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
Long Island Salt Marsh

Long Island Salt Marsh

This just completed commission of the salt marshes at Landing Lane in East Hampton, New York is a favorite spot of mine.  It is beyond any road noise so all you hear are the sounds of lapping water and a few gulls in the sky. Your eyes can stretch out a great distance...

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Can the Ocean Be Both Calm and Forceful?

Can the Ocean Be Both Calm and Forceful?

There is something hauntingly calm about this pinkish flat ocean. Then, you feel the pent up energy of the wave coming toward us full and strong. I love how the foam of a crashing wave can be both translucent and almost solidly opaque. It explodes out of the...

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Paintings: My Size

Paintings: My Size

When you are outdoors and experiencing the landscape, all your senses are involved. At the sea it is the colors you see, the salty smell, the feel of humidity on your skin and the sounds of water that come to your awareness. Looking at a two dimensional painting you...

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Tidal Pools and Salt Marsh

Tidal Pools and Salt Marsh

You know Spring is here when the morning light creates a radiant blue across the bay and the inlets.   When the fresh green sea grasses reappear after the long Winter it makes me so happy. It's hard to believe that such vivid gorgeous color is real, yet there it is....

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Ocean Wave an Emerald Surge

Ocean Wave an Emerald Surge

  It's so exciting to see the sparkling vitality of a wave crashing on to the sand as it surges with an explosive burst of upward motion.  The rhythm of the ocean is steady but every wave is a little different from the next one. I hope you will cheap propecia...

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Beach Sketching

Beach Sketching

  Getting down to the ocean with my sketchpad makes me feel free and easy. I shift from my usual random thoughts to focus only on analyzing what I see and translating it into line. Sometimes I forget how much I love drawing.  I especially love to quickly capture...

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Ready to Wake-Up and See Color?

Ready to Wake-Up and See Color?

"Fair and Calm" by Casey Chalem Anderson  12 x 12 oil/wood This timeless spot represents the essence of all that I love about the Hamptons. The blues are soft yet vivid and the Spring greens are bright with life. I'll bet you can't wait for these days when we can all...

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Why Are We Drawn to the Ocean?

Why Are We Drawn to the Ocean?

If you are like me, you can't wait for those warm beach days when an aquamarine wave tumbles in and you can stand with your bare feet in the sand. In the meantime, we will have to do a bit of day dreaming and recall what it was like last summer. Remembering those...

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Breath of Salt Air      “Clouded”      December 6, 2016

Breath of Salt Air “Clouded” December 6, 2016

  No matter what drama is going on in your life, nature can help soothe. A painting can also serve that function, especially one that is abstract and has no specific reference to place or time. As a viewer, you can step in with fresh eyes and experience how...

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Breath of Salt Air     “Learning the Ocean”  November 8, 2016

Breath of Salt Air “Learning the Ocean” November 8, 2016

Looking out on the bustling ocean I wonder, how did man ever figure out that he could safely swim, surf or play in the waves? We must have learned by trial and error. I love to watch children at the beach. We bring our babies to the shore, holding them tightly and dip...

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Breath of Salt Air  “Moon Glow in Gray”  September 6, 2016

Breath of Salt Air “Moon Glow in Gray” September 6, 2016

The combinations of gray that can be made with oil paints are infinite.  They are never just black mixed with white out of the tube. Some of the most intriguing color combinations are grays that are achieved by mixing complements like blue and orange, purple and...

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