Goodbye, Castine, for another year

Water Street morning, 16X12, oil on canvasboard.

Yesterday, Jacq Baldini asked on FB, ““Is this how you really want to be spending your day?” Brilliant question. Darn, I love spending my days like this.

At the end of a plein air festival, what stays with you the most is the conviviality. I got to see Michael Chesley Johnson’s utterly fantastic painting of the Maine Maritime Academy’s training ship. I got to laugh like a hyena with Olena Babakand Renee Lammers while painting on a deck loaned to us by the owner, who rolled off to dinner as soon as we appeared. I painted with Carol Wileyalong Water Street, and with Michael Vermette at the Revolutionary reenactment at the Wilson Museum.

Dappled light (Revolutionary War reenactment), oil on canvasboard, 20X16.

Dyce Head Light, 16X12, oil on canvasboard.

Shot the breeze with Ted Lameyer at about fifty different locales, and painted his kid’s bike dumped along Perkins Street. I had a glass of wine with Bobbi Heathat the artists’ reception. Mary Byromplotted with me about participating in Saranac Lake, but I only had a brief moment to chat with Laurie Lefebvre while painting—she can set up, paint, and tear down in her inimitable furious style in the time it takes me to choose a brush.

Lunch break, 9X12, oil on canvasboard.

A happy band of brothers are we.

A very unique feature about Castine Plein Air is that they partner artists with local residents. My "host family" are gracious and avid supporters of the community, not to mention phenomenal chefs. When you're in the field painting from 7 AM until 9 PM, having a real home to come home to is wonderful.

The Path Below the Lighthouse, 6X8, oil on canvasboard

If there was a TripAdvisor for plein air festivals, I'd rate this one tops.

Next week, I’m painting both at Camden Falls Gallery and Waldoboro’s Paint the Town. But today I am going to rest, do my laundry, and peace out.

Sorry, folks. My workshop in Belfast, ME is sold out. Message me if you want a spot on my waitlist, or information about next year’s programs. Information is available here.

Non-Nutritive sweeteners,పోషకాలులేని తీపి చేసే పదార్ధాలు

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పండ్లు , కాయగూరలు ,గింజలు, పప్పులు , కందమూలాలు ,సుగంధద్రవ్యాలు మానవుడికి ప్రక్రుతి ప్రసాదించిన అపురూపమైన వరము .ఆయా సీజన్లలో పండే పండ్లను ఆరగించడం మనకు తరతరాలు గా తెలుసును . అన్నం తో కూడా ప్రకృతిసిద్ధమైన పండ్లు , కూరగాయలు ఇతర త్రునధన్యాలను ఆహారం గా ఆహారముగా తీసుకుని జీవించినట్లయితే శరీరానికి కావససిన అన్నిరకాల పోషకాలు లభిస్తాయి ... ఇదే అసలు ఉత్తమమైన జీవన విధానమని పకృతి వైద్యుల నమ్మకం.....ఆహారం జీవం ఉన్న ప్రతి జీవికి అత్యవసరమైనది. పిండిపదార్ధాలు, మాంసకృత్తులు, కొవ్వుపదార్ధాలు, ఖనిజలవణాలు, పీచుపదార్ధాలు, రోగనిరోధక శక్తికి కావలసిన విటమిన్లు మరియు శరీర పోషణకు రక్షణకు కావలసిన పదార్ధాలను కలిగిన పదార్దాలను ఆహారంగా పేర్కొనవచ్చు. ఇవి కాక శరీరానికి నూతన ఉత్సాహాన్నిచ్చే కాఫీ, టీ లాంటి వాటిని కూడా ఆహారపదార్ధాల కోవలోకి వస్తాయి. ఆహారం ఘన, ద్రవ రూపాలలో లభ్యం అవుతుంది.



Non-Nutritive sweeteners,పోషకాలులేని  తీపి చేసే పదార్ధాలు : వీటిని ముఖ్యము గా స్థూలకాయులు-శరీరం బరువు పెరగకుండా , మధుమేహము ఉన్నవారు రక్తము సుగరు పెరగకుండా  , రక్తపోటు ఉన్నవారు కొవ్వు పరిమాణము పెరగకుండా ఉండేందుకు వాడుతారు. వీటిని ఆర్టిఫీషియల్ స్వీట్నర్స్ అని , లో కేలరీ స్వీట్నర్స్ అని , పోషక విలువలు లేని తీపిపదార్ధాలని అంటారు.ఆహారము లో యాడెడ్ సుగర్స్ తీపిదనము కోసము వేస్తారు. ఈ యాడెడ్ సుగరు వలన శరీరము బరువు పెరిగి మదుమేహము , రక్తపోటు , గుండె జబ్బులు వచ్చే అవకాశము అదికమవుతుంది. పంచధారకు బదులు గా స్వీట్నర్స్ వాడవచ్చును ... తీపికి , రుచికి డోకా లేకుండా అన్ని పదార్ధాలలో వీటిని వాడవచ్చును . సైడ్ ఎఫక్ట్స్ ఉండవు.



వీటిలో ముఖ్యము గా:

•    యాస్పర్ టేమ్‌--Aspartame (NutraSweet® and Equal®)


•    ఎసిసల్ఫేమ్‌-- Acesulfame-K (Sweet One®)


•     నియోటేమ్‌--Neotame


•     సాక్కరిన్‌--Saccharin (Sweet’N Low®)


•     సూక్రలోజ్ --Sucralose (Splenda®)


•     స్టెవియా--Stevia (Truvia® and PureVia®)

సార్బిటాల్ (Sorbitol) కూడా స్వీట్నర్ లా పనిచేస్తుంది కాని దీనికి కెలోరిఫిక్ వ్యాల్యు ఉంటుంది. మధుమేహం ఉన్నవారు దీనిని వాడుకోవచ్చును .

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How do I love you, Maine? Let me count the ways.

Sunset at Castine, oil on canvas, 12X9, $395, available through Castine Plein Air.

Maine—where people offer you a spot on their deck to paint the sunset and add, “There’s a bathroom on the lower level and cold drinks inside, anything you need.” And then simply leave and let you paint. Or see you painting outside their house and come over and offer you a cool drink and a bathroom. Or coffee. Or anything you might need.

I really did finish it, but then I forgot to photograph it. The Dyce Head Light is too lovely to not paint, even if you suffer from a surfeit of lighthouses.

Maine—where even in the middle of summer, your window fogs up when you start your car after dusk, a gentle 64° breeze sweeps away the heat of the day as you drive slowly ‘home’ down a dirt road with the windows open. And when you get there, your friends have made you a delicious home-cooked meal.

Maine—where the clouds are ever-changing and always rolling along, pushed by the clash of ocean breezes and the prevailing westerlies.

Boathouse and dead tree. I painted this in a deluge and didn't like it at the time, but I've reconsidered. It has a certain off-hand charm. I was listening to Dorothy Sayers' Whose Body on my phone while I painted this. Perhaps it is influenced a little by Lord Peter Wimsey.

Maine—where there really are still village greens, Civil War memorials, streets lined with white-clapboard covered houses, and one-room schoolhouses.

A lovely scene below the lighthouse. If I live to be 99, I will never completely paint Castine.

Yesterday I painted four paintings. I was so intent on my work that I neglected to photograph one entirely, and photographed the other half finished. That is an indication of how intense Castine Plein Air is, but it’s also very engaging. I talked to people from all over the United States, including new Facebook friends from Central New York who are vacationing near Acadia and drove over for the day to see this event. It was great meeting you, Daphne and Bruce.

Sorry, folks. My workshop in Belfast, ME is sold out. Message me if you want a spot on my waitlist, or information about next year’s programs. Information is available here.

Street scene from Damariscotta

Main Street in Damariscotta, oil on canvas, 8X10

Yesterday I had less than two hours to paint with my student Loren in Damariscotta before I took off for Castine. I love the gaps on the water side of Maine Main Streets, with harbors glimpsed behind them. The buildings themselves are venerable and full of character, and the gaps speak of transition to a sparkling, clearer, brighter future.

Two quiet hours with a friend was in itself a nice transition from my concerns back in Rochester into the busy brushwork we will all be doing at Castine Plein Air for the next three days. If you’re ever in the mid-coast region, come by and see this lovely small city. Plan to take time for a self-guided walking tour of historic sites; Castine has an amazingly rich and varied history.

Me, painting. That was fun!

Castine is off the beaten track, so the tourists trundling up US 1 never see it. It has almost an otherworldly quality because of this. This morning at 7:30 AM, we painters will stand in the village green and have our painting boards stamped. It remains to be seen how we capture that quality.

If you come to Castine this weekend, stop by the Castine Historical Society and pick up a copy of their new self-guided  walking tour map. I immediately marked mine up with potential painting sites. (Photo credit, Castine Historical Society.)

Sorry, folks. My workshop in Belfast, ME is sold out. Message me if you want a spot on my waitlist, or information about next year’s programs. Information is available here.