Lupines...

Normally lupines are a late spring or early summer flower that grows wild in Maine.  When they are in bloom you can see them on the side of the road in ditches for a few weeks, and then they disappear.  For some reason this year I’ve been seeing them all summer. I still see lupines growing wild in a field every morning when I go for a run. It’s been a weird summer with all of the rain and cool weather, which has made for a very interesting growing season here in Maine. These lupines were painted a bit earlier in the summer, but the fact that I still see scenes like this at the end of August is kind of amazing to me. Everywhere I go people feel like this summer was slow in coming, and will be too short. I’m just now feeling like I can settle into summer things, like swimming and enjoying consistantly dry and sunny days for painting.

Since I have been a little busy lately, I’ve neglected to mention that my paintings are now showing in a gallery in Door County, Wisconsin. Fine Line Designs has the work that I painted while I was in Door County for the Plein Air Festival, so if any of you are out in Wisconsin and looking for a place to catch some of my paintings, you can stop by the gallery and see my work, along with several other artists who participated in the show.  They have a great space with nice gardens, sculpture and alot of paintings.  I really had a great time while I was out in Door County and I can’t say enough good things about the other painters there, and especially the organizers of the week of events. I’m already looking forward to going back next year.

4 Responses to “Lupines”

1. A Nony Mouse says:

   August 30, 2009 at 10:53 am

   Beautiful.
2. Mary Sheehan Winn says:

   August 31, 2009 at 11:00 am

   We go to Nova Scotia in June which is rainy and buggy but I have to see the Lupine! Very unusual to see them so late. By the way, I just learned that in Texas they call them Bluebonnets.
   Colin, there are no words to describe how I feel about your paintings. You are a master at portraying light and space.
   Don’t tell you know who….;)
3. Eric Merrell says:

   September 3, 2009 at 11:50 am

   Hey Colin, nice piece! We didn’t have much rain at all this year, so the lupine hardly showed up at all out here.
4. Don Coker says:

   September 17, 2009 at 2:19 pm

   And beautiful lupines they are, Colin!