$600
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Pulpit Rock Standing View Underfoot
$600
Sunday, August 30, 2026
Above Pulpit Rock Study 2
painted August 19, 2026, 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.
$600
$600
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Pulpit Rock Study 5
$600
That Cliff Rock - Essay
That Cliff Rock beside Pulpit Rock
(to the right of Pulpit Rock, land view)
(to the right of Pulpit Rock, land view)
Untitled, from the Monhegan series
Morris Kantor (1896-1974), Russian-American
Pencil on paper, 14" x 11" (w x h), 1944
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Pencil on paper, 14" x 11" (w x h), 1944
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
This is the standing rock to the right of Pulpit Rock when looking down from land. This photo view's perspective is to the right of Morris Kantor's drawing view. He drew it in 1944. Ironically, I photographed the same rock in 2026, though I didn't discover Morris Kantor's drawing until after I returned to the mainland when I was perusing online Monhegan art files in the Smithsonian American Art Museum website.
Above my plein air setup is Pulpit Rock. To the right is the unnamed cliff rock that Morris Kantor chose to draw from approximately this perspective.
In the summers of 1916-1919 when Edward Hopper was drawing and painting on Monhegan Island, in this drawing he included this rock as a bordering rock on the right when he made this drawing of Pulpit Rock at the center.
Study of Rocks at Monhegan (Pulpit Rock)
Edward Hopper (1882-1967), American
Lithographic crayon on paper, 16" x 10" (w x h), circa 1916-1919
Josephine N. Hopper Bequest to
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Morris Kantor, born in Russia (Belarus), was a painter. In 1906, at 10-years-old, he was brought to New York City where he learned to support himself at a very young age. By the time he was twenty, he'd saved enough money working in the garment district to enroll at the Independent School of Art in New York. Kantor went on to become a prominent artist and teacher in New York City. He taught at the Art Students League for thirty years. He continued to travel and study, and in 1928 married fellow artist Martha Ryther, a recognized master of painting on glass. A prolific artist, Morris Kantor produced a diverse body of work, exploring many styles ranging from abstraction to realism.
Today, Seagulls still visit this Morris Kantor drawn rock and paint the leading seaside viewing edge in accented-edge-white, though it isn't an archival white.
Monday, August 17, 2026
Above Pulpit Rock Study 1
Above Pulpit Rock Study 1
painted August 13, 2026, 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.$600
Friday, August 14, 2026
Pulpit Rock Study 2
$400
My plein air setup
above Pulpit Rock, Monhegan Island
above Pulpit Rock, Monhegan Island
Pulpit Rock Paintings...early 1900s
Pulpit Rock Paintings by Noted Artists
in the early 1900s by
George Bellows, James Fitzgerald,
Robert Henri, Edward Hopper, and Leon Kroll
plus a photo from the Marjorie Bouvé collection
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Pulpit Rock
George Bellows (1882-1925), American
Oil on wood panel, 20" x 15" (w x h), 1913
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
George Bellows, James Fitzgerald,
Robert Henri, Edward Hopper, and Leon Kroll
plus a photo from the Marjorie Bouvé collection
Pulpit Rock
George Bellows (1882-1925), American
Oil on wood panel, 20" x 15" (w x h), 1913
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
Surf at Pulpit Rock
James E. Fitzgerald (1899-1971), American
Watercolor, 13" x 10" (w x h)
Pulpit Rock Gray
Leon Kroll (1884-1974), American
Oil on canvas, 25" x 30" (w x h), 1913
Rocky Coast, Monhegan Island, Maine
(Pulpit Rock)
Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), American
Oil on board, 12" x 10" (w x h)
Gift of the artist to Mary Kelsey, Monhegan Island, Maine.
By descent from the above to the present owner
Sotheby's NY 2008 auction sold $6,875 USD
Rocky Promontory, Monhegan, Maine
(Pulpit Rock)
Robert Henri (1865-1929), American
Oil on canvas, circa 1903
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Rocks and Waves (Pulpit Rock)
Edward Hopper (1882-1967), American
Oil on composition board, 13" x 10" (w x h), circa 1916-1919
Josephine N. Hopper Bequest to
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Study of Rocks at Monhegan (Pulpit Rock)
Edward Hopper (1882-1967), American
Lithographic crayon on paper, 16" x 10" (w x h), circa 1916-1919
Josephine N. Hopper Bequest to
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Pulpit Rock, Monhegan, Maine
Marjorie Bouvé (1879-1970), American
Photograph, circa 1895-1918
Marjorie Bouvé papers, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Friday, August 7, 2026
Ocean Drive Rocks
$400
Thursday, August 6, 2026
Pulpit Rock Study 1
$400
My plein air setup above Pulpit Rock.
Pulpit Rock Study 4
$600
Thursday, July 23, 2026
Always Waiting
$900 SOLD - It was as one of the first paintings sold.
The Yacht Club Boathouse building (left)
and the River Club Casino building (right),
both Kennebunk River Club art venues
displayed 175 works of art where 75 sold.
and the River Club Casino building (right),
both Kennebunk River Club art venues
displayed 175 works of art where 75 sold.
My art in the River Club Casino building
At the River Club Casino building.
Friday, July 3, 2026
Wave Between the Margins
$400
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Over the Fogg House
$600 / donated to the William Fogg Library
My plein air setup
under the shade of an overhanging sugar maple
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
The Wind's Blowing This Way
$150
Monday, June 22, 2026
Over There
$150
Saturday, June 20, 2026
Foggy be Low
$500
Thursday, June 18, 2026
No Wave Cave
$600
Sea Cave Scene Seen
$150
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Chatting with the Other One
$400
Saturday, June 13, 2026
Another Sun Day Fundy Fun Day
$600
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Nora Study 1 on May 17
$200
At Halldor's Writer's Residence
$600
Sunday, June 7, 2026
Grimannsfell Late Spring
$600
New Art From Iceland... Jakobina Vilhelmsdottir
New Art from Iceland
Hanging in the Bruce Collection
Blue on Yellow for Washing Dishes
Jakobína Vilhelmsdóttir (1955- ), Icelandic
Cotton yarn, 10" x 10", 2026
Knitted as a dish washcloth, Jakobína Vilhelmsdóttir's artist's eyes for color distinguishes this as a work of art. The artist from northern Iceland, lived on Vestmannaeyjar before moving to Reykjavik. She worked as a nurse for many years, now retired and pursuing the art of knitting.
Jakobína Vilhelmsdóttir (1955- ), Icelandic
Cotton yarn, 10" x 10", 2026
Jakobína Vilhelmsdóttir (1955- ), Icelandic
Cotton yarn, 10" x 10", 2026
Blue and Yellow Abstract Visual Essay
Blue and Yellow
in Art as an Abstract Visual Essay
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Blue and Yellow
Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015), American
Lithograph in colors, on watermarked Arches paper, 19" x 26" (w x h), 1965
Christie's 2014 British auction sold GBP 3,500 / $4,700 USD
Source: Wiki, edited
Blue and Yellow
Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015), American
Lithograph in colors, on watermarked Arches paper, 19" x 26" (w x h), 1965
Christie's 2014 British auction sold GBP 3,500 / $4,700 USD
Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015) was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker associated with hard-edge painting, Color field painting and minimalism. His works demonstrate unassuming techniques emphasizing line, color and form. Kelly often employed bright colors. During World War II, he served with other artists and designers in the Ghost Army, a United States Army deception unit. He lived and worked in Spencertown, New York.
Untitled (Blue & Yellow)
Carmen Herrera (1915-2022) Cuban Born American
Acrylic and graphite on paper, 28" x 39" (w x h), 2012
Christie's 2014 American auction sold $75,600 USD
Carmen Herrera (1915-2022) was a Cuban-born American abstract, minimalist visual artist and painter. She was born in Havana and lived in New York City from the mid-1950s. The key to understanding Herrera's style is remembering that, before she left Cuba, she was trained as an architect. According to Herrera, her optical and minimalist approach to form illustrated her "quest ... for the simplest of pictorial resolutions." She remarked that it's the "beauty of the straight line" that kept her going." Herrera's abstract works brought her international recognition late in life. Herrera's work can be found in collections of major institutions around the world, such as the National Gallery of Art, Washington; the Tate Modern, London; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Perez Art Museum Miami, among many others.
Soft Saxophone (Blue, Yellow, Red)
Claes Oldenburg (1929-2022) Swedish born American
Lithograph in colors, 14/40, on Somerset Satin paper, 44" x 35", 1992
Christie's 2013 American auction sold $2,750 USD
Claes Oldenburg (1929-2022) was a Swedish-born American sculptor best known for his public art installations, typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects. His first one-man show was in New York in 1959 of figurative drawings and papier-mache sculptures. Many of his works were made in collaboration with his wife, Coosje van Bruggen, who died in 2009; they had been married for 32 years. In 2002, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York held a retrospective of the drawings of Oldenburg and van Bruggen; the same year, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York exhibited a selection of their sculptures on the roof of the museum. Oldenburg lived and worked in New York City.
Yellow and Blue Stress
Kenneth Noland (1924-2010), American
Acrylic on shaped canvas, 21" x 97" (w x h), 1981
Christie's 2014 American auction sold $106,250 USD
Kenneth Noland (1924 - 2010) was an American painter, one of the best-known American color field painters, although in the 1950s he was thought of as an abstract expressionist and in the early 1960s as a minimalist painter. Noland helped establish the Washington Color School movement. In 2006, Noland's Stripe Paintings were exhibited at the Tate in London. He spent his final years painting in Port Clyde, Maine.
Aquatic Gardens
Alma Thomas (1891-1978), American
Acrylic on canvas, 52" x 73" (w x h), 1973
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891-1978) became famous for her art after she retired from teaching at 69-years-old as a public-school art teacher in Washington, D.C. After retiring she created the art she is best known for. In 1972, she became the first Black woman to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Her paintings now hang in major museums, and in 2015, her work entered the White House permanent collection. Her art is studied for its rhythm, color, and quiet confidence. The Smithsonian American Art Museum holds the largest public collection of Thomas's works in the world.
Blauwdoorgeel / (Blue through Yellow)
Bram Bogart (1921-2012), Belgian
Painted mixed media relief on wood, 40" x 41" (w x h), 1966
Christie's 2023 European auction sold EUR 50,400 / $58,000 USD
Bram Bogart (1921-2012) was born in the Netherlands, spoke Dutch and moved around before 1961, when he and his later-to-be-wife Leni permanently relocated to Belgium. In 1969 he became a Belgian citizen. Here he experimented with a mix of mortar, siccative, powdered chalk, varnish, and raw pigment, applied to large, heavy wooden backing structures. In 1971 he represented Belgium at the Venice Biennale.
Blue, Yellow Medium
Leon Polk Smith (1906-1996), American
Oil on canvas, 30" x 72" (w x h), 1968
Christie's 2018 British auction sold GBP 102,250 / $136,432 USD
Leon Polk Smith (1906-1996) was an American painter, a follower of the hard-edge school. His geometrically oriented abstract paintings were influenced by Piet Mondrian. His best-known paintings feature reduced forms, characterized by only two colors on a canvas meeting in a sharply delineated edge, often on an unframed canvas of unusual shape. His work is represented in many museums in the United States, Europe, and South America. Thanks to a generous bequest from the artist, the Brooklyn Museum owns a number of his works.
Composition with Blue and Yellow
Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) Dutch
Oil on canvas, 13" x 16" (w x h), 1932
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) painted Composition with Blue and Yellow during a phase in the early 1930s when he sought relative symmetry and equilibrium in his signature "New Form" style. Invented in 1920, this style eliminated any subject matter related to the natural world. Instead, Mondrian turned his focus to the relationships among just a few structural elements: horizontal and vertical lines of different lengths and thicknesses and rectilinear planes of color (restricted to the primary colors red, yellow, and blue) juxtaposed with planes of what Mondrian called "non-color" (white, gray, and black). In this work, bisecting lines cross the entire composition in the upper-right region, and a shorter but wider black bar subdivides the right-hand vertical margin. The resulting irregular grid creates five planes-two of color and three in white-whose sizes, proportions, and shapes are never repeated but still balanced.
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