Cyndie Katz's Paintings of New Boston, NH

Molly and Her Hen

My daughter's friend Molly met us at the car one day with her chicken on her shoulder. I'm a sucker for birds on shoulders. If you scroll down you'll find another painting with this theme.

This is one of a series of tiny portaits I'm working on. The others can be seen on my portrait blog (there's a link to the right). 4x6" oil.

This is my second collage. I started it when visiting friends in Sharon, CT a few weeks ago. We went to buy eggs at a local farm and I just loved the label on the carton, so I cut the labels off all their egg cartons, raided their fabric box, opened several cans of house paint, cut up their magazines, poured out their popcorn.... (Fortunately my friends are very gracious hosts!) It wasn't until I took the collage home though that I realized I really needed to cut up one of my New Boston landscape paintings to make it work... oh, and borrow a small plastic animal from my daughter's farm set to glue in the upper right corner... (Mixed media on barn board, 12X19)

The Daniels Farm

This is a classic old farm on Bunker Hill Road. You have to get permission to climb up through one of the pastures to see it from this angle. What a view! (16X20, oil)

Dodge Farm - Fall

I was so happy to get out with my New Boston plein air painting buddies last Friday. For one thing, without Gary Luneau's guidance I would never have tromped up the field behind this lovely old farmhouse. It's great to have friends. And it's great to live in such a beautiful town. (8X10, acrylic on canvas)

Community Picnic

This library-sponsored event is a great way for folks to get out and see each other and learn what different town organizations and clubs are up to. There's lots of stuff for kids to do and the hamburgers are really good. I was flattered to be asked to come paint during the festivities which was lots of fun. Thanks to the clown for standing still a few minutes... (Acrylic 16X20) It's on display in the library and will be for sale at the Library Auction 09.

Back Road - Fall

For the last few weeks I've been doing interior wall finishes under the direction of designer Lisa Teague. The client whose interior we're working on has 3 large collage paintings I've been admiring. They inspired me to try to capture my feelings about a place instead of painting literally what I see. This painting is about Cochran Hill Road, New Boston. 16X20 mixed media. $350

The Big Flag

4th of July in New Boston is BIG. We have a parade (10:00) and later, at the fairgrounds, a chicken bar-b-que, a fiddler's contest, mud volleyball, and lots of entertainment for kids. All followed by fireworks at night.

5X7, oil

New Boston Central School is OUT!

Rainy weather for the last day of school and my daughter, 5th grade (officially 6th grade now), walked home with her friend, both crying. Breaking into my rendition of Alice Cooper's School's Out for Summer was inappropriate yet again...

Ms. Racey, we'll miss you!

5X7, oil

Jasmine in the Garden Center

Today Jasmine (grade 2) from the Apple Barn Garden Center asked me if I'd paint her sometime. I was just about to look for my daily subject, so it was perfect timing, and Jasmine sat perfectly still.

Those are hostas in the foreground. There are lots of beautiful hostas for sale at the garden center -- and since they're perennials I believe they're 50% off! 5x7, oil.

Joe English and the Peach Trees

This is painting #27 in what I hope is a series of 100 paintings of New Boston. This is Joe English Hill from South Hill Farm between storms. It was really the sky around the outline of the hill that interested me, but the challenge was painting the foreground trees so they stood out from the green background.

When I went to download the painting on the blog, it turned out the storms had downed the server. But all is fine this morning. 5X7, oil.

New Boston Cemetary

Rainy afternoon and I'm still thinking about my friend who died of a heart attack last weekend. Really felt like a day to paint in the cemetary. I like this little family group of stones surrounded by a fence and I love this little white building with the one window that watches over everything. 5X7, oil.

Prince Street Gallery Art Show, NYC

I'm off to New York for a couple of days to attend the reception of the Small Works Invitational Art Show at the Prince Street Gallery. I have three pieces in the show -- you can see them on my Morelia Blog. It was being invited to this show that got me interested in working small and then led to this painting a day blog.

I was invited into the show by my artist friend Mimi Weisbord.

New Boston Community Church

I had the good fortune to paint this view of the New Boston Community Church late yesterday from the vantage of the Apple Barn's 3rd story window which is currently missing and awaiting repair. This is how God must see the church when he zooms in from the NW.

Not only is the church archetecturally interesting for its Victorian Stick Style but this is a community church in every sense of the word. Rev. Woodland is ever welcoming, kind, and hilarious as are many of the members. There's a church dinner once a month on a Friday which is reasonably priced for big portions of really delicious food (tomorrow they're serving chicken kabobs). 7X7, oil.

River Rd. VI

Yesterday there was no post because I totally botched my canvas -- sometimes that happens when I try new techniques. So today I went out first thing and I think this one is a keeper. This is Jean Lowell's house again as one goes south on Rt. 13 (River Road). 5X7, oil.

Apple Barn ll

I'm trying a new technique with this and the previous painting. I'm pretty excited about it.
This is the view of the barn I see from my living room window. 5X7, oil.

Apple Barn l

This painting is dedicated to my supportive husband -- a great dad and stepdad -- for Father's Day.

The Apple Barn building was part of the Whipple estate, built in 1888 after the fire. It's a prominent landmark of New Boston village. Though it was recently converted to a modern commercial space on the inside, it's every bit a fine old barn on the outside. The building is available for lease or sale through Grubb and Ellis. 5X7, oil.

Jed's Barn, New Boston

This painting is a Father's Day commission for Jed from Holly and Julie. Jed and I are a couple of steps apart on the family tree and I enjoyed the chance to make this painting for him. I think the Obama sign totally makes it. And the two cats were like whip cream and a cherry when they wandered through the scene... Thanks for the work, girls. Happy Father's Day, Jed! 5X7, oil.

Piscataquog River, Heron Take Off

This really happened! The usual Friday painters were all on the Depot St. (Greg Pierce Memorial) Bridge painting the river. The heron was standing on a rock, but he wasn't very central to my composition until he started to take off. It was a lovely AHA moment.

There are two herons frequenting this part of the river these days. 5X7, acrylic on canvas. Sold

Barss Farm, New Day

The lucky folks who live at this lovely old farm on Joe English Rd. look at the view I painted yesterday. 5X7, acrylic on paper.

Joe English Hill

The storms last night brought in a new refreshing weather system and the clear air made the granite on Joe English Hill look particularly fine.

This painting is dedicated to the Fish family who is leaving New Boston. A super pleasant, community involved bunch, they'll be missed.

Read the story of Joe English Hill by clicking the link. It's a New Boston favorite. 5X7, oil. Sold

Mill Street Barn with Maple Street Poppies

One thing about poppies, when they bloom, there will be thunderstorms. We had a heck of a storm last night, so this morning I was relieved to find them fairly intact. I love these poppies set off by the brown barn on the other side of the river. I made two paintings fast -- it's over 100º in New Boston today -- I think this is the best of the two. 5X7, oil.

South Hill Farm, Back Garden

South Hill Farm is the home of my friend, Sue Martin. There are probably a hundred good paintings to paint here. In the summer there's a daycamp at South Hill Farm organized around the Game of Village. On some days there are yoga classes. Everyone who comes here agrees that it's a beautiful, peaceful place. Sue works hard to keep it that way.

I started this painting on Sunday morning and returned today to finish the details.

Garden Center Saturday Night

Saturday was busy, HOT and HUMID and I didn't get out to paint until 8:00 p.m. I had to make a quick decision on my subject in the garden center -- that's the Apple Barn Garden Center -- in the center of the village. I love delphiniums and angel statues, so it wasn't hard to decide, but I had to work quickly. Finally the dark and mosquitoes drove me in. 5X7 oil.

Cement Barn ll

I love the broad walls of the cement barn which I make with yellow ochre, white, and a tiny bit of yellow. This is a perfect subject for a drizzly day like today because I can park and paint from my car with the canvas propped on the steering wheel and the pallet on the passenger seat. 5X7, oil.

Cement Barn l

This is the cement barn, part of the Whipple Farm of yore. RJ Whipple raised all the food for his three Boston hotels in New Boston (one was the Parker House, which still exists). This was the dairy which had 80 fine cows and was fully automated -- very modern for the turn of the 19th century! It's empty now and for rent. Call Wayne Daniels if you're interested. 5X7, oil.

Dr. Brenner's

This used to be the Atwood homestead. I learned that on a history walk through town this week for Walk NH week which is June 1-7. ( I heard New Boston is the only town in the state that has a walk each day.) The Atwoods owned one of the several stores in downtown New Boston during its heyday. But I think of this as the dentist's office and it's also the doctor's office, but it's owned by the dentist, Dr. Brenner. He did the conversion to a medical building while preserving the historical features -- an enormous undertaking. 5X7, oil.

River Rd. V

Another view of River Rd. (Rt. 13) as you go from New Boston town center to Goffstown. Notice there's a little Heidi Palmer Real Estate sign in front of the red house -- a duplex. 5X7, oil.

Fireman's Breakfast

New Boston's volunteer fire department puts on a great breakfast the first Sunday of every month (except July). The breakfast is held in the fire station so the trucks are parked outside. It was a beautiful day to stand on the town common and paint them -- plus I got to stop and have breakfast with my family half-way through. 5X7, oil.