Summer Seashore Season

Can you say Summer Seashore Season, three times fast? I’m trying to say it in order to come to terms with how quickly this season is flying by. Before I share the fleeting details, here is more info about this blog. This is a place where, each week, I share my paintings, inspiration, gallery openings, plus an occasional dose of art history. Whether this is your first or millionth visit here, hiya, hello and a warm welcome! I choose a theme to guide my paintings each year. To read about this year’s painting theme, check the description in this link here. To subscribe and get a weekly dose of color for yourself, subscribe here. Ready for the Summer Seashore Season? Read on, gentle reader!

Seashore Series

Last week, I shared a painting that is the first of a series. This week, I’ll share a slightly larger painting. It’s 6×12 inches compared to last week’s which is 4×8 inches. You may be able to tell that I spent a bit more time on this painting. I kept looking at the texture of the sea grass in the dunes; they offered a fun, playful vertical line compared to the lines of the incoming waves. So here’s Summer Seashore Season.

I love that this painting shows the changing colors in the waves. Some of the more shallow waves were purple-ish. Others were greenish-purplish. It seems that depends in part upon the color of the sky, sand and the waves too.

If you want this painting for your very own, to celebrate your summer seashore season, it’s for sale for $197 + $14.28 tax + $25 shipping = $236.28. Simply PayPal.me here or contact me here if you have a different payment method you would like to use.

Seascape Inspiration Time

I am actively reading and learning about amazing women artists in history. This week I just had to share an image and brief description of a woman painter named Mary Blood Mellen. Here’s one of her paintings entitled “Gloucester 1879.”

I love the composition of this painting. Meaning? My eye moves from the cloud covered sun on the right, to the sails on the ship on the left to the boat in the foreground and then up to those delicious pinkish purplish clouds. Ooohh la la!

Mary Blood Mellen painted in the 1800s during a time when women were not typically given the independence to cultivate a painting profession. She, fortunately, was able to find a spouse who did stand up for her artistry and a painting mentor and companion, Fitz Henry Lane. He challenged her to paint. She copied Lane’s paintings as a learning tool; something artists have done throughout history.

Mellen painted the above “Gloucester” painting 14 years after Lane’s death. So, she clearly cultivated wonderful skills of her own.

How About You

Is your summer season flying by, gentle reader? If so, please do share what has inspired you as you watch these hot and hazy days fly by! I would love to hear from you in the comments below.