in the afternoon of a dinghy tied up at the Cape Porpoise pier on
Bickford Island at Cape Porpoise in Kennebunkport, Maine
on November 10, 2020, painted November 28, 2020
10" x 8" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink
on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $300
at the public dock for the Cape Porpoise pier on
Bickford Island at Cape Porpoise in Kennebunkport,
Maine on November 10, 2020, painted November 23, 2020
7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink
on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $150
at the public dock for the Cape Porpoise pier on
Bickford Island at Cape Porpoise in Kennebunkport,
Maine on November 10, 2020, painted November 23, 2020
7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink
on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $150
at the public dock for the Cape Porpoise pier on
Bickford Island at Cape Porpoise in Kennebunkport,
Maine on November 10, 2020, painted November 22/24, 2020
8" x 10" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink
on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $300
On this November short daylight day, there was only time to take reference photos around Bickford Island of the Cape Porpoise harbor surroundings to paint from, including a selfie or two using the timer of my small camera. -Bruce
at the public dock for the Cape Porpoise pier on
Bickford Island at Cape Porpoise in Kennebunkport,
Maine on November 10, 2020, painted November 22, 2020
10" x 8" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, wax resist, and Uniball waterproof fade
proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough
100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $300
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The Art of Dinghies
a visual essay of fine art by fine artists
Brian Cameron works from his studio beside his oceanfront home on the beach just north of Gearhart, Oregon where he lives with his wife Leslie.
"Homer began Boy in Boat, Gloucester while staying at the lighthouse on Ten Pound Island in the harbor of the fishing town Gloucester, Massachusetts. During his time in Gloucester, he frequently depicted local boys playing on boats, fishing, and waiting for their fathers to return from the sea. In this watercolor he began experimenting with scraping, revealing the white of the paper to create highlights in the large rock at right. Furthermore, he was developing his skill in transparent watercolor, which he used to great effect for the reflective surface of the water." - Art Institute of Chicago notes
The artist has a summer home on Little Cranberry Island. "This piece is based upon a photo of mine. The boats were all lined up on the beach where they had been pulled up to avoid the tide." - MG
Philip Frey is the only artist in this group who can call himself a true Mainer, born in Portland in 1967. There is a wonderful book of his Maine art, Philip Frey: Here and Now, on amazon HERE.
Painted on a Monhegan Island trip with Bobbi Heath and Mary Sheehan Winn in June, 2016. "We woke yesterday with the sun pouring in our windows at 4:30 am. This far north and this close to the summer solstice, days are deliciously long. Bobbi was interested in the breaking skies; I didn't care much what I painted as long as I got outdoors. We decided to work at Fish Beach in the morning and the lighthouse in the afternoon." - CD
I've had the good fortune to paint with Ken DeWaard, Bobbi Heath, and Carol Douglas here in Maine.
moored lobsterboats in Cape Porpoise harbor
at Kennebunkport, Maine on November 10, 2020
painted November 17-19, 2020
14" x 11" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Prismacolor waterproof fade proof ink
on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $600
Maine Artists
Paint Lobsterboats Using Oils
in the remote eastern West Fjords, Iceland
on July 8, 2009, painted November 12-13, 2020
17.5" x 13.25" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Prismacolor waterproof fade proof ink
on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $750
in the southwestern West Fjords, Iceland
on August 8, 2006, painted November 9, 2020
15.5" x 13.25" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink
on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $750
Artist's Note: Puffins, with their distinctive bills, almost become trite, so my focus was in painting a more graphic and design view, with motion for the eye, of this bird species that I've photographed and lived with for over a quarter of a century.
Two Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica)
high on a cliff in Látrabjarg, West Fjords, Iceland
August 8, 2006, painted November 9, 2020
13" x 15.5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Prismacolor waterproof fade proof ink
on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $750
at the Royal River Conservation Trust
West Side Trail at Sandy Point Beach,
Cousins Island, Yarmouth, Maine on
November 3, 2020, painted November 7, 2020
1-" x 8" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink
on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $300
Wild crab apples (Malus sp.)
at the ocean-view parking lot of the Royal River
Conservation Trust West Side Trail at Sandy Point Beach,
Cousins Island, Yarmouth, Maine on November 3, 2020
painted November 5, 2020
7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink
on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $150
at the public dock on
Littlejohn Island in Yarmouth, Maine
on November 3, 2020, painted November 5, 2020
7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink
on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $150
at the public dock on
Littlejohn Island in Yarmouth, Maine
on November 3, 2020, painted November 4, 2020
10" x 8" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink
on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $300
Norður Akstur á Strandir /
North to Strandir
English:
Driving on the way to the remote eastern West Fjords, in Iceland, a memory stays from a photo I took July 7, 2009. I painted this in October and November in 2020. 17" x 13" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and permanence, masking fluid, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper framed, $900 USD
For sale at the forthcoming watercolor show with Óskar Thorarensen and Bruce McMillan, Reykjavík og Víðar / Reykjavik and Beyond, May 28 - June 22, 2022, Ófeigur, Skólavörðustígur 5, Reykjavík. After that Bruce McMillan's watercolors online here if still available.
Íslenskur:
Á
leiðinni til afskekktra austurhluta Vestfjarða er þetta minning úr mynd
sem ég tók 7. júlí 2009. Ég málaði þetta í október og nóvember 2020. 17
"x 13" (b x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam og WinsFabriano eða
& Newton vatnslitir, maska fljótandi og vatnsheldur blek. 140 pund.
Fabriano Artistico kaldpressaður grófur 100% bómull extra hvítur
vatnslitapappír. Innrammað, 120,000 ISK
Comment via Facebook by Bathsheba Przygocki:
Modern roads are so ugly, but you have made this one into a shape that sets off and anchors the sky shape, the cloud shapes, and the land mass shapes. The white line boldly guides the viewer's eye into the scene. Funny that the little yellow guideposts keep the viewer on track to follow the road. I don't know whether I am staying on the road because I am complying with the driving rules the guideposts suggest about staying on track or because they are actually causing my eyes to stay on track in some artistic way. They cause me to question how brainwashed I am in our society that I don't know my own mind. It's the same dilemma about how to pass people who are walking towards you on the sidewalk, do you stay to the right-hand side because that is the rule of the road or is it a natural choice. I wonder whether British people pass each other on the left side because they drive on the left. Nice that you haven't mixed the colors overly.
