Small's Falls

This is the third painting I have done of Small's Falls in Rangeley since I have been creating a "painting a day". (well, almost)

It is a lovely spot, along Route 4 along the road to Rangeley and Saddleback Mountain, to stop and have a picnic, do a short hike, or go for a quick swim in the cold mountain spring water, or just to have a look around at the beautiful scenery and feel the power of the water rushing down over the falls from the mountains above. A special place that will touch you forever with the magic it holds.

If you are interested in purchasing this painting, framed or unframed, please email me. SOLD - but I would be happy to paint a similar one. melanie.farmer@gmail.com

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Maine - Tumbledown and Mt. Blue, Lake Webb, Weld - SOLD

SOLD!

Today I painted a scene I'd been wanting to paint since last fall. This nice warm spring weather makes me think of warm summer days on a lake as the sun is setting and the shadows are getting long. This particular oil painting is 14 X 11 on panel. It is of Tumbledown and Mt. Blue at Lake Webb, in Weld. It is one of my favorite places and the mountains are a wonderful climb.

If you would like to purchase this painting, unframed or framed, please email me.

All Melanie Farmer paintings are internationally copyrighted. Do not reproduce in any form.

Quoddy Surf and Grand Manan

I have been jolted out of hibernation by phone calls inquiring about my paintings,a few recent sales and calls to art shows. So here I go again. This is a 16 x 12 oil painting on panel which I did one summer while staying at Whiting, near Lubec, with some of my fellow artists. I love that whole area! It is so picturesque. This one is titled Quoddy Surf & Grand Manan. I can't wait to return again this year and paint some more of those wonderful scenes, especially the fireweed! We rent a house and each day go out and paint in groups or sometimes by ourselves. Then in the evening we share what we have done and our daily experiences. Please email me if you are interested in purchasing this painting.
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St. John River To Allagash, Maine

While snowmobiling up in "The County" (Aroostook), I took lots of photo of the winter scenery to work from. This one is the St. John River along the trail to Allagash, a place where we went to have a wonderful lunch and get warmed up. It was a beautiful day but bitter, bitter cold.
Please email me if you wish to purchase this 11x7 oil painting on board. melanie.farmer@gmail.com
$169 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.

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).

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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.

Quaint Cottage, New Brunswick

The next day we returned to NB and stopped along the road by a house that had beautiful flowers all around it. The ocean was down over the bank, making a scenic backdrop for the gardens in the back and side. It was very tastefully landscaped, giving the house a "cottage look". We knocked on the door and explained that we are artists and want to paint her lovely house and flowers. The elderly lady was pleased and invited us in. She led us down long hallway, pausing to introduce us to her family photo gallery, then continued through the main floor of her house. Her husband had died recently. Was she lonely for a bit of company, or was she perhaps just being friendly, as are most Canadians? I even thought she was going to invite us to supper, and she probably would have but we eager to get painting. The daylight was getting away from us so we took photos and left. This one was completed in my studio back home with a pallet knife on panel. Hopefully it reflects the friendliness and warmth that we received at that home. I call it Quaint Cottage; it is 8 X 10. If you are interested in purchasing it, please email me at melanie.farmer@gmail.com. $159 framed in a 2” gold frame (plus shipping and, if in Maine, sales tax). ON HOLD
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Grand Manan from Liberty Point, Canada

In August from Lubec, Tammy and I crossed over the border to Campobello Island and drove around for a couple of hours seeing the sights, stopping for a leisurely picnic lunch at East Quoddy Lighthouse. Then we drove to the southern tip of the island to Liberty Point and set up and painted. Tammy has one she has been working on for the past two summer trips, looking back towards West Quoddy Lighthouse. I painted the Frog at Liberty Point with a palette knife and brush combo. Grand Manan Island in the distance. The frog rock looks more like a frog from further off. However I liked the spot I was in, the deep blue of the ocean, the lush greens on the coast, the wind keeping the flies off us. Tomorrow I will post another done in Canada. If you wish to add this 10 x 8 to your art collection, please email me. $169 plus tax. 
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West Quoddy Lighthouse, Lubec, Maine

Now you will be able to see some of my work a bit to the south of where we stayed in Whiting. This is the West Quoddy Light House, the easternmost point in the United States. It is in a beautiful State Park with trails all through it. Some of the trails are a bit steep and twisting and turning along the rugged coast. Often you will come to a place where the view is absolutely breathtaking. I love to backpack my paints in there and find a spot and sit and paint.

For this painting of the lighthouse, the distant islands, the well-worn path and the wind-blown trees, it was a glorious day. I was pestered some by those stinging black flies that look like houseflies, swatting them, all the while trying to balance everything on the hot, uneven rocks. After a short time, my neck felt hot from the sun so I painted hastily, however, I still got a bit of a burn. A few hikers pause to watch me work, some stop and chat a bit and then move on.

SOLD!
Tomorrow I will take you across the bay and into Canada and more magnificent views.

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A Painting A Day - Whiting Bay from Cobscook State Park, Maine

As soon as we arrived at the campground and got set up, I had to go down to the water's edge and start painting the evening light. It left a soft light green across the marshy grass and a rosy glow in the sky. It was good to be back and I was so happy to climb down over the steep bank with my pallet and paint box and easel to capture a bit of God's green earth, blue water and warm, pink sky.
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A Painting A Day - Sunrise at Whiting Bay, Maine

Here are some paintings from Cobscook Bay, which is near Lubec, Maine. It is a breathtakingly lovely place. There is never a lack of a place to paint. Whether the fog is in or out, it is still so beautiful. For this painting I got up very early and looked out over two islands jutting out in low tide. After I finished the painting, I was able to walk out there. It was actually quite a climb getting to the top of it. This one SOLD the day I got back from Lubec. I'll post another bay painting tomorrow. If you are interested in purchasing a bay painting, please email me. Melanie Farmer paintings are internationally copyrighted. Do not reproduce without permission.

A Painting a Day - Lubec Fireweed

Today is the 13th and I thought it was the 15th, so now I have a gift of two extra days, right? Just to catch up, I'll post some paintings I did at Lubec, Maine in August. It is a very picturesque place. I could live there but it is very far from everywhere and I'd probably get lonesome for my family and friends and the beautiful mountains of Western Maine. The fireweed is lovely in August and I never tire of painting it. These paintings have been SOLD. If you are interested in purchasing fireweed paintings, please email me. I don't sell prints but will paint another similar. However no two will ever be exactly alike.

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I can't wait to return to this paradise to wade through the brilliant fireweed and to paint it once again. Tomorrow I'll post some of the bay. Melanie Farmer paintings are internationally copyrighted. Do not reproduce without permission.

A Painting a Day - Mt Katahdin in Winter

Today I cleaned up my studio so I can paint again! Hooray! I love it! So I got busy and did a little painting of Mt. Katahdin in Maine that I have been wanting to do. For some reason, I digressed from my usual pallette knife technique and used my brushes. It is an 8" X 6" on panel. If you are interested in purchasing this little jewel for only $99 or $129 framed in a gold frame, please email me. It would make a fine Christmas gift for that someone special who has climbed that majestic mountain. Melanie Farmer paintings are internationally copyrighted. Do not reproduce without permission.

A Painting a Day - Farmhouse in Winter

This is a little farmhouse near where I live. Every day I drive past it at least twice and I admire it and long to paint it. The tree which arches up around it drew my attention so one day a couple of winters ago, when we had some snow, I decided to paint it. If I pass by it at the right time, I catch the sun coming upon it or setting behind it. In all lights it is charming and I plan to paint it many times.
If you are interested in purchasing this original oil on panel, please email me. melanie.farmer@gmail.com $199 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.