This beach portrait painting is now hanging in the home of the clients who commissioned it!

Copyright 2009 by Barbara DuBois Hageman. All rights reserved. Prints may be ordered at this url: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/oyster-river-shacks-barbara-hageman.html

I am making several of my archived works available in print form via Fine Art America.com.  I'm uploading selected images which you can then use in selecting a print size, matting & framing.  Some images will also be available in greeting card format.

You can order a print of "Light Show"  by going to this link:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/light-show-barbara-hageman.html  

Copyright 2009 by Barbara DuBois Hageman, all rights reserved. Gallery-wrapped canvas. Part of the "Shifting Sands" show at the Left Bank Gallery, Essex, CT, opening August 1st. Contact the gallery if you would like to acquire it before the opening!

        











These are studies for a series of larger works to be shown at the Left Bank Gallery, Essex, CT, beginning on August 1, 2009.   I am about to start this series of paintings of the late day light on Cape Cod Bay.  I've been thinking about this concept for several years and finally have the time and the material assembled to launch the effort!  Come back over the next few weeks to see how the series develops!

When I launch a commissioned work, there are so many possibilities!  So I get my clients involved at the very first step: the composition of the work.  Invariably, using a sketch in black and white, or rough color, to start the conversation with the client enables the client's mental images to become more specific.  Maybe the client wants a "big sky" painting, but her spouse wants something that includes clouds, and the family's image should be recognizable, but not too big in the context of the vastness of the overall scene.  Sketching and sharing, via email, allows dialogue about what feels right to the people who will look at the painting for many years to come.  It builds excitement for them and for me!