A BREATH OF SALT AIR 

After the Show: A Studio Reset

Infinite Sky at the Edge  48 x 36 oil/canvas After the whirlwind of Where Light Meets Water, a beautiful and successful show that brought many people together around...
Infinite Sky at the Edge

  Join us for the reception if you are near Fairfield, Connecticut. It a beautiful show! Please mark your calendars to stop in for my next show, a benefit toward...

Waiting for the Blue Heron of Towd Point

This serene painting captures a quiet, reflective moment in a familiar landscape to me, a view from the bridge on Towd Point. The blue heron truly lives here, taking...
Blue Heron 36 x 48 oil/canvas by Casey Chalem Anderson

Blues Music and Seascapes: Finding Calm in Chaos

In these confusing and frustrating times, finding emotional balance can feel like a never-ending quest. For me art has always been a refuge—a way to feel deeply,...
Open Sky, Blue Water 36 x 48 oil/canvas

The Healing Power of Color in My Seascape Paintings

  Color is more than just an aesthetic choice—it has the power to influence emotions, ease anxiety, and enhance well-being. In my seascape paintings, I...
Twilight at the Point
Breath of Salt Air -Light in the Fields- October 14, 2013

Breath of Salt Air -Light in the Fields- October 14, 2013

Light in the Fields There is something different about the fields here on the East End in the Hamptons precisely because we are near the sea.  There is a unique quality of light, a quality that is created by sunlight reflecting off the ocean, the bays and the salt...

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Breath of Salt Air – Ocean World – October 7, 2013

Breath of Salt Air – Ocean World – October 7, 2013

"The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever."                                                                                                     Jacques Yves Cousteau                                        Just a short note this time but...

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Breath of Salt Air – Space to Live In – September 30, 2013

Breath of Salt Air – Space to Live In – September 30, 2013

An isthmus of glistening white sand is made even more beautiful by its stark vulnerability.  Note the determined and exquisitely fragile trees attempting to stand their ground. A strip of land clearly delineates the wide sky above and the soft blue water beneath.  As...

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Breath of Salt Air – Salt Marsh- August 26, 2013

Breath of Salt Air – Salt Marsh- August 26, 2013

Salt Marsh It seems that places by the sea are more changeable than anywhere else.  Always in transition, the mysterious salt marsh waters fill and fall with the tide.  All this activity is orchestrated by the gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun and the...

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Breath of Salt Air – Familiar Places – August 19, 2013

Breath of Salt Air – Familiar Places – August 19, 2013

The Familiar Sea Land shapes jutting out into the sea can look so similar sometimes you can’t quite be sure of where you are. The Hamptons, Nantucket, Cape Cod, Chesapeake Bay can all feel so similar. Maybe you have been here before, or maybe it just reminds you of...

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Breath of Salt Air – Why is water blue?- July 23, 2013

Breath of Salt Air – Why is water blue?- July 23, 2013

Why is water blue? I was looking out on the water the other day and could not believe how blue it was.  I’m still stunned that the color is so intense, so truly blue.  Compared to the sea the sky is pale, maybe half as vivid.  I’m wondering once again, what makes them...

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Breath of Salt Air – My Color Palette – July 15, 2013

Breath of Salt Air – My Color Palette – July 15, 2013

How do I choose the colors I use in my paintings? It is the color that first inspires me and magnetizes me to the scene. I'm always on the lookout for something gorgeous. Colors in nature are astounding. I cannot even believe that a color in a tube of paint can match...

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Breath of Salt Air – Flowers by the Sea – July 8, 2013

Breath of Salt Air – Flowers by the Sea – July 8, 2013

Flowers by the Sea One of the ultimate luxuries is to have a flower garden by the sea.  My friend Sara has a dazzling example. When I first saw the colorful profusion of blooms set against tranquil blue water under an open sky I was astounded.  I knew I had to paint...

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Breath of Salt Air – Why Paint a Dune?  July 2, 2013

Breath of Salt Air – Why Paint a Dune? July 2, 2013

Why paint a dune? Stepping along the wooden walkway over the beach pines that grow right out of sand and knowing that I am heading toward the ocean is exhilarating. Even if  I am lugging 20 lbs of painting equipment. At the aptly named Dune Beach in Southampton, one...

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