Bold Coast Competition Winner

I have just learned that my submission, Fouled Gear, was chosen by the Bold Coast Scenic Byway Corridor Advisory Group to be one of 3 images used to represent the Bold Coast region!  Please follow this link for a DRAFT view of what these keepsake artcards will look like.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/97dpbsw17iw8ff9/POSTCARD%20DRAFT.docx

There will be 10,000 copies of each image printed and distributed to visitors in the Bold Coast region.

DISCOVER Maine’s Bold Coast

Fouled Gear

Last summer, before the lobsters had really started moving in good, these two dedicated lobstermen decided to go fishing for halibut. They invited me along as the official photographer, and this scene was among those I captured - "Fouled Gear". Watch out for the sharp hooks!

Oil on canvasboard, 11x14.

Painting with "Authority"

One of my instructors once said that you need to get to know your subject; go over there and look at it closely, touch it, stand on it, if you can.  When you do that, you can paint with more "authority".  Following his advice, I have tried to immerse myself into everything I paint.  I hiked the trails, hunted the moose and deer in the Maine Northwoods, canoed on the rivers, fished the trout, cooked, and ate it.  I bought a lobsterboat and caught lobsters, photopraphed lobsterboats, islands along the coast, the brakers on the rocks.  Following that same philosophy, the other day I went out with two local fishermen fishing for halibut.  Here are some of the photos I took, "on location."

Nice catch, boys!