My paintbrushes have been quite busy this Spring! I was blessed to have had a wonderful opportunity to paint in Hawaii in May! My husband had a conference he "HAD TO ATTEND" in Honolulu...so of course, I just had to go, too! :-) I packed up my watercolors and off we went! We decided to go to Maui after the conference, enjoying the vacation of our dreams! What a paradise! Beauty surrounded us every where we looked! From white sandy beaches and turquoise waters, to shimmering waterfalls and Haleakala's volcanic crater (which appeared like a moonscape)...we were so completely blown away by the beauty of the islands! I'll post a few pics from Haleakala.
Painting in Hawaii sure beats painting in the winter with 20 degree weather! I nearly froze while painting in February in upstate New York, with my fellow artists in the Genesee Valley Plein Air Painters group. However, there is something to be said about every season...believe it or not, I found that I loved painting snow scenes in pastels this winter! :-)
If you are traveling in the Rochester area this summer, you can see some of my paintings in a show entitled "Under Open Skies: Painting Nature Past and Present" at the John Wehle Gallery in the Genesee Country Village and Museum, Mumford NY, through Oct 13th. If you'd like to learn more about the Genesee Valley Plein Air Painters, check out their website: www.gvpap.com/
Lanakai Beach on the North Shore of Oahu
I painted here my first day in Hawaii! Lovely white sands and turquoise waters...God's handiwork spread out before me was breathtakingly beautiful!
About Me
- Cre8tivCoreen
- Rochester, New York
- As a member of the Genesee Valley Plein Air Painters, I paint year round in the Genesee Valley region of upstate New York. Inspired by the beauty of all of God's creation, I find an inner peace while painting. From a single flower in bloom, to a cascading waterfall, I find I'm drawn to nature's visual treasures and am continually inspired by the Creator's Hand. Blessed with a recent trip to Hawaii, I painted some unbelievably lovely beaches, including Lanakai and Polo Beaches on Maui, and Waikiki Beach on Oahu. I plan to post some of my pastels and watercolors on my blogspace. My loves include my dear husband of 30 years, my three wonderful children, my family and my dear friends, and most especially my loving Heavenly Father! My passion is painting directly from nature... for all of creation reflects God's Glory! Psalm 19
Watercolor painting of Waikiki Beach, on Oahu
Painted this past May in Honolulu, Hawaii!
Lovely Lanakai Beach on Oahu's North Shore
My first day in Hawaii I drove up to the North Shore, and found this lovely beach. I plunked myself down and painted a little piece of paradise!
Haleakala Crater, Maui
Haleakala Crater edge view
The view from the craters edge was awesome! It looks like a moonscape..so wild and vast and untouched....
Haleakala Sunset
The view from atop Haleakala Crater looking down 10,000 feet to the shoreline of South Maui was spectacular!
Rochester's High Falls
This is a pastel painting I did of the High Falls in downtown Rochester, earlier this Spring. I painted it from the Pont de Rennes Bridge overlook!
High Falls Plein Air Painting
Closeup of my easel as I'm painting at High Falls from the Pont de Rennes Bridge in Rochester
Winter's repose
This pastel was painted at Mount Hope Cemetery on a frosty morn in January.
A Winter's Day at Old Chili Mills
It was a blustery winters day, so I had to paint quick or freeze! I was intrigued with the cool minty green tint to the snow. I loved how the colors all worked so well together in this painting...but it was probably the most difficult weather I've ever tried to paint in! Brrrr!
Honeoye Falls Reflections
Painted in pastel on a bitter cold January morning! The colors in the reflections, the old mill, and the sky were so gorgeous, they kept me engaged, even though my toes and fingers were growing numb!
Stryker Road Pastorale
I drove for hours looking for someplace to paint...and finally, with only 1 hour left before I had to get home (it was Halloween and I still had to carve my pumpkins!) I managed to pull off this painting of a lovely old farm with a crop of newly grown winter wheat covering the fields on Stryker Road! The owner had died suddenly just the day before! What a strange mix of events....
4 comments:
Hi Corinne,
Isn't a blog fun! I have one also but I haven't posted in a month.
(Ninaspaintings.blogspot.com)I'll list yours with the ones I log on to. Several other members have links to their blogs from the GVPAP site.
And your paintings are so colorful that it puts me in a good painting mood.
Nina
Corinne,
Your paintings are soooo good! I'm happy that you are painting regularly. We're looking to buy new kayaks, and the ones that I think we're going to purchase we designed by a local man whose wife is a painter. She helped him design the storage area of the kayak so that it would hold all of her painting supplies. Isn't that an enticing idea for a Plein Air painter?
Love,
Sharon
Nina, Thanks for the compliments! Happy to hear my paintings put you in a good painting mood! :-) That's a pretty sweet side effect of sharing our art on our Blogs...we can inspire one another to get out and paint more! You've got a very nice blog going, too...I need to pick your brain on how to put links in. In addition, I hope to put some finishing touches on the Peony Bed painting I started at Borglums' Iris Farm when I traveled out there last week with you! As soon as I do, I'll post it here! Corinne
Sharon,
I am so glad you enjoy my Blog! I think my Blog will motivate me to paint even more! When I post artwork that I'm producing and receive such great feedback from my friends, it makes me want to get back out there and paint all the more! Thanks again for all the encouragement you give me! What a blessing you are! Oh, and about the kayaking... let's plan a time to get out to Braddocks Bay for an afternoon of Kayaking...real soon, just the four of us! Love, Corinne
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