Lilacs

Lilac Festival, Art Show and Plein Air Event at the Wentworth Coolidge Mansion 375 Little Harbor Road Portsmouth NH Saturday May 26  10am-3pm. Free. art on display in the gallery through June 24th.
I will be painting on location for this event along with other local artist. Stop by and say hello if you are in the area!

The Process for Painting "Saturday"

First ideas and thumbnail size value plan

block in of design and color plan

Finished painting 18x24 oil "Saturday"
Checkout this painting and more on my new website: www.kathymorrissey.com

The Model Tamara

This oil  painting and 10 others are currently on view at the Gallery at 100 Market Street, Portsmouth , NH, until April 13th.  My work won the Best in Show Award! Stop in to see the show if you are in beautiful downtown Portsmouth!  For info or purchase contact me at ksmbythesea@aol.com.

Plein Air Painting

   

 One day recently I set up next to the water to paint this view of the Piscataqua Cafe in Newcastle, NH. I wanted to capture the light on the building and keep it as the focal point. Its always a challenge to stay with the original idea for me because I keep noticing more and more interesting things as I am painting, not to mention the changing conditions when painting outside. In the end I think I accomplished what I set out to do and it was such a great way to spend an afternoon! Lucky!








The photo on the bottom is the finished painting:

THE PISCATAQUA CAFE  oil on gallery wrapped canvas
8x10   700.  For purchase contact me at ksmbythesea@aol.com

Plein Air Painting

 One day recently I set up next to the water to paint this view of the Piscataqua Cafe in Newcastle, NH. I wanted to capture the light on the building and keep it as the focal point. Its always a challenge to stay with the original idea for me because I keep noticing more and more interesting things as I am painting, not to mention the changing conditions when painting outside. In the end I think I accomplished what I set out to do and it was such a great way to spend an afternoon! Lucky!

gratitude

So grateful for so much...to so many, I just had to share this one.
(for full effect watch full screen, click button on lower right corner.)
Thanks to Dreama Tolle Perry for this one.
May we practice gratitude daily!

Art Critic

Another beautiful fall day to paint outside, of course there's always the critique at the end of the session!