tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34945672811603895672024-03-13T00:43:43.259-04:00Diana Ansley NewsDCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731074875390185743noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494567281160389567.post-81261752079107374472016-07-08T10:55:00.002-04:002016-07-08T11:10:36.723-04:00"The Acadia Centennial Collection Show" at The Gallery at Somes Sound: My journey in painting “In Reverence to Lane” and “The Pull of the Sea"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: 16.0pt;">“In Reverence to Lane” by Diana Cobb Ansley <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: 16.0pt;">After Fitz Henry Lane’s “Entrance to Somes Sound from
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Fitz Henry
Lane’s “Entrance to Somes Sound From Southwest Harbor” has a special
significance for me as my ancestor,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Abraham Somes sailed up Somes Sound to settle Mount Desert in 1761.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a print of the painting in our dining
room in Somesville as I was growing up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I had always been amazed by Lane’s use of light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew that it was painted somewhere off of
Manset, but it wasn’t until last summer that I saw the light he painted. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I was in
Manset around 7:30 in the evening as the sun was setting. The mountains were
saturated with a glow of light appearing almost bare as the light blocked the tree-covered
mountains. I finally understood the
light he had achieved and began to scope out various views for a plein air
painting. Over the winter, I was thrilled to be asked to recreate a work for
the Centennial Show and I knew Fitz Henry Lane’s Entrance to Somes Sound would
be a great challenge. I named this
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Before I
began I did a great deal of research about Lane and The Entrance to Somes
Sound. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Cape Ann Museum and John
Wilmerding’s “The Artist’s of Mount Desert” were wonderful resources. Lane did
the painting in 1852 at the age of 48.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Lane came to Mount Desert over several years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1850 he first sketched the view of Somes
Sound sitting in the stern of a vessel while sailing up the sound. He came
again in 1852 with his friend from Castine, Maine Joseph L. Stevens, Jr. who
hired the sloop “Superior” to come to Mount Desert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the diary of William Witherle, a member of
the boating party, he mentions that Lane took a sketch especially when the
water was calm. Lane often stayed on board the boat, while the others
went ashore. He walked with crutches and was lame as a child possibly from
polio. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I also found sketches by Lane of the sails and studied
rigging on similar vessels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I then
painted a grisaille of the vessel, which is a painting done in shades of a
neutral color.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used burnt sienna for
the grisaille in order to study the values in the sails.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Old postcards
of the view enabled me to see his perspective points-- in one account it said
he had often sketched in the crow’s nest of a ship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could see that his perspective was lower
and probably done off the stern of the Superior.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Lastly, I was
trying to decide on my color scheme based on the three images I had of the
painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had read a report about Fitz Henry Lane’s
work versus an artist named Mary Blood Mellen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mellen was a student of Lane’s and may have collaborated with Lane in
some of his paintings. The report stated Lane’s palette was restrained and
subtle with soft blues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to
maintain the same soft palette he used, as it is his light and subtle palette
which make this painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I did a
small color study of the view to see how Lane’s light pervaded the scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I usually begin my paintings with a ground of
cadmium scarlet or rose red and orange, but it just did not feel right to tone
the canvas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I felt I would not be able
to achieve the light with a red under painting so I began with a blank canvas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">This painting
was more difficult to make my own than my rendition of the Frederic Church’s
painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was a mostly clear blue
sky reflected in almost dead calm water in the Lane painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love history and thought that the painting
would lose some of its power without the towering period vessel Lane used and
the charming figures and dory in the foreground. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to show in a modern version the
grandeur and power that drew people to travel to Mount Desert after they had
viewed these paintings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">It was
fascinating to recreate this painting as you could see into Lane’s mind as he
made decisions on how he would treat different aspects of the painting. Despite
the appearance of it feeling sparse and full of air, the amount of detail in
the painting is amazing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wonder if he
could have seen from his vantage point every line in the rigging that he
detailed or whether he just knew it should be there. Lane made calculated
decisions on the placement of every house and item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tired to match up some of the houses with
the early postcards I found without success. In this painting there were 12
buildings with reflections that is 24 structures, 8 boats, countless riggings
and 3 figures. One of the people had an odd cap that was unfamiliar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my research I found it was called a
thrumbcap- a dense woven cap used by sailors at sea for warmth and also the
namesake of a rocky outcropping call Thrumcap off Ocean Drive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I found Lane
had lightened a mountain that I believe would have been in shadow using his
artistic license to help pop the dark sail on the left in the foreground of the
vessel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He chose not to continue the
light reflections in the water perhaps not to break the wonderful expanse of
blue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">In the end my
goal was to capture the light that made this painting a stunning example of
Luminism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I simplified several aspects
and even left out one vessel, as I wanted the left opening to stay pure
light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I pushed the color a bit more,
but did not want to lose the simplicity of the color scheme. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seemed every time I made even a slight
change the light seemed out of balance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
hope I achieved in recreating the spectacular view that captivated Lane and
portrays the grandeur of Somes Sound which ultimately drew rusticators to Mount
Desert Island <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: 16.0pt;">“The Pull of the Sea” by Diana Cobb Ansley<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After Frederic
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I have always been drawn to the work of artists Fitz Henry
Lane and Frederic Church as they both stayed at the inn next to my family home
in Somesville, Maine. Frederic Church invited my family with many of the
villagers to a grand party during their stay in Somesville. According to Dr. Virginia Somes Sanderson, my cousin, in her book “The Living Past”, the invitation for the party was in Emma Frances Somes diary. It read "The Boarders at Mr. Daniel Somes’ will be happy to see Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Somes and family Tuesday evening, August 28, at 1/2 past six”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Last summer while I was painting up at Katahdin, I was
determined to track down Frederic Church’s camp that he built on Millinocket Lake.
It was way off the grid and quite interesting to see where he came after
painting Mount Desert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So it is a bit
ironic that I had this opportunity to paint Church’s “Newport Mountain”. Newport Mountain changed names and is currently known as Champlain Mountain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">In this second painting for the Acadia Centennial Collection
Show I felt I could be freer and make it more in my style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I named this the “Pull of the Sea” in
reference to Church’s use of the sailor pulling a mast out of the sea
indicating the possible perils of the sea. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My goal was to be more painterly and less
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I had scoped out this site the summer before, as I wanted to
determine where he painted this view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
found that it was probably on private land, but later read in John Wilmerding’s
book that he believed that this view was taken from a combination of
preparatory sketches “The final composition partially conflates and adjusts
elements of the landscape, as different angles of view of the mountain and
headlands are synthesized while still remaining true to the specific place.”
Church did sketches while visiting the Lyman farm at Great Head.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">This is an area I am familiar with, as I have painted on
ocean drive many times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The light
appeared to be late day which is my preferred time of painting as the shadows
are long and the light is golden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I kept
the light and eliminated many details from the painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Church had made notes of the fact there were
birch trees in the middle ground which he perfectly delineated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My focus was to convey the power of the sea
with and the breadth of the landscape while remaining looser and more
painterly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">I changed the figure in the foreground especially his face.
I have a great respect for the work that it took Church to paint the rocks in
such detail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would have taken another
couple of months to achieve the extent of detail he used. It was a pleasure to
do the shallow water in the foreground with so many variations and
colors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sky was similar to skies I
have painted and so this painting seemed to flow from me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;">It was an honor to recreate these two works with a contemporary feel and I hope you will have an opportunity to visit The Acadia Centennial Collection on view till October 31st.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In late September I could not leave Maine without travelling again up to Millinocket and Baxter State Park to paint Katahdin Mountain. Last year we arrived at the peak of the fall color. This year only the maples were showing their color and the Indian Summer in Maine was continuing. My friend, Paula Vogel, has climbed Katahdin over 30 times and even attended Girl Scout camp at Camp Natarswi just at the base of Katahdin. We are both drawn to the mountain and wanted to capture it from all sides and weather conditions. This was the view from our cabin at Twin Pines!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Many of the magnificent views of Katahdin are down rough and remote logging roads. The logging trucks travel at speeds of 100 mph and we hired Bryant Davis a Registered Maine Guide of Maine Quest Advertures to take us on the back roads. This year he took us in to the controversial newly proposed National Park by the former co-founder of Burt's Bees. Roxanne Quimby has purchased over 100,000 acres in hopes of creating a new National Park. (See Boston Globe article "A Feud as Big as the Great Outdoors" 11/17/2013) </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;">We went to a spot within the proposed park to the "Lookout". It had an expansive view looking back at Millinocket Lake in one direction </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and to Katahdin in the other direction. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had traveled over 18 miles up and down rocky roads to this little piece of heaven and I took advantage of painting both views. As the sun set we were joined by locals for the sunset cocktail hour! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the Super Moon and the scarlet eclipse which was magnificent from Millinocket Lake. In the morning I woke up early to capture the sunrise and caught the moon setting as the sun was rising. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;">The light changed dramatically by the minute and it was difficult to capture. I just had to decide what moment I wanted to remember and capture. Every direction was a painting and every view changed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mid-day Paula and I kayaked out to some of the amazing islands on Millinocket Lake and even took a swim! We knew artist Frederic Church's camp on Millinocket Lake was nearby so we kayaked up the shore, but with no luck. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Overnight the raindrops began and the day was grey. On our way out we found the road to Frederick Church's camp on Millinocket Lake. Frederic Church painted on Mount Desert and stayed next to my family home on Mount Desert in 1855. He sketched the view from our house and I have always been fascinated with his work. Frederic Church's visit is recounted in a month long diary account written by Charles Tracy one of the twenty-seven members of the party visiting Mount Desert. My family the Somes were invited to a party for the villagers and it was described in the diary. Frederic Church initially came to Mount Desert following in the footsteps of his teacher Thomas Cole who visited in the 1840's. So I was excited to see the cabin he eventually made on Millinocket La<span style="background-color: white;">ke. Church's home "Rhodora" was named for the species of Rhododendron that </span>grew near the cabin. The house is in tact, but the contents according to the current owners were given to Olana Church's home in the Hudson River Valley.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The small cabin on the left is the original cabin owned by Frederic Church and his wife. Church stayed here from 1878 to 1898. His caretaker Eugene Hale rented the cabin when Church was not there. In an old advertisement for Camp Rhodora it stated "Ladies can be perfectly comfortable here. Bathing, cold spring water, ice, cow, etc, A grand view of Mt. Katahdin and the Lake."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Campsite at Millinocket 1879 Oil on Canvas 12 1/2 x 17 by Jervis McEntee. He visited Church's camp one year after Church owned the property.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">PLEIN AIR PAINTING KATAHDIN, BAXTER STATE PARK
MAINE FALL 2014<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Katahdin and the Last Miles of the Appalachian Trail<br />
Oil on Linen 18 x 36</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Last Fall Alexandra Tyng and I went painting in
Baxter State Park, Maine and up the Golden Road. I was inspired by the
new book the Art of Katahdin by David Little and my nephew's recent 3rd climb
to the top of Katahdin. It is about a 10 hour climb. This view
encompasses the last miles of the Appalachain Trail which ends
unceremoniously in an opening in the trees on the Golden Road. You
will see thin, bearded hikers spilling onto the road. Often there is a
car with family members to greet them. Their hike is not quite done
as they then must cross over and summit Katahdin to complete their
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We had the most amazing trip into the wilderness!! One morning we
left at 8 am and traveled down a logging road to a clear cut with a panoramic
view of the Katahdin range including North and South Turner and Double Top
mountains. It was a cool crisp morning and our Maine Guide
was intent on finding us a moose! He kept hanging out the window with his
moose caller. We saw moose tracks, but as our guide explained the moose were in
their rutting season (mating) and were often hard to find.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The expanse of landscape was hard to comprehend with so many stands
of trees, islands, and ribbons of water. There was a pale peach hue on
the horizon and mist hanging and lifting below the mountains. I felt so
totally privileged to paint this magnificent scene. The camera failed
at capturing the scene as it squishes the mountains and can not see
the kaleidoscope of colors across the vista. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So Happy Painting Katahdin from the Logging Road - This is what I love about plein air painting!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alex and I perched in our painting spots with our Maine guide<br />
watching over us!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Katahdin was donated to the State of Maine by Governor Percival P. Baxter.<br />
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DCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731074875390185743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494567281160389567.post-56222255295944594822014-08-03T17:01:00.000-04:002014-08-03T17:06:56.524-04:00STILL WATERS OF JORDAN POND 40 X 50 ON VIEW AT THE GALLERY OF SOMES SOUND, MOUNT DESERT<div class="MsoNormal">
One of my favorite things about being an artist is watching
my paintings develop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a vision of
what I want to do and a feeling I want to convey that I can’t often put into
words, but am aiming toward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I often
feel my way toward the end effect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
latest painting of Jordan Pond, Mount Desert is 40 x 50.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I love painting big and can’t wait to see where the painting will
go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I often take pictures as I go to see
my progress.</div>
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When I initially begin I need to feel how the scene will sit
on the canvas. In this painting I was
looking for the monumental feeling I had at the end of Jordan Pond viewing the
Bubbles. I had Thomas Cole and Frederic
Church’s views of Mount Desert in the back of my mind and wanted to show that
those monumental scenes they painted on Mount Desert still exist in untouched
beauty. One would not realize the Jordan
Pond House is just up the hill serving hundreds tea on the lawn every
afternoon.<br />
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Sometimes you need to sit with a painting and see how it feels and take the time to feel if it is complete. It is not like someone is on my shoulder saying "you are done!!" In this painting, it was several weeks until I felt there needed to be more clouds on the right. It is all about adjustments. The last bit of a painting is often when it begins to shine. It is always a good feeling!DCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731074875390185743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494567281160389567.post-54978816108977772522013-09-16T19:53:00.002-04:002013-09-16T20:31:42.376-04:00PLEIN AIR PAINTING MONHEGAN ISLAND, MAINE 2013- MAINE LANDSCAPE GUILD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Alex Tyng and I are heading to Rockland with our husbands for her opening at Dowling Walsh Gallery. If you are in Rockland it will be on until September 30th. This is a bit of a new path for Alex. I like to think it started with the painting she did of me called "Year at Sea". I was a familiar subject as she first painted me when I was about 18. In the painting she brought out my many sides and complexities. In her new series she is exploring the relationships with her siblings, all children of the famed architect Louis Kahn. As Nathaniel, his son, explored his relationship with his father in the academy award winning documentary "My Architect," Alex is searching for the meaning and universal themes in her family relationships. Aspects of all these painting could relate to the viewer in their own personal lives and relationships. </div>
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Headed to Monhegan today with our husbands!! We hiked to Gull Cove and up to Whitehead to show Alex's husband the Monhegan headlands. Dinner at the Monhegan House was really top notch. Their chef is really wonderful and we were not disappointed. The rooms on the third floor were very sweet with lovely views. The bathrooms and showers which were down the hallway were clean, fresh, and pretty! The halls were teeming with artists and paintings drying in every corner. If you want to come alone to paint on Monhegan this is a good stop.</div>
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Sunday, September 8, 2013<br />
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Alex and I moved to Horn Hill as our husbands have headed off island. We have been crazy to get out and paint. Gull Cove had some lovely dead firs which I painted and Alex painted the view to Gull Rock. The light was lovely as we left and we took several pictures. As we headed home Alex realized she left her painting. She headed back, but it had disappeared. Phoebe Peterson and Sue Braswell have joined us for a week of painting.<br />
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Several years ago Judith Carducci, inspired by Alex, started bringing artists to Monhegan to paint with the Maine Landscape Guild. Tonight we had about 17 of the Maine Landscape Guild for dinner at the Monhegan house! <br />
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It is a gorgeous morning and we were off to the lighthouse painting it from all sides. Lighthouse hill was a challenge as my palette flipped over on the way up and a gust came from nowhere and my solvent and easel went over! Phoebe painted a view of the Red House.<br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Alex was up early painting before the light left. There is a movie crew here</span> filming a movie called "Catatonk Blues".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Horn Hill seemed suspended in time last night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wind began to whistle through the
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Today the lighthouse was open and a tour is an absolute must!! The lighthouse was built in 1850 and has had a $150,0000 renovation. They repointed all the granite and brick. They stripped the steps to the top that were so thickly covered in paint you could not see the design. Originally the light was powered by whale oil, but was then switched to kerosene. Today it is powered by solar energy.</div>
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We painted from 10 to 3 as we were desperate to paint!! Lighthouse hill was full of people to tour the lighthouse. </div>
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The movie crew is filming near Lobster Cove and there is a helicopter buzzing between Manana and the cove. There is a family wedding at the Monhegan House and the helicopter has been hovering over the ceremony. I don't think the wedding is connected to the Catatonk Blues movie, but I guess they thought it was of interest!!! </div>
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We were right in the middle of the action as we had to be quiet. We descended the hill and could see after the sunset that Lighthouse hill was aglow with lights illuminating the final shots for the night. We met one of the crew the next day and he told us that they do the wide shots as the sun is going down and then use lighting to recreate the sunset on the actors after sunset!!</div>
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As we left the bride and groom were sending off their wedding guests on the ferry. Flowers were tossed, a young man heroically jumped off the dock to mark the departure of the guests. The skipper gave us the grand tour around the back of the island between Lobster Cove and Green Point. We had porpoises on the port side and even a banjo player entertained us for the crossing. </div>
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I am so pleased to be part of the online gallery at Art Collector Maine.com. My gallery The Gallery at Frenchman's Bay is one of the participating galleries and my paintings can now be seen at artcollectormaine.comDCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731074875390185743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494567281160389567.post-62479862304337307182012-10-22T18:36:00.001-04:002012-10-22T18:55:26.472-04:00Mount Desert Islander Article on my new gallery!<br />
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012</div>
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So excited to have over two weeks to paint on Monhegan. Alex Tyng and I have two artists joining us, Phoebe Peterson from Virginia and Nancy Walton from Massachusetts. Tropical storm Lesley has been producing swells so we had our Dramamine ready, but it was a good ride out to Monhegan with artist, Phoebe Peterson. We are on Horn Hill again in the Ed Johnson house. Some nice improvements in the house with two new mattresses and internet!</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This year Alex and I have decided to do larger paintings. We have normally done several smaller plein air paintings. We are hoping to catch those special touches of light and be able to develop our paintings a little more fully while we are here. The lighthouse was drawing us all to paint this morning. Alex, Phoebe, and I painted at the back of the lighthouse with that early morning light. I have had this view in mind and stretched a larger canvas 18 x 32 to take in the expanse of the museum/lightkeeper’s house and buildings including the base of the lighthouse. I was just sketching in today. I plan to return for several mornings to catch the early light around 6:30 am. Just to mention it was freezing and windy at 6 am!!! Phoebe and Alex moved to the front of the lighthouse and began paintings of the other side as well. It became cloudy so Alex just sketched in her view of the front of the lighthouse including the oil house and museum.</span></div>
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In the afternoon we all headed to Whitehead from Horn Hill. We figured out a trail that would get us to Whitehead without going down Horn Hill and back up to the lighthouse and then on to the Whitehead trail. We took Trial #5 above Horn Hill and then took a left on an unmarked trail. This trail was just a few minutes after you go over the little walkways made of branches that go through some wet areas. This then passes and joins with the Adler Trail and dead ends into the Whitehead trail. Take a right onto the Whitehead trail.</div>
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Phoebe and I stayed on top of Whitehead. Phoebe painted a nice view of Gull Rock through the pine trees. I began a view of Little Whitehead and Blackhead. It really is daunting to try to capture such a panoramic and monumental scene. Last year my painting of it was 11 x 14 and the canvas was way too small. It just seems impossible to do justice to this view even with a bigger painting. I was originally inspired by Charles Ebert view done in 1909 called Monhegan Headlands. </div>
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Alex headed down the trail a bit to get a little different vantage point of Blackhead. Everything was going well and the breeze did not seem brisk at all, but my whole easel blew over. My silicoil jar and solvent did a quick roll to the edge. I began to chase it and realized I would not win. It crashed down the cliff, gave the seagulls a scare, and probably dropped to the sea. Painting was over for the day!!!</div>
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2012</div>
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We all painted at the lighthouse again and it was not as brutal. Alex and I headed in the afternoon to paint Little Whitehead and Blackhead a little bit further down the trail from Whitehead. Phoebe cooked a gourmet meal and we had Judith Carducci and her painters from Ohio over for a massive array of desserts! Judy had two artists with her who she mentored through the Cecilia Beaux forum of the Portrait Society of America. In 2005 the Portrait Society started the Cecilia Beaux forum "to address particular considerations faced by woman in the arts". What a rare privilege to have Judy as a mentor!<br />
It was interesting to hear about their experience in the mentoring program. It was also ironic as Alex had just found an article in our house in an American Heritage Horizon book dated September 1961 by Frank Getlein entitled "Come, Girls, Art Can Be Fun".<br />
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2012</div>
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The Ohio artist's with Judith Carducci were planning on painting the fog in the marsh below the lighthouse at 6am. We decided to join them and then all have breakfast at the Monhegan House. Phoebe worked on the sunrise of Manana which lasts just a few minutes. The marsh was absent the billowing fog which if we had only looked we would have known! Alex did a light filled painting of a house, over tuned boat, and fence in the middle of town.</div>
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In the late morning Phoebe and I headed out past the school house and took a left instead of a right toward the light house. We continued straight and after some traps and buoys in the woods we entered the Blackhead trail. If you walk about one car length and look to your left you will see a sign for trials 1 and 14 and the Curator's Cottage. Turn left and go up until their is a fork with a tiny sign that points an arrow to the left towards Calf Cove and an arrow to the right to Pebble Beach. Take the left to Calf Cove. There are some steep places and several trees you need to duck under. When you get to the open follow the trail and keep right. You will eventually come out where there is a view back to Manana and the dock. You can see the small passage between the two at this point. We painted the view back of Manana and the dock. In the afternoon we headed back to Whitehead to work on our larger paintings of the headlands.<br />
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1012<br />
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Phoebe and I headed down Trail 5 toward Gull Rock. Trail 5 will end up in Gull Cove and if you go right you will see Gull Rock. Just as you reach the beginning of Gull Rock there is a small steep path. If you follow it you will see the cove below where Phoebe posed with this great angular rock.<br />
Alex came and did dead trees at Gull Rock.<br />
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If you continue on you will find another path which goes to a passage at the center of Gull Rock which has a view of Whitehead. </div>
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Alex had to head back to Washington, DC to a talk at the Portrait Gallery focusing on the memorial for Four Freedoms Park built on Roosevelt island in NYC to honor FDR. The park was designed by Alex's father, Louis Kahn. They were also showcasing her painting of her father which is now owned by the Portrait Gallery! We bid farewell and headed out to Squeaker Cove. </div>
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To get to Squeaker Cove head out of town up by the school house and take a left instead of a right towards the Lighthouse. Continue on that road and don't turn at Ice Pond. This heads you out to the Cathedral Woods Trail which is a little tricky if you are not paying attention. It is the second trail on the right. The first trail is the Red Ribbon and if you look carefully in the air there is an old red ribbon hanging from a tree. The Cathedral Woods Trail #11 is the next right. Just remember on any trial where there is an opening in the woods there is most likely to be a convergence of trails. We missed the left hand turn which continues the Cathedral Woods trial #11. There is a large rock with moss and roots to the left and one tree at the left turn. If you take a left at the large rock you will be on the Cathedral Woods trail #11, if you miss it you will be on #12 to Little Whitehead! We ended up above Squeaker Cove and tracked through so difficult trails with all our painting equipment to get to Squeaker Cove. Bad Idea! If you actually read the descriptions of the trails you would be fine, but we like adventure.</div>
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Coming home cut back up to Trail #1 behind Squeaker Cove and go to the right and you will connect to (where we should have been) #11 the Cathedral Woods trail. There were some very interesting Fairy Houses this year. Some were very architectural and had several outbuilding, pathways and one even had a pen or corral.<br />
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In the afternoon Phoebe headed out to Pebble Beach for a hike and some painting.<br />
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Phoebe headed back home today. Nancy and I are solo. I began a view of the field below and Nancy did a nice view from the middle of the road up horn hill. Clouds came in and we painted views of the back of horn hill. Dinner with Nancy at the Monhegan House!</div>
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First week with my artist friends is ending. Nancy headed off and I will have a quiet house until my next group arrives. I was painting the field below when I had some visitors. </div>
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One year a seagull pecked at my tube of paint and somewhere there is a seagull with a cobolt blue beak. So I kept my eye on this one a he was perched just above my easel. The clouds were so rich today with deep dark colors contrasted with puffy cumulus clouds. <br />
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The outcropping of houses in the distance which first drew me to this scene.</div>
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Tricia missed the ferry yesterday so I had the house to myself and it was great to get organized. Tricia arrived today and several people were gathering the last harvest of the season.</div>
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Tricia relaxing while I was painting at Gull Rock<br />
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Painted at the Lighthouse 6 am. Worked on shadows. It is amazing to see how the light changes between six and nine. Headed out to work on my morning painting from Calf Cove of Manana and the dock. The light was completely different so it was challenging. A young man came seemingly out of nowhere walking along the shore in bare feet. Mind you I am quite a way from the little town. He was walking over the rocks along the shore, bare-chested in short cut off jeans, and with something hanging out his rear pocket. He had an earring in one ear and a white feather tucked behind the other. He was a vision and worthy of painting on the spot! Tricia came to meet me and carried some of my gear. All the harvested pumpkins and gourds were displayed on a tarp in front of the field. Storm is coming and bad weather is moving in so we are enjoying the house and are off to the Island Inn for dinner.</div>
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Sara bought some lovely greens and gourds at the Harvest Festival.<br />
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This is the first bad weather we have had…not to complain, but we seriously need a rest. Thought we would have it, but sunshine by nine!! Painted on my meadow painting and then went to Whitehead to work on a painting of Little White Head and Black Head. Huge surf today with incredible waves in Gull cove. </div>
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012</div>
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The view from Horn Hill of dawn coming to the Lighthouse has been haunting me. It is hard to sleep on Monhegan everything moves, inspires, or starts you thinking of your next painting. The view from my window perfectly frames the big dipper at night. I just keep waking and watching the dipper move across the sky. It starts near the Island Inn and by four in the morning it is just near the lighthouse. When the first hints of dawn come on the horizon two stars that form part of the handle of the big dipper can still be seen by the lighthouse. The beam of the lighthouse is visible. It is that moment when the stars and lighthouse beam can still be seen and the horizon is starting to lighten and show the first signs of dawn that I want to capture. So at five I began painting to block in this magical scene. We had a great breakfast at the Monhegan House. It is great when someone knows how to make eggs and bacon perfectly! Walked our dear friend Tricia to ferry and began another painting behind the schoolhouse. There was a gorgeous sunset tonight. </div>
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2012</div>
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We are all exhausted and need this gray day to recharge. Dinner at the Monhegan house was great as usual. Highly recommend their hangar steak and pasta too. Nancy came for a quick night and graced us with Lobster stew and haddock. We took this time to visit Allison Hill's studio and Frances Kornbluth. Nancy bought a Hill painting of Lighthouse hill and Sara bought a sweet print from Frances Kornbluth.</div>
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Saturday, September 22, 2012</div>
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We woke up to deep fog and it has been a relief to have some time. Sara had a lovely quiet day!</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Oh...and then there was hail. Just out of curiosity, I googled Green
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I had a wild night on Cadillac! I wanted to work on the foreground of this painting of Eagle Lake and Beyond. It seemed like it wasn't windy, but when I got to the top of Cadillac it was really blowing. I had brought my largest easel and had it weighted down, but it all still blew over and I am lucky my painting didn't sail away. I had to keep my foot on the rung of the easel the whole time!</div>
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It has been an amazing summer and I am so pleased I have joined The Gallery at Frenchman's Bay in Somesville on Mount Desert Island. This week I am the featured artist and there is a casual reception on Wednesday, July 18 from 4-6 pm. If you are visiting the island, please stop by and see my new work.</div>DCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731074875390185743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494567281160389567.post-89714932812725783122012-02-26T15:06:00.000-05:002012-02-26T15:06:24.805-05:00"LAUNDRY AND LIGHT"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is my view of the Island Inn on Monhegan Island. It just sold and I am going to miss this one!!DCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731074875390185743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494567281160389567.post-87391958513200663442012-02-19T16:29:00.000-05:002012-02-20T17:30:02.571-05:00NEW PAINTING: "SEPTEMBER SQUALL OVER MT. DESERT"<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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For years I have wanted to paint the view from Islesford to Mt. Desert. I had an exciting time last fall painting on Islesford. One day it was very blustery and all of a sudden the sky started to darken and this wild squall descended upon us. I wanted to capture the squall as it moved in on this glorious day. In minutes everything was grey and wet. Below is my initial block in.<br />
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In the sky I wanted to capture the layers of atmosphere and the way the clouds spilled over from one to another. It was a bit of a balance between the impending storm and the gorgeous day that was diminishing every second.DCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731074875390185743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494567281160389567.post-47910439215041691622011-11-17T23:16:00.007-05:002011-11-18T00:00:57.852-05:00NEW PAINTING FROM MONHEGAN: RED MIST DESCENDS<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_77Bf_NjdbY/TsXlupku-hI/AAAAAAAAAgs/AOOvPu-IZGk/s1600/IMG_0323.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 251px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_77Bf_NjdbY/TsXlupku-hI/AAAAAAAAAgs/AOOvPu-IZGk/s320/IMG_0323.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676195494967048722" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Red Mist Descends<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Painting on Monhegan is always moving. This morning was particularly beautiful with this pale-reddish mist moving back and forth through Gull Cove. One minute the view was completely obstructed and the next it was being delicately revealed through this pinky-red mist. Touches of blue sky kept appearing and this became one of my favorite plein air paintings days on Monhegan.</div><div><br /></div>DCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731074875390185743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494567281160389567.post-71284408927672472842011-10-02T19:25:00.042-04:002011-10-08T21:56:44.094-04:00PAINTING ON MONHEGAN 2011<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4XISOTwHwHc/TonfUgn2tbI/AAAAAAAAAbY/cjB81U8xFCo/s1600/_MG_2637.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><br /></div><div><div>Gull Cove</div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qmSNuBsmayY/Toj0mESqGLI/AAAAAAAAAW4/UH-y9A8xUB4/s1600/_MG_0004.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qmSNuBsmayY/Toj0mESqGLI/AAAAAAAAAW4/UH-y9A8xUB4/s320/_MG_0004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659041866615232690" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We arrived on Monhegan Saturday with a smooth crossing and gorgeous weather. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Alex and I are enjoying two new painters in our house this year. Sue Braswell an old painting partner of mine from the Art League in Alexandria and Linda Brandon a fellow portrait painter of Alex’s. Fellow Maine Landscape Guild artists Mary Walsh and Eliza Auth will be coming next week to the island. Nancy Bea Miller has gone off to grad school! Judy Carducci, Greer Jennison, and Carrie Lewis have also joined us and they are staying at the Monhegan House.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Island life of course can be fun. I had totally forgotten that my phone actually goes dead in it quest to search for service. We really feel like official islanders as we have now outlived the propane crunch. It gets down to basics. If we want to cook then we don’t bathe or have heat!</span></p><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EKf0ws1qtl8/TokMhhmkrOI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/8D98bZCSkGI/s320/Johnson_House_Gals_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659068176863112418" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; 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Propane arrived last night. We went to the museum and the curator, Jenn Pye, pulled out some wonderful Alice Kent Stoddard portrait paintings for us to see. She Studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts with Thomas Eakins, and William Merritt Chase. Like many of our Maine Landscape Guilder's she was an artist from Pennsylvania and lived on Monhegan as well.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div>Alex and Linda were so inspired they had a paint off this afternoon in the fog.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5mbJ23j3Qpo/Toj2zI3gAWI/AAAAAAAAAXg/6lFtDRnEj2g/s1600/_MG_2361.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5mbJ23j3Qpo/Toj2zI3gAWI/AAAAAAAAAXg/6lFtDRnEj2g/s320/_MG_2361.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659044290205057378" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Linda Brandon</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tomhyj3xz-c/Toj2jvu270I/AAAAAAAAAXY/EbAF0P-RpNY/s1600/IMG_2365.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tomhyj3xz-c/Toj2jvu270I/AAAAAAAAAXY/EbAF0P-RpNY/s320/IMG_2365.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659044025759887170" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Alex's Sketch of Linda</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WiIFW7Ntl0Q/Toj2TTaKZSI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/s_wRHihC19c/s1600/_MG_0063.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WiIFW7Ntl0Q/Toj2TTaKZSI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/s_wRHihC19c/s320/_MG_0063.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659043743278982434" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4SUapMpggYM/Toj1MCWHegI/AAAAAAAAAXI/F4FcOPBzKCY/s1600/IMG_2885.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Vs9B3Xi6DDc/Toj05aXbm4I/AAAAAAAAAXA/XeTUmMq5vcU/s1600/IMG_2352.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Linda Painting Alex</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Alex sits for 30 minutes and Linda paints and then Linda sits and Alex paints. Each have very different approaches to capturing the face. It is amazing to see the faces emerge. Painting, a fire, and tea can’t get much better.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qAarICqzxlc/Toj3jSyf_NI/AAAAAAAAAXw/qIaZeC0J2jc/s1600/_MG_2452.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qAarICqzxlc/Toj3jSyf_NI/AAAAAAAAAXw/qIaZeC0J2jc/s320/_MG_2452.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659045117502160082" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Cambria;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">Gorgeous day and Sue and I took advantage of weather to paint the expansive view from White Head to Blackhead.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5mbJ23j3Qpo/Toj2zI3gAWI/AAAAAAAAAXg/6lFtDRnEj2g/s1600/_MG_2361.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dgbocV5hMNs/Toj3jkM17MI/AAAAAAAAAX4/VV2NXZsjmoc/s320/IMG_2351.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659045122176052418" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Deep fog this morning lasting most of the day, but we were all anxious to paint. Sue and Alex at their easels.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VtHZSnTEbP0/TokF9ya2JxI/AAAAAAAAAZA/-4L62XOQ9SQ/s1600/IMG_2352.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VtHZSnTEbP0/TokF9ya2JxI/AAAAAAAAAZA/-4L62XOQ9SQ/s320/IMG_2352.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659060965832271634" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Alex in Gull Cove</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WanjROU3f5c/TokFY5j1U0I/AAAAAAAAAY4/Q4x7TMxiG4Q/s320/IMG_2360.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659060332093854530" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Fog in Gull Cove</div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Gull Cove where Alex, Sue, and I painted the lovely pool of water, the cliffs, and the rolling surf. The sun broke through in bits and pieces creating these layers of soft hues.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p></div><div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jA2yxXcFLQE/TokMhZJo-HI/AAAAAAAAAZI/wVFQTCSsSYI/s1600/Monhegan_group_3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jA2yxXcFLQE/TokMhZJo-HI/AAAAAAAAAZI/wVFQTCSsSYI/s320/Monhegan_group_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659068174594275442" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VtHZSnTEbP0/TokF9ya2JxI/AAAAAAAAAZA/-4L62XOQ9SQ/s1600/IMG_2352.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Heavy Rain today and great for a much needed rest.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We spent several hours discussing painting and photography with our painting friends Judith Carducci, Greer Jennison, and Carrie Lewis. We also had time to see their plein air work in oil and pastel.</span></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EvzHX_DjxXE/Toj7vyz2wZI/AAAAAAAAAYw/qpSdNKci6Yk/s320/_MG_2733.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659049730302722450" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); " /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Our painting friends and Alex, Sue and Linda are leaving Monhegan. I am off to the Red House where I will be joined by my friends from Mt. Desert. I swim with a great group of women all summer in a fresh water lake and they have wanted to come and see Monhegan. So we will have four “Swimmahs” from Mt. Desert with a fifth one arriving in a day. There is only one artist, but we have knitters, quilters, cooks, and great communicators!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2R5rx3z7o0M/TonRjNo8unI/AAAAAAAAAbA/fMkj9pG8JfM/s320/_MG_2488.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659284809654778482" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Trial number five is a sweet little trial. It is very hard to find as it is off the road and begins literally under the low arching branch of a tree. It is lovely with its meandering path and walkways. In the low lying areas there are tree branches tightly strung together like the rungs of a ladder. As you walk across them, the water squishes through the branches in places. The end of the path is full of wild lavender asters and clumps of red Rowan berries.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3IqTYGw5uDU/TonSfpPT5LI/AAAAAAAAAbI/9UGukNjT-sc/s1600/IMG_2464.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3IqTYGw5uDU/TonSfpPT5LI/AAAAAAAAAbI/9UGukNjT-sc/s320/IMG_2464.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659285847855588530" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> I needed to finish the rocks in the foreground of my fog scene and began a new painting of the waves crashing below White Head. Mary Walsh a fellow member of the Maine Landscape Guild was painting there as well! The waves were impressive and you could see how one could be swept out to sea in a moment. </div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NiLX-tM5qPg/Toj37VxZCOI/AAAAAAAAAYA/Z_XcdrtPFNY/s320/IMG_2380.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659045530619676898" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qAarICqzxlc/Toj3jSyf_NI/AAAAAAAAAXw/qIaZeC0J2jc/s1600/_MG_2452.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Fog has descended</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GOwvbGGtjzM/TonV_7DiQKI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/0CHMENRKLBw/s320/_MG_2621.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659289700928733346" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;">I woke up to a clear sky with stars hanging over the Island Inn. From my room I did sketches and took photos of the Island Inn at night. There were just a few lights and the five stars ascending in an arc from the inn. Can’t wait to work this painting out and if it is clear tomorrow I may just have to get up and do a nocturne! Judy Carducci did a wonderful nocturne of the Monhegan Church in pastel.</span></div></div></div></div><div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--nQ2sBARBbg/Tom_DmpLwsI/AAAAAAAAAaY/AMTwhvZhT3M/s1600/IMG_2613.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--nQ2sBARBbg/Tom_DmpLwsI/AAAAAAAAAaY/AMTwhvZhT3M/s320/IMG_2613.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659264475401536194" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Sara Fraley has joined me painting on the rocks at the end of Gull Rock at Burnt Head. Sara is an abstract artist and enjoyed the inspiration of these rocks and the crashing sea.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yFutd-AUhiA/Tom_C7YLl_I/AAAAAAAAAaI/n1OfGXNBuRw/s1600/IMG_2594.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yFutd-AUhiA/Tom_C7YLl_I/AAAAAAAAAaI/n1OfGXNBuRw/s320/IMG_2594.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659264463787497458" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MTbrrvgNgY4/Tom81RkHMXI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/38JH6Km3bdc/s1600/IMG_2354.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rHavGAn-n9M/Tom2t4eJWkI/AAAAAAAAAZw/xaUpATYe_Nc/s1600/_MG_2482.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>A cozy little perch!</div><div><br /></div></div></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yXn5s1l4gMQ/Tom_DFpeWUI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/XLA_44MKBOM/s1600/IMG_2598.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yXn5s1l4gMQ/Tom_DFpeWUI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/XLA_44MKBOM/s320/IMG_2598.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659264466544384322" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The rocks and surf at Burnt Head and the end of Gull rock</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4XISOTwHwHc/TonfUgn2tbI/AAAAAAAAAbY/cjB81U8xFCo/s320/_MG_2637.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659299950215214514" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Kathy, Paula, and I at the Monhegan lighthouse</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MwjPSmtO1sI/TonKUDF8exI/AAAAAAAAAaw/poLNvvb4SME/s320/IMG_2538.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659276852544174866" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Nancy Beachcombing</div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-evi4U4NfFzI/TonLSEsdc1I/AAAAAAAAAa4/HbVO-IVIqK8/s1600/IMG_2549.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-evi4U4NfFzI/TonLSEsdc1I/AAAAAAAAAa4/HbVO-IVIqK8/s320/IMG_2549.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659277918126043986" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-evi4U4NfFzI/TonLSEsdc1I/AAAAAAAAAa4/HbVO-IVIqK8/s1600/IMG_2549.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Dinner at the Red House</div></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NCiopyEFKS4/Toj7vnc-wMI/AAAAAAAAAYo/qZe_hCgsu-M/s320/IMG_2673.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659049727253987522" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">Last full day on Monhegan and I could see soft pink clouds drifting out my window and the sunrise drew me in. At first I thought I could never get my paints set up and catch the light so I thought I would take pictures and do color notes on canvas. When I checked my pictures, the color was so off from the freshness of the sunrise. So I began to paint and before I new it, I had captured the morning. I must have just woken up the moment the sun rose as I had time to finish the color study.</p><div><br /></div></span><p></p></div><div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SmIT1f8E1BU/Toj4SMpZTII/AAAAAAAAAYI/LzpVUZ_Z-QM/s320/IMG_2443.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659045923307211906" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DObBUGTZ5vs/Toj5cY06idI/AAAAAAAAAYY/mFhQFDm-Moc/s1600/_MG_2480.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Just a few of my favorite things!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bu_SMps_p5E/Toj5cD9cmTI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/R2SjSNpTyks/s1600/IMG_2485.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div></div><div>These are some of the awesome rocks at Pebble Beach on the north end of the island.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DObBUGTZ5vs/Toj5cY06idI/AAAAAAAAAYY/mFhQFDm-Moc/s320/_MG_2480.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659047197887072722" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Fairy Houses in Cathedral Woods</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rHavGAn-n9M/Tom2t4eJWkI/AAAAAAAAAZw/xaUpATYe_Nc/s1600/_MG_2482.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rHavGAn-n9M/Tom2t4eJWkI/AAAAAAAAAZw/xaUpATYe_Nc/s320/_MG_2482.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659255306136934978" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r1y8eCrxMKk/Tom2tqz69gI/AAAAAAAAAZo/1tN9xCjm3o8/s1600/_MG_2481.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r1y8eCrxMKk/Tom2tqz69gI/AAAAAAAAAZo/1tN9xCjm3o8/s320/_MG_2481.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659255302470170114" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2I0nfUZysDg/TokZfSZfsZI/AAAAAAAAAZg/gO2T_LWZdpk/s1600/IMG_2776.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wFWuOcd8rFw/TokZF00-7zI/AAAAAAAAAZY/2Lv8GFedZPw/s1600/IMG_2914.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EKf0ws1qtl8/TokMhhmkrOI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/8D98bZCSkGI/s1600/Johnson_House_Gals_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bu_SMps_p5E/Toj5cD9cmTI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/R2SjSNpTyks/s1600/IMG_2485.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bu_SMps_p5E/Toj5cD9cmTI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/R2SjSNpTyks/s320/IMG_2485.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659047192285714738" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>My last painting from our porch is the view from the Red House to the Island Inn. I have been studying this scene for several days trying to find the best light. The morning light is too cold and midday is too flat and I have finally decided to paint it at 4pm to 5pm when the light is warm and golden.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It was a wild night with waves crashing in the cove beneath my window. The ferry ride will be interesting!! Trap Day is tomorrow and the island is showing forth in a group effort to mass all the traps on the dock to be loaded on the lobster boats. Truck after truck arrived on the dock as we were waiting for the ferry with brightly colored traps with new lines and freshly painted buoys.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2I0nfUZysDg/TokZfSZfsZI/AAAAAAAAAZg/gO2T_LWZdpk/s320/IMG_2776.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659082432073150866" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">A Lobsterman with his traps ready to launch for the season</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div><div><div><div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4SUapMpggYM/Toj1MCWHegI/AAAAAAAAAXI/F4FcOPBzKCY/s320/IMG_2885.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659042518927899138" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Unloading traps on the dock for the opening of Lobster season</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wFWuOcd8rFw/TokZF00-7zI/AAAAAAAAAZY/2Lv8GFedZPw/s320/IMG_2914.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659081994638651186" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Traps loaded and ready to be set.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Farewell Monhegan until next year.......</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div>DCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731074875390185743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494567281160389567.post-75128852563657474372011-07-04T10:43:00.003-04:002011-07-04T11:03:17.387-04:00HAPPY 4TH OF JULY<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QohRA548az8/ThHSXWsRX5I/AAAAAAAAAWw/54EuFhKoRnI/s1600/_MG_1500.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QohRA548az8/ThHSXWsRX5I/AAAAAAAAAWw/54EuFhKoRnI/s320/_MG_1500.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625508708232552338" /></a><br /><div>Since I arrived in Maine I have been looking for the eagle’s nest near our point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He has been swooping over me for weeks, but I had not seen his nest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Yesterday, he was perched on a dead tree quite low to the water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I don’t think I have ever seen him that close.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He was looking proud and iconic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He must had known the 4<sup><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span></sup> was approaching!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>At one point he took off to another spot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I was amazed to see the size of his wing span.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He landed again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GgaRnllgOx0/ThHSWNxi0lI/AAAAAAAAAWY/0as2WUXFyIs/s320/_MG_1471.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625508688658879058" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 281px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>His feathers billowed up as there was a puff of wind. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--bslqpishKM/ThHSWRIW8CI/AAAAAAAAAWg/QFgDtXpHgvQ/s1600/_MG_1474.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--bslqpishKM/ThHSWRIW8CI/AAAAAAAAAWg/QFgDtXpHgvQ/s320/_MG_1474.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625508689559875618" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GgaRnllgOx0/ThHSWNxi0lI/AAAAAAAAAWY/0as2WUXFyIs/s1600/_MG_1471.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Above him nestled in the woods I spotted his nest. It was just about a hundred yards from last year's nest.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VhHDE1yiuns/ThHSWzmpRBI/AAAAAAAAAWo/Lv9euzRpARU/s320/_MG_1475.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625508698813711378" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!</div>DCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731074875390185743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494567281160389567.post-48321355118211674732011-06-26T22:48:00.004-04:002011-06-26T23:14:20.582-04:00PAINTINGS IN GALLERY ON MAIN SOUTHWEST HARBOR, MAINE<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P3KOO6WaDMw/TgfwZF3_v7I/AAAAAAAAAWQ/qahC865EOFw/s1600/Sunset%2BEagle%2BLake%252C%2BMt%2BDesert%2BOil%2Bon%2BLinen%2B14%2Bx%2B32.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 134px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P3KOO6WaDMw/TgfwZF3_v7I/AAAAAAAAAWQ/qahC865EOFw/s320/Sunset%2BEagle%2BLake%252C%2BMt%2BDesert%2BOil%2Bon%2BLinen%2B14%2Bx%2B32.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622726973659791282" /></a>If you are on Mt. Desert this summer come and see my paintings in the "Gallery on Main"<i> </i>in Southwest Harbor. I am so pleased to be in this lovely space again. This painting called <i>Sunset over Eagle Lake</i> is 14 x 32 oil on linen. This spot is one of my favorite places to paint. I head out for Cadillac mountain just after five to set up for the sunset. There are certain days you can just tell the sunset is going to be fabulous. As the sun sets, cloud banks often roll in from the sea and drift across Eagle lake. I love the combination of the clouds catching the light and the sun setting in the distance.DCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731074875390185743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494567281160389567.post-58470202650070994492011-03-06T18:51:00.005-05:002011-03-06T19:07:41.213-05:00DIANA ANSLEY'S STUDIO<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-skCkKEZtdzU/TXQhwfWimqI/AAAAAAAAAWE/efdhfI1yb6A/s1600/_MG_0559.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-skCkKEZtdzU/TXQhwfWimqI/AAAAAAAAAWE/efdhfI1yb6A/s320/_MG_0559.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581122955152366242" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>I really do miss plein air painting in the winter, but I have to admit it is certainly nice to have everything at my fingertips when I need it!! Three easels, lots of brushes, and paint. I have gone back to my larger paintings and have really enjoyed painting Maine all winter. My studio is getting too full and it is time to go north and paint outside!<br /><div><br /></div></div>DCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731074875390185743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494567281160389567.post-67312926140705745222011-03-06T14:26:00.008-05:002011-03-06T18:48:01.012-05:00FRENCHMANS BAY FROM CADILLAC<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X-_jLnARmzk/TXPjMvH0IlI/AAAAAAAAAVc/FDVK1RP_jlU/s1600/_MG_0569.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 142px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X-_jLnARmzk/TXPjMvH0IlI/AAAAAAAAAVc/FDVK1RP_jlU/s320/_MG_0569.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581054171189355090" /></a>Last fall it was a gorgeous day and I knew the sunset would be striking on Cadillac so I headed up to the top. This is just a bit before sunset and the fall colors were emerging. Everything was crisp and glowing. This painting is 18 x 40.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vWTk3evca7g/TXPhU-feKiI/AAAAAAAAAVU/KiCDsWO54h0/s1600/_MG_0569.JPG"><br /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>DCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731074875390185743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494567281160389567.post-18964699196178572132011-02-15T12:21:00.005-05:002011-02-15T12:32:40.542-05:00NEW MONHEGAN PAINTING OF THE ISLAND INN<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-opAnGROsfAI/TVq2oalgQ5I/AAAAAAAAAVE/i97riYdCpdU/s1600/IMG_1555.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-opAnGROsfAI/TVq2oalgQ5I/AAAAAAAAAVE/i97riYdCpdU/s320/IMG_1555.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573968294272058258" /></a>This view captured me on my trip to Monhegan in 2008. It was the view from Eider Duck where we were staying on our annual painting trip with the Maine Landscape Guild. It was late in the day and the sun was setting illuminating the Island Inn built in 1816. The painting is 24" x 34". Makes me want to be there now!DCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731074875390185743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494567281160389567.post-81406074544964558632010-09-18T21:11:00.024-04:002011-03-08T22:20:43.123-05:00MONHEGAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2010<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJkU9E7CklI/AAAAAAAAAUw/zXxLZBtLkk4/s1600/DogwithStick0804.jpg"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJV-GtQJsJI/AAAAAAAAAUY/_EmGofGxoZc/s1600/BlogBubba0913.jpg"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJVrqzDW7fI/AAAAAAAAAS4/cxDwjfYN6vE/s1600/Blog+Diana+with+Gear0750.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJVrNWZ5WEI/AAAAAAAAASw/uOjNwX-FB6k/s1600/Johnson+House+Horn+Hill0714.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJVrNWZ5WEI/AAAAAAAAASw/uOjNwX-FB6k/s320/Johnson+House+Horn+Hill0714.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518434795509078082" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">View of the Ed Johnson House where we are staying</div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ed Johnson, a watercolorist, has a studio next to the house where he shows a nice collection of marine subjects.</div></span><div style="text-align: left;">Today is our last full day on Monhegan. We were up early painting from the porch and then Alex and I went over to Gull Cove.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">When we cross the island we have most of our gear in a backpack. If my canvas is to big, I just carry it or bungee it on my backpack. I like the tray that fits on my easel, but you could buy a small plastic one that would fit in your back pack. I usually put my camera around my waist, backpack on my back, and then I rest my tray with a fully laid out palette on the top of my camera.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJVrqzDW7fI/AAAAAAAAAS4/cxDwjfYN6vE/s320/Blog+Diana+with+Gear0750.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518435301415382514" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Diana and her painting gear ready to go </div><div style="text-align: center;">Day 6 (Notice tired eyes, but still smiling!!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;">Take Trail #5 out to Gull Cove. It is a gorgeous view of Gull Rock, the Cove, and Whitehead. To get to the trail go past the grass at the top of Horn Hill follow the road until you see a sign for the Hitchcock house. Turn left at that sign and go a little ways down until you see some rocks laid at the beginning of the path and a tree limb that hangs over the path. On the limb it will say Trail #5. This trail is not too difficult with lovely grasses on either side.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJVsxHsjZoI/AAAAAAAAATA/jbrIuUMTKvM/s320/Alex+Trail+%2350752.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518436509547718274" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Alex at the head of Trail #5 to Gull Cove</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJVtP7xOJOI/AAAAAAAAATI/B_M1QE18idc/s320/BlogPath0753.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518437038922015970" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">This is generally the way the trails look winding with tall grasses</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">These are the two views you will have when you get there.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJVttMCkAdI/AAAAAAAAATQ/1dFRb4Ln1Ds/s320/BlogGull+Rock0812.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518437541505925586" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Gull Rock from Gull Cove</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJVuEjnSWkI/AAAAAAAAATY/fgvePCnAxUo/s320/BLOGGULLCOVE0689.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518437942970964546" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Gull Cove</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">I am obsessed with Dogs and there was the cutest one cooling off </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJVuxkt3q5I/AAAAAAAAATg/4y83NQDBLhg/s320/BlogDog+in+Water0786.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518438716361124754" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Later on another dog did some fetching in Gull Cove</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJkU9E7CklI/AAAAAAAAAUw/zXxLZBtLkk4/s320/DogwithStick0804.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519465857845203538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 197px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">After Gull Cove we headed into town because today was Lighthouse Day. The lighthouse was open from 11pm to 4pm. There is a really top notch museum, a wonderful art collection, and of course a tour to the top of the lighthouse. I met one woman who said as a child she did not use a flashlight, but just waited until the lighthouse made its rotation to find her way. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJV3DUm64eI/AAAAAAAAAUA/EvUzRaLZZ4k/s320/BlogLighthouseDay0911.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518447817367675362" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">The current lighthouse was built in 1850. It is 48 feet tall and built to last of granite. In 2009 the lighthouse was completely restored. There were so many coats of paint they could not tell the steps had a lattice pattern until the scraping began. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJV4Q2atipI/AAAAAAAAAUI/41YoUHceLEM/s320/BlogLighthousestairs0908.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518449149293202066" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Lighthouse Stairs</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In 1995 solar power was installed and the lighthouse is still active. I was fascinated by all this as a ship built by my great grandfather was wrecked in Lobster Cove. The muse<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">um's </span>curator kindly did a little research for me on the schooner "John Somes". It <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">was bui</span>l<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">t in </span>Mt. Desert I am assuming by my great <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">grandfathe</span>r Thaddeus Shepley Somes who had a shipbuildin<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">g o</span>peration in Somesville at the Mill Pond. The article that Jennifer Pye copied for me was titled "Schooner Goes to P<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">ieces" </span>According to the article it went ashore on the southern end of Monhegan Island. It was a total loss. In another account, it told of the crew looking for land and traveling for seven to ten mile<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">s before</span> reac<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">hing</span> shore. The men rowed entirely around the islands of Monhega<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">n and Manana (Mena)</span>. I first saw a picture of the wreck in a book about Samuel Triscott's photographs and paintings. In my early career I worked at the Smithsonian's Museum of American History a<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">nd from </span>what I can see there is a high level of professionalism in the Monhegan Museum!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJV8o57Jj8I/AAAAAAAAAUQ/GxB35Amqid8/s320/View+from+Lighthouse+top.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518453960597934018" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">View from the Lighthouse Tower</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">After the lighthouse we painted on Fish be<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">ach. So</span> much fun.....had to move twice for the tide coming in. Dinner at the Monhegan House. Really Yummy!!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">One final dog..........Bubba is too cute!!!</div><div><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJV_luVs3mI/AAAAAAAAAUg/DhNHihRmTGc/s320/BlogBubba0913.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518457204483350114" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; " /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Monhegan really pulls at my heart. It is beyond special. Today we looked up and sa<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">w a larg</span>e bubble just floating high over our heads. It seemed miraculous just like Monhegan.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJWBPp8UnHI/AAAAAAAAAUo/nxNHTD_v7Cg/s320/BlogBubble0918.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518459024369294450" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 302px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div></div>DCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731074875390185743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494567281160389567.post-85149230685038349072010-09-17T09:53:00.013-04:002011-03-08T22:18:47.861-05:00MONHEGAN FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJQSKGL7s1I/AAAAAAAAASQ/bfD2TGYSKsA/s1600/BLOGCOCKTAILSATJOHNSONS0716.jpg"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJQQlu8yanI/AAAAAAAAASI/jtSaLSxqtHs/s1600/BLOGGULLCOVE0689.jpg"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJQLq5IX2sI/AAAAAAAAAR4/AEgWYgQyFGg/s1600/_MG_0682.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJN1YOIQRGI/AAAAAAAAARw/1RSZj935wDw/s1600/MAINELANDSCAPE+GUILD+GROUP+2010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJN1YOIQRGI/AAAAAAAAARw/1RSZj935wDw/s320/MAINELANDSCAPE+GUILD+GROUP+2010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517883027429016674" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The Maine Landscape Guild 2010</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mary Walsh, Elaine Lisle, Diana Ansley, Alexandra <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Tyng</span>, Nancy Bea Miller, Eliza <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Auth</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" mso-bidi-;font-family:Georgia;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" mso-bidi-;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cold, Rainy, and Windy this morning.....<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" mso-bidi-;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" mso-bidi-;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Down to the Business of Painting</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" mso-bidi-;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Diane <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Tesler</span> one of my favorite teachers has such great sayings.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I have often thought of doing a lexicon of her sayings.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">One of them is to keep the paint on the business end of the brush.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is sometimes hard to remember in the moment of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">plein</span>-air painting.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We are often working very quickly to capture a light or just beat the looming storm.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Yesterday, I settled behind a house already boarded up for the season.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The next time I looked up the sun was gone, it was cold, and the day had ended.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I had my camera, but the battery was dead.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Admittedly I was tired, but when painting I think you have to be intelligent. There is great emotion in painting as you try to capture the feeling of a place, but keep in mind where you are and where you want to go with the painting. You cannot lapse into “licking” the canvas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" mso-bidi-;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">To fight this off, I often reread all my notes on painting over the years to get myself centered to paint. The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">MLGuilders</span> thought carrying postcards of artist’s that inspire us would be helpful when we are waffling.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This might be better than notes as we are all very visual!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" mso-bidi-;font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It is a must to have all your equipment in working order.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I usually carry extra bolts and screws to repair my easel when it loses one.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A list of supplies helps one to remember what they should be bringing.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is my list from a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">plein</span>-air workshop I run with Alexandra <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Tyng</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" mso-bidi-;font-family:Georgia;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Checklist<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Plein</span>-Air Painting Supplies<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Diana’s Portable <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">plein</span>-air necessities<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Backpack to store everything<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">silocoil</span> jar</span></span></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> for solvent (Extra Solvent in case of a spill)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">brushes and palette knives</span></span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">in a lightweight plastic jar like a thin Skippy peanut butter container/I also have a small plastic tube that I Velcro to the leg of my easel for wet paint brushes<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">palette</span></span></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (wooden preferred) paper does not work well on a windy day and glass is too <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">heavy</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></i></b></span></p><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></i></b></span></i></b></span></i></b></span></p><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> if you are climbing a mountain!</span></span></p></span></i></b></span></i></b></span></i></b></span></i></b><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><p></p></span></i></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></i></b></p><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><p></p></span></i></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></i></b></p><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><p></p></span></i></b><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Plastic or wooden cutlery box- </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Buy or make a box and drill holes in the bottom.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Then run wire through the holes and attach it to the triangular sections of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">stanrite</span> easel.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cover the bottom of the box with paper towels to wipe your brushes as you paint.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Then use one slot to hold your brushes and medium. </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Take out two sections for cutlery to have a place for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">silocoil</span> jar and paper towels.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">paints</span></span></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in a large Ziploc bag or sorted by color in small Ziploc bags (best thing I have done is this so you don’t spend minutes looking for a certain color)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">paper towels- </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">brawny or those blue shop towels</span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">tall kitchen trash bag</span></span></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> with handles so you can tie it to your easel<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">stanrite</span> backpack easel</span></span></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> SR 100 which will be <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">bungeed</span> to the backpack<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">2 Small thin bungee cords / Metal clips to clip backpack or camera to center of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">stanrite</span> easel for weight when windy<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Small sketchbook, Pencils, and Erasers<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Canvas or panels-</span></span></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">toned with a wash of burnt umber or raw sienna</span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Small level- </span></span></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">this is great when you are on uneven ground<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">View Finder<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Visor/Hat<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sunscreen<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Insect repellent <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Water and Snacks <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Camera and extra batteries!<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Windbreaker<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We are off to paint on the other side of the island the sun has broken through for the moment.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We took trail #4 off to Gull Cove we turned left when we came to the cliffs and went a little ways to Gull Cove.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">When you look to the right you can see Gull Rock and to the left is Gull cove and Whitehead.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Both of them are stunning views.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJQQlu8yanI/AAAAAAAAASI/jtSaLSxqtHs/s1600/BLOGGULLCOVE0689.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJQQlu8yanI/AAAAAAAAASI/jtSaLSxqtHs/s320/BLOGGULLCOVE0689.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518053683879897714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a></span></span></p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; display: inline !important; "><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">View of Gull Cove</span></span></span></p></span></i></b></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJQQUW78KQI/AAAAAAAAASA/dBzNZiDMH-Q/s1600/BLOGGULLROCK0748.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJQQUW78KQI/AAAAAAAAASA/dBzNZiDMH-Q/s320/BLOGGULLROCK0748.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518053385376114946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a></span></span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">View of Gull Rock</span></span></span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My easel is all set up for the day. Note the tray that is wired to the Stanrite easel. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJQSrsxzvSI/AAAAAAAAASY/nBMV75lztG4/s320/BLOGEASELMG_0743.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518055985399446818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We had four artists over tonight for drinks which was lots of fun. Three of them were from New Hampshire and Maine. One of them was a long time resident of Monhegan and Port Clyde</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJQSKGL7s1I/AAAAAAAAASQ/bfD2TGYSKsA/s320/BLOGCOCKTAILSATJOHNSONS0716.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518055408104354642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;">News Flash ...........MLGuilder Nancy Bea Miller takes the prize at Monhegan night Bingo. Yes, it is true she has done it!! She returned with the coveted lime green lunch box decorated by the Monhegan students. This was a great event to raise money for the school and thanks Nancy Bea for being there!!!</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJQTACp8VRI/AAAAAAAAASo/UgDYDoN7k4E/s320/BLOGBINGO0682.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518056334869419282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Goodnight from Monhegan</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJQS3nO91BI/AAAAAAAAASg/BZmawu7WFWY/s320/BLOGGOODNIGHT0759.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5518056190069560338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:13.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:13.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:13.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:13.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:13.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:13.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:13.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;font-size:16.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span></i></b></div>DCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731074875390185743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3494567281160389567.post-53338957866073965622010-09-16T20:11:00.021-04:002011-03-08T22:16:27.801-05:00MONHEGAN THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010<div style="text-align: center;"><!--StartFragment--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;font-size:16.0pt;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;line-height: 18pt; "><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Today has been a full day of painting. I began at seven again working on the view to the right of the house. The light comes on the houses around 7:15 and then it crosses them and leaves them in shadow in about an hour and forty-five minutes! Not a very long time to work. This a dear little scene with the houses half in shadow and light and lots of angles.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;line-height: 18pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">At nine I stopped and headed to Lobster Cove.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> I thought I would show all the sights of this </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">beautiful walk to the cove.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As I ca</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;">me down Horn Hill, the electric company was working on the lines. This young lady was confident in her job.</span></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJKy05dycjI/AAAAAAAAAPo/NBFme_8eTjw/s1600/BLOGEYEBOAT0706.jpg"></a></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJKytDNp7_I/AAAAAAAAAPg/MLr_jkbOaEA/s1600/BLOGELECTICALWORKER0776.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJKytDNp7_I/AAAAAAAAAPg/MLr_jkbOaEA/s320/BLOGELECTICALWORKER0776.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517668980508717042" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; line-height: 18pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">At the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Monhegan</span> House the knitters were in full swing.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Monhegan</span> is full of artists, knitters, birders, hikers, and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">day trippers</span>. The knitters have a full agenda.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">They begin with a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">superb</span> breakfast at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Monhegan</span> House.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is followed by a hike, knitting, yoga and then lunch.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In the afternoon there is more knitting and I think they said more yoga.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">These women are having fun, laughing, learning and building memories.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></p></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJKyjgy2ntI/AAAAAAAAAPY/iemPggwMC5Q/s1600/BLOGBESS0754.jpg"></a></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJKyU_JezYI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/abu9wyVNgn8/s1600/BLOGKNITTERS0685.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJKyU_JezYI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/abu9wyVNgn8/s320/BLOGKNITTERS0685.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517668567100607874" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJKzRUg-NOI/AAAAAAAAAQI/doFRMSZgVIo/s320/BLOG4KNITTERS0686.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517669603628430562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; line-height: 18pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This morning I spotted a truck hauling something in off the ferry. Later I saw that it was a new washing machine left smack in the middle of someone’s doorway on the porch.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">At the same house, they are getting ready for winter as well.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A young man was hauling in about thirty bags of coal into a cellar.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Stacked on the porch and lawn were new cords of wood.</span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJKzZQePcxI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/Hgmr_zrpfHM/s320/BLOGGOOD+WASHING0687.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517669739982189330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Bikes and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Trykes</span> of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Monhegan</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJKzLpqTXcI/AAAAAAAAAQA/ZU0kMfGB0cs/s1600/BLOG2BIKES0688.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJKzLpqTXcI/AAAAAAAAAQA/ZU0kMfGB0cs/s320/BLOG2BIKES0688.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517669506225495490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJKzDmwCI6I/AAAAAAAAAP4/qP1B_co6nOE/s1600/BLOG+GOOD+TYYKE0689.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJKzDmwCI6I/AAAAAAAAAP4/qP1B_co6nOE/s320/BLOG+GOOD+TYYKE0689.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517669368005272482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:medium;">The Trailing Yew is just up on the right which is quite popular and serves <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">home style</span> dinners.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; "><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJK2H8le7rI/AAAAAAAAARA/INHJ6bxmHpU/s1600/BLOGTRAILINGYEW0690.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJK2H8le7rI/AAAAAAAAARA/INHJ6bxmHpU/s320/BLOGTRAILINGYEW0690.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517672741120962226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; "><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are a variety of dogs and a met two cute ones Bess and Riley.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My camera was on the fritz so my apologies to Bess, but I had to put it in any way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; "><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; "><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; "><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; "><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></o:p></span></p></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJKyjgy2ntI/AAAAAAAAAPY/iemPggwMC5Q/s320/BLOGBESS0754.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517668816650673874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; "><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I met Donna <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Cundy</span> who has two beautiful dogs Schooner and Scout and a cat Lola.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">They were getting groomed. Schooner has a Facebook page! He is a rough collie with a blue merle coat. I was wild about both of them as I am missing my border collie, Tucker. Scout is just eight months old and has an adorable face as you can see. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Donna’s house came down to her from the English artist Samuel <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Triscott</span>. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; "><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJKzwrt8xOI/AAAAAAAAAQg/irLcrQMBZjM/s320/BLOGLOLA0704.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517670142432822498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lola</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJK7SWfvK2I/AAAAAAAAARQ/s1cJpmYfjUQ/s1600/BLOGSCHOONER+AND+SCOUT.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJK7SWfvK2I/AAAAAAAAARQ/s1cJpmYfjUQ/s320/BLOGSCHOONER+AND+SCOUT.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517678417433013090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Scout and Schooner</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJK4EnMKXfI/AAAAAAAAARI/P3ywygshIBU/s1600/BLOGSCOUT0697.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJK4EnMKXfI/AAAAAAAAARI/P3ywygshIBU/s320/BLOGSCOUT0697.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517674882861260274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Scout</div></span><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; font-family:Georgia;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; font-family:Georgia;font-size:medium;">This boat was keeping watch on the path to Lobster Cove.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; font-family:Georgia;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJKy05dycjI/AAAAAAAAAPo/NBFme_8eTjw/s320/BLOGEYEBOAT0706.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517669115330982450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px; font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Trap Day preparations are in full swing as I found two men painting buoys and stringing traps.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJKy9eglztI/AAAAAAAAAPw/_PfcEDK7H8M/s320/BLOG+GOOD+BUOYS0709.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517669262713802450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"> </span></span><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">The red house with the picket fence is a favorite of mine complete with an anchor in they yard, roses, and a view of the lighthouse.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HEKwE03rH-U/TJK9RemLh9I/AAAAAAAAARY/cAqrRtY67xo/s320/BLOGRED+TO+LOBSTER0706.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517680601450907602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " /></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Just as you come in the cove, Jamie Wyeth’s house sits on a high rock bound shore. There were easels set up on the porch and movement in the house. So inspiring for us artists. Lobster Cove was just brimming with excitement. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">There was a birder looking at Merlins which are a type of Peregrine Falcon. Knitters were there setting up a photo shot of their newly knitted sweaters. One woman was combing the beach for ocean tumbled sea glass. There were artist’s painting the wreck of the D. T. Sheridan. The Sheridan ran aground in 1948. I decided to paint Alex painting the D. T. Sheridan with other flotsam and jetsam from the Sheridan in the foreground. There were luscious grasses at the shoreline and even a green garter snake. I find it amazing to have such an interesting variety of people, architechture, animals, and boats on such a humble road.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Tonight is pouring on Monhegan and it is a lovely sound in the </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">house.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;font-size:16.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>DCAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17731074875390185743noreply@blogger.com1