Tag Archives: water

Sunset at Scarborough, oil pastel

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Mary

“It’s a moment that I’m after, a fleeting moment, but not a frozen moment.” – Andrew Wyeth During our recent trip back East we arrived at Scarborough beach in Maine just as the sun was quickly setting. We hadn’t much … Continue reading →

Posted in About Oil Pastels, OPs New Paintings | Tagged art, fine art, ocean, oil pastels, painting, sunset, water, waves | 130 Comments

Working Dinghy Boat

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Mary

Working Dinghy Boat an oil pastel (8×10) was painted on a gesso-prepared hardboard with a gray/white acrylic underpainting. Dinghy boats are always out and about along shorelines, in Maine particularly there are tons of these working boats, it’s how folks … Continue reading →

Posted in About Oil Pastels, OPs New Paintings | Tagged art, boat, dinghy, fine art, impression, oil pastels, pastels, reflections, water | 68 Comments

Magical Sunrise, oil pastel

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Mary

Sometimes there are no words, nor man-made colors that can adequately describe mother natures brilliant kiss of color in the sky and over water when she gives us one of her delicious sunrise spectacles . . . Magical Sunrise, an … Continue reading →

Posted in About Oil Pastels, OPs New Paintings | Tagged art, fine art, oil pastels, painting, pastels, sunrise, water | 90 Comments

Anchored in the Cove, oil pastel

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Mary

What to do when it’s pouring rain outside (suppose to continue for another seven days), just keep right on painting . . . Anchored in the Cove is an oil pastel (11 x 8.5) painted on black heavy textured cardstock … Continue reading →

Posted in About Oil Pastels, OPs New Paintings | Tagged art, boat, cove, fine art, impressionism, oil pastels, painting, pastel, rocks, trees, water | 82 Comments

Mist at the Reservoir, oil pastel

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Mary

Today’s painting concentrates on rising mist, always fun to see if the oil pastels will produce the effect I was looking for. Mist at the Reservoir (8×10), is an oil pastel painted on blue-tinted heavy card stock using mainly Senneliers … Continue reading →

Posted in About Oil Pastels, OPs New Paintings | Tagged Mist, oil pastels, painting, reservoir, water | 46 Comments

Personal Challenge – Rocks/Boulders, #11 Wharariki South Island, NZ

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Mary

#11 in the rock challenge. This special scene got me back to painting the sea, it may be small in size, but for the time being I was happy to feel the water again using oil pastels. Wharariki (oil pastel, … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges: Subject Matter Studies, OPs New Paintings, Rocks/Boulders | Tagged boulders, ocean, Oil Pastel, painting, water | 41 Comments

Personal Challenge – Rocks/Boulders: #7 Slanted Rocks, oil pastels

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Mary

Slanted Rocks is #7 in my personal challenge of studying rocks/boulders. The oil pastel is 5×7 painted on beige Mi-Teintes Pastel Paper – using mainly Senneliers and Neopastels. I wanted something complex and challenging, exactly what I got with this … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges: Subject Matter Studies, OPs New Paintings, Rocks/Boulders | Tagged oil pastels, painting, rocks, water | 36 Comments

Personal Challenge – Rocks: #4 The Rock

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Mary

Didn’t want the weekend to come around without having one more study of rocks to post. The Rock (4×6) is a small oil pastel study of a rock sitting close to the shore along the coast of Maine. This study … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges: Subject Matter Studies, OPs New Paintings, Rocks/Boulders | Tagged ocean, Oil Pastel, painting, rock, study, water | 30 Comments

Kiss of Light, oil pastel

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Mary

Sometimes I come across a scene that’s tranquil and takes me back to Maine – through memories that time cannot erase. Kiss of Light, an oil pastel (7×5) was done on a spur of the moment today – it’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in About Oil Pastels, OPs New Paintings | Tagged boat, ocean, Oil Pastel, painting, water | 37 Comments

Personal Challenge – Rocks: #1 Shoreline Boulders

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Mary

Time for a new personal challenge. This time the challenge will consist of 15 paintings of different size rocks or boulders in a variety of settings. Rocks/boulders were chosen because I wanted to work on size, forms, textures and colors. … Continue reading →