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| Water Street morning, 16X12, oil on canvasboard. |
Yesterday, Jacq Baldini asked on FB, ““Is this how you
really want to be spending your day?” Brilliant question. Darn, I love spending
my days like this.
At the end of a plein air festival, what stays with you the
most is the conviviality. I got to see
Michael Chesley Johnson’s
utterly fantastic painting of the Maine Maritime Academy’s training ship. I got
to laugh like a hyena with
Olena Babak
and
Renee Lammers while painting on a
deck loaned to us by the owner, who rolled off to dinner as soon as we
appeared. I painted with
Carol Wiley
along Water Street, and with
Michael
Vermette at the Revolutionary reenactment at the Wilson Museum.
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| Dappled light (Revolutionary War reenactment), oil on canvasboard, 20X16. |
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| Dyce Head Light, 16X12, oil on canvasboard. |
Shot the
breeze with Ted Lameyer at about fifty different locales, and painted his kid’s
bike dumped along Perkins Street. I had a glass of wine with
Bobbi Heath
at the artists’ reception.
Mary Byrom
plotted with me about participating in Saranac Lake, but I only had a brief
moment to chat with
Laurie
Lefebvre while painting—she can set up, paint, and tear down in her
inimitable furious style in the time it takes me to choose a brush.
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| Lunch break, 9X12, oil on canvasboard. |
A happy band of brothers are we.
A very unique feature about Castine Plein Air is that they partner artists with local residents. My "host family" are gracious and avid supporters of the community, not to mention phenomenal chefs. When you're in the field painting from 7 AM until 9 PM, having a real home to come home to is wonderful.
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| The Path Below the Lighthouse, 6X8, oil on canvasboard |
If there was a TripAdvisor for plein air festivals, I'd rate this one tops.
Next week, I’m painting both at Camden Falls Gallery and
Waldoboro’s Paint the Town. But today I am going to rest, do my laundry, and
peace out.
Sorry, folks. My workshop in Belfast, ME is sold out. Message me if you want a spot on my waitlist, or information about next year’s programs. Information is available here.
