Tag Archives: Poppy Balser

It’s all Michael’s fault

January 19, 2017Home, Maine, Maine artist, plein air paintingBerna's rocks, Carol L. Douglas, Castine plein air, Michael Chesley Johnson, Poppy Balser

By Carol Douglas

It’s all fun and games, until someone doesn’t finish her painting.

Painting the Great White North

January 9, 2017art history, landscape, plein air paintingarctic, Carol L. Douglas, Caspar David Friedrich, Lawren Harris, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Poppy Balser, Rockwell Kent, Russel Whitten, sub-zero temperatures, winter

By Carol Douglas

Brrh! Some artists (including me) are called to paint in the Great White North. What are we thinking?

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.

Saying silly things

July 27, 2016Home, Maine, plein air paintingCarol L. Douglas, geology, learn to paint, Marshall Point, Marshall Point Light, painting classes, Poppy Balser, tourists, watercolor

By Carol Douglas

Not correcting people is a special challenge in a tourist town, because people say the silliest things. Including me.

Uncle Sam goes wild

July 22, 2016Home, Maine, plein air paintingCarol L. Douglas, Castine, Castine plein air, Maine, passport, Poppy Balser, US Customs and Border Protection, watercolor

By Carol Douglas

Get a grip, Customs and Immigration. Protect us from Nickleback and Celine Dion, not the mild-mannered watercolorists of this world.

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