Sally Loughridge Studio

Original artwork inspired by nature's beauty, power, and mystery

Welcome to this web gallery of my original artwork.  Inspired by the rugged beauty of coastal Maine, I create land and seascape oil paintings and soft pastel paintings.  Each medium has its own appeal.  With oil painting, the process of mixing, layering, and glazing hues of different values and temperatures is engaging and rhythmic.  Soft pastel is a medium of particular vibrancy and immediacy.  Almost pure pigment with minimal binder, pastel painting gives artwork a richness of color and stroke that is both characteristic and striking.  By their shape and concentration of pigment, pastel sticks may be used in a linear or painterly manner, or some combination of the two.  Preparing my own surfaces for pastel painting gives me the freedom to vary the texture and tone of the ground.  I often combine media, such as using acrylic or watercolor as an underpainting for a soft pastel work or experimenting with gold metal leaf in combination with oil or soft pastel. 

 

I am also exploring another artistic interest, that of jewelry design.  I make one of a kind necklaces and earrings with silver, other metals, minerals, beads, crystals, and found objects.  As in my oil and pastel painting practice, each piece is inspired by a palette of nature's hues, shapes, and shades.  I hope  you will visit the Jewelry Gallery on this site.

 

To see my work, please visit one of these listed galleries or a show I am in.  I hope that at least one of my oil or pastel paintings will stir a memory or your emotions. 

 

Online purchases of art or jewelry may be made by check or credit card (via Square Inc.).  Shipping can be arranged.

Paintings -  Mast Cove Galleries, Pemaquid Art Gallery, South Bristol Fine Art, Tidemark Gallery

Jewelry - Kefauver Gallery and Tidemark Gallery

Recent Paintings
"Wetland Gold," oil and gold leaf on panel, 6 x 6," $250
"Nod," oil on panel, 7 x 5," $200
"Iris Abounding," 10 x 10," reserved for charity event
"Bog Bend," oil on canvas, 4 x 6," matted to 8 x 10" unframed
"Into the Woods," oil on cradled birch, 10 x 10," $480
"Lupine Reflection," 18 x 14," $800
"DarK Sea," alcohol ink on Yupo, 4 x 6," $100 matted, unframed
"Poppy," alcohol ink on Yupo, 4 x 6," $100 matted, unframed
"Stormy Eve," alcohol ink on Yupo, 4 x 6," $100 matted, unframed

Current and Upcoming Shows

As the art season begins in June 2017, I do not have any solo shows this year due to an unexpected health crisis that has
absorbed many months. Fortunately, I am back to painting almost daily and exploring new ideas and mediums.
My work can be seen in Maine at  Archipelago (Rockland), Mast Cove Galleries (Kennebunkport),
Pemaquid Art Gallery (Bristol), South Bristol Fine Art (South Bristol), and Tidemark Gallery (Waldoboro).
"Breaker at Lobster Cove," oil on canvas, 16 x 20," available

Several of My Paintings From Monhegan Island, September 2015

Due to a health crisis I could not spend time on Monhegan Island in 2016, but will be returning

in September 2017. I am excited to have more time ahead "on island" to paint!
"Towards Washerwoman," oil on panel, 6 x 6"
"Goldenrod and Lace," oil on Encausticbord, 6 x 6"
"Rocky Coast," oil on Gessobord, 8 x 10"
"Sun on Rocks," oil on Gessobord, 5 x 7"
"Sea Shimmer, oil on panel, 5 x 7"
"Sea Crash," oil on Gessobord, 12 x 16"

Please see my "Books" page

Daniel and His Starry Night Blanket: A Story of Illness and Sibling Love is available through PayPal, online at www.amazon.com, www.maineauthorspublishing.com, as well as brick and mortal stores.  


2016 USA Best Book Awards Finalist in Children's Picture Book Soft Cover Fiction Category
2016 Literary Classics International Book Awards Gold Medal in Picture Book/Preschool Category
2016  Literary Classics International Seal of Approval
2016 Finalist, Next Generation Indie Book Awards in Children's Books 0 to 5
2016 Finalist, Next Generation Indie Book Awards in Children's Books 6 and Up
2015 Gold Medal, Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award in Lifestyle: Emotions and Feelings Category
2015 Honorable Mention, New England Book Festival in Children's Books 

 Rad Art: A Journey Through Radiation Treatment is available on www.amazon.com, 

www.cancer.org, other web distributors and your local bookstore.


2013 Winner, USA Best Book Awards in Women's Issues Category
2013 Finalist, USA Best Book Awards in Health-Cancer Category
2013 Finalist, Next Generation Indie Book Awards in Women's Issues Category
2012 Gold Medal, Association TRENDS all Media Contest in Book/Manual/Catalog Category

Prints

These painting images are available as limited edition fine art prints through the " Giclée Prints" page.
Sea Gold on Lobster Cove
Marsh Notes
Sasanoa River Buoy
Sail Play
Sun at the Island Inn
Cathedral Lights

Teaching

 

Future soft pastel class and workshop offerings will be posted here. If you are interested in a pastel workshop for your group, whether studio or plein air, please let me know.

For many more images, please click buttons on navigation bar at top.