That Je Ne Sais Quoi

“That Je Ne Sais Quoi”            8” x 10”          Pastel         $75         © Sharon Lewis

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             Today’s painting title comes from me trying to understand my love of the light you see at the end of a sunny day. It’s a wonderful, warm light that makes everything glow and appear more beautiful than earlier, in the full light of day. It’s that “je ne sais quoi”; that elusive quality in the light that although I can’t fully describe it, makes me stop just to watch how magnificently the setting sun transforms the landscape.

            Happy Weekend!

 

Cue the Lights

  “Cue the Lights”              8” x 10”          Pastel         $75         © Sharon Lewis

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             I’ve always been drawn to high contrast scenes, where the sun illuminates features against a darker background. When I first saw this cliff face across the bay, the light was shining on it and I was transfixed. I ended up taking so many photos because it kept changing subtly depending on where I stood. I think this is one of the many reasons I became a landscape artist: because the natural world offers us a never-ending number of striking scenes to enjoy.

            Happy Weekend!

 

Just a Glimmer

“Just a Glimmer”       5” x 7”          Pastel         $50         © Sharon Lewis

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This is a painting I started on location this summer and finished in the studio. When I picked it up, I considered changing the weather from cloudy, rainy, and cool to sunny but it matched today’s weather in North Georgia so closely that I decided to merely clean it up a bit. You might notice though, if you look closely, that I couldn’t resist putting just a hint of a beautiful sunset peaking out from beneath some of those gray clouds.

Hope your weekend is a sunny, happy one!

Copper Sunset

“Copper Sunset”         5” x 7”          Pastel         $50         © Sharon Lewis

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            It had been cloudy and cool most of the day, including when we arrived at Norris Point, but then we got a surprise. As the light began to fade, we were surprised by a burst of color that lit the mountains with a warm, coppery glow. Gros Morne Park, which is visible across Bonne Bay (the waterway you see in this painting), is an absolutely gorgeous area to explore and I only wish we could have stayed here longer.

            Happy Weekend!

 

So I Don't Forget

“So I Don’t Forget”            11” x 14”          Pastel         $175         © Sharon Lewis

            This past weekend I was attending my daughter’s wedding and thus, not producing my weekly painting. So, I offer this work, painted at this time last year, of a lovely beach with a young woman taking a selfie so she doesn’t forget? Or so she can make her friends envious?

Whatever the reason, I wouldn’t mind being on this beach again, enjoying the sun, the water, and that beautiful blue sky.

            Happy Labor Day Weekend!

 

Hidden Cove

“Hidden Cove”           9” x 12”        $100        © Sharon Lewis

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            While I was visiting a cool place this summer in Newfoundland that I’d hiked several times, I was searching for new vista when I stumbled across this beautiful cove. I couldn’t get over the striking color of the water and how the rock formations reminded me of a sleeping dragon or some strange, giant bird. What do you see when you look at this?

            Happy Weekend!

 

Reaching Toward the Heavens

“Reaching Toward the Heavens”              12” x 18”        $250        © Sharon Lewis

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If I could, I would always live by the water. I grew up by the ocean and my early memories are of the soothing, rhythmic sounds of the waves. The beach was my playground where there was always something new and interesting that the sea had uncovered.

            However, my beach looked nothing like this. There were no rocks unless humans had brought them in to form a jetty and the sand was a soft yellow, not the dark gray of this cove. This cove was also a lot more peaceful, with no children screaming with delight, no big waves, just the quiet, gentle, rhythmic lapping of the water. Ahhhhhh.

            Happy Weekend!