2024-02-19 15:59
Watercolor from Sugar Hill NH. The little red barn ©2024 11x14 , available I Just spent a few days in the White mountains of New Hampshire with a group of f… Read More
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2024-02-01 16:54
I live on the Massachusetts border with New Hampshire. The town closest to me is Hollis with tons of New England charm, so I must say it's always a pleasure to paint there. I have done this… Read More
2024-02-01 01:25
It has been a long time since I have posted ! It's not that I am not active in the art world. Being on Facebook and Instagram, my blog has been neglected. Will try to do better!Foster street… Read More
2021-11-11 20:19
Lobster boat at Biddeford PoolWatercolor 11x14 ©2021 Nita Leger CaseyAfter leaving my studio in Lowell after 11 years . I have ventured to some new places in New England, mo… Read More
2021-04-25 16:14
Neuburryport Street scene !©2021 Nita Leger Casey 9x12 watercolor I always been fascinated with street scene ! over the years, I have painted different scenes ,landscapes,sea… Read More
2021-01-18 20:28
Winter House Portrait commission. .©2020 NitaLegerCaseyI have not posted for awhile. It's not that I have forgotten about my blog, actually have been very busy with some commissions. So… Read More
2020-10-30 15:21
Hills Beach cottages ©2020 Nita Leger Casey 6x12 Acrylic Original painting Bring the memories of Summer home with you ! Perfect gift for someone who loves Maine . … Read More
2020-05-19 00:34
14x16 pastel,Pepperell farm ,©2020, Nita Leger Casey I painted this awhile back, it was actually a demo to show an Artist group, how to use pastels and keep it loose and impr… Read More
2020-05-15 23:28
Mt. Lafayette , pastel © 2020 Nita Leger CaseyI could paint this mountain everyday of the week and it would look different, as the atmosphere is ever changing. When we arrived on Februa… Read More
2020-05-13 16:01
Cannon Mountain from Sugar Hill Pastel 11x14 ©2020 Nita Leger CaseyYesterday I posted about being in South Carolina, but the week before I was at a painting retreat at The In… Read More
2020-05-11 16:58
Coronavirus discussion in the low Country, Edisto Island SC Pastel 12x16 ©2020 It was March 11, my daughter had taken me to visit Charleston and some beau… Read More
2020-05-08 16:00
Fort William Henry, Maine © 2020 Nita Leger Caseypastel 8x10 . $175.00Some years back, I would go paint Plein Air at Pemaquid point with some great Artists from Maine. The area is full… Read More
2020-05-04 21:53
A collage of original Pastels.©2020 Nita Leger CaseyI want to make everyone aware that I also post on Instagram , this is a collection of smaller pastels ,some are 6x8, 8x10, 9x12 ,10x1… Read More
2020-04-29 22:44
Spring in the city of Boston, watercolor ©2020 Framed 18x24 Another dream : My favorite time of the year is to Visit the Boston Garden, with it's pretty flowering tree… Read More
2020-04-28 14:53
Boston's North End11x14 ©2020 WatercolorNita Leger CaseyAnother dream, places to go without worrying, sure hope it will come soon, to be free to go where we want. The North… Read More
2020-04-27 15:11
Boston Cafe on Newbury Street 11x14 watercolor ©2020Dreaming of sitting at any outdoor cafe ! with Spring here would be nice right now. Covid 19 has really done a job… Read More
2019-12-02 20:35
It was an honor to recently do a demo for the Chelmsford, Massachusetts Art Society.Very familiar with this group where I have been a member since 1982 .I was asked to do a pastel ,bei… Read More
2019-11-17 20:35
18x24 watercolor ©2019OF Portland Maine .This painting was accepted by the 2019 Juried show at The Whistler house Museum of Art in Lowell Ma, It will be there through the Ho… Read More
2018-11-08 21:11
Boston Back Bay Beauty , ©2018 Nita Leger Casey Original watercolor This painting has been accepted at the Whistler Museum of Art in Lowell Massachusetts for the Winter show .It is… Read More
2018-04-13 00:49
Denise's bed,©2018Nita Leger CaseyWatercolor While at the Inn at our February Art retreat, Denise and I rented this beautiful room with twin bed and this is when I decided to… Read More
2018-04-08 00:56
Watercolor,6x8.©2018Paula's room Nita Leger CaseyIn February ,my friends and I went to the Sunset Hill Inn for a mini painting retreat, and I decided to paint our rooms and beds, kind o… Read More
2018-03-30 00:27
York Village Watercolor, 6x8 ©2018Nita Leger CaseyI love doing street scenes, this one had been on my mind for a longtime, I always drive around and try to find streets scenes that give… Read More
2018-03-27 00:29
The Blue lobster boat©2018 Nita Leger Casey6x8 watercolorFinely home from my travels and need to post again! I sometimes post on Facebook and then in Instagram but it is not the same as… Read More
2018-02-18 00:56
Cannon and Mt Lafayette mountain ,NHFog over the mountain Watercolor ©2018 Nita Leger CaseyI have just spend three magnificent days up in these mountains doing plein air painting… Read More
2018-02-11 01:07
Nubble rocks ,©2018Nita Leger CaseySketch on the day I went and sketched the Lighthouse, it was a beautiful day with some nice breaking waves, and the best way to capture this was a qui… Read More
2018-02-09 22:06
In my sketchbook ©2018Nita Leger Casey I am fortunate to live in a beautiful area of New England, an hour and half drive North East and I am at the beach in Maine, an hour d… Read More
2018-01-24 01:14
Let the Sunshine in5x7 watercolor ©2018Nita Leger CaseyWish I could of let the sunshine in today, it was a dreary rainy and icing all day, and not able to go outside, even my poor dog h… Read More
2018-01-18 01:47
Cardinal on a snowy day!©2018Acrylic on board 6x6 Today was a snowy day in New England, it actually was a beautiful peaceful day to stay home and paint, this was part o… Read More
2018-01-14 22:43
The Luncheonette watercolor © 2018Nita Leger CaseyMy studio is located in a town with lots of history, and this painting of the Luncheonette has plenty, sad to say the owner has g… Read More
2018-01-13 02:46
Going for a walk5x7 watercolor ©2018Nita Leger Casey A watercolor sketch of one of my favorite town of Portsmouth , this is a street in the Strawberry Banke area , it is so new En… Read More
2018-01-12 00:32
Bluebird Acrylic and ink6x6.©2018I have been fascinated these last few weeks with all the birds who come and visit my feeders daily, and the ones who only come just ounce and awhil… Read More
2018-01-09 01:43
Snowed in!©2018I would say half the country has been snowed in this past week , well that was me at my son's house last week. I made sure I brought my sketchbook with me, while we… Read More
2018-01-05 15:44
Dunstable farm ©2018#2 sketchI was on my way back from the studio a couple days ago and this very familiar farm I see daily said, please sketch me today! I love when my sketches a… Read More
2018-01-04 01:12
From my window©2018 Nita Leger CaseyFirst I would like to wish all my followers a Happy New year! I think I have been blogging for 11 years now, how is that possible? where did the time… Read More
2017-12-06 00:27
Kennebunkport St Anne pastel, 5x7©2017 Nita Leger Casey My family and I made a quick trip to Ireland over Thanksgiving, a Memorial trip for my husband who passed away almost a year… Read More
2017-11-15 14:04
Pastel 16x20 by Nita Leger Casey ©2017 My summer painting has been accepted at the 2017 Juried Members Exhibition, at The Whistler Museum of Art in Lowell Massachusetts.The W… Read More
2017-11-09 01:22
Nostalgia at the beach , SoldCommission watercolor 20x28©2017The reason I have not posted for a couple weeks, because I was working on this commission and others. The client picked it u… Read More
2017-10-21 00:53
Turner Falls ,Pepperell 7x7 pastel ©2017Here is my my #2 plein Air painting from Yesterday's outing. We are having a wonderful month of October with above seasonal temperature, wha… Read More
2017-10-19 20:51
The Nissitissit river , ©2017Pastel 10x7 Living in New England this is the time to go and enjoy the beautiful colors. So yesterday my Friends an I went painting a local… Read More
2017-09-27 00:47
House Portrait ©2017Nita Leger CaseyI am still here if you have wondered ? My life has sure changed this past year after loosing my husband and it is taking me longer to get myself in t… Read More
2017-09-15 21:51
Early sunrise at the pondpastel.11x14 ©2017Nita Leger Casey When I am at my pond in Maine with one eye waking up this is what I see like at 5AM. and that is when I get the camera t… Read More
2017-08-22 15:28
Quill Hill,Maineacrylic on paper ,5x7©2017 Nita Leger CaseyMy Summer has been busy with family and a little painting done, but touring the beautiful State of Maine. Quill Hill is a beau… Read More
2017-08-09 00:27
The Maine rose cottage 8x10Watercolor ©Nita Leger CaseyI was looking through some of my past summers watercolor, and I remember painting this one , it had to be the cut… Read More
2017-07-26 00:37
King of the farmpastel 6x8 ,©2017Nita Leger CaseyI always love to paint a chicken ounce in awhile , something about roosters ,I guess being French they are part of our Natio… Read More
2017-07-14 02:05
The Pond, 6x6 oil on copper©2017 Nita Leger CaseyPainting done on copper a while back ,it was put away and forgotten,I just came across of a few of my copper paintings, sometimes… Read More
2017-07-13 01:10
Sunset at the pondpastel 3x5 ©2017Nita Leger Casey Just another small one done last week on location at the pond ,those small studies sometimes become larger ones. This scene is al… Read More
2017-07-10 23:53
Sunset in July4x5 pastel ©2017Nita Leger CaseyMaine,The way life should be!And this is where I have been for the last two weeks, enjoying a beautiful sunset at night , such a beau… Read More
2017-06-23 01:53
Biddeford Pool , view from the Sanctuary Acrylic 3x5 ©2017 ,Nita Leger Casey I recently spent a few days in the area of Biddeford pool, Maine .What a lovely place… Read More
2017-06-21 01:15
The Blue Cottage on Hills Beach . ©2017Nita Leger Casey Watercolor 16x20 After spending a few days in this beautiful little community called Hills Beach,in Bidderford,M… Read More
2017-06-19 02:03
Bidderford Poolwatercolor,©2017Another small sketch from my Maine trip to the coast ! It was a perfect day to sit in the park by the small harbor and paint Plein Air! It is very r… Read More
2017-06-18 01:56
Watercolor sketchingin Hills beach ,Maine ©2017Yes I did go to the Maine coast for a few days with my artist friends, I had a great time and did a lot of sketching in my book, some I wo… Read More
2017-06-13 02:10
From my sketchbook! ©2017 I was away this past week working on a project in Maine, I stopped by the beach on my way home and sketched this little cottage by the sea in Hills Beach… Read More
2017-06-02 01:51
Original watercolor St James 6x8 ©2017Nita Leger Casey An old stone Church in a small village in New England ! from what I hear was build… Read More
2017-06-01 02:24
Bidderford Pool, Mainewatercolor 6x8 by Nita Leger Casey©2017 I have been away in Maine, took a break from painting and worked on some other craft like Quilting ! B… Read More
2017-05-16 00:54
Original pastel, 11x14©2017 Nita Leger CaseyThinking about Maine right now, the place I love to paint ! looking through some past work, I Always loved this cottage that I painted… Read More
2017-05-12 01:34
Pastel 8x10©2011 Nita Leger CaseyMother's day in a couple days! This painting always reminded me of the old days when all the moms use to hang all the laundry out , it would come… Read More
2017-05-10 01:26
Hills Beach ,Maine sold11x14 pastel ©2017 Nita Leger Casey This was a commission painting for someone who loves their path to their beach !This was captured the day I w… Read More
2017-05-05 00:56
Spring is here ! mini pastel 3x5©2017Couple days ago , I just looked out of my window and Spring had arrived! here in New England it's a bit slower then the rest of the country, I was e… Read More
2017-05-01 02:03
Watercolor 11x14 ©2017 Mother's day is coming, sometimes Mom's like to receive a bouquet that last for that special occasion a nice watercolor would do the trick!$150.0… Read More
2017-04-25 00:49
Marguerite Watercolor 6x8©2017I started my day with good intentions of cleaning my studio, and came to a pencil sketch of this cow that I had started over a year ago, well! the cleaning… Read More
2017-04-19 00:49
pastel 9x12© 2017 Nita Leger CaseyThe magical time of Spring when all the dormant wild flowers show their little faces in the woods. How beautiful is that ? This paint… Read More
2017-04-18 01:16
Pastel 8x10Prat falls,©2017Nita Leger CaseyIt was such a beautiful today in Massachusetts after a long winter, it was also Patriots day and Marathon day in Boston. But my friends and I… Read More
2017-04-16 00:43
Pemaquid Miniature 4x5pastel ©2016This small painting has been one of my favorite, because I captured the atmospheric feeling that I wanted in a 4x5. I have been there… Read More
2017-04-14 00:29
Pastel 5x7©2017Who does not like a Sunset? most night we have a beautiful ones, I sometimes want to have my paper ready so i can capture the best of it ,but it goes so fast! but I did t… Read More
2017-04-12 00:53
Ice out #2Pastel 6x8 ©2017Nita Leger CaseyDecided to do another scene of my Sunday drive, the ice going out is always nice with these strong colors and perfect for a pastel, I did… Read More
2017-04-11 01:18
Pastel " Ice out "6x8 ©2017Nita Leger CaseyKeeping the tradition of a Sunday drive just my dog and I and thinking about my Tim. Living in New England , I never run out of ideas of… Read More
2017-04-09 00:20
Watercolor 5x7©2017 Nita Leger CaseyCottages comes in all shapes, some nicer then other, but I always see the beauty of a structure and think of the lives who have lived there. So… Read More
2017-04-07 00:04
pastel 6x8Summer Cottage ©2017Nita Leger CaseyRaining most of the day made me paint something to be happy, like thinking of a cottage in Maine that I painted before in a watercolor, but… Read More
2017-04-06 02:20
5x7 pastel on board ©2017Nita Leger CaseyWinter is over almost everywhere, but here in New England we still have snow as some places, soon to gone if I listen to the weather channe… Read More
2017-04-05 00:32
Watercolor commission 11x14 ©2017This is my latest commission of a New England beach, the client wanted a scene where she use to take her children ,so for her it was to bring back… Read More
2017-04-04 02:02
Original oil on paper5x7 ©2017Nita Leger CaseyThis is the fourth one of the oils on paper I painted last summer, they actually all have a deckle edges, this scene is from my pond… Read More
2017-04-02 01:38
Winter magic oil on paper 5x7©2017 Nita Leger CaseyWell today my world in New England looked liked this all day! an April fools day snow storm ! I actually painted this last f… Read More
2017-03-31 02:28
5x7 oil on paper©2017Nita Leger Casey Here is another oil on paper I painted last summer, in our small town where I have a Cabin in the Western Mountains of Maine looking at Sugarl… Read More
2017-03-29 00:37
Oil on paper©2016 Nita Leger CaseyI didn't post all last Summer because taking care of my Tim was number one! but I did paint some and painted a series of oils on paper specially… Read More
2017-03-26 23:38
West Groton Country Store5x5 Casein paint ©2017 Nita Leger CaseyYou know you are in New England when you can still find a little Country store in operation, this one is in the next town… Read More
2017-03-26 01:37
Summer on CampobelloPastel 8x10I worked on this plein air a few years ago,when I came home I actually did a larger one in my studio .but to this day I really love th… Read More
2017-03-23 01:42
Watercolor 9x12©2017 Nita Leger CaseyRevisiting some of my watercolors, and thinking of Summer, a place where I take long walks in pure nature and do not think of the rest of the world… Read More
2017-03-22 01:49
My latest commissionthe boys! Pastel 16x20©2017A very enjoyable commission of two beautiful dogs ,I didn't have the best photos to work with,but knew they often sat together. The parent… Read More
2017-03-21 01:37
In my sketchbook ©2017Nita Leger Casey This was a quick sketch done last month on our mini trip up North ,to give you an idea this is what i do a lot, sketch in my boo… Read More
2017-03-19 01:23
8x10 oil of Strawberry Banke in Portsmouth, NH©2017 Nita Leger CaseyI just spent a couple days with my very good friends walking the narrow streets of the beautiful historic city… Read More
2017-03-16 02:04
Acrylic 5x7 on boardPepperell Covered bridge in winter©2017 Nita Leger Casey This Winter I have been in the mode of painting small winter scenes around town , I have painted the br… Read More
2017-03-14 23:57
WatercolorMini house /cabin5x7 ©2017I painted this last Summer while at my friend's mini cabin that she build herself ,so very cute ! These mini houses are very popular these days… Read More
2017-03-14 01:16
Hills beach cottage, Biddeford MEWatercolor 5x7©2017 Nita Leger CaseyIn January I took a drive along the coast of Maine ,we barely had snow and now we are expecting a blizza… Read More
2017-03-12 22:08
Blue birds Watercolor and casein 9x7 ©2016 Nita Leger Casey I painted these last winter during a snow storm, they came on my deck to pick at the berries I had for decorations… Read More
2017-03-09 17:13
Watercolor 12x16 Winter fields at the Sunset Hill Inn ©2017 Nita Leger CaseyAnother painting from my trip up North ,while it was cold and snowing, I still could paint under the dec… Read More
2017-03-08 02:06
The Snug at Sunset Hill Pen and ink and watercolor ©2017Nita Leger Casey When I was at The Inn at Sunset Hill last month ,I decided to do a few inside sketches of… Read More
2017-03-06 03:00
"Ice Cold Coca Cola "pastel 18x24©2017 Nita Leger CaseyI was in New Hampshire couple years ago at my favorite place at Sugar Hill when I came upon this scene of a Coke machine at… Read More
2017-03-02 23:55
The GrangePepperell, MA Casein paint 5x7 ©2017 Nita Leger CaseyAnother Historical building in the town I have lived since 1984 . Pepperell has so many old interesting buildings, at… Read More
2017-03-01 00:53
Casein 6x6 Pepperell Grace Baptist church ©2017 Nita Leger CaseyAnother scene captured on my Winter drives in town, I liked that very soft Sunset! and also liked doing it in Casein… Read More
2017-02-28 02:07
Casein painting 5x7 ©2017 Nita Leger Casey Another scene from my recent trip To Sugar Hill ,NH. I love this beautiful farm, this is the second time painting it, I just l… Read More
2017-02-27 01:00
5x7 Old school house in Pepperell ©2017 Nita Leger Casey In the winter, I do love to take some drives around my town after a snow storm! and always try to capture some… Read More
2017-02-25 17:23
Mt Lafayette ©2017 Nita Leger CaseyIt has been a longtime not posting, and I have missed my daily painters family. After my Spring show at the loading dock art gallery in June, I… Read More
2016-06-22 01:55
Strawberry Banke neighborhood Pastel 11x14©2016After a week or more not painting I was dying to go to my Studio and make a painting , of a scene I have been wanting to do for… Read More
2016-06-21 21:12
Strawberry Bank neighborhood Pastel 11x14©2016After a week or more not painting I was dying to go to my Studio and make a painting , of a scene I have been wanting to do for… Read More
2016-06-08 02:50
Original pastel 18x24Nita Leger Casey Available at the www.loadingdockgallery.com To all my followers,I am still here! these past couple months I have been very busy workin… Read More
2016-04-26 00:14
Forgotten dory ,6x8 watercolor ,©2016 Nita Leger Casey Found this dory on one of our Sunday drive a few weeks ago while visiting Kittery Point, Maine. I think it had seen better day… Read More
2016-04-18 21:15
Watercolor 6x8©2016 Nita Leger CaseyI am a bit behind on posting this past week , sometimes life gets in the way, also the good weather and the yard calls your name,so many flower bed… Read More
2016-04-12 00:44
A Maine Fishing shack .©2016 Nita Leger Casey . Watercolor 6x8 After a trip to the coast yesterday I was in the mood to paint a little fishing shack, sort of painted this from memorie… Read More
2016-04-09 16:32
6x12 watercolor©Nita Leger CaseyFor over twenty years, My friend and I drove to Lubec,Maine every summers rented a farm house and painted there for two weeks. We got to know the t… Read More
2016-04-07 20:17
Watercolor 6x8 © Nita Leger CaseyFrom the Southern Street scenes to the North, here is another street scene in New Hampshire in the lovely town of Portsmouth , a place I love to w… Read More
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