Brant Point Light, Nantucket

Well, had a very successful show on the Cape. Sold several paintings, lots of prints and got a few commissions. I can only hope that the next 7 shows are as good. Check my website: www.eileenbelanger.com for my show schedule.

I am headed for Nantucket in July and then Newburyport. Have to get busy painting so that I'll be ready.

Today I'm looking forward to a pastel workshop with Kitty Cloud in Peterborough, NH. Weather has been extremely humid so hope I don't melt while outside creating.

#42 2.5"x3.5" matted in vinyl sleeve $35

Just the Sound of the Waves

I'm heading to Cape Cod for an art show in Barnstable (June 26-27). This is one of my new paintings for the show. I just wanted an image that would convey thoughts of waves breaking. It's a sound you develop in your heart when you live near the water. It has always brought peace to me when life is in turmoil. Now, when I look at this painting, it produces the same feeling.

I am finally painting again. Sometimes you just lose enthusiasm and it takes hard work to get it back. With so many art shows on my schedule this season, it was necessary to take stock and get my butt in gear.

#41 12x36

Nubble Light

This Maine lighthouse has been painted by so many artists. It could be the setting, atop a rock island, or the perfect layout of the buildings. Seems every time I go there the weather is perfect...must be good timing.
This is another of the mini paintings and I have a whole series of Maine and Massachusetts lighthouses done. I enjoy buildings and would like to paint some of the venerable, old homes in NH. Their architecture is amazing with quality of work unmatched in this day and age.
I am also still experimenting with an impressionistic look. Figure I won't be able to do all the detail forever and would love to learn to loosen up my painting style. I am taking a pastel class the end of this month with Kitty Cloud and her style is more what I am trying to achieve.

#40 2.5"x3.5" $35