A Painting a Day - Maine Birch Trees

Here are some more birches. Looking south instead of north. It is an oil on gessoed paper about 3.5 X 6. Please send an email if you are interested in purchasing this one. $49 unframed or $69 framed. The pair will get you a DEAL!

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Birches on a Lake in Maine

I feel like Cinderella, trying to get this in before midnight! Guess that means I have the "daily painting" bug now? Anyway, since I didn't get home until late, from work and bowling, I decided to do a small winter birch scene. These were a lot of fun when I was painting with watercolor and now I'm finding they are great fun in oil too. This is approxamately 3.5 X 6 on gessoed paper. When it is dry, I'll mount it on board. It could be yours for $49 unframed or $69 framed, just email me.

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A Painting a Day - Study of Onions

Today I wanted to make a still life so I looked around and found a bag of onions. I love onions, raw or cooked and this is all about painting what I love. Therefore I placed three of them on a dish towel in my studio and painted them on gessoed paper. It is approximately 7 X 5 and I will mount it on board when it is dry. If you absolutely HAVE to have this onion painting, please email me.

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A Painting a Day - Small's Falls, Rangeley, Maine

Today I decided to do a painting of a very popular place along Route 4 to Rangeley, Small's Falls. Last summer I hiked up along the trail beside it. Beyond this falls you see in my painting, there is another smaller one. Off on the other side of the hill another branch has another wider falls. It is all very spectacular and powerful. No wonder so many young folks hang out there and occasionally dive off the high rocks into the pool below! This is an oil on gessoed paper, which I will mount on board. It is approxmately 5.5 X 7.5. If you would like to own this lovely piece, please contact me by email.

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Sebago Lakes - Maine

Here is a painting I did on location at Sebago Basin. It is a small area that looks into the larger Sebago and Little Sebago Lakes. There is a dam near where I sat which lets water into a canal. The scene reminds me of Downeast where I go to paint in August. The weather was a warm and sunny 68 degrees and no snow on the ground. Very unusual for January in Maine. This is a 10 X 8 oil on panel done with a pallet knife technique. If you would like to own this painting, please email me. melanie.farmer@gmail.com SOLD!

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A Painting a Day - First Snow of 2006-07

Here is a morning scene after the first snow of this winter. My sap house is nestled nicely against the dark sugar maples and the rosy sky adds pink to the birch trees, competing with the gray of the early light. If you are interested in purchasing this 7 X 5 oil on panel, please contact me by email. It is $99 unframed or $129 in a gold frame. Melanie Farmer paintings are internationally copyrighted. Do not reproduce in any form without written permission.

Rounding Pine Point - Maine

This is an elderly couple who used to go out paddling their canoe on the pond every day that the weather would allow. Occasionally I would be out there fishing with my husband and snap some shots of them for future paintings. They are gone now as are a lot of the Pine Point trees. It's sad how things familiar change so rapidly. I feel that I have been called to record some of these things with paint and pallet for future generations to see. It is stopping a moment of time in my own generation. This is a 7 X 5 oil on panel. If you are interested in purchasing this painting, please contact me by email. melanie.farmer@gmail.com

$149 framed in a 2” gold frame (plus shipping and, if in Maine, sales tax).

Melanie Farmer paintings are internationally copyrighted. Do not reproduce in any form without written permission.

Mist Rising on Porcupine Hill

Here is a little painting that I painted from a watercolor study I did last summer. It's a funny little hill that has evergreens growing on its back and from this distance resembles a porcupine. Hence, it's name. This is a 7 X 5 oil on panel. If you are interested in purchasing it, please email me.

$129 framed in a 2” gold frame (plus shipping and, if in Maine, sales tax).

Melanie Farmer paintings are internationally copyrighted. Do not reproduce without permission.