Is love really too much to ask? January 17, 2017art history, culture, Home, paintingCarol L. Douglas, hate, internet, love, post-truth world, racism, Sir Stanley Spencer, violence By Carol Douglas Two innocent babies belittled on a racist website. It’s the ugly underbelly of the internet.
The meaning of blue: color temperature on a snowy day January 10, 2017Home, landscape, Maine, paintingAmerican Eagle, Carol L. Douglas, color of light, color temperature, color theory, doe, Kelpie Gallery, landscape, Lewis R. French, Maine, snow, snowstorm By Carol Douglas The color of light is one of the most important concepts in painting. It’s most easily understood on a snowy winter day.
Making pictures while the sun don’t shine January 4, 2017creativity, Home, Maine, painting4H, Cadet, Carol L. Douglas, Castine, Maine coast, North End Shipyard, painting, scallops By Carol Douglas How did Mainers put up seafood before the invention of little plastic freezer bags?
I’ve got a crush on every boat January 3, 2017craft, Home, Maine, paintingAmerican Eagle, Cadet, Captain John Foss, Captain Linda Lee, Carol L. Douglas, Donovan, Heritage, Jacob Pike, North End Shipyard, Roscoe, Sarah Collins, Shary Cobb Fellows By Carol Douglas Donovan’s mumbling about his “antediluvian baby” seemed perfectly appropriate to the Old Girl on my canvas. I laughed, and my groove was finally back.
Beat the winter blues with a shot of color December 16, 2016art, Home, painting, plein airBobbi Heath, Carol L. Douglas, Christmas shopping, cold weather, color, Elissa Gore, Kari Ganoung Ruiz, Mary Byrom, online shopping By Carol Douglas Freezing? Don’t want to go out to Christmas shop? Here are six landscape painters to browse online.
Found on Facebook December 13, 2016Home, Maine, Maine artist, paintingCarol L. Douglas, Christina Perry Davis, Jacob Aguiar, landscape art, Maine, pastel, Scarborough By Carol Douglas Her subject matter is turbulence, and her language is ferocity.
Seeking peace in a painting December 12, 2016culture, Home, paintingart, Carol L. Douglas, drug use, heroin epidemic, Landscape painting, murder, peace, Poppy Balser, watercolor By Carol Douglas Take one painting and call me in the morning. They’re more powerful than Xanax, and totally free of side effects.
When learning is hard December 6, 2016art career, Home, Maine, paintingCarol L. Douglas, HTML, learning new things, learning to read, website design, website development By Carol Douglas We like doing what we’re good at; we hate doing things that are very difficult.
Bucksport Cyber Gallery December 2, 2016Home, Maine, paintingBucksport, Carol L. Douglas, Idaho, internet, John Killmaster, Keith Linwood Stover, Maine, painting, post-truth world, The Cyber Art Show By Carol Douglas A cyber-curator reaches out from Bucksport to Boise to teach an old dog from Rockport something new. Isn’t that cool?
Holiday multitasking November 23, 2016culture, Home, Maine, paintingart career, Carol L. Douglas, holiday travel, Kelpie Gallery, multitasking, painting, pies, Thanksgiving By Carol Douglas How do you get the pies and the paintings to come out at the right times?