Erin Spencer's Light-filled Paintings

Image courtesy of Erin Spencer. All rights reserved.

Recently, I came home from a long day at the office to find a very nice and VERY unexpected comment from Erin Spencer, of Painting Dutch Fotos, informing me that she had "nominated" this blog for an award (along with eleven others, per the rules of the award). Truly, I was honored and I am grateful! Erin is a prolific landscape painter bringing her memories of her extended time in Holland to life in her paintings and through her lovely writing. Currently living in Rhode Island, she also captures images of the surrounding countryside, harbors and seashore in her work. Her paintings are, at one and the same time, spare and full of richness -- of color, of light and of atmosphere. Erin's genuine warmth and openess and her enthusiasm for pursuing her art come spilling forth from her blog and I have enjoyed following it very much. Below, is more of Erin's work:

Image courtesy of Erin Spencer. All rights reserved.

Image courtesy of Erin Spencer. All rights reserved.

So very beautiful! .... Well, since receiving notification of the award from Erin, I have visited the blogs of all her other nominees and have gone up and down the "award chain" discovering many wonderful artists' blogs and websites. The intent of the award is to spread goodwill far and wide and to increase exposure for artists. However, I have this slight dilemma of not wanting to exclude anyone in the process of selecting additional nominees for the award! On the other hand, for some time now, I have been wanting to call attention to the talented artists who are following my blog, as well as to other artists that I am discovering. So, in the spirit of the blog award (while not abiding by the rules), that is how I have chosen to spread the goodness. I'll feature another artist in a few days. In the meantime, I encourage you to spend time perusing Erin's blog and shop, and also to check out the blogs of the other artists she nominated.