Paintings to soothe your soul, calm your mind, inspire joy.
Gallery originals and commissions.
Celebrating Cape Cod as home for nearly 25 years.
Mimi Schlichter, artist and owner
I live and work on Cape Cod, traveling throughout New England with oil paints, and mixed media of watercolor pencils and ink. My goal is to create a piece for you that will initially evoke a response of "oh wow" followed soon by a sense of peace and tranquility. Kinda like nature does in a sunset, or quiet ocean, or...
Spring. Daffodils. Green grass. Tiny buds on the trees. Aaa..choo!!!
As I walked Rosie this afternoon, I was struck by how much each and every spot of color catches my eye this time of year. Mostly yellow right now where I live. We're deep in the daffodils and forsythia. As we move further into the summer, there will be a multitude of colors, and much as we enjoy it, the volume of it has the potential to cause us to...
I've been exploring new beaches to paint, beyond my usual go-to's of Chapoquoit and Megansett. With each one, I'm gaining new ideas for other larger paintings.
Alla Prima. That's the name for this type of painting.
In Italian, the term "alla prima" means "at first attempt". In other words...
Do you remember, those of you familiar with Falmouth, it was a year ago today they closed off the beach parking lots to us as a social distancing measure? Personally, that meant I lostmy place to sit and paint from the front seat of my car, something I had done in the prior months on a fairly regular basis.
The parking lots remained closed for 53 days.
Today, one year later, I began a newseries of 53 paintings that I intend to create tocelebrate the next..
