"Twilight on Chatsworth Lake" © 2006 Carolyn Lee Vehslage
Acrylic on cotton, quilting, embroidery, 4"h x 6"w
Created October 10, 2006
On Sunday, as I drove home from the beach, there was just a hint of raspberry colored after glow
reflected in the still Chatsworth Lake. The rest of the sky was my favorite 'twilight' blue.
The pines along the shoreline and the cattails and reeds in the foreground are quilted and embroidered.
"Sunset on Great Salt Pond, Block Island" © 2006 Carolyn Lee Vehslage
Acrylic on cotton, embroidery, 4"h x 6"w
Created October 10, 2006
From a memory of our sailboat at anchor one autumn on Great Salt Pond, Block Island, Rhode Island.
"Autumn Afternoon" © 2006 Carolyn Lee Vehslage
Acrylic on cotton, quilting, 4"h x 6"w
Created October 11, 2006
This Quilted Painting reminds me of a day spent on a lake in South Salem, NY.
"Sunset on Marsh Shelter Island" © 2006 Carolyn Lee Vehslage
Acrylic on cotton, embroidery, 4"h x 6"w
Created October 12, 2006
This is the view from the deck of our sailboat Fandango.
"September Sunset on Chesapeake Bay Bridge" © 2006 Carolyn Lee Vehslage
Acrylic on cotton, embroidery, 4"h x 6"w
Created October 13, 2006
In September 1999, as we sailed Fandango down to the Chesapeake, we saw a magenta sky.
"Twilight on Mirror Pond" © 2006 Carolyn Lee Vehslage
Acrylic on cotton, embroidery, 4"h x 6"w
Created October 14, 2006
This one is from my imagination.
"Sunset Afterglow on Snow Capped Mountains" © 2006 Carolyn Lee Vehslage
Acrylic on cotton, embroidery, 4"h x 6"w
Created October 15, 2006
Another from my imagination.
"Sunset on the Lake" © 2006 Carolyn Lee Vehslage
Acrylic on cotton, embroidery, 4"h x 6"w
Created October 17, 2006
"Full Moon in the Grenadines" © 2006 Carolyn Lee Vehslage
Acrylic on cotton, embroidery, 6"h x 4"w
Created October 17, 2006
One year we cruised from St Vincent to Grenada. We stopped on an island for dinner and saw this view. I ate barracuda but can't remember the taste.
"Magenta Sunset on Chesapeake Bay Bridge" © 2006 Carolyn Lee Vehslage
Acrylic on cotton, embroidery, 4"h x 6"w
Created October 17, 2006
This sunset is so vivid in my memory that I had to paint it again according to the 'good' composition rule of 1/3 vs 2/3.
"Sailing South" © 2006 Carolyn Lee Vehslage
Acrylic on cotton, embroidery, 4"h x 6"w
Created October 19, 2006
Sunset's a magical time when your out at sea.
"Purple Haze Sunrise" © 2006 Carolyn Lee Vehslage
Acrylic on cotton, embroidery, 6"h x 4"w
Created October 20, 2006
That dreamy time before the stronger morning's rays burn off the haze.
"Bora Bora at Dusk" © 2006 Carolyn Lee Vehslage
Acrylic on cotton, embroidery, 6"h x 4"w
Created October 23, 2006
A memory of an evening in the South Pacific. The lights of the houses twinkle on the hillside.
"Early Autum on Mirror Lake" © 2006 Carolyn Lee Vehslage
Acrylic on cotton, embroidery, 4"h x 6"w
Created October 30, 2006