Tuesday, April 29, 2025

High Surf

High Surf

off Cape Neddick, York, Maine, painted March 23, 2025, 7" x 5" (w x h), using Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and Winsor & Newton watercolors selected for light fastness and graphite on 140 lbs. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper, framed.
$250

Georgia O'Keeffe, York Beach, Maine, April  1925
"It's cold as blazes. Each day a different soft color - Yesterday a brilliant dark blue - a wild west wind blowing the top of the high surf... I love it..."

This painting is included in the display and for sale in the exhibition Bruce McMillan's Coastal York with Georgia's Words at the York Hospital, York, ME, May 1, 2025 to August 31, 2025 featuring original watercolors of Bruce McMillan and excerpts from Georgia O'Keeffe's letters written from Long Sands Beach, York, ME in the 1920s when she visited alone to sketch and paint.

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