Michele & Nick's House

 A friend of mine and her husband live in East Patchogue on South Country Road. Most of the time when I drive into Bellport I take that route and pass by their house. It always looks so good...especially in the fall. I always say to myself that I should stop and sketch it someday. This year I did stop. Michele and Nick were down in SC at their other house and weren't home. I sat across from their house and painted it with the stunning autumn leaves. They are back up here for the holidays so I called and asked Michele if it was OK if I stopped by for a few minutes. I brought her the 5 x 7 matted painting and gave it to her. Originally she thought it was a painting I had shared on FB the other day that she loved and had reposted on her page...but then she realized it was their house. They were thrilled!! They had missed the autumn colors on Long Island while they were away. I'm so glad they were happy with it.

Michele is one of my big supporters. She reposts a lot of my artwork, encourages me, advertises my shows and events, and tries to get business for me. She's a good friend so I'm glad I was able to do something nice for her.

Blue House on the Hill

Port Jeff is a fun place to sketch houses if you can find parking. I lucked out near this blue house and sat across from it. Whenever I sit on a hill to paint or sketch I pray that I don't drop anything and have to go chasing it down the hill. lol 

Bellport Water View

 This house in Bellport must have a wonderful view of the Great South Bay expecially at sunrise. It is a few houses from the water along Bellport Lane but is set up on a fairly high incline with no other houses in the way of the view. It overlooks the Bellport Dock property. Wish I was nervy enough to contact some of the owners of the houses I'm always sketching. lol I need an agent!

Edward's Street House

Back in February I was contacted by someone who had seen my paintings on Facebook on the Sayville Artists Page. The woman was interested in the red house I had sketched which turned out to be her parent's house. The sketch was really tiny from what I remembered and I couldn't even find it. I told her that if she was interested I would do a painting of it. She wanted it as a gift for her parent's anniversary. It was going to be a surprise so I couldn't exactly sit there and paint it, especially since she wanted it in 11 x 14 size. That's too big for my mobile studio. So on a cold day I sat in my car and did a 5 x7 painting of it with snow like she wanted. Then I came home and sketched it out in the size she wanted. I used my sketch and several photos I took as reference. I emailed her the sketch to approve and showed her the small, new version. The painting has been done for a while, but the woman lives out of state. She asked if I could hold onto it until her sister returned to NY from wherever she was traveling. Her sister would pick it up and pay me. She also wanted the small version for herself. Anyway, her sister finally picked up the painting this morning...good timing since their parent's anniversary is April 20th.

Here is the 11 x 14 painting.

Here is the smaller 5x7 sketch.

Patchogue House

I like finding houses that have character. There are quite a few interesting houses along South Ocean Ave in Patchogue. This one got my attention the other day.