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Beach Shack Buoys

January 25, 2023 Christine Blain
Painting of colorful Maine Buoys by Christine Blain on a narrow long horizontal canvas.

Original Beach Shack Buoys headed to Small Wonder Gallery for the Spring season.

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Tags Ray's Seafood, colorful buoys, long narrow canvas, beach art, coastal design, caostal interiors, beach shack, beach shack buoys, buoy painting, Christine Blain, New England Art, Small Wonder Gallery, New Hampshire Artist Association
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Kaleidoscope

March 28, 2022 Christine Blain
Oil painting of colorful, scratched, work-worn Maine buoys in a pile by artist Christine Blain.

This buoy painting title was inspired by the kaleidoscope toy I used to play with as a kid…

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Tags buoys, buoy paintings, blain, small wonder gallery, colorful buoys, new england art, kaleidoscope, Maine coast, Christine Blain
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Late Start, Stonington Fishermen #3

December 30, 2021 Christine Blain
Oil painting of Late Start Stonington Fishermen #3 by Christine Blain featuring a boat and fishermen getting ready to go out lobster fishing.

These guys weren’t in as much of a hurry that morning…

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Tags Stonington, Maine, fishing, lobster fishermen, Maine Coast, small wonder gallery, Christine Blain, fishing boats
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Clam Diggers #2

December 26, 2021 Christine Blain
Watercolor painting of Clam Diggers #2 is a vertical painting that shows two men digging for clams on Orr Cove with the beautiful sparkling ocean behind them.

Beautiful Orr Cove, and these two guys down on the beach clamming, surrounded by sparkling light…

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Tags clam diggers, clam digging, Maine, Maine coast, watercolor painting, sparkling sea, sunlight on water, Christine Blain

Back to the Drawing Board: an artist's view on creative "failure"

July 1, 2021 Christine Blain
Christine Blain's studio space and drawing table.

Failing with style - Learning how to see failure as growth

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Tags creative failure, working with watercolor, watercolor problems, watercolor painting, starting over, solving problems, artist problem solving, try again, Christine Blain

Saying Goodbye to the Yellow House of Stonington

June 29, 2021 Christine Blain
Christine Blain's oil painting of the famous yellow house of Stonington Maine.

Owner found my “famous Yellow House” painting

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Tags famous yellow house, Stonington, Maine, Maine Coast, small wonder gallery, yellow house of stonington, Christine Blain

Dogs on the Beach #8

May 24, 2021 Christine Blain
Dogs on the Beach #8 painting by Christine Blain features a girl by the ocean waves with her dog in the water.

Dogs on the beach with a twist - my family as subjects

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Tags dogs, dogs on the beach, Christine Blain, figures, figurative, new england art, beach art, impressionism, realism

Penobscot Morning Light

February 26, 2021 Christine Blain
Oil painting of Penobscot Morning Light by Christine Blain features a red cottage perched on a hill overlooking Penobscot Bay on the Maine coast.

I would love to wake up in this house on Penobscot Bay…

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Tags mid-coast Maine, Maine, Maine Coast, Christine Blain, small wonder gallery, Penobscot, penobscot, harborside, red house, cottage by the sea, christine blain

Fishing Shack Buoys

January 24, 2021 Christine Blain
Oil painting of work-worn fishing shack buoys.

Work-worn buoys of New England are a beautiful subject to paint…

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Tags buoys, buoy paintings, Christine Blain, colorful buoys, fishing, fishing shack, Maine, Maine Coast, New England
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The Clam Diggers

October 2, 2020 Christine Blain
Watercolor painting of two men walking up the beach from clam digging with the sparkling water behind them by Christine Blain.

This scene was breathtaking… and these guys were the only ones down on the beach…

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Tags mid-coast Maine, Maine, Christine Blain, clam diggers, Clam Diggers, watercolor painting, figures, fishing
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The Famous Yellow House; Stonington, Maine

March 22, 2020 Christine Blain
Oil Painting of the famous yellow house of Stonington Maine by Christine Blain.

I tired my hand at the “famous yellow house” of Stonington Maine

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Tags famous yellow house, yellow house of stonington, Stonington, Maine, mid-coast Maine, Maine coast, Christine Blain, cottage by the sea
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Taking on Bait; Stonington Fishermen #2

February 18, 2020 Christine Blain
Oil Painting Taking on Bait Stonington Fishermen #2 by Christine Blain shows fishermen in Stonington Maine getting their boat ready in the early morning hours.

These Stonington Fishermen were getting their bait on the boat around 4:30am…

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Tags fishing boats, Christine Blain, Stonington, Maine, lobster fishermen, lights on water, reflections on water, fishermen

Passing By: Swimmers Series #3

February 8, 2020 Christine Blain
Oil painting Passing By Swimmers series #3 by Christine Blain shows two women swimming past each other with swirling water and bubbles surrounding them.

My favorite swimmers series painting…. Passing By

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Tags swimming pool paintings, swimmers, figurative, Christine Blain, women in pool, bubbles, sunlight on water, large oil painting, original oil, swimmers series
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4 am Stonington Fishermen series #1

December 3, 2019 Christine Blain
Oil painting of Stonington fishermen loading their boat in the dark at 4am by Christine Blain.

These Stonington Fishermen were up and working to get out to sea at 4am….

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Tags Stonington, Christine Blain, fishermen, boat paintings, fishing boats, Maine, Maine coast
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In progress: Stonington Fishermen at 4am

November 6, 2019 Christine Blain

Progress and process of painting Stonington Fishermen

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Tags fishing boats, Stonington, Maine, Christine Blain, in progress, process, oil painting, developing values
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Pumpkin Island Light

September 22, 2019 Christine Blain
Oil Painting of Pumpkin Isle Light with setting sun by Christine Blain

We arrived at the right time, just as the sun set glowed through the light house window…

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Tags pumpkin isle light, Pumpkin Isle Light, Deer Isle, Maine, dramatic sky, sunset, lighthouse painting, lighthouse, Maine coast, mid-coast Maine, Christine Blain
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