New Gallery Artisans Harbor, Old Saybrook, CT offering paintings and decorative furniture.

New gallery Artisans Harbor is now offering my work. They are located at 188 Main Street, Old Saybrook, Connecticut between Paperback Cafe and Walts Market. There is a full display of my newest hand painted furniture and paintings.

I just dropped off my large oil painting of the Saybrook Lighthouses (Lynde Light and Outer Light) in the moonlight! This painting is 4.5' x 4.5' and would look great on a large wall. The painting is in the window so it can be seen from the sidewalk. The hours of Artisans Harbor is Wed-Sat 11am to 7pm and Sundays noon to 4pm. Stop in to see the latest painted decorative furniture and paintings.

Starting New Project - Seascape on Wood Chair

This project will be for a charity and the chair will be similar to the hand painted chair project that I did last year. I will be painting on a chair but a different painting on the chair. Last year's project was the beach path with footprints in the sand leading to a beach umbrella and chairs. Shown here on the left.
This time I will paint a seascape but I have not decided on the details. I will be posting each step so you can follow along as I am working on the project. Thanks

Hand Painted Seashell Mirror

I have just finished painting this 10" x 10" mirror with seashells and whitewash wood grain effect. That is the sky reflected in the mirror in the center. I painted this with acrylic paint and I put a clear matte varnish over the top of the painting. I'm painting another mirror now with piping plover birds on the wood grain. I love those little beach birds they are so cute. Bye for now, PJ

How To Hang Paintings

Arranging paintings and pictures in a room is another way of personalizing your home. I have always felt one should buy art because they love the painting not because the painting would fit in a particular spot. Buy art because you love it and you will find a place to put it in your home.
















Have fun arranging your pictures, try different heights, positions, angles, groupings etc. The paintings in this photo are of 4 lily's I did in oil. There is a variety of ways to hang these paintings: horizontal, vertical, a square, staggered, 2 on left side of a window or door and 2 on right side. You get the idea, arranging this grouping is endless. I had these paintings in a gallery and they arranged them a couple different ways and both ways looked great.

Check out this link for more ideas:
http://www.completely-coastal.com/2009/07/arranging-pictures-are-you-following.html

New Seascape Sketch from P.J Cook!

My idea for painting a scene on a wood chair is a seascape. The chair will be sold at auction to the highest bidder. Read my previous post for auction details. The chair will look great in a beach cottage.

The scene will be the view walking towards the beach on a path through the sand dunes. The path is surrounded by sand dune fences with the shadows coming from the fence across the footprints in the sand. The ocean will be at the end of the path with a few puffy clouds and maybe a few birds and a sailboat in the distance.

I will need to design a piece of wood that will be attached to the back of the chair. Then I will paint the scene on the wood. I want to be able to still sit in the chair so my wood back will be sturdy. The painting on the seat of the chair is the beach sand with footprints going towards the water. I will work from the seascape sketch to layout the painting on the chair.

Look for my next post later this week for a photo of the wood back to be attached to the chair. Follow along with my project!