Monhegan: Trap Day Ready

Trap Day Ready

lobster buoys for the October 1st Lobster Season Opening on Monhegan Island, Maine
seen on September 28, 2013, sketched on September 29, 2013 
6"x 4" unframed, sold framed
$100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $10 shipping

Monhegan: Gulls Flying into Night

Gulls Flying into Night

on Monhegan Island, Maine on September 26, 2013,
sketched on September 26, 2013
9"x 6" unframed, sold framed
$100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $10 shipping

Monhegan: Walking By Between

Walking By Between

climbing the hill from the ferry arrival walking by plein air artist Alison Hill
who lives year round on Monhegan Island, Maine
on September 26, 2013, sketched on September 27, 20139"x 6" unframed, sold framed
$100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $10 shipping

Monhegan: Landing on a Chimney

Landing on
a Monhegan Chimney

American Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus smithsonianus)
landing and on a chimney on Monhegan Island, Maine on August 18, 2013,
sketched on September 26, 2013
9" x 6" Watercolor on Arches 300 lb cotton cold pressed watercolor paper
unframed, sold framed, $100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $10 shipping
 

Monhegan: Here and almost Here

Here and almost Here

with two Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum)
on Monhegan Island, Maine on August 20, 2013,
sketched on September 25, 2013
6"x 4" unframed, sold framed
$100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $10 shipping

Monhegan: WH in Black and BH in White

White Head in Black
and Black Head in White

seen from the water at Monhegan Island, Maine on
August 20, 2013, sketched on September 23, 2013

9"x 6" unframed, sold framed
$100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $10 shipping

This promontory
Black Head
is featured in my
Daily Paintworks Challenge,
The Paint Monhegan Challenge
HERE

 

Monhegan: Pulpit Rock

Pulpit Rock

seen from the sea at Monhegan Island, Maine
on August 20, 2013, sketched on September 22, 2013

9"x 6" unframed, sold framed
$100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $10 shipping

Monhegan: Farmer's Market Ready

Farmer's Market Ready

at the Farmer's Market by the church on Monhegan Island, Maine
where all produce is grown on the island,
seen on August 18, 2013, sketched on September 21, 2013
6"x 4" unframed, sold framed
$100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $10 shipping

Monhegan: Black Rock at the Base...

Black Rock
at the Base of White Head

on Monhegan Island, Maine on August 19, 2013,
sketched on September 20, 2013 

9"x 6" unframed, sold framed
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Monhegan: Mary and Cassatt...

Mary and Cassatt
Strolling by a Shipwreck

the rusting tugboat D.T. Sheridan on Monhegan Island, Maine
on August 19, 2013, sketched on September 19, 2013
9"x 6" unframed, sold framed
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Monhegan: Shipwreck Still Rusting

Shipwreck Still Rusting

the D. T, Sheridan shipwreck that ran aground in dense frog in 1948
at Lobster Cove on Monhegan Island, Maine
as seen on August 20, 2013, sketched on September 19, 2013
9"x 6" unframed, sold framed
$100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $10 shipping

Monhegan: Outside the Library

Outside the Library

on Monhegan Island, Maine on August 19, 2013,
sketched on September 18, 2013

9"x 6" unframed, sold framed
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Monhegan: Before the Night

Before the Night

looking south on Monhegan Island, Maine
on August 18, 2013, sketched on September 17, 2013
7"x 5" unframed, sold framed
$100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $10 shipping
 

Monhegan: The Grass is Mowed and Dry

The Grass is Mowed and Dry

at the cemetery on Monhegan Island, Maine
on August 19, 2013, sketched on September 16, 2013

9"x 6" unframed, sold framed
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Monhegan: Lobster Cove from the Water

Lobster Cove from the Water

on Monhegan Island, Maine on August 20, 2013,
sketched on September 15, 2013

9"x 6" unframed, sold framed
$100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $10 shipping

Monhegan: Dodge Ball

Dodge Ball

in front of The Monhegan House on Monhegan Island, Maine
on August 18, 2013, sketched on September 13, 2013 

9"x 6" unframed, sold framed
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Monhegan: Black Head

Black Head

with minimal deliberate brush strokes 
on Monhegan Island, Maine on August 20, 2013,
sketched on September 13, 2013

9"x 6" unframed, sold framed
$100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $10 shipping

Black Head
is featured in my
Daily Paintworks Challenge,
The Paint Monhegan Challenge
HERE

 

Monhegan: Down Below on the Rocks

Down Below on the Rocks

of Gull Cove on Monhegan Island, Maine
on August 19, 2013, sketched on September 12, 2013
6"x 4" unframed, sold framed
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Monhegan: Standing in the Sea

Standing in the Sea

a self-portrait below Whitehead
on Monhegan Island, Maine on August 20, 2013,
sketched on September 11, 2013
6"x 4" unframed, sold framed
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Curious Bruce

Curious Bruce
Self Portrait as a Boy

in the Camden, Maine area from
a photo taken by my Dad, Frank H. McMillan, Jr.,
circa 1952, sketched on September 10, 2013

6"x 8" unframed, NFS

The prompt for this sketch was as an entry in the Daily Paintworks
Paint Yourself Young Challenge HERE

My father was a member of the Boston Camera Club. I remember going to the juried shows, which he entered and did well, beautiful large black and white prints, toned in blues or sepias. We'd sit at the back of the room and the three judges would look at the prints put up in the center light easel and raise their kitchen spatulas, one side and X and the other an O, and the print would remain until all the had raised their spatulas; then the print would go into the appropriate pile for further review and discussion by the judges.
        Dad was a non-confrontational person. He was a strong man, though of course as a youngster I never realized it. His photos of people almost always showed people looking away. I have many large prints of me looking away in Camden, on Lincolnville Beach, in Boston, on Prince Edward Island. We went camping in Camden and Prince Edward Island. He was always asking me to look over there, or in there, or simply follow me or my sister around with his 120 roll film twin lens Rolleiflex camera. It was no problem for curious me; it's always been my nature and has served me well.
        I sketched this watercolor from one of the large prints that was spatula rated at the Boston Camera Club, though I have no recollection of the result. But I remember the color of my high top basketball sneakers.

-Bruce

 

Four Icelanders on a Maine Beach

Four Icelanders on a Maine Beach

Þorbjórg, Erla, Sigga and Íris Björk with Erla taking
a photo of Sigga and Íris Björk while reflecting in the
wet sand at Laudholm Beach, Wells, Maine on
September 3, 2013, sketched
on September 8, 2013
9"x 6" unframed, sold framed
$100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $10 shipping

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Before 
© 2013 Bruce McMillan

Before the paint brush touches
its tip to paper, before
any color is let loose
upon the white, while flicking
my brush, I have a simple
conversation with myself;
I say aloud four plain words
to set the tone for the now,
"Okay Brucie, loosen up,"
before wetting my brush in
water and my adventure...
begins.

  

The Three Graces of Iceland

The Three Graces of Iceland

in Maine, left to right, Erla, Sigga and Þorbjórg at Blowing Cave
overlooking the President George Herbert Walker Bush
summer home compound in Kennebunkport, Maine
on September 2, 2013, sketched on
September 8, 2013
9"x 6" unframed, sold framed
NFS

Monhegan: Seaside Barnacle Low Tide 30 Minute Details

Seaside Barnacle Low Tide
30 Minute Details

sketch of the east side of Monhegan Island, Maine as seen from the water
on August 20, 2013, sketched on September 6, 2013
9"x 6" unframed, sold framed
$100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $10 shipping

Monhegan: Seaside Barnacle Low Tide 3 Minute Form

Seaside Barnacle Low Tide
3 Minute Form

sketch of the east side of Monhegan Island, Maine as seen from the water on August 20, 2013, sketched on September 6, 2013
6"x 4" unframed, sold framed
$100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $10 shipping

Monhegan: Preening Mallard

Preening Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

in the harbor off Fish Beach on Monhegan Island, Maine
on August 19, 2013, sketched on September 5, 2013
7" x 5" unframed, sold framed

$100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $10 shipping

Monhegan: The Front Side of the Back to the School

The Front Side of the
Back to the School

of the one-room school house on Monhegan Island, Maine
on August 20, 2013, sketched on September 3, 2013
9" x 6" unframed, sold framed

$100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $10 shipping

This is posted on The Daily Paintworks "Back to School" Challenge HERE.

It's also posted on Leslie Byrd Saeta's "30 in 30" Challenge, day 3, (thirty paintings in thirty days) HERE.

 

Monhegan: Gold at the Door

Gold at the Door

in the village on Monhegan Island, Maine
on August 19, 2013, sketched on September 1, 2013
9" x 6" unframed, sold framed

$100 plus $5.50 sales tax plus $10 shipping