Artists love to travel the world too.

How they cherish the memories can be different from the way others remember their vacations.

Some people have books from their photographs, or create albums, they keep them in folders on their computers and tablets as well as write journals.

Then you have artists. Not only do they write in journals, they paint in them too.

The following are paintings created in journals by several of our members. Enjoy the creative spirit in each and see the world through their eyes.

 MARY RUEDIG

 GRAND

CANYON

YELLOWSTONE

NEW ZEALAND

 

CLAUDETTE GAMMON

Rocky Spanish Shore

A fifteen day cruise from Amsterdam to Rome, not much time to paint, but did manage to do a couple of paintings from our balcony in my journal.

Ships passing in the night!

JANICE WITTMER

A wonderful fifteen day cruise, which ended with a trans-Atlantic crossing from the Canary Islands to Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Painted from our wonderful balcony.

St. John, US Virgin Islands

And several recent trips to the beautiful islands of St. Thomas and St. John.

"Mt. Blackador on the Alsek River"

BETSY JANEWAY

"Shadow Mountain on the Alsek River"

A River Rafting trip on the Alsek River, which flows from the Yukon down to the sea in Alaska.

"This was an amazing trip, wild, remote, dangerous and wonderful!"

Painting from Life, in a New Light

By Janice Wittmer

My usual subject is the Contoocook River, a small meandering river that winds its way through fields and forests, featuring glass like reflections along the banks, intimate and protected.

Then, last August, the MRPs were invited to spend the day painting at Perkins Cove in Ogunquit, ME.

Nothing like a totally new setting to break away from the comfort zone we tend to fall into when repeatedly painting a familiar subject.

A change of scenery can force an artist to discover a different color palette and interesting new shapes, a different quality of light perhaps.

What a wonderful opportunity to paint in the openness of the sky and ocean, with the challenge of craggy rocks and subtle reflected light.

It was a little overwhelming at first to take it all in and decide how to approach this new landscape. It was exciting to break out of my comfort zone and immerse myself in a new light.

"Entropy"

CONGRATULATIONS

  DUSTAN KNIGHT
THIRD PRIZE WINNER
LASSONDE SHOW

"Miss Liberty at the Beach"

Their works have been accepted as part of the NH Art Association's 31st Juried Lassonde Show, with "Entropy", oil on canvas by Ann, and "Miss Liberty at the Beach", acrylic on canvas, by Dustan. The exhibit is being held at the Robert Levy Gallery, 136 State Street, Portsmouth, from April 5, through 29.

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