Nubble Lighthouse

Nubble Lighthouse 14 x 20  Prints available  Note Card: $2.50

 

Reference photo with thanks to Jenn Marcelais.

Sunset Sail

Sunset Sail

11 x 14

$450 with double mat and frame

I painted this from a photo I took this summer from a whale watching boat off Provincetown in Cape Cod.

Bass Harbor Lighthouse

Bass Harbor Lighthouse
11 x 16 Signed Giclee Print: $95
8.5 x 12 Signed Giclee Print  $75
Note Card: $2.50

Bass Harbor is at the southwestern tip of Mount Desert Island in Maine. The lighthouse was built in 1858. Reference photo by Daniel Rubin.

Montauk Lighthouse at Turtle Cove

Montauk Lighthouse at Turtle Cove

11.5 x 16 Signed Giclee print:  $99
7 x 10 Signed Giclee print:  $49
Note Card: $2.50

I painted this commission for a friend. He took the photo at Turtle Cove in N.Y.

Five Mile Point Lighthouse

Five Mile Point Lighthouse

8 x 10

Sold

Finished this New Haven, CT lighthouse today. Reference photo by Versageek, from Flickr.

Lynde Point Lighthouse

Lynde Point Lighthouse

8 x 10

$275 with double mat and frame

This Saybrook, Connecticut lighthouse is the companion lighthouse to the Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse. I took the reference photo from a sailboat last month.

Saybrook Lighthouse

Saybrook Lighthouse  Signed 8 x 10 giclee print: $55

Note cards:  $2.50  Post Card:  $1.00

Saybrook Breakwater Light is here in Connecticut. I took some photos on our sailing trip a couple of weeks ago. Hope you like it.

Pumpkins, Pets and Playing Cards

I finished this painting yesterday. It is a 5 x 7 commission for Newt's Playing cards, and they now own this image and the painting. This is the 5th painting I have done for them to use as the card back of decks of playing cards. This deck is called "Pampered Pets of Pickaway County". It is still in the production stage and won't be out for months. They hope to make lots of decks like these as fundraisers for animal shelters and humane societies. I plan on having some for sale when they are done.

This is a 5 x 7 painting of the Ponce Lighthouse in Florida, painted for Newt's lighthouse deck. I painted this in May and these cards won't be available for a few months either. I'll post when I have them for sale.

(Update - January 2009 - Lighthouse deck available!)

I like this painting and deck best so far. It is the "Vintage Pumpkin Deck" and I was more creatively involved in the composition of the painting, another 5 x 7. I researched vintage tractors and looked at lots of pumpkins before painting. I like the pumpkin art images on the fronts of the cards. You can learn more about this deck and see some of the art by going to Newt's Cards. This deck has already been produced and I am selling them for $5.99 each, same as Newt's Cards does. The smaller picture shows the card back now that they put the title and "Pumpkins" on it.

The second card back I did for Newt's was for the Delphos Canal Commission Museum. The cards are a fund raiser and sell for $10 a piece by the museum. It was a little different taking a very horizontal building and putting it into a vertical painting. That is why there is so much sky.

Newt's Cards used this image as the back for the the Cumming County Historical Society playing card deck, another fund raiser. The museum used to be a train depot and still has a caboose.

Keep Newt's Cards in mind if you need a different kind of fund raiser for your organization or club.

Hendricks Head Lighthouse

Hendricks Head Lighthouse

11 x 14

$450 with mat and frame

2008

I finished this painting today, and submitted it to the Connecticut Watercolor Society 68th Annual Exhibition. I had borrowed Cheetah, a painting owned by my sister-in-law to enter in the show in case I didn't get the lighthouse done in time. Friday I was looking over the entry form and discovered I could enter two paintings. It was a busy weekend, but I squeezed in four or five hours of painting and feel good about entering both paintings. I have a better chance of getting in with two. The opening reception is next Sunday. I hope to be there.

This lighthouse is in Maine and the reference photo was taken by my friend Allan Perrie. He is the same person who took the photo of the Cheetah while on Safari in Tanzania. I will post the cheetah another day. Now that this painting is done I can go back to birds! I have a goldfinch already drawn out and a robin photo I really like. :)

Sharon gets 2nd place award

Portland Headlight

11 x 14

$450

2007

Limited edition signed giclee prints and note cards available

(More about this painting is on my very first post.)

Portland Headlight won the 2ND place award at the New Hartford Art League's Third Annual Juried Show. The jury selection was done last Saturday and the opening reception and award ceremony were yesterday. I am very happy. I am finally an "award winning artist"! :)

Karen Meares, president of the New Hartford Art League, presents Sharon with the award. The envelope contains a gift certificate for Jerry's Artarama.