Impressionism Making an Impression

Impressionism
Making an Impression

At the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with Grandson Finn and his Girlfriend Maddie on August 20, 2025 painted December 1, 2025, 7" x 5" (w x h), using Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, all selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.

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Wild Survivors Black Friday Gobble

Wild Survivors

Stepping into Black Friday

Gobble Gobble

Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) on Fort Ridge in Shapleigh, Maine painted November 8, 2025, 7" x 5" (w x h), using Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, all selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$150

Five in My Yard Gobble Gobble

Five in My Yard Gobble Gobble

Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) on Fort Ridge in Shapleigh, Maine painted November 8, 2025, 10" x 8" (w x h), using Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, all selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$300

Window View Two Too

Window View Two Too

The view from my neighbor's window on November 19, 2025, painted on November 20, 2025, 5" x 7" (w x h), using Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, all selected for light fastness and permanence, on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed
$150

November Sunlight Sunset

November Sunlight Sunset

As seen from my dear Shapleigh, Maine neighbors, Rick and Pat, sun room on November 19, 2025, painted on November 22, 2205, 12" x 9" (w x h), using Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, all selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
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Autumn Art Around the World Essay

Autumn in Abstract Art
Around the World Essay

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Latvia
October Colors
Aina Putnina (1962- ), Latvian
Acrylic on paper, 12" x 9" (w x h),
$185 USD

Source: Women in Louvre, Salon International, Digital, edited
Aina Putnina, born in 1962 in Balvi, Latvia, studied art and art education at the Latvian Academy of Art (1985-1992) and the Baltic International Academy in Riga (2007-2011). Since 1992 she's been teaching at an art school, while balancing her teaching career with exhibitions, workshops, and artistic projects across Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, the US, and Georgia. The artist's website is HERE.

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Armenia
Autumn Day
Tigran Avetyan (1988- ), Armenian
Oil on canvas, 30" x 22" (w x h), 2020
$1,551 USD

Source: Various, edited
Tigran Avetyan (1988- ) was born in the Akori village, Lori, Armenia. In 2005 he graduated from secondary school in this village. From 2005-2012 he studied at the Terlemezyan College of Fine Arts, Yerevan, Armenia. From 2013-2017 he studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia, Department of Fine Arts, Yerevan, Armenia. He paints mainly landscapes.

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Moldova
Luminous
Mariana Baciu (1977- ), Moldavian
Oil on canvas, 47" x 34" (w x h), 2023
$2,743 USD

Source: Various, edited
Mariana Baciu (1977- ) paints plein air and studio landscapes in Moldova. Her works have been exhibited in both national and international shows, and are part of private collections around the world.

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Switzerland
Autumn Poem
Elena Popa (1983- ), Switzerland
Acrylic on canvas, 28" x 28" (w x h), 2022
$723 USD

Source: Various, edited
Elena Popa (1983- ) from 1996-2001 studied at the Academy of Arts in Bucharest, Romania. She worked as a painter as well as in scenography for theater, and also advertising. Since 2019 she's entirely focused on painting. The artist's website is HERE.

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Romania
Autumn
Muntean Floare, Romanian
Acrylic on canvas, 32" x 32" (w x h), 2018
$1,885 USD

Source: Saatchi, edited
Muntean Floare was born in Alba Iulia, Romania, where she lives and works. She's a full time Romanian artist.

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Canada
Feuillage en Lumiere / Foliage in Light
Richard Riverin (1942- ), Canadian
Acrylic on canvas, 20" x 24" (w x h), 2022
$3,010 USD

Source: Saatchi Art, edited
Richard Riverin, born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1942, is a self-taught artist, establishing himself as an artist at fifty-seven-years-old.

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Vietnam
The Feeling of Autumn
Anh Tuan Le (circa 1978- ), Vietnamese
Acrylic on canvas, 32" x 22" (w x h), 2022
$1,413 USD

Source: Various, edited
Anh Tuan Le (circa 1978- ) was born in and lives in Hue, Viet Nam. After studying and graduating from the Hue University of Fine Art, 1996-2000, he painted realistic paintings, but over time, evolved to abstract expression. His art sells in Vietnam and Thailand. When he's not painting he teaches Visual Fine Arts at Hoa Sen University (HSU) in Ho Chi Minh City and at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology.

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United States
Autumn Palette
Vahe Yeremyan (1980- ), American, Armenian born
Oil on canvas, 16" x 15" (w x h), 2023
$670 USD

Source: Various, edited
Vahe Yeremyan (1980- ) born in Armenia, is an American living in California. In 2007 he received his degree as a Doctor of Philosophy in Education, Fine Art Therapy and Psychology, Armenian State University, Yerevan, Armenia. Awards and Honors: Seascape Award of Excellence, OPA National Juried Exhibition, Cutter & Cutter Fine Art Gallery, St. Augustine, FL. Exhibitions: Art San Diego, Convention Center, San Diego, CA 2022 The Other Art Fair, Dallas, TX 2021 The Other art Fair, Los Angeles, CA 2021. The artist's website is HERE.

Light Bright Autumn Trees

Light Bright Autumn Trees

in my yard window view on Fort Ridge in Shapleigh, Maine painted November 1, 2025, 10" x 8" (w x h), using Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, all selected for light fastness and permanence on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$300

Above My HighBush Blueberry Bush

​Above My
HighBush Blueberry Bush

seen from my home on Fort Ridge in Shapleigh, Maine painted October 28, 2025, 12" x 9" (w x h), using Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, all selected for light fastness and permanence, on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed
$400

Model in Vincent van Gogh Yellow Plus More...

Model in Vincent van Gogh Yellow

While painting in our Friday Group, I was thinking of how Vincent van Gogh painted portrait flesh as yellow, as I'd seen with his portrait face of Augustine Roulin at Boston's MFA, and thought... I 'can Gogh' that way, two. 7" x 5" (w x h), October 30, 2025, 7" x 5" (w x h), using Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, all selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico hot pressed 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed, $150

Lullaby: Madame Augustine Roulin
Rocking a Cradle (La Berceuse)
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch
Oil on canvas, 29" x 36" (w x h), 1889
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Source: Notes from various museums, edited

Vincent van Gogh arrived at the motif of La Berceuse through reading the novel Pecheur d'Islande (Icelandic fisherman) by Pierre Loti, inspiring the feeling of fishermen sleeping in rocking boats. While in Arles, in February of 1889 Van Gogh painted Augustine Roulin, the wife of postal worker Joseph Roulin in bold, exaggerated colors against a vividly patterned floral background. The rope in her hands leads to a cradle beyond the confines of the frame. At right, the painter inscribed the title La Berceuse, which means both "lullaby" and "she who rocks the cradle." The Roulins had a baby at home, but Van Gogh conceived of the action in a broader sense as well, writing to his brother that he would like to see this painting "in the cabin of a boat" where fishermen in "their melancholy isolation, exposed to all the dangers, alone on the sad sea would experience a feeling of being rocked, reminding them of their own lullabies." This painting is one of five variations Van Gogh painted on the same subject. In a May 21, 1889 letter Theo Van Gogh acknowledged his receipt of a group of paintings from Vincent Van Gogh including four portraits of Madame Augustine Roulin, including this painting. Vincent had given one to his model, who had her pick of the five. He began the portraits just before his breakdown in Arles, in December 1888, and completed them in early 1889.

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Bonus Poses Painted

from this painting session
where I went with the truer flesh color
Vincent used used in his hands of Augustine Roulin:

Behind the Model's View 10/31/2025

Painted in our Friday Drawing Group, 5" x 7" (w x h), using Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, all selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed, $150

Sitting Torso 10/31/2025

5" x 7" (w x h), rough Painted in our Friday Drawing Group, 5" x 7" (w x h), using Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, all selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed, $150

Looking Back 10/31/2025

5" x 7" (w x h), cold pressed Painted in our Friday Drawing Group, 5" x 7" (w x h), using Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, all selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed, $150

Kneeling Looking 10/31/2025

5" x 7" (w x h), hot pressed Painted in our Friday Drawing Group, 5" x 7" (w x h), using Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, all selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed, $150

Sitting Torso in Blue and Yellow 10/31/2025

8" x 10" (w x h), using Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, all selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. on Arches cold pressed 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed, $300

While painting the one above, our wonderful model, Libby, who could see my work in progress since I paint on a horizontal easel and her pose faced me, she asked, "Are you turning me into the Ukrainian flag?"

October's Window View

October's Window View

from my home on Fort Ridge in Shapleigh, Maine painted October 28, 2025, 12" x 9" (w x h), using Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, all selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$400

The Art of Orange and Yellow Visual Essay

 The Art of Orange and Yellow 
Visual Essay

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Autumn Trees - The White Birch
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), American

Oil on canvas, 30" x 36" (w x h), 1924
Private Collection

Source: Various
This was painted at Alfred Steiglitz family's summer home at Lake George, New York in the fall of 1924. A few months later she married Alfred on December 11, 1924. This was the 1920s when Georgia visited York Beach, Maine for more than ten weeks to paint solo, in what was to be the precursor to her move to New Mexico.

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Shadows
Susan Tormoen (1936) American
Pastel, circa 2011
Pikes Peak Pastel Society Pastels Plus Exhibit

Source: Various
Susan Tormoen, born in 1936, has a B. A. in philosophy, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois. She's a signature member of the Pikes Peak Pastel Society, Colorado Springs, CO. This 2011 pastel was part of the Pikes Peak Pastel Society Pastels Plus Exhibit at the High Vista Fine Art Gallery, El Pueblo History Museum, Pueblo, CO.

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Summer Sunlight
Beatrice Whitney Van Ness (1888-1981), American
Oil on canvas, circa 1936
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

Source: Wiki, edited
Beatrice Whitney Van Ness (1888-1981) studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 1905. In 1908 she received a scholarship from the Museum School and joined the faculty two years later. Around 1909 she took summer classes with Charles H. Woodbury in Ogunquit, Maine. He went on to become her mentor for many years. In 1915 she married businessman Carl N. Van Ness, and with him summered in Ogunquit and North Haven, Maine. In 1921 she founded the art department of Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, remaining on its faculty until 1949. The Beaver Country Day School founded the Beatrice Van Ness Society in the painter's memory. Her papers are held by the Archives of American Art.
    Summer Sunlight (circa 1936), most likely occurred at her island home in Bartlett Harbor in North Haven, Maine. It depicts her older daughter who is in the center wearing a large hat, her nephew Winthrop Stearns who has his back to the viewer and her neighbor, Barbara Allen, who has a yellow banana in her hand. The subject of the painting, however, is the bright sunlight that pervades throughout the painting. Regarding the composition, forms are echoed throughout. A shard of yellow that cuts into the rim of the umbrella is echoed in the shard of cloud that cuts into the same umbrella and is repeated in the barely visible triangular sail. The blue in Allen's bathing suit is repeated in a brighter tone in the triangle of oceanic blue at the upper left corner. The brown umbrella support serves as an anchor to the composition and also isolates the young man from the women's half of the painting. The ascending progression of heads from right to left and the parallel diagonal of the edge of the umbrella are the most pronounced diagonals that give the scene motion.

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Lilies Against Yellow House
Alex Katz (1927- ) American
Oil paint on hardboard, 9" x 12", 1983
Tate and National Galleries of Scotland,
Edinburgh, Scotland

Source: Tate notes, edited
Katz has placed colorful lilies against the institutional brickwork of his summer house in Lincolnville. He has been painting flowers since the 1960s, often painted during summer residencies in Maine. The cropped, flattened composition displays a debt to Japanese art. Katz is well known for his large paintings, whose bold simplicity and heightened colors are now seen as precursors to Pop Art. Small oil paintings such as this one are sketched from life and often intended to be scaled up into larger works, but their economic execution and visible brush strokes reveal an intimate side to his practice. He says, "A sketch is very direct. It is working empirically, inside of an idea."

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Orange Barn
Wolf Kahn (1927-2020), German born American
Pastel, 2010

Source: Wiki, edited
Wolf Kahn (1927-2020) worked in oil and pastel. His works usually are landscapes and his own personal vision of nature. His use of light and color has been described as combining "pictorial landscapes and painterly abstraction." In 1956, he met fellow painter Emily Mason and married 1957 in Venice. They lived in New York City. In 1963 they moved to Italy where their second daughter was born. In 1968 they bought a farm in Brattleboro, Vermont, where they continued to summer and work. In 2005 the Smithsonian Art Collectors Program commissioned Kahn to produce a print to benefit the cultural and educational programs of the Smithsonian Associates. The screenprint, entitled Aura, hangs in the Graphic Eloquence exhibit in the S. Dillon Ripley Center on the National Mall.

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Untitled (for Vincent)
Alma Thomas (1891-1978), American
Oil on canvas, 1976
Sold at the 2016 Exposition opening, $475,000 USD
ConnerSmith, Washington DC

Source: Wiki, edited
Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891-1978) was an African-American artist and art teacher who lived and worked in Washington, DC, and is now recognized as a major American painter of the 20th century. She is the first African-American woman to be included in the White House's permanent art collection. Thomas is best known for her "exuberant", colorful, abstract paintings that she created after she retired from a 35-year career teaching art at Washington's Shaw Junior High School. Thomas worked in her home studio, a small living room, creating her paintings by "propping the canvas on her lap and balancing it against the sofa." She worked out of the kitchen in her house, creating works like Watusi (Hard Edge) (1963), a manipulation of the Matisse cutout The Snail, in which Thomas shifted shapes around and changed the colors that Matisse used, and named it after a Chubby Checker song.

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Yellow/Orange
Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015), American
Color lithograph, edition of 75, 41" x 35" (w x h), 1970
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Source: Wiki, edited
Kelly used the G.I. Bill to study from 1946-47 at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where he took advantage of the museum's collections, and then at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. While in Paris, Kelly continued to paint the figure but by May 1949, he made his first abstract paintings. Observing how light dispersed on the surface of water, he painted Seine (1950), made of black and white rectangles arranged by chance. Kelly's discovery in 1952 of Monet's late work infused him with a new freedom of painterly expression. He began working in extremely large formats and explored the concepts of seriality and monochrome paintings. From then on he painted in an exclusively abstract mode.

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Schoodic Sunrise
Philip Frey (1967- ), American
Oil on linen, 30" x 24" (w x h), 2024

Source: Artist's website, edited
Philip Frey studied at Columbus College of Art and Design and graduated with a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Painting from Syracuse University in 1990. He paints Maine's harbors and islands with a bold palette that captures the light and moods of his home state, from the streets of Ellsworth and Portland to Monhegan and Acadia National Park. "I make paintings inspired by the landscape, architecture, interior spaces and the figure... I pay close attention to the ephemeral qualities of light, color and pattern that often go unnoticed. My process involves the use of brushes, palette knives and squeegees to develop a rich paint surface and abstractions that evoke a sense of momentariness and appreciation for "the life of things." He lives in downeast Sullivan, Maine, where he maintains a full-time studio nestled in the woods. His artist's website is HERE.

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Autumn Shaping Up

Autumn Shaping Up

Woods at the edge of a field behind my home on Fort Ridge in Shapleigh, Maine with the setting sun behind, painted October 28, 2025, 9" x 12" (w x h), using Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, all selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.

$400

Icelandic Watercolor Society Opening

 Icelandic Watercolor Society 
Annual Show Opening

The annual opening of the seventh annual
Icelandic Watercolor Society / 
Félagsmenn í Vatnslitafélagi Íslands 
juried show, this year titled, Tilbrigði / Variations, 
was Saturday, October 18th, 2025 at 2:00 to 5:00 pm. 
featuring sixty-one works by fifty artists. 
It's on exhibit until Sunday, November 30th.

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It's in Reykjavik near the Kjarvalsstaðir Museum 
at the gallery wing of the distinctive 
two towers church, Háteigskirkja.

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The gallery wing, Gallerí Göngur.

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The watercolor at the entrance to the exhibition 
is by Öbba - Aðalbjörga Þórðardóttir.


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My entry is Vestfirðir í þremur litum / 
West Fjords in Three Colors. 
It was painted using only three 
Schmincke Horadam colors, 
see more details on my website elsewhere HERE.

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Derek Mundell, our President 
of the Icelandic Watercolor Society / 
Félagsmenn í Vatnslitafélagi Íslands


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It was a well attended opening...


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...with our art on display.


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I was pleased to discover my watercolor 
featured on the back page of the four page 
show's brochure.

Schoodic Trunk Packed for the See

Schoodic Trunk
Packed for the See

Painted from a July 18, 2025 view from the Loop Road on Schoodic Point, Acadia National Park on October 26, 2025, 5" x 7" (w x h), using Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, all selected for light fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper.
$150

Schoodic Lichens Like Ledge

Schoodic Lichens Like Ledge

along the Loop Road on the east side of Schoodic Park, Acadia National Park, as seen on July 19, 2025 painted on August 19, 2025, 14" x 11" (w x h), using Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, all selected for light fastness and permanence, on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$700

Photo of lichens on pink granite ledge at the end of Schoodic Point,
Acadia National Park, Maine, on July 18, 2025.

Schoodic Seaside Found Art

© 2025 by Bruce McMillan

Sun and shadows paint
a trapezoid trapped
as form

on pink granite ledge
as a design to
inform,

with orange lichens
abstract graffiti,
the norm.

The Art of Coastal Lichens

 The Art of Coastal Lichens on Rock

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Rock Lichen Abstract
Eliot Porter (1901 -1990), American
Photograph, Kromekote, triple coated glossy,
9" x 11" (w x h), circa 1950-1961, Northeastern US

Source: Wiki, edited
Eliot Porter (1901 -1990) was a historically significant American photographer best known for his color photographs of nature and natural scenes. He found early inspiration photographing the birds on Maine's Great Spruce Head Island owned by his family. Porter earned a BA degree in chemical engineering from Harvard College and a Doctor of Medicine from Harvard Medical School, remaining at Harvard as a medical researcher. One of his five siblings was the painter and art critic Fairfield Porter, his younger brother. Fairfield introduced his older brother to photographer and gallery owner Alfred Stieglitz in about 1930. Stieglitz, after seeing Porter's work, encouraged Porter to work harder. Finally, in 1938, Stieglitz presented Porter's work, taken with a view camera, in his New York City gallery. The exhibit's success prompted Eliot Porter to pursue photography full-time. In his exhibit Intimate Landscapes was the first one-person show of color photography at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, crediting Eliot as the individual who brought credibility to color photography as a medium of fine art. His photographs have been exhibited internationally, and are held in important collections throughout the world.

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High Tide
Fairfield Porter (1907-1975), American
Oil on board, 18" x 22" (w x h), 1973
Christie's 2020 auction sold $162,500 USD

Source: Christie's notes, edited
Fairfield Porter (1907-1975), Eliot's younger brother, also went to Harvard but majored in fine arts. He continued his studies at the Art Students' League when he moved to New York City in 1928. Since he was a child, Porter spent the warmer months at his family's home on Maine's coastal Great Spruce Head Island. "I've been to Maine almost every summer since I was six. It's the place where most of all I feel myself to belong." Portraying the rocky shore and coastal islands of the area, High Tide painted at Great Spruce Head Island reflects his personal connection with the Maine landscape in realism, while exhibiting the more abstracted aesthetic of his later works. Reducing and simplifying the landforms, what remains is a representation of his surroundings. As in all of Porter's best works, High Tide delights in exploring the line between a reaction to natural light and a search for invented color.

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Lichen and Snow on Rocks:
Georgetown, Maine
Nancy Barron (1967- ), American
Acrylic on birch panel, 12" x 12" (w x h), 2021.
L. C. Bates Museum, Hinckley, ME

Source: L. C. Bates Museum notes,
"What ultimately caught my attention was an unearthly yellow lichen forming on some geometric stones on the tip of Indian Point (Georgetown, Maine). The precision of these yellow orb... sent my imagination soaring about who left this marking with the details as unique as a snowflake in patterns unimaginable." Nancy Barron (1967- ) born and raised in Farmingdale, Maine, studied at the University of Southern Maine. She's the Program Director at The Harlow Gallery in Hallowell, Maine. Nancy lives and works on the shore of the Kennebec River in South Gardiner, Maine.

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The Intake at the Channel Inchydoney
Geraldine O'Sullivan (circa 1959- ), Irish
Acrylic, 24" x 29" (w x h), undated
$800 USD

Source: Artist's website
Geraldine O'Sullivan (circa 1959- ) is a full-time Irish artist. A native of West Cork, she graduated from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, with First Class Honors. She now lives and paints with Swiss-born teacher Alex Streuli from her studio in Ballylibert, Castlefreke, West Cork, Ireland. She holds a Certificate in Start Your Own Business Course (1981-1982) from the Crafts Council of Ireland. Geraldine runs her studio from her home, gardens and outbuildings restored by her and Alex. She's exhibited since 2004.

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Surf Breaking, Cranberry Island
Allen Tucker (1866-1939), American
Oil on canvas, 34" x 25" (w x h), 1913
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

Source: Smithsonian, Wiki, edited
Allen Tucker (1866-1939) graduated from the School of Mines of Columbia University in 1887 with a degree in architecture and worked as a draftsman. In 1908, he exhibited with Robert Henri, George Luks, George Bellows and others, contemporary with The Eight. He was often called "the American Van Gogh." His closest friend, critic Forbes Watson, described him as "brilliantly communicative, passionately in love with art in all its forms, with an ear for music, an eye for painting . . . genial and provocative in talk." He was known for his landscapes. Tucker exhibited his work with a New York group called the Independents, who wanted to shake up the conservative ideas of the National Academy of Design. He was also a founding member of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors, which staged the famous Armory Show of modern art in 1913.

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Opening
Philip Frey (1967- ), American

Oil on linen panel, 12" x 9" (w x h)
$1,400
Edgewater Gallery, Middlebury, VT

Source: Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, Ellsworth, Maine, edited
Born in Portland in 1967, Frey believes his first experience of the Maine coast was on one of many summer trips from New Bedford, Mass., before his family moved back to the state in 1980. "I remember the water being quite cold compared to Massachusetts and our focus was mostly on playing in and around the water." After graduating from Ellsworth High School, Frey pursued art studies at the Columbus (Ohio) College of Art and Design and then Syracuse University where he earned a BFA in 1990. He recalls working on some landscape pieces, including paintings and photomontages and collages. But it wasn't until he settled in Maine that he focused his attention on rendering the Maine world around him.

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Rocks, Lichen and Grasses, North End, Iona (Island)
Chris Bushe (1958- ) RSW, Scottish
Oil on linen, 29" x 23" (w x h),
For sale £3,000 / $9,300 USD, Prentice & Hall, London

Source: Tolquhon Gallery, Aberdeenshire and Prentice & Hall, London, edited
Born in Perthshire, Chris Bushe (1958- ) is a Scottish landscape painter. Chris studied at Grays School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1980-84, graduating with a B.A. in Fine Art, honors. Chris has shown his art in many solo and group exhibitions throughout Scotland and the UK, mainly in London. He also shows his work regularly at the RSW, RSA and Aberdeen Artists exhibitions. Chris began painting the west coast of Scotland more recently, he and his family visiting the islands regularly three or four times a year where he's inspired by the light, atmosphere and feeling of remoteness. "My paintings ebb and flow, more and less abstract, it's an almost subconscious decision which seems to depend on where I'm painting."

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South Gorge, Appledore, Isles of Shoals
Childe Hassam (1859-1935), American
Oil on canvas, 20" x 24" (w x h), 1912
The Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ

Source: Wiki and incollect, edited
Frederick Childe Hassam (1859-1935) was an American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban and coastal scenes. He produced over 3,000 paintings, oils, watercolors, etchings, and lithographs over the course of his career. This noted American impressionist of the early 1900s, spent three decades between 1886 and 1916 exploring Appledore Island. Six miles off the coasts of New Hampshire and Maine, Appledore is the largest island in the Atlantic archipelago, the Isles of Shoals. Island owner Celia Thaxter, made the island famous as an artist and literary colony, including her friend Childe Hassam. It was Celia's suggestion to Hassam to drop his first name Frederick and simply use Charles. This painting, despite its title referencing the South Gorge, actually pictures the north gorge on Appledore, a gorge that intersects another gorge, and cavernous at low tide. Hassam's frequent takes on gorges evolved over three decades, from illustrative in the 1880s, to far more experimental by 1912, the year painted this oil. Hassam set the scene against a high horizon line, hinting at the disorienting and powerful impact of the incessant tidal flows.

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