"Golden Hour Fishhouse" 5x7 Oil on copper panel.  250$ Framed and Shipped!  My goal is to paint as many 5x7 oils on copper as humanely possible during the month of August plein aire/studio.  I hope to purchase enough oak firewood for the Winter here in Maine!  Help me keep warm by purchasing one of my August "gems"!  Daisy and Duke (my golden retrievers) will still be each given a raw hide bone!  If you see a painting posted here you like and want to purchase, give me a call at (207) 479-9553!  I will mark it sold, wait till it dries, put a galkyd finish on the painting, wait till that dries, ship it to you insured for free!  

  Here I am near Monhegan Wharf.  You can see Manana Island in the background.  It was a hot day!  My baby jogger worked great transporting my painting equipment from the Trailing Yew hotel to the wharf area.  Sometimes I only used one hand!  The wheels of the Schwin Baby jogger held up fine on the rocky path!  I was loving this!

  "Rusty's Skiff at Monhegan Wharf"  5x7 Oil on Copper panel  250$  I need to paint Rusty in later tomorrow!  He was bailing out water!  I think this would really make the painting!  So I will show you the finished results tomorrow!  But here is a sneak preview!

  "Green Skiff at Fish Beach"  5x7 Oil on Copper 300$  Framed and shipped for free!  This painting is better now.  I wiped out the person sitting on the second floor.  I worked more on this one the second day.  I will post a new photo of this one also tomorrow!  It will be a great painting when I am finished I just know it!


     I went to Monhegan Island on Friday!  I painted on Fish beach all day long.  A lady said she wanted to purchase this painting before I had even really started.  She watched my progress.  I had another couple want to purchase the same painting, but I told them I think it was sold.  So the lady decided she didn't want to buy any paintings at all.  She didn't have the finances.  I learned from this experience.  If someone tells me they want to buy an unfinished work, I will show them the finished product.  If they want to purchase the painting then, we will make a sale.  If I have more than one buyer, I will show the first person interested first, if they decline to purchase, I will show the second couple.  This seems more professional and fair.  

  I didn't sleep the first  night because of the crickets!  They chirped all night loudly until 5am.  So I got up and took sunrise photos!  I had a difficult time painting that day because of lack of sleep!  Things went slowly!



  Those crickets!  I finally did sleep by putting a folded wool blanket only the top of my head!  I couldn't hear anything!  I could still breathe as my face was uncovered!  Those crickets! 

I have two other paintings but I think they may be sold.  I will start painting more marathon paintings tomorrow.  I hope to post them before 9 pm!  Please follow my progress and comment!  Love your input on these paintings.  Get out and paint!