Fire Island Paint Out & News

On the Friday of Memorial Day Weekend, the Wet Paints Studio Group organized a paint out at the Fire Island Lighthouse. Artists were invited to come on Friday or Saturday and paint somewhere on the grounds near the lighthouse. I've done his paint out several times and always enjoy it. The pieces created are now hanging in the lens house of the lighthouse and are for sale, with part of the proceeds going toward the lighthouse.

My first painting is 8 x 10 and was painted from the eastern end of Robert Moses Field 5. I like that view with the lighthouse peeking out behind the dunes.

The paintings had to be brought to the lens house which is about 3/4 of a mile walk from the parking lot. I framed the painting above, put it in my cart, and took another 2 frames (I was being optomistic) and the materials I would need to get them ready to hang. I walked nearly to the lens house and found another view of the lighthouse that I liked. 

There was a lot of foot traffic going back and forth to the lighthouse and a lot of people stopped to see what I was doing and chat with me for a few minutes. One person who stopped by came over and asked me if I was Joan. He recognized me from Facebook where we are friends. We hadn't met in person before. Needless to say that with all the socializing I only got one more painting done. When I finished framing the painting I headed over to the lens house. A few artist friends were there painting, so I relaxed for a few minutes before I turned in my paintings. My thanks to Carol Corbett who always organizes this event. The paintings will be hanging there for sale until the end of the month. This painting was smaller...5 x 7.

This weekend the South Bay Art Association had their 64th Annual Members Show. I had been out painting on Saturday but made it back in time to head over to the reception in Bellport. When I got there I found out that I had received a ribbon for 1st place in watercolors. I was surprised and thrilled. My painting is at the top.

 

Paint Out - Part 3

For my next painting for the paint out I decided to do something actually on Main Street in Bellport. It was very hot so I looked for a shady spot with a nice view. There was a big tree near Bellport Apothecary, a new business in town. They had tables and flowers outside so it seemed like a good spot. There was even someone inside that I could see in the window. I painted until the sun had moved too much and I was sitting in the sun instead of the shade. The manager of the store came out to see what I was doing and asked me if I was going to post it somewhere and I told her it would eventually be on Facebook and Instagram. I told her I was going to stop for that day and come back another morning when the light and shadows would be similar. 

I went back the next morning and continued painting. The woman from the store came out and offered to put everything back in a similar spot so I could continue. I told her that wasn't necessary. She wanted to see it when I was finished. Here it is finished.

The store manager said she told the owner (Giovanni) about the painting and said he was interested in buying it and asked if she could take a photo of it. So the painting is SOLD. I will use two other paintings for the day of the exhibit.