organic fruit and whole grains.

Flores

This painting was a happy accident for me. It was a painting over a painting, which I love to mess around with. Mess being the key word but beats perfectly controlled in my world.
7x7 acrylic
$300 Framed $10 shipping

National Treasure

The seashore in Wellfleet is not to be believed..simply gorgeous
7x7
 $300 Framed / $10 shipping