The Sea Bunny (Coastal Rabbit) Painting Series

 The Coastal Rabbit painting series is loosely based on rabbits’ lives along the ocean, here on the New England coast. Although I live a bit inland, we have a plethora of rabbits living in the countryside here,  amongst the farms and fields. Daily, they are seen chasing each other around in our gardens. That was the inspiration for the series. 

Magic The Rabbit 

Magic the Rabbit was the very first in this collectors series. This is a 24” x 24” acrylic on panel, fine art painting that has been sold to a wonderful collector in New Hampshire. There are a couple other versions of this one. 

Calico Rabbit in the Tulips - Gail Allen

One painting,  being my Calico Rabbit. This is an 8” x 10” acrylic and gouache, done on a cradled birch panel. Similar but slightly different than the original “Magic” version. (Please Click on the gold name below each painting,  to be taken by the direct link for each piece, to its location on my website -  for more insights, or to purchase. )

 

The Keeper of the Light - SeaBunny

Keeper of the Light Sea Bunny is an acrylic gouache painting in a new series of rabbit paintings. A true Sea Bunny is actually the name for a round, fluffy, cute little sea creature not an actual land bunny.  Known to be like a slug in the sea,  they belong to the group of mollusks and were discovered by a Japanese biologist. Being that I live and work near the ocean and we have rabbits in our yard daily,  my story developed into what it is today.

Marilene Sawaf, Unique Figural Painting Artist and Friend

Today, I am introducing a dear friend’s art to my readers. Marilene Sawf is a figural painter whose paintings are a colrful blend of tradional Middle Eastern designs and colors. They have a unique narrative in that she has painted her life’s story, moving from Egypt to Lebanon, to immigrating and ultimately living in the New England area of the United States. Her blog can be found here:  http://marilenesawaf.blogspot.com/

Her immigrant series has been widely exhibited in the eastern United States and she has sold paintings throughout the world.  Please take the time to view her work, you will not find yourself mesmerized by her lovely paintings!

Garden by the Ocean

This is a recent 18” x 24” oil painting on cradled birch panel. This image was created after my mom had passed. She was an avid gardener and always wanted a home by the ocean.  I began this painting as an homage to her life. She had gifted to me the large blue pot, which now stands in the center of my garden as a reminder that she is always right there with me. 

After its completion, a themed exhibit titled: Who We Are was announced. This fine art painting was submitted and exhibited at Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery in Portsmouth NH in that exhibit. I felt it also was a refection of my own gardening experience, love of the ocean, as well as my recent addition to the role of grandmother. Currently This painting is going to be on exhibit October - December 2022  at the Nashua, NH  Marriott - as part of the Nashua Art Association exhibit. If you are in the area please stop by. 

 Gail Allen, Garden by the Ocean

Colors of Autumn

 9/1/2022 - 9/30/2022 

Reception: 9/2/2022  5-8

Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery
136 State Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801
United States
1-603-431-4230
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Autumn – it’s the time of year for New England to show off her colors from deep russets to bright orange against an azure blue sky. The New Hampshire Art Association members’ show for September will celebrate the beauty of season during its “Colors of Autumn” show in all artistic expressions at the Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery on State Street. 
Come in for a visit as we welcome cooler temps and warmer colors!

Melt Exhibit at Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery

 Exhibition: 6/23/2022-7/31/2022

Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery

136 State Street Portsmouth New Hampshire USA 03801

1-603-431-4230

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Melt is a summer group exhibit of the New Hampshire Art Association.

It’s July and it’s hot. How do you escape the heat of the summer? What comes to your mind when you hear “melt”? Is it ice melting in a glass or being in the water, cooling off with a swim. Hot reds melting into icy blues, bright yellows to shady greens. Show everyone what “Melt” says to you.

 

Melt has two entirely different interpretations with my two exhibited pieces. One is the feeling of melt in your mouth, oysters and lobster, at a New England lobster bake, on a sunny, summer day by the ocean.  The other interpretation is the feeling of life melting away as you experience with every sense available to you, the beauty and the energy surrounding you in nature, as you peruse a botanical garden.

 

Garden of Serenity

New England Lobster Bake

Two Paintings Recently Juried Into 11th Annual Plein Air Competition hosted by Plein Air Magazine

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Visit Website: Plein Air Salon Competition November 2021 

These two paintings were entered into The Plein Air Salon Competion for November 2021:

 Exploration is a large, 48” x 48” acrylic (on two 24” x 48”) canvases. This is a serene view of three young men exploring, as they travel down a river in a boat.

Ogunquit Garden Restaurant is a 16” x 24” oil on canvas. The painting depicts a moody floral of a restaurant in Maine, USA that was located near the water.  

Ogunquit Garden Restaurant placed as a finalist out of the many juried selections for the November Salon. Judging was by Bob Malenfant, owner of Southwest Gallery. Many thanks to him for choosing my painting as a finalist.

This competition is created by PleinAir magazine, which features not only plein air paintings, but also studio paintings, all types of paintings are eligible and do not need to have been completed in plein air. As we know, many studio paintings start with plein air sketches. Our interest is in rewarding great paintings,

The Lesson by Gail Allen - 2021 Joan L Dunfey Juried Exhibition Entry

 11/3/2021 - 11/28/2021 

Reception: 11/5/2021  5-8 pm

Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery
136 State Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801
United States
603-431-4230

My painting The Lesson was juried intothe prestigious Joan L Dunfey juried exhibition. This is a large 36” x 48” acrylic on canvas painting, of a woman and son. This is a narrative, surrealistic painting depicting the changes we are nowexperiencing as new historical facts are brought to life by new technology. To read more about the storybehind this painting, visit my website: Gail Allen Fine Art

“The Lesson” painting Juried into the Joan L Dunfey annual Memorial Competion

 

    

Recently my painting “The Lesson was juried into the prestigious Joan L Dunfey annual juried competition in Portsmouth NH. This is a large 36” x 48” acrylic on canvas painting of a woman reading to a boy in Provincetown,MA. The Pilgrim Monument is in the background. A gallion ship can be seen alsobehing them. She wears a helmet as she reads about the vikiarrot sits on the boys head. In the foreground a bobcat signifying secrets has a patched eye. 

Light and Dark - An Exhibition of Paintings

Light and Dark is the themed exhibit I am submitting my Solar Flares painting to this October at New Hampshire Art Association. Light and Dark is a dichotomy as old as time. What is illuminated and what is hidden in the shadows. As the days get shorter and the nights get longer, we think more about our sun and its effect on us. My Solar Flares painting depicts the flares bulging and spewing into the space surrounding it. In some of the flares you see images of earthly elements that are affected by the solar flares each time they erupt. What would our planet be, but a desolate darkness without our sun? The dichotomy here is that we as a race are not preparing,  or even caring in the least about our detrimental effect on the entire planet and galaxy beyond. Within this painting, I have hidden items and natural elements that exist here on earth, that are affected as solar flares are ignited and spread out into the universe ultimately affecting our planet.

View specific iocation and exhibit information on my website:https://www.gailallenartist.com

Circle of Life A Group Exhibit and Sale

9/1/2021 - 10/1/2021 
Reception: 9/3/2021  5-8

Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery ( location)
136 State St, Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801
United States

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The New Hampshire Art Association is one of the oldest art associations in the United States. You must be juried in to become a member. The theme for the September group art show offered by our association is “Circle of Life”.  From germanating seeds to multigenerational portraiture, the theme evokes images of cycles and metamorphasis from all walks of life.

Colors of Summer Exhibition 2021

 

7/2/2021 - 7/31/2021 
Reception: 7/2/2021  5-7

COLORS OF SUMMER

Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery
136 State St, Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03153
United States

Colors of Summer is the July 2021 exhibit at the New Hampshire Art Associations gallery. The two new paintings that I have on exhibit in the gallery in Portsmouth evoke thoughts of reminiscing about slow days along the coast, with sea shell collecting, crabbing, and the sounds of the local fowl as you listen to waves crashing on the shore. 

For more information to view paintings, go to mywebsite:

Gail Allen Fine Art

Who We Are Exhibit at Lincoln - Levy Gallery

 6/1/2021 - 7/1/2021 

Reception: 6/4/2021  5-8

WHO WE ARE

Lincoln-Levy Gallery
135 State St, Portsmouth, New Hampshire 
United States
603 - 465 - 2088
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For this June's exhibition there is a themed exhibit titled: Who We Are. An exhibit that relates to who we are as artists and our types of personalities. This painting relates to my lifelong love of the ocean, gardening, garden design and being at one with nature, as well as being a new grandmother. This also reflects me as a painter who records nature, time, and my life stories through narrative fine art paintings, using symbolism and allegory.

Beyond the Boundaries - The Journey

Lassonde Juried Exhibit 2021 -Beyond The Boundaries

Gail M. Allen - The Journey
copyright 2021, Gail M. Allen  All rights reserved

The Journey is my medium size acrylic painting on canvas and is sized at 36" x 48" x 2". It is a recently finished painting that I completed for a juried exhibit at The Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery in Portsmouth, NH. The New Hampshire Art Association held its 35th Annual Omer T. Lassonde Juried Exhibition, which started on March 31st, 2021 and will be on display at the gallery through May 31st, 2021. Artists were asked to interpret the theme "Beyond the Boundaries". There were 92 wonderful pieces of an array of mediums that were juried into the exhibition by the judge, Andrew Spahr, curator of The CurrierMuseum of Art in Manchester, NH. I am happy to say that my painting, The Journey, placed third in the exhibition's jurying process. To see more of my current works, or, I would love for you to sign up for my newsletter of updates and exhibition news, go to my website and click on newsletter sign up. Gail Allen Fine Art The gallery for viewing all pieces chosen is located at 136 State St Portsmouth, NH (603) 431-4230  

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New Exhibit - Cunningham gallery at the Jaffrey Civic Center

A new gallery exhibit, New Hampshire Art Association is having a members exhibit at the Jaffrey Civic Center in the Cunningham Gallery on the second floor, 40 Main Street in Jaffrey, NH. The show runs September 11 through October 14. I currently have eight pieces exhibiting in this show, three larger and five smaller works. The largest painting, Darkness Descending, 24" x 30" is a newly completed piece.  Below are a few others at that exhibit. If you are in the vicinity, possibly out leaf peeping this fall, please stop by and browse the members work. We love participation and support of our shows and the arts. the world needs all of the beauty it can get right now! - Why not bring some home with you to keep yourself smiling!

Darkness Descending 24" x 30" Acrylic on Canvas
copyright 2019, by Gail Allen

Night Waterfall 9" X 12" Acrylic on Canvas
copyright 2019, by Gail Allen

Autumn Light 9" X 12" Oil on Board
copyright 2019, by Gail Allen

Mountain Memory 9" X 12" Oil on Canvas
 copyright 2019, by Gail Allen

Graphite Spring Floral Drawing Process

Floral drawing by Gail Allen Fine Art _All Rights Reserved 

These are a few of my process photos of a recent floral pencil drawing done for the New Hampshire Art Association’s exhibit for August. This will be on exhibit for the month of August at the Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery on State Street in Portsmouth, NH.

Two of a Kind

Two of a Kind
Currently, I have these two 24” x 24” paintings on canvas, titled Water Lily I and II, in the themed exhibit Two of a Kind for sale at the Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery in Portsmouth, NH.
If you are in the area, please stop in and see the many interpretations of the theme. If you would like to see more of my work please use this link:
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❄️🎄Join me! A Holiday of Art Sale at Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery🎄 ❄️

🌲🎁 Wishing a Very Happy Holiday Season to You and Yours! 🎁🌲

The New Hampshire Art Association in Portsmouth, NH is currently having their annual holiday art show and sale. These four paintings of mine are all exhibited for sale at the Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery.If you are in the area please stop in .

 

Top O the Morning  Oil on Canvas  9” x 12”

Late Summer Garden Oil on Canvas  9’ x 12” 

Fish Pond Fountain  Acrylic on Canvas 30” x 24”

Ogunquit Garden at Waterside Restaurant Oil on Canvas  16” x 20”