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Featuring paintings from recent original collections depicting coastal Maine’s low tide beauty along with nostalgic pines rooted by the sea - in a bundle of 6 different scenes - notecards are professionally printed on premium paper. Card size is 4.5 x 5.5.” Each bundle comes with 6 notecards (6 different scene) and 6 envelopes.
Share the beauty of Maine. The playful reflections in the mudflats and the space between the tall pines beckon us to come and play. These coastal Maine scenes were created to encourage us to take note of the beauty that surrounds us and explore, “because when you stop and look around this life is pretty amazing.”
Pen a thank you or snail mail a thinking-of-you note to a friend or loved one, while bringing a sense of wonderment and gratitude for Maine’s outdoor playground right to the recipient’s doorstep.
Featuring paintings from recent original collections depicting lobster boats, sail boats, Camden Harbor and Casco Bay - in a bundle of 6 different scenes - notecards are professionally printed on premium paper. Card size is 4.5 x 5.5.” Each bundle comes with 6 notecards (6 different scene) and 6 envelopes.
Share the beauty of Maine. The playful reflections in the mudflats and the space between the tall pines beckon us to come and play. These coastal Maine scenes were created to encourage us to take note of the beauty that surrounds us and explore, “because when you stop and look around this life is pretty amazing.”
Pen a thank you or snail mail a thinking-of-you note to a friend or loved one, while bringing a sense of wonderment and gratitude for Maine’s outdoor playground right to the recipient’s doorstep.
Bringing Maine and Art together for the perfect thank you, housewarming, hostess gift! This tea towel is 100% cotton and hand-hemmed 28”x28” (9x14” when tri folded and then folded over a bar or handle). The painting “Camden Harbor” (from the original painting collection, “Rooted by the Sea”) will not peel off with time or use. Lint free for kitchen cleaning or drying. Safe to wash, dry and iron.
“Rooted by the Sea” collection is a celebration of the gratitude I have for the beauty found standing on these pine-lined shores, breathing in that sea salty air and smelling the earthy tones grounding beneath you.
My husband and I regularly take our little family to the pine lined shores to breathe and reset and find comfort and healing. Maine offers so much of that. To which I’m so grateful. That is what I try to capture in my paintings: the gratitude I have for the peace so generously offered by the Maine landscape.
Each year, I create a limited number of original paintings. Each print, notecard or teatowel starts with an original painting. Bring into your home the freedom of the sweeping skies, the fresh air and peace that the scene breathes and the healing benefits of the Maine landscape.
Tea towel words below painting:
MAINE
The Way Life Should Be
ROOTED BY THE SEA
This tea towel is 100% cotton and hand-hemmed 28”x28” (9x14” when tri folded and then folded over a bar or handle). The painting “Held & Free” (from the original painting collection) will not peel off with time or use. Lint free for kitchen cleaning or drying. Safe to wash, dry and iron.
"To our children we give two things: one is roots, the other is wings."
An evening walk along Casco Bay’s shores offers moments of reflection and serenity. Those cotton candy clouds will always be a favorite, a reminder to let go and breathe deeply. Gratitude fills the heart when sweeping skies offer this kind of beauty.
“Casco Clouds” - Casco Bay, Maine
Original- 5x7” on unwrapped canvas
Signed & matted to 8×10” (frame not included, fits 8×10” frame) and comes in gift box with “Love” wooden hearts
Those sweeping skies on our first warm Spring evenings, well, feel like Freedom. An evening walk along Casco Bay’s shores offers moments of reflection and serenity.
“Casco Evening” - Casco Bay, Maine
Original- 5x7” on unwrapped canvas
Signed & matted to 8×10” (frame not included, fits 8×10” frame) and comes in gift box with “Love” wooden hearts
Giclee Fine Art Prints of original “Inlet Reflection” available in two sizes (5x7”, 8x10”) with or without a matte.
“Inlet Reflection” is part of “The Edges of Maine" Collection of originals from Fall of 2025:
“I have found myself at the edges of Maine’s waters over the years. Just being present in the presence of Maine’s edges is a gift. The timelessness of where the land and sea meet. The cool, hard lines of granite balance the soft, lapping ripples of water coming into the numerous coves here in Maine, each with their own personality. The Edges of Maine: the balancing and grounding contrast of granite and sea. That line where they meet. How it moves gently. Shifts. The cyclical tides. The timeless peace found here. A gift meant to be noticed. Maine’s coastline offers gentle healing and a sense of peace. It’s my gratitude for this (for the edges, inlets and coves, that Maine generously shares with us, with me) that motivates me to capture it in paint. My gift is to share it with you.
Being a human first, artist second, has taught me to take a little extra time to see the beauty that surrounds me. I am reminded that this natural beauty is here for us to enjoy all year round — we just need to slow down to take it in.”
Museum-quality archival prints are on 100% cotton papers that have a beautiful, organic texture. High-end Gicleé printing uses a variety of water-based inks, which are environmentally friendly, while offering a wide gamut of accurate, beautiful color and resistance to UV light.
Expected Delivery time: I can have it professionally printed, packaged, mailed and arriving in approximately 5-10 days.
Summer sessions begin with a good book and a coastal serene scene bookmark (7x2” plus a tassel). The perfect add on gift or an easy thoughtful thank you. Or for you! … just because who doesn’t enjoy Maine’s sandy Seawall Beach and pine-lined shores of summertime in Maine!?!! Two scenes to choose from!
Consider the bulk option of 6 (3 of each scene) perfect for stocking up for upcoming events, thank yous, birthdays in the next calendar year.
"Darling Hill" set of 6 blank notecards - East Burke, Kingdom Trails, VT -Set of same image - depicting Darling Hill’s beautiful, winding trails - in a bundle of 6 - notecards are professionally printed on premium paper. Card size is 4.5 x 5.5.” Each bundle comes with 6 notecards (6 same scene) and 6 envelopes.
Share the beauty of mountain biking trailside. This “Darling Hill” Kingdom Trail scene was created to encourage us to take note of the beauty that surrounds us and explore, “because when you stop and look around this life is pretty amazing.”
Pen a thank you or snail mail a thinking-of-you note to a friend or loved one, while bringing a sense of wonderment and gratitude for Vermont’s outdoor playground right to the recipient’s doorstep.
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This gift card never expires.
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