More Sea Glass

After two different friends asked me why I didn’t make sea glass pendants to match my sea glass earrings, I decided I should think about doing that.  Many of the most interesting and unusual pieces of glass can’t be made into earrings, because one needs two very similar pieces of glass to make a pair of earrings.  But, for a pendant, only one lovely piece of sea glass is necessary.  Here are some of the interesting pieces I pulled from my collection.  I attached findings to a number of them yesterday and they do make lovely pendants.  I’m really happy with them.

September Painting

I’ve enjoyed painting with the local “Monday Painters” group from the Artists Guild; I have several paintings from these outings in a local show at the Faxon Center in Falmouth that runs through the end of October.  Two Monday sessions were at Highfield Hall in Falmouth, and resulted in two paintings, one of the new sunken garden and another of one of the beautiful large beeches on the property.  And the Coneflowers in my garden inspired a very purple pastel!

Quissett Harbor

Here’s a painting of a beautiful July day on the hill above Quissett Harbor.

"July in Quissett Harbor" Oil on canvas, 16x20

June Painting

June is a lovely time of year on Cape Cod.  Lots of foggy mornings and beautiful flowers on shrubs and in the gardens.  Here’s sun breaking through the clouds at Goodwill Park (painting with the Artists Guild Monday painters’ group) and a choral performance at the annual Arts Alive Festival in Falmouth.

Morning at Goodwill Park oil on board 16x12

Concert at Arts Alive Oil on board 16x20

 

Painting in Falmouth

Here are some just completed paintings;  Falmouth is a wonderful place to paint.

"Woodneck Morning" Oil on Canvas; 12x16

"Quissett 4th of July Parade" Oil on Board; 9x12

"Pram in Eel Pond" OIl on Board; 11x14

Sippewissett Marsh through a different lens

Sippewissett Marsh was depicted in pastel in my previous post: two 9×12 paintings, one on white paper and one on black paper.  I decided to follow up these pastel paintings by trying the same scene in oil palette knife.  The colors are more muted (on purpose) and the scene perhaps closer to what one would see from the local bike path.  I used a pink and yellow underpainting for the sky; I like the final effect that was created.

"Little Sippewissett" Oil on Canvas 12x16

April Paintings

Some new paintings, both oil and pastel.  The first two pastels of Little Sippiwissett Marsh are indentical (same colors, same drawing, 6×9), but the first is done on black Canson Paper and the second on White Canson Paper.  The third pastel of Poore Family Farm in NH is done on  9×12 Art Spectrum black sanded paper.

 

The two oil paintings are both done with palette knife and straight oil paint.  Both were done over underpaintings of bright colors in matching values.  The first is Nobska Lighthouse in late afternoon sun (16×20 on board).  The second (12×16 on canvas) depicts a saiboat race in stormy seas.  In both you can see the effect of the underpainting.

 

At The Quarterdeck

During April I’m displaying paintings at the Quarterdeck Restaurant in Falmouth, MA.  This local restaurant has one wall in the bar area which is devoted to displays of local art.  It is such fun to put up a small display and think about folks enjoying them as they have lunch or dinner.

Prams in Eel Pond, Oil on board

Fall View, Oil on Board

Wing Pond Bogs, 12 x 16, Oil on Canvas

Sailing on the Bay, Oil on canvas

Sails at Sunset, Oil on Board, Handcrafted Frame

Fall Walk, Oil on Board

Sunrise over the Connecticut, Oil on Canvas

Spring Runoff, Oil on Board

Holiday Shows

It’s the season for Arts Markets and Holiday art shows.  Here’s a series of four paintings with handmade frames (done by my husband) that will go into the Falmouth Artists Guild “Arts Market” next week.

Arts Market Paintings

And for the annual “Holiday on the Hill” art show at the Cape Cod Conservatory, I have three paintings, two with very appropriate musical themes!

Holiday on the Hill paintings; oil on canvas and oil on board

Jewelry from the Sea

Here are my latest jewelry creations; all are made with either polished stones collected on the beach or with beach glass found on the beach, naturally polished by the sand and sea.  These are all earrings, but the glass and stone also made beautiful pendants.

Beach stone and sea glass earrings