Beach View, 6x6 Original Acrylic Painting by Kelley MacDonald

This was inspired by a walk in the dunes at Rexhame Beach in Marshfield, MA.  Such a chilly, windy day today I had to post a memory of a sunny, warm day!  Did the last drop off today of paintings in Dedham, MA at this wonderful shop called "Nest".  Yeah, OK, I shopped while I was there!  And, in theory, the things I bought were for other people.  It remains to be seen if I have the fortitude to actually give them away as gifts - I loved everything in the store!  Hey, I don't get out a lot to shop.  When I find a cool shop I'm in HEAVEN! 

So... if you're in the area, check it out: 622 High Street in Dedham, MA!

Near Rexhame, 8x8 Original Acrylic by Kelley MacDonald

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Behind Rexhame Beach in Marshfield, MA, is a marshy, sandy area with beach roses and paths in and around the dunes.  I spent some truly wonderful hours there with painter friends this Spring, and enjoyed this little piece of heaven.

Thank you to everyone who came to the Opening at Bella's in Rockland.  What a hoot to see our names up in lights!  Your support and friendship means the world to me!

Yummy Jelly, 6x6 Inch Original Painting by Kelley MacDonald

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All this one needs is my signature block.  Once again, working from life, Alla Prima with a fresh pudgy donut from Dunkin Donuts, this time it was a demo at the wonderful Furnace Brook Middle School in Marshfield, MA.  This school is lucky enough to have a Parent Organization that subsidizes the children's art education by funding an Artist In Residence Program the first Friday of every month.  Two artists are enlisted to produce work, and expose the children to different types of artistic processes.  My plan was to do my little Daily Painting, and alongside it, let the children paint one slightly larger, 8x8 inches.  They are enthusiastic, curious and polite.  

I hope I am not boring you with this, but here we are at a relatively early stage.  I set up the 'guard rails' of the drawing, so none of us would go 'off the road' too much.

Each child got to put a couple of strokes of oil paint on the panel.

And below - the finished product - I think they did a heck of a job - I better watch out for these guys!

Last Light, 6x6 Acrylic

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This painting was from a photo I took in Marshfield, MA. It's such a great place in the summer. I love the peach sky and the pale blue water. You know the time of day... everyone stands transfixed by the play of light between the sky and water.

Hazzards Of Plein Air

This 8x10 is one I left for my hostess at the beach house.  I loved the way the light hit the closed green shutters! I did it at early light, and it is a house across the street that you could see from the kitchen windows.  No fear, I did it outside.  However, I foolishly laid it down on the patio to dry out a little in the heat of the day, and left to paint somewhere else - and all kinds of sand, dirt, and debris blew onto the wet paint.  When the paint is dry she can brush this off, but sheesh!  

I love doing this, leaving a painting for the owner of a place I've gone to paint.  I have another paint-a-thon coming up this Fall on Cape Cod, where I get to stay the week and paint like crazy, and they get to choose a painting.  Wonderful for me, I hope also wonderful for them!  They get to collect original art and it's off-season, so they're not really losing any money!  So!  If you know of anyone who has a vacation home and would like to trade a painting for time spent there in off-season, let me know!

Sue's Shed, 8x10, Oil

This was the plein air piece that was my favorite from my Marshfield paint out!  At this point in the day a few other painting buddies had arrived and we staked out this shed in the backyard of where I was staying - positioning ourselves around it.  My favorite part is the buoys hanging on the shed.  Or maybe the shadow from the overhang of the roof. It just flowed... bing, bang, boom.

*A note about the DailyPainters.com contest... only one vote per IP address counts, so that's good!

This painting is not a Daily Painting per se, and I am reserving it for a summer art show entry.

At Rexhame Beach, 6x12, OIl

Plein Air Perfect Day!  It was warm and sunny, very little breeze.  This is of the marshes in the back of Rexhame Beach - those buildings run along the dunes and beach itself - which was so, so gorgeous I couldn't hope to capture it!  I was painting with a friend who is a master of buildings in a landscape, so was inspired to do this view.  Tomorrow I'll post what I think was my best piece this week!  I've been internet-challenged for a couple of days - no email, posting, or even Facebook!  I think it's like fasting... something you should do every once in a while to get you grounded again!  Apparently evil squirrels had chewed a hole in the cable running across the street from the utility pole into our house.  The man fixing it said he'd never seen anything like it.  Welcome to my life ;)