I painted in Giverny every year from 1993 onwards.  It became my landing ground for each year's painting.  Painting the gardens and surrounding landscapes were a great warm up and I also taught each year based in nearby La Roche Guyon.

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Deborah Chapin

Monet's Bridge

The waning light of the fall as the grasses in the wetlands change from fall to winter is some of the most beautiful of the year.  the wetlands are an integral part of the health and well being of the waterways keeping habitats for wildlife and birds in balance and cleaning the waterways.

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Enchanted Light

This piece was done on a bluff it is a plein air painting. The bluff was particular beautiful because it had breyers (The French word for Heather) Intermixed with wild wheat on the cliff. Usually the wind would blow which I painted in another piece called Wild wheat and Breyers.   But this particular day it was a lull and the sailor out sailing in this cove expressed the blissful moment.

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Afternoon Lull

This piece was a study of the inland beach that stretched two miles out during low tide. It’s the same beach that I painted with the Meanders of the Sea series.   During low tide people would go out and dig for clams.  During this period all of these reflections of the sky  with puddles and inlets from the retiring sea wove in and among the beach mounds.  . It was exhibited at the Mystic Maritime Museum gallery.   It is a plein air painting and a 12 x 17 oil on  Linen canvas.

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Reflections of Azure

Painted in the location of the New Venuzula beach where there were mussels all over the rocks because of the high tide there was an 8 foot tide in this location and during low tide you would have these beautiful tones in the beach from pink granite and then the blue green violet color of the muscles that fascinated me.  This particular location I painted mini pieces including Sandcastles, Discoveries on the Beach, a large 24 x 42 of mussel rocks at dawn piece and a half tide smaller 14 x 30 piece. This location was a landing point during the war for the resistance.   This piece was exhibited at one of the Mystic International Exhibition.  It is a 12 x 17 plein air oil.

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Mussel Rocks

The original oil paintings on canvas was painted on location in Brittany.  I focused on the fresh water run offs in my beach painting that was the design elements for the subject.  Kids were everywhere so I just returned when they were about and added to the scene.  This piece was exhibited in a one-person exhibition at the National Arts Club in New York.

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Discoveries on a. Beach

This was a study for color and light of the “Moonlight in the Deep Woods” piece. A small swimmer skimming through the water before the night settles in.

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Moonlight,  twilight

The beginnings of twilight reflected in the waters of the wetlands where I painted.

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Moonlight Dusk

A Maine Art Piece / Landscape Paintings that is an experiment in white on white. Difficult to photograph the subtle tone transition of this distinctly textural piece. The Winterscape is painted with both pallet knife & brush. Original oil painted on stretched linen canvas is 12×17. 

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Winter Wood

Les Roches & Les Vagues, original plein air painting (painted on location) in Brittany 21"x 34" oil.  A Beautiful Abstract Marine.  By that I mean I have eliminated most of the realistic reference points of horizon and sky. Just pure water his piece was part of a presentation at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

My mother traveled with me on this trip and so did some filming of my painting on location.  This particular piece was one we were able to film  see video link below.


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About the Brittany Beach Paintings:  I painted 7 years in France from 1991-1998 5 of those included projects painted in Brittany France.  I had continuous showings of these works each year as well as work from other locations

Les Roches & Les Vagues

Original Plein air Oil Painting by Deborah Chapin entitled "A Day at the Park"  12x20 plein air oil. I painted this original oil painting on site (en plein air).  I had a great day painting at Reid Park. I painted on Griffith point. The Plein air Painters of Maine were out there but I only saw a few and they were in a different location. Big place so really unless you’re all painting at the same location you don’t see each other.
It was a great location and I can envision having other pieces that would be good. I did a sketch and I’m going to tweak some of the foreground stones. But great color to work with. Such fun to finally be getting in the groove.

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A Day in the Park

Landscape Painting, Plein air painting, Fall Dusk by Deborah Chapin. The original is 12×24 plein air oil painting. Landscape Paintings by Women artists are finally getting seen, for the first time. Plein air painting, The “Fall Dusk” is part of the Plein air Series I did with wetlands. The original is 12×24. It depicts the wildlife refuge that I painted in for 10 years the birds migrating for the season.

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Fall Dusk

Snow Geese migration through the last light of the day with moonrise in late fall.  A sensitive tonalist piece.

Snow Geese migration through the last light of the day with moonrise in late fall.  A sensitive tonalist piece. The snow geese moving to a safe spot for the night. I marvel at how birds survive winters. Sometimes the weather is so brutally cold and I would be out there painting and thinking how much colder must it be to fly through this air and expose all your warm pockets of air under your wings.

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Moonscape, 16x20 oil on stretched canvas

Marine Artist, Deborah Chapin Coastal Art with her depiction of Sea Surf and the Coast painted plein air (on location).   “Au Soleil” is original art, a Marine Art piece.

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Au Soleil, 18x24 plein air oil on linen

This painting painted as a storm began to build and the gulls flying into the wind doing their version of hang gliding.  There is nothing like painting the surf on location where you become part of what you are painting. The wind and surf spray mix together with the cold morning chill all becoming part of the painting. Sometimes you are successful and have a chance to really just enjoy being alive and revel in the moment. This is one of the lessons that the wildlife demonstrates every time you go out on location. Sure there are harsh environments and bad weather days but what a thrill it is to fly along the surf . Exhibited at the Mystic Maritime Museum Gallery in their Mystic International.

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Carolina Coast

This plein air oil painting shows the wetlands at their most beautiful.  During fall and transition seasons, they come to life as birds migrate and changes begin to happen so fast.  Transitions from summer to fall and fall to winter. This is the tail end of the fall season depicted as the cold begins to set in and ice begins to form.  This plein air oil painting was painted on location as the sunset and the moon rose.    This piece was exhibited in the Paint America Competition and South Eastern Wildlife Exhibition.   

Icing Up

Moonlight is a favorite subject of mine.   This plein air oil painting describes the light as it fades and the change from the last light of the day to the first light of night and the shimmering moon casts it magic.  In the fall the moon overlays the sunset creating soft light landscapes and seascapes which enchant the mind and spirit.  This piece was a set of paintings which led up to this piece.  This plein air oil painting was painted on location as the sunset and the moon rose.  It was exhibited in the 2007 Arts for the Parks exhibition and toured through the museum circuit.  I am putting up on the new online market some of the key paintings from my personal art collection . Signed by the artist.

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Moonrise

This Beach Painting, Sand Castles is a plein air oil painted on location in Brittany France. This is painted as a full size painting on location at Venuzula beach. The two little kids were piling up the sand in an attempt to make a sand castle. They had great fun with their piling of sand while I painted. I don’t the structure really mattered much.

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Beach Painting, Plein air oil painting, Sand Castles

Painting en plein air on a very windy spring evening off of Pemaquid Point.  Because of the cloud cover I didn't expect to see the moon but then suddenly it was there.

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Pemaquid Moon

Original Plein air Painting by Deborah Chapin entitled "Morning Surf" 14x30 plein air oil.

There is nothing like painting the surf on location where you become part of what you are painting. The wind and surf spray mix together with the cold morning chill all becoming part of the painting. Sometimes you are successful and have a chance to really just enjoy being alive and revel in the moment. This is one of the lessons that the wildlife demonstrates every time you go out on location. What a thrill it is to fly along the surf on a bright summer’s morning.

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Morning Surf

Wave Art,  Seascape, Les Roches & Les Vagues, original plein air painting by Deborah Chapin, Brittany 21″x 34″ oil. A Beautiful Abstract Marine, presented @ Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Les Roches and Les Vagues

Harbor Scene painted at dawn. "Moonset at Pemaquid" by Deborah Chapin is an original oil painting on linen canvas 12x16, Maine art, Pemaquid Harbor Maine, marine art, marine artist.

About the Process of creating Original art:  I like to paint several smaller paintings, working myself up to larger work, as I learn the subject matter.  Gradually developing a portfolio which expresses the full character of the place.   Pemaquid Point is no different to than one of my favorite haunts in France.  It must be explored and appreciated and allowed to seep in at it's own pace...

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Moonset at Pemaquid

Abstract Marine, Meanders of the Sea I 24″x42″ oil by Deborah Chapin. Original plein air oil {painted on site} at dawn in Brittany France. Colors: blue greens orange and pink. A Beautiful Abstract Marine, 

I painted a series of these works each being totally different lighting and tidal characters.

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Meanders of the Sea 1

Coastal Seascape, Muscongus at Dawn by Deborah Chapin, original plein air oil painting painted on site Muscongus Bay. Painted on site part of which was broadcast LIVE on http://Instagram.com/deborahchapinfineart on location as part of the Tour Maine with Art series I am starting this year.