Monday, April 28, 2025

Peopled Parasols Unpeopled

Peopled Parasols Unpeopled

Long Sands Beach, York, Maine, painted March 25, 2025, 14" x 11" (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.
$500

Georgia O'Keeffe, York Beach, Maine, May 27, 1928
"When I got to the ocean, I was glad to see the tide almost high - washing away all the tracks and marks and sand houses made by the Sunday visitors - I had it all to myself..."

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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