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As extreme cold grips much of the
eastern U.S., I’m remembering the warmth and sunshine of a summer day. It’s one
of the many wonderful aspects of being an artist in that you can create your
own reality. While I don’t really mind the cold (except when I have to run in
it), I really enjoyed painting and remembering this coastal scene from two
summers ago. I loved how all the birds gathered along and within this small
stream as if gathering for a great summer party.
Hoping you’re staying warm. Happy
Weekend!
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Showing posts with label coastal art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coastal art. Show all posts
Thursday, January 4, 2018
Remembering Warmth
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Color and Contrast
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It’s a
gloomy, cold, and grey day so I’m feeling lucky that I’m an artist. While outside,
the bright, warm, colors of fall are rapidly disappearing to be replaced by
cool greys, inside, I can play with the wonderful contrast between the blues of
the ocean and the warm colors of these coastal rocks in Bar Harbor. There’s
also the cool greens of the trees contrasting with warmer greens and also those
same warm rocks. Some days it really pays to be an artist!
Happy
Weekend!
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Thursday, October 26, 2017
Imagining
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“Imagining”
Pastel
11” x 14” $150 © Sharon Lewis Click Here to Purchase |
Imagine
that instead of hearing the sounds of angry people clashing with one another, you
hear instead the call of gulls, the sound of waves ebbing and flowing, the wind
singing through the trees. Imagine instead of seeing in the news descriptions
of conflicts between people and nations you see instead, how the sun
illuminates the rocks and the ocean revealing all the beautiful colors
contained within.
Happy Almost Weekend!
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Summer Bluffs
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We’ve had
summer weather all week so maybe that explains why I’ve been drawn to painting
a place that can be sunny but is often cool even in the summer. I love Maine in
the summer!
Here’s
hoping that Maine sends us some cool temps this weekend!
Friday, September 15, 2017
Blue Skies Return
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The blue
skies have returned and the sun is slowly drying up the muddy, saturated ground.
There are signs everywhere that strong tropical storm winds moved through here
and left the trees with some drastic haircuts. Family members, friends, and
neighbors are reaching out to check on one another. Those who lost little are
reaching out to share with those who lost so much. It’s a good time to remember
our shared humanity and to be grateful for kindness and generosity.
Wishing you
a Happy Weekend!
Thursday, July 13, 2017
A Perfect Summer Day
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“A Perfect Summer Day” Pastel 12" x 16" $200 ©Sharon Lewis SOLD |
It really
was a perfect summer day. The sun was shining, there were cool breezes, and we
had this magnificent view. Who could ask for anything more?
Happy Almost Weekend!
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Beach Study #2
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I’m on my way to see my “baby”
daughter graduate from Northwestern University Law School and I’m so proud of
her! I’m also so excited because I will see both of my children on Mother’s Day
for the first time in years!
I’m wishing all the mothers that I
know, a restful, relaxing weekend and a very Happy Mother’s Day!
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Friday, March 10, 2017
Beach Study
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| Beach Study #3 Oil 5” x 7” $50 © Sharon Lewis |
I was lucky
enough to visit the beach last weekend and took advantage of the opportunity to
paint the ocean and sky from life. It was a windy day when I tried to paint an
impression of sweeping clouds and choppy waves. Waves of course are hard to
paint exactly from life but I find if I keep studying them, I can notice enough
to convey at least an impression of them.
Happy
Weekend!
Thursday, February 4, 2016
The Lonely Sea
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I borrowed today’s painting title from a great poem by
John Masefield, called Sea Fever It just seemed to match the mood of this
painting. It starts with such a lyrical phrase: “I must go down to the seas
again, to the lonely sea and the sky”.
Imagine
the feel of the wind and the salty spray, and the sounds of the gulls crying
and the waves crashing on the rocks. As
you look out over the water, you see all the colors of the fading sun.
Masefield’s
poem ends with a wish for: “…And quiet
sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.”
Wishing you a quiet sleep and sweet dreams.
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Mesmerized
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We had been driving for hours that day, stopping occasionally
to hike and I was taking photos everywhere for later paintings. We pulled into
this motel on the coast just as the sun was going down and it was absolutely amazing!
There was an almost violent surf hitting and swirling around the rocks and just
gorgeous colors in the sky. It created such a fascinating contrast that I was
mesmerized! I stood there taking photos as quickly as I could to capture the
fading, glorious light, scrambling all over the rocks, nearly falling in at
times, until at last, the light was gone and all that was left was the rhythmic
sound of the waves crashing against the rocks.
Hope your sunsets are mesmerizing this weekend!
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Thursday, October 29, 2015
Bridge of Light
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This is another
version of a scene that I loved gazing at this summer. It was that time in the
evening when there is still light at the horizon and bats and barred owls
flutter and glide overhead. It felt like
an autumn evening, maybe one close to Halloween when, “from the world of
spirits there descends a bridge of light, connecting it with this, o'er whose
unsteady floor, that sways and bends, wander our thoughts above the dark abyss”
(Excerpt from “Haunted Houses” -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807 – 1882).
Happy Halloween!
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Thursday, October 15, 2015
Tucked Away
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It
was that time of night when the light begins to fade and the birds seem to be
calling good night. Before the sun slipped away completely, it set this meadow
ablaze with light and it was only then that I noticed this small house tucked
into the trees,….. with an absolutely perfect view of everything.
Happy Weekend!
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Friday, October 9, 2015
Safe Harbor
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I look at this painting and remember
the end of a beautiful, relaxing day of hiking and painting in Maine. It helps
me to remember sometimes, in the midst of my mad rush to complete one work task
after another, to take a deep breath and look up and around. There’s always
something in nature that makes me smile, makes me curious, or look in awe. The natural world helps me regain perspective,
to remember what’s really important at the end of the day. Here’s to good
friends, the beauty and wonder of nature, and a happy weekend!
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Thursday, October 1, 2015
Ocean Solitude
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“Ocean Solitude”
Pastel 18” x
24" $ 350
© Sharon Lewis
Click Here to Purchase
I was born in a city with a vast inland
sea (Chicago) and then grew up near the ocean in southern Florida. I now live
outside a major landlocked city (Atlanta), far away from the ocean and I find
myself really missing it from time to time. There’s something so mesmerizing
about standing on a shore, whether sandy or rocky as in this case, and just
watching the force and beauty of the incoming waves.
For
this painting, I used photos I took while climbing out on the rocks and
shooting the shoreline all the time hoping I didn’t lose my balance and become
part of the crashing surf below.
Happy Weekend! |
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
A Summer Day in Bar Harbor
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"A Summer Day in Bar
Harbor"
Pastel 9" x
12"
$100 © Sharon Lewis
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In the middle of one of Georgia’s typical,
very hot August days, it’s wonderful to remember visiting Maine. I remember
even when the days are warm, there are wonderful ocean breezes to cool you off.
Maine has a kind of beauty that I never tire of painting with it’s warm,
peach-tinted rocks catching the sun and contrasting with the cool greens of it’s
majestic trees.
This is based on some of my photos of Bar Harbor, ME.
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