tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27308254792024601392024-03-12T22:25:44.308-07:00Painting New Englandart by Dawn A. GardettoDawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-58214467254824093222014-02-14T06:30:00.003-08:002014-02-14T06:30:44.016-08:00Lawrence skyline<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Charcoal on buff Rive's printing paperDawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-58142404657031738892014-02-14T06:28:00.002-08:002014-02-14T06:28:50.842-08:00Bird's Eye building, Fort Point Gloucester MA <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Charcoal on buff Rive's printing paperDawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-1794019923665716382013-09-08T17:59:00.000-07:002013-09-08T17:59:00.434-07:00Heading Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-57248262058511927222013-02-24T06:27:00.001-08:002013-02-24T06:27:21.442-08:00abstract<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEzpdCaHTsVuLZuV5IVGheS2QL5tv3K3Hppe4Fqeq_oSFUSsIBxBpsjS_kuh5llUjpEJjkpo0va_EBLTaqoo18AEFDPeHuOxVx3ATzQQPj1d5ew8S0e36vZAdYGDuBSrnXTcOZd0-JN50K/s1600/Untitled-1+copy.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEzpdCaHTsVuLZuV5IVGheS2QL5tv3K3Hppe4Fqeq_oSFUSsIBxBpsjS_kuh5llUjpEJjkpo0va_EBLTaqoo18AEFDPeHuOxVx3ATzQQPj1d5ew8S0e36vZAdYGDuBSrnXTcOZd0-JN50K/s320/Untitled-1+copy.jpg" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Dawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-84693649420085641372013-02-11T05:11:00.001-08:002013-02-11T05:12:19.705-08:00abstract2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-23815524927041686862013-02-11T05:08:00.001-08:002013-02-11T05:08:31.429-08:00abstract1<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4IL9TlwZaFe_071asizJeygThjDWSWPj7eU6Iohp1g8WcQl-eSDW4ySfpiSThWRrl3oG2muW-e0syd-b66m5Tt_371xnX8uUhCmx2iFisCX2mKu-7nsOfB86NF_hvpCVY82bEKrLQBcC/s1600/abstract.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4IL9TlwZaFe_071asizJeygThjDWSWPj7eU6Iohp1g8WcQl-eSDW4ySfpiSThWRrl3oG2muW-e0syd-b66m5Tt_371xnX8uUhCmx2iFisCX2mKu-7nsOfB86NF_hvpCVY82bEKrLQBcC/s320/abstract.jpg" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Dawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-44484040643998904382013-01-18T05:11:00.001-08:002013-01-18T05:13:18.407-08:00Eat More Clams<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqS7EifSYosEToqn89xXuizqvWXQpuPDuGhdHON0iy7g9mev_FMPec-cp22whhJJkPksdmDmII1D2d5EfGU5hMzHfQHpDnoAM5jOoOvOnj5CSiR0HM7dj9wBjRKugli7ACn_tez2EjbDs/s1600/eat+clams+for+blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqS7EifSYosEToqn89xXuizqvWXQpuPDuGhdHON0iy7g9mev_FMPec-cp22whhJJkPksdmDmII1D2d5EfGU5hMzHfQHpDnoAM5jOoOvOnj5CSiR0HM7dj9wBjRKugli7ACn_tez2EjbDs/s320/eat+clams+for+blog.jpg" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br />
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Dawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-11025107265818732822012-12-04T05:52:00.000-08:002012-12-04T05:52:08.255-08:00Bird's Eye Building<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Gouache and ink resist on watercolor paper. This is the old Bird's Eye building on Commercial Street in Gloucester, MA. Soon to be demolished to make way for a hotel. I will be sorry to see the Fort Square area altered. I often park here and paint the harbor across the street.Dawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-5470795897854202752012-11-19T05:04:00.001-08:002012-11-19T05:04:53.062-08:00Gloucester Manufactory<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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10" gouache and ink resist on watercolor paper.Dawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-46745774596832721342012-10-12T16:18:00.001-07:002012-10-12T16:18:15.986-07:00peppermint candy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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2" x 3" gouache & ink resist with drawn ink lines.Dawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-52571986912569821762012-09-18T06:04:00.003-07:002012-09-18T06:04:55.766-07:00bubble gum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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2"x 3" on buff colored Stonehenge paper.Dawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-38939031460966557022012-09-17T06:07:00.000-07:002012-09-17T06:07:25.719-07:00gouache and ink resist<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have been wanting to try this technique since I read about it on an artist's website. It's great fun, partly because it's a little unpredictable. I used heavy weight watercolor paperDawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-6194132818480849382012-08-26T08:39:00.003-07:002012-08-26T08:39:46.781-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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5x7 oil painted from life in Gloucester.Dawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-23892128983990026072012-08-22T09:21:00.002-07:002012-08-22T09:21:43.613-07:00madonna and child etching<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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5x7 oil. Location is Townsend Harbor. This house is across from an antique store called The Cooperage. Dawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-83897426772849569332012-07-09T13:18:00.002-07:002012-07-09T13:19:42.231-07:00Essex field<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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10x10 oil on linen. A scene from Cox Reservation in Essex, MA. Painted for the "Open Spaces" exhibit at EvenTide.Dawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-22235762411240469782012-07-01T06:23:00.002-07:002012-07-01T06:24:39.209-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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8x8 oil on panel. This painting shows my niece Emma at Singing Beach.Dawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-73446150662233884802012-06-23T04:32:00.003-07:002012-06-26T04:53:17.900-07:00Gloucester Marine Railways<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This scene is from the boatyard in Rocky Neck, Gloucester. It's the oldest working boatyard in America. This is my favorite hangout, and where the three vessels now at the Boston Tea Party Museum were built or restored. I loved watching the process. At the right is the scaffolding for The Beaver.Dawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-59718860341065644382012-05-10T04:46:00.002-07:002012-05-10T04:47:06.274-07:00sketching hands<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Attended the PAS portrait group, but sketched mostly hands.Dawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-38974387508174287202012-05-01T04:22:00.002-07:002012-05-01T04:22:46.293-07:00Salt marshes, Rye<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Painted in Rye, NH on a very windy day. I was encouraged by the instructor to paint a big sky. I usually end up with a little strip of sky in my paintings so this was a firstDawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-24212191635237837412012-04-18T15:12:00.001-07:002012-04-18T15:17:24.776-07:00two gull chicks<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivToxo39oaqDEuuTPfQtSLcgjX4SPsXgu78xqjyjOHCloABN_aElZ1oI1qwvR0CsALRLvQBrPoX4owEdgX51izWqoVPdEsOOgGkeNeCXw9XuEHoTHtJL3fxMw6qKF2Xhc9SiYh61tMpP0I/s1600/star+island+gull.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732868179338662866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivToxo39oaqDEuuTPfQtSLcgjX4SPsXgu78xqjyjOHCloABN_aElZ1oI1qwvR0CsALRLvQBrPoX4owEdgX51izWqoVPdEsOOgGkeNeCXw9XuEHoTHtJL3fxMw6qKF2Xhc9SiYh61tMpP0I/s320/star+island+gull.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfKOcGMrJxUzAxbpDh-RuiX52CEmKOZ8eCMj6j6FE700QrFMTGtOULfeMZ3vPjgDxASX2ruIwLipGROH8cl-E-8AHRHMtK9IapzR3H3k20o4vfLcOcpJfc9zgyzjWD5-Af6YovyR-eIrT/s1600/walking+chick.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732868070466926290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfKOcGMrJxUzAxbpDh-RuiX52CEmKOZ8eCMj6j6FE700QrFMTGtOULfeMZ3vPjgDxASX2ruIwLipGROH8cl-E-8AHRHMtK9IapzR3H3k20o4vfLcOcpJfc9zgyzjWD5-Af6YovyR-eIrT/s320/walking+chick.jpg" /></a><br />Oil on panel about 5.5"<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Dawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-36506918773337583602012-04-16T05:20:00.000-07:002012-04-16T05:21:58.214-07:00Great Island Common<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ClFUpM-fCxni7iIcslBCYZ7mOTe0dIakefopqlHI1l3qJRAuGs6aSU6-nr4mFnHWBQmFCXl2zgxSo_KFa2oq7FOJYyVfF0MKtcCRuTWQFFd59qgD_j7OdG36PYl7KbUHrYvLf6qZHDNJ/s1600/waves.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 236px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731972608085683938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ClFUpM-fCxni7iIcslBCYZ7mOTe0dIakefopqlHI1l3qJRAuGs6aSU6-nr4mFnHWBQmFCXl2zgxSo_KFa2oq7FOJYyVfF0MKtcCRuTWQFFd59qgD_j7OdG36PYl7KbUHrYvLf6qZHDNJ/s320/waves.jpg" /></a> This was painted in New Castle, NH. Size is 6x8.<br /><br /><div></div>Dawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-19553315836040427582012-03-31T05:41:00.004-07:002012-03-31T05:52:04.683-07:00Gloucester Harbor Loop boatyard<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp55na9Vxq8zxZ003JbnJ9bRr2gFA7T_c6pCSqKbnIN9cUSFqdBL9c4-AzTzvqnB3lTGF29B6_KgBazBHMGsA0qnq2_4zC78ZSzh4gHSjnzeXq27x2zqr8-r7tsANr3MfBjnmJJJWlQyu-/s1600/vessels+in+port.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 270px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726041260551504178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp55na9Vxq8zxZ003JbnJ9bRr2gFA7T_c6pCSqKbnIN9cUSFqdBL9c4-AzTzvqnB3lTGF29B6_KgBazBHMGsA0qnq2_4zC78ZSzh4gHSjnzeXq27x2zqr8-r7tsANr3MfBjnmJJJWlQyu-/s320/vessels+in+port.jpg" /></a> This is the red shack about five years ago-the sign is no longer there.<br /><br /><div></div>Dawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2730825479202460139.post-65151017878029975892012-03-27T09:27:00.000-07:002012-03-27T09:28:21.419-07:00two boats<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_syMtbpN1vO_ROsOA0E9NKU9ATSYIjE5bFbFDe1HJEbDhFFP1yH2ii1KSlaaFE4FWlQP86SPUxx8157sKfDCUauEigkewhFROFijKkvfPyNrCqpbEa0YBd74Jsss4dnZ1tCXU0k55bpf/s1600/red+boat+3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 291px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724614495643815586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_syMtbpN1vO_ROsOA0E9NKU9ATSYIjE5bFbFDe1HJEbDhFFP1yH2ii1KSlaaFE4FWlQP86SPUxx8157sKfDCUauEigkewhFROFijKkvfPyNrCqpbEa0YBd74Jsss4dnZ1tCXU0k55bpf/s320/red+boat+3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div></div>Dawn A. Gardettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16113483342955103726noreply@blogger.com1