Thompson Island Plein Air - August 3, 2013

Three of the Plein Air Connection members painted (in the rain) at Thompson Island on Saturday August 3rd - Kay Carter, Becky White, and me.  When the drizzle turned to light rain, we retreated to Sylvia's in Ellsworth for lunch.  I finished my painting in the studio today, three weeks later! 

This is an 11x14 oil painting on canvasboard and will be priced at $500 once it is framed.

Goose River Cove, Waldoboro

The Plein Air Connection members painted in Waldoboro this past Saturday.  Michael Vermette and I painted different views from the Goose River Cove on the beautiful shore property of Tom and Connie Hammermeister.  My painting was purchased by the Hammermeisters at the wet auction that night.  Thank you, Connie and Tom!  One of my challenges was the rapidly ebbing tide - probably 6 feet from the time we started painting until we finished...

 

 

Goodbye!

Sometimes, it's really hard to part with a work of art.  This one was particularly difficult to part with - I have so many fond memories of hauling my own lobster traps around the ladle, my boat "Grammie" loaded with eager family and friends, all straining to see if there were any lobsters in the trap.  This painting is also a tribute to the subject of the painting, my young friend and mentor in the lobster business, Jason Tyler and his wife Holly, his boat's namesake.  They bought this painting yesterday - it really does belong on their wall.  Thank you, Jason & Holly!

 

 

Jason's buouy is in the lower right and mine (blue - white - navy) is in the center of the island reflection.

A Pair of Schooners

Back in the mid nineties, when I had just dusted off my old paint brushes and started painting again, I painted these paintings of a schooner.  The ship is called the Bluenose II, and is a replica of a famous Canadian lobster fishing schooner (using dories to haul the traps) and successful racer called Bluenose.  They were both built in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.  I sailed briefly on Bluenose II when I was working in Halifax, where she is usually moored during summers.  I was so taken with this beautiful schooner, I had to paint her, twice - about a year apart.  These paintings (18x24) are not for sale (reserved by family members), but I do accept commissions!