Michigan Paintings Original Art Diane Tasselmyer: Lake Michigan

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Sunset Good Hart Michigan Readmond Twp. Beach Fish Boil

12" x 24" 1 1/2" Oil on Canvas with image painted on the sides.
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Have you ever been to a Lake Michigan "fish boil"?????? Yummmmm...Lip Smackin' ...It was my first!!!!! What a great time was had by all on Readmond Twp. Beach.   I could spend the whole week there painting!!!!Having now discovered the culinary delights of the three amigos !! each food boiled and tossed onto long checkered tablecloths for the pickins' I proceeded to be astounded by the setting. When the night arrives, the party is over (or moves somewhere else)This painting was truly a spectacle to create..I wanted to get the softness of the approaching haze across the water while keeping the intimacy of a picnic on the beach.
    Have a dull, drab wall in your house?   this may be the ticket to a one minute vacation that you can visit anytime..or for sweet memories of a great beach or a FISH BOIL .this painting INCLUDES ship/handling.

THE BLUFF Harbor Springs Michigan LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY Impressionist

18" X 24" X 1 1/2" Oil on Canvas
THE BLUFF OF LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY in Harbor Springs is a timeless view of Lake Michigan harbor town.
The Impressionist style of this painting is done In a "high key". It's a light painting as opposed to something like a night scene which would be called "low key". I used a palette knife for this piece. The thick paint makes such a great texture and it's fun to run your hand over it. (don't do this to other people's paintings...ask first)
Little Traverse Yacht club, beaches, sailing, shops, Art Galleries (of course), The Pier Restaurant and Bar harbor bar are only a few of the "things to do" here in Harbor Springs in Northern Michigan.
You can always pick up a paintbrush and create a paintings too!!!
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Longest Suspension Bridge

Longest Suspension Bridge

The Mighty Mackinac Bridge of Michigan has drawn admirers since it opened in 1957.
IN THIS VERSION , I painted the wonderful blue of the lakes it connects and the light reflecting up the bridge. This painting also incorporates brush painting in oil paint and use of the painting knife. (sometimes called a palette knife)

It has many moods relative to the weather which provides an amazing backdrop. I am drawn to the bridge for the beauty of the area, the wide vistas, and the ever changing sky. The area underneath the bridge is "The Straits of Mackinac" and connects Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. These lakes are like inland seas.

I am also attracted to the symbolic nature of the bridge. It connects the Upper Pennisula of Michigan and the Lower Pennisula of Michigan. It keeps us together economically, physically and in spirit.
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Mackinac Bridge Labor Day

THE MIGHTY MAC , THE MACKINAC BRIDGE LABOR DAY

The Mackinac Bridge, the "Mighty Mac", is Michigan's most famous bridge connecting the Upper and Lower Pennisulas. It's location nestles between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. The entire area surrounding it is beautiful and loaded with British and French history.
In this painting, it was sunset and the colorful sky added a wonderful backdrop to the bridge itself. The yellows backlit the bridge and helped me to paint one of it's many moods. This week I shall post the other Mackinac Bridge painting I have done which shows the bridge in completely different configuration and sky. With so many weather changes, there are inumerable beautiful, moody, bright, soft, misty paintings to be created.
Over 50 years old the Mackinac Bridge is the third longest suspension bridge in the world. The Famous Bridge Walk on Labor Day is an amazing 5 mile trek between the Mackinaw City on the south..across the bridge to St. Ignace on the north isde of the bridge. From the air it looks like the Moses leading the Hebrews through the Red Sea!!
the Mackinac Bridge website is an interesting spot to check out.

This painting: The Mighty Mac (c) Diane Tasselmyer 10" x 10" x 1 1/2" oil on canvas $200

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