At Art in the Park, I’ll be showing smaller (more portable work) To see larger pieces, Open Studios will be in December, and of course, by appointment.
Author Archives: Carol
West River, keeping it simple
Grey Skies, Saturday Morning
Oil on canvas, 11×14 inches. Thanks to Tish for getting me out to Spy Pond in Arlington, after years of driving by, I finally had an opportunity to paint. Very family friendly but felt like out in nature for this urbanite. The morning included very light sprinkles of rain.
A few postcards from a rooftop
Postcards – my code word for quick, small, landscape studies – if they don’t bring a smile to my lips, I wipe the canvas down. Here is the Tobin Bridge and the St. Francis spire.
And when the weather finally turns to Spring, I’m back outside.
Found this in the drafts folder – from April 16, 2016. Gorgeous day in Boston – after last weeks late snow, the magnolias are mostly very sad but the cherry blossoms are bursting out. I used the water miscible paints on this.
Feels like old times
First, this is the top of Summit Hill, Brookline, not a vista from one of our more northerly rural states. Dense foliage covers a lot. And a lovely time was had with Elissa and Andy. A year after my close encounter with vertigo, and subsequently staying far away from solvents, I was still using cooking oilContinue reading “Feels like old times”
Ready for Beacon Hill Art Walk?
– hope to see you at the Beacon Hill Art Walk, June 5, 2016 – noon til 6pm. If the rain is no worse than showers, you’ll find artists in beautiful corners, gardens and alleys on the north slope.
Fresh Air
A selection of my plein air landscapes are now hanging at the St. Botolph Club until June 10. The paintings look terrific in this space. Thanks so much to Michael Price, Carol Hartman and George Lynde of the Art Committee. Visits for nonmembers may be arranged for Wednesday afternoons.
Carol Schweigert 