A Rose for Carol

Friends and family gathered recently for a memorial for Carol Kasper at Sage Restaurant in New Haven. It was a calm, sunny day and the Quinnipiack from Schooner was moored close by. After a canon salute from the ship and testimonials we were invited to cast roses onto the water of Long Island Sound. The color of the roses, the water, the light, the great ship riding weightless in attendance and all the grieving friends milling about. . . I will never forget. - Nancy Boudreau

Reflections on Babbling Brook

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Listening to an audio version of "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand while painting this one, I see a correlation in the depth of description that comes from careful and thorough observation of things and their relationships. Rand goes far beyond surface detail, giving the reader/listener a clear view of underlying conditions even as they flow through change. The result is dynamic.

Standing with my bicycle on a roadside bridge, looking down onto Babbling Brook, the reflections here always catch my attention. This meandering brook runs through one of many parcels that belong to Naromi Land Trust in Sherman Connecticut. Residents have worked hard to preserve such wild spaces and have gained recognition for their efforts from The Nature Conservancy. I also recognize their efforts, and hope that they can appreciate my tribute. - Nancy Boudreau

The painting is approximately 5" x 7" acrylic painting on gessoed matboard, in an 8" x 10" cream colored mat, unframed, shipped to you directly by the artist. The title and prose that appear above are handwritten on the back of the painting. The painting is also signed and dated on the back.

Sunset Shadows On Upland Pasture

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Back at White Silo Farm in Sherman Connecticut, watching light from the setting sun grazing hillside contours. Lavender and blue pooling in dips and hollows, the light is a brassy yellow coming through thin, dry, clear air, animated by backlit dancing insects. An undeniable though gentle introduction to autumn. - Nancy Boudreau

The painting is approximately 5" x 7" acrylic painting on gessoed matboard, in an 8" x 10" cream colored mat, unframed, shipped to you directly by the artist. The title and prose that appear above are handwritten on the back of the painting. The painting is also signed and dated on the back.

Late Afternoon at Macricostas Preserve

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Late in the afternoon at the end of a lush summer day, I'm looking down a trail at the Macricostas Preserve in Washington Connecticut. The scene appears like a stage setting.

Blue light from threatening rain clouds above and gold light from the low angled sun, saturate this field of green-jewel tones.

I am standing in shadows, as if in the wings offstage, waiting to make my appearance, preparing to walk down that trail, through those lights.

- Nancy Boudreau

This painting is an acrylic on gessoed matboard, approximately 5" x 7" and is available in an 8" x 10" cream-colored mat, directly from the artist.

Dark Clouds Over White Silo Farm

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Standing on Upland Pastures Road and looking towards White Silo Farm in Sherman Connecticut, a sky full of darkening clouds. Will it rain, or will they blow away? The farm looks so small and helpless against the great sky full of enormous suspended shapes that come and go so freely. The buildings cling below, like limpets doing their best to stand and endure. - Nancy Boudreau

This painting is approximately 5" x 7" acrylic on gessoed matboard. The back is signed and dated and the above text is handwritten by the artist. It is available in an 8" x 10" cream-colored mat.

Girly Man

Candy-colored, cellophane shrinkwrapped, frenetic energy, bold and pure.

I originally planned to make this a densely abstract background, darker, with a glass-like surface on which there would appear a reflection as in a window - specifically the reflection of a light that hangs over the dinner table at the house in New Fairfield, something I've been seeing almost every evening for the past three years.

Plans changed when the colors took over and began to stand up on their own. What had begun as three mullein stalks, leftover from "Mullein Heir Of the Earth" turned into it's own cohesive play of line, color and form. Very spontaneous, not contrived, using whatever was on the pallet with little mixing, the painting developed it's own integrity of spirit. Adding a glass-like layer and reflection would have added a contrived gimmick to entertain the viewer, compromising the integrity of the abstract. Like it or not, the painting has it's own unique personality - not to be messed with.

The title "Girly Man" is a happy jab at a ridiculous label. After all, what does the combination of traits in any individual matter? Isn't there more integrity in someone who hones themself to the peak of what only they can be - as opposed to someone who suppresses, subverts, twists and contorts their unique qualities to fit the limits of other people's expectations? Let "Girly Man" be - whether we like it or not.

- Nancy Boudreau

Clouds Over White Silo Farm

• I've often driven to White Silo Farm, to watch sunsets over the New York Hills. The white winding road always provides a lyrical underscore to the slow choreaography of clouds and swallows are usually my only companions sharing the view. Sherman Connecticut is a beautiful old New England town, full of sights like this. -Nancy Boudreau The painting is approximately 5" x 7" acrylic painting on gessoed matboard, in an 8" x 10" cream colored mat, unframed, shipped to you directly by the artist. The title and prose that appear above are handwritten on the back of the painting. The painting is also signed and dated on the back.