Land's End at End of Day

“Land’s End at End of Day”   Pastel                   9” x 12”               $100                © Sharon Lewis
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            It was the end of a beautiful day and we were having a delicious meal of lobster, our last one before leaving wonderful southern Maine. We had the perfect vantage point in the restaurant because we could see the setting sun cause the shore of the other islands to glow with this radiant, warm light.  This is the kind of scene to keep you warm on a chilly fall day or night.

            Happy Weekend!

Sunrise over Skye

“Sunrise over Skye”            Pastel              9” x 12”          $100          © Sharon Lewis
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            One of my favorite places to visit in Scotland is the island of Skye....along with  apparently every other visitor to Scotland nowadays. Unfortunately, we couldn’t get a hotel room for the nights we were going to be there and found instead the island of Raasay. It’s a beautiful, small island just west of Skye and staying there allowed me to see the sun rise over Skye, illuminating this beautiful island’s western coast.

            Happy Weekend!

A Study in Grace

“A Study in Grace”           Pastel            6.5” x 6.5”          $40           © Sharon Lewis
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            I love trees like this! They stand on a hillside, buffeted by the winds...bending with the storms they’ve endured but never completely overcome by them. They stand with such strength and grace...like many of the people I most admire.

            Happy Weekend!

Sharing Beauty

“Sharing Beauty”            Pastel            10” x 8”          $75           © Sharon Lewis
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            Not surprisingly, sometimes what’s happening in an artist’s life ends up influencing her/his choice of subject. I notice that as my life gets a little stressful, I’m increasingly drawn to peaceful scenes. This one however is a mixture of a peaceful, possibly romantic image of two people sharing a beautiful view and the dynamic, maybe rough waters that they’re viewing. Maybe because they stand together supporting each other, those choppy waters don’t seem quite so rough.

            Happy Weekend!

The Splendor of Ended Day

“The Splendor of Ended Day”      Pastel        7” x 9”     $ 70      © Sharon Lewis
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            Our long days of light are gradually getting shorter but it seems we’re getting compensated lately with some spectacular sunsets. No matter how many colorful sunsets I’ve observed, they never get old. They’re always different, always surprising me with yet another mix of beautiful colors. It’s nature, the ultimate artist creating yet another masterpiece. I owe credit to another artist, the poet, Walt Whitman, for the title of the painting, taken from his poem, “Song at Sunset.”

            Happy Weekend!

Flowers for Julia

“Flowers for Julia” Pastel        2.5” x 3.5”        SOLD       © Sharon Lewis

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I was struggling a bit on what to post this week. I had a painting I did on Saturday but it just wasn’t conveying the mood and setting as I hoped. So, I looked around my studio and saw this small painting I did while on the coast. If I was at all successful in conveying the beauty and grace of these wildflowers, it is probably because of my exposure to the wonderful wildflower paintings of my immensely talented artist friend, Karen Margulis.

 I think this painting spoke to me today because it reminded me of the photos of beautiful flowers my youngest sister Julia used to post each week of the flowers she grew in her garden. A love of growing beautiful flowers is something my two sisters and I always shared.

Enjoy your flowers, hug the people you love,  and Happy Weekend!

Here She Comes

“Here She Comes”         Pastel        5” x 7”        $50        © Sharon Lewis
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Last weekend, we celebrated the life and mourned the passing of my youngest sister, Julia Deal Lewis West, one of the most generous and kind people I have known.  I find myself seeking comfort again in one of my favorite poems by Henry Van Dyke, Gone From My Sight:

I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,
spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts
for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck
of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.

Then, someone at my side says, "There, she is gone."

Gone where? 

Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast,
hull and spar as she was when she left my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.

Her diminished size is in me -- not in her.

And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone,"
there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices
ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"

And that is dying...

                  Hug the people you love and have a Happy Weekend!