9x9 Oil On Gallery Wrapped Canvas
What is better than a day by the ocean? Unless it's a day by the ocean eating ice cream. I love seaside ice cream shacks. Not sure what it is about them that seems so quintessentially summer and American, but the combination is perfect. This little shop is in Rockport, Ma. My husband took the girls last weekend for the afternoon so I could get some painting time, and I told him to snap some pics and I would paint whatever he suggested. He knows of my love for the ice cream parlor in Boothbay Harbor Maine (which I MUST paint one of these days) so he snapped this.
My favorite favorite subject matter is store fronts, streets, and groups of people. Exactly the subject matter I don't feel very good at. I always envision a painter much freer and much more liberal in it's color choices and I never finish with exactly what I intended. I photographed the sides on this one since it's one of those super deep canvases and adds another 4 inches to the painting!
The dog. Wasn't sure whether to put this guy in because I am NOT a good pet painter, but he was in the photo and he just seemed to want to stay! Animals are definitely not my forte, and are actually the subject of the ONLY painting my husband has laughed out loud at. Actually he, and both girls did as well. I attempted to paint a cat we used to have and I was almost proud of it as a first attempt. I believe my husband words were "wellllll, he looks a little, um, deranged". Yeah...I painted over that one!
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I love your landscapes, especially since I love the ocean and salt marches. But I think you have an especially unique perspective with these detailed store front type of paintings. They capture a feeling of quaintness and of small business and home. So fun!
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