Carol Sebold has died.

 

 

 

 

Got some very sad news a couple of weeks ago while at Camp, of the sudden death of an old friend. Not sure many of my wildlife artist friends even knew of Carol Sebold but she was a painter of the Maine landscape in watercolor, and more recently, in oil as well. She knew her subject, knew her market, and as a result her work became known throughout the region; her work could be found all over the state in galleries and shops. But Carol's true legacy was her profound effect on people she met, for she was a true force of nature. She swept friends and strangers alike into her whirlwind of, well, ACTION, for lack of a better term. She had an astonishing number of TRUE friends, people she got to know while showing her artwork or while traveling, and she maintained contact with these friends and maintained involvement with them, whether they came to her or she went to them during her frequent travel. She was the most active and athletic 71 year old I think i will ever know, skiing, snow-shoeing, hiking, kayaking, and in the process leaving everyone in her wake. She was just starting to significantly reduce her business obligations after a lifetime of hard work to secure her 'retirement', and she'd had several surgeries in the past several months for various joint issues which she would have preferred to have had done all on the same day, so could could get on with her life and plans. Unfortunately the last one, bilateral knee replacements 2 weeks before her sudden death, might have been a problem; we'll never really know.. There were around 600 people at her memorial service 1 week ago in Camden Maine and she could almost certainly have  named every person there; some traveled from a great distance to be there for Carol, as I did. I found the 4 days leading up to the service to be very difficult as I saw so many of her local friends come together to remember her (and cry and cry and cry).

Anyway rest in peace, Carol, I will miss you and your presence in Camden forever.

I have been working....

But didn't finish these scratchboards up and photograph them until today.



"fluffed'  11"x6"
















'Featherwork' 19"x16"

Some More

"Play Ball!" 24x36 oil on linen
(Poodle Nationals must be coming)

 "Red Flag" 10"x20" oil on canvas board
Seascape from a trip to New Jersey coast a few weeks ago.

"Party of Three" 12"x36" oil on canvas

Because there are always more egrets in need of painting.

Some newly photographed paintings

Summer Dawn, Easton (24x36, oil on linen)

Morning Stretch (18x24) oil on linen

Might as Well...(16x20) oil on linen

Poodle Nationals coming up, I started this weeks ago and then had to set it aside for a while, now finished and photographed (I think!).

Lazy Day (36x48)

Thought I'd tackle a large painting while snowed in this week (several times). Not as concentrated a set of painting sessions as I'd envisioned, since I had a lot of shoveling to do, over and over, and continue to be way over-puppied. But finally got this completed. May not get the van unearthed to deliver it to the gallery until spring, but once I do unearth the van, this will go to McBride Gallery in Annapolis.

Yes, it snowed a little

White Ducks (4"x12")

Seen at the base of the falls in the harbor at Camden, Maine

2010 USASA National Specialty Artwork

A couple of smalls...

'Small Gems' is what McBride Gallery is calling the focus of their holiday season this year, little paintings done by gallery artists. So these 2 paintings joined the party along with several other small works I have already posted in recent weeks and months.

Eider on Waves (4x12)

Bunny (4x12)

Waiting Egret 20x24 oil on linen

Destined for one of my galleries for the fall season.

All sorts of arrivals

Well, I did some paintings (so they arrived), autumn is here (so it arrived), I got back from Wausau after being their artist-in-residence (so I arrived) and last and most important, Ribbon has had her litter of 7 so THEY arrived. You can see more about them at this news page though I have included  a picture of mom and babies here.

The Signs (16x20)

Egret Primping2 (6x4)

Egret Primping 1 (6x4)