Thursday, August 13, 2015

That Red Monhegan House

That Red Monhegan House

the Henry Trefethren Homestead built in the late 1700s, with it's newly painted lighter shade of red seen from aboard the Elizabeth Ann in the harbor of Monhegan Island, Maine on August 7, 2015, sketched on August 13, 2015, 7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press fine grain 100% cotton watercolor paper, framed, $150

Jamie Wyeth, noted for two paintings of the Henry Trefethren Homestead built in the late 1700s, which is knows as The Red House on Monhegan Island, once referred to his paintings of houses on Monhegan Island as portraits, "the houses have taken on a whole new life out there."

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