Sally Loughridge Gallery

Welcome to this web gallery of my original artworks.  I paint in watercolor, oil, and soft pastel.  Each medium has its own appeal.  The surprises inherent in wet-in-wet watercolor painting are exciting.  With oils, mixing and then juxtaposing hues of different values and temperature is engaging and rhythmic.  

I particularly love the vibrancy and immediacy of soft pastel.  As a medium of almost pure pigment, pastel gives paintings a richness of color and stroke that is both characteristic and striking.  By their shape and concentration of pigment, pastel sticks facilitate a flexible combination of drawing and painting techniques.

Many of my paintings reflect my love of the Maine coast, where sea, sky, and land meet in myriad and compelling ways.  I am fascinated by shifts of weather and season, bringing changes in light, shadow, and mood to each scene before me.  Painting en plein air , I enjoyed working again this year in the Air Line region Down East and on Hog Island in Muscongus Sound.  An extended stay this fall on Monhegan was particularly challenging and satisfying.

I invite your comments on my paintings and this site.  The paintings in Gallery One and Gallery Two are selected images representative of my work.  Please feel free to contact me about a specific painting.  You may also order limited edition prints through the "Prints and Shows" page.  Thank you for visiting!