Thursday, June 30, 2016

Barn Gallery Juried Show

Summer in the Highlands, Iceland
was accepted for Ogunquit Maine's Barn Gallery Regional Artists, Open Juried Show, 2016. The exhibition is hung and open to the public during July. The gala opening reception is Saturday, July 9 from 5 to 7:30 pm. The exhibition runs until July 30th. It was juried by Kristina L. Durocher, Director, Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire. Read about the exhibit and see the judging HERE. 169 works of art were submitted by 89 artists. The exhibition showcases 77 works of 60 artists with prices ranging from $150 to $7,500.




This painting shows a part of the Kerlingarfjöll mountain range in Iceland, seen on July 4, 2015, and sketched on September 4, 2015. 7" x 5", using Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press fine grain 100% cotton watercolor paper.




This is only available for sale during July 2016 at the Barn Gallery in Ogunquit Maine as part of the Barn Gallery Regional Artists, Open Juried Show, 2016. It's $150. The Barn Gallery's web site is HERE, and directions the the gallery are HERE.


Strange but True Exhibition Facts

Bruce McMillan's Summer in the Highlands, Iceland, has the unique distinction of being not only the lowest priced art in the Barn Gallery 2016 juried exhibition at $150, but perhaps, after George Burk's fine tiny paintings, among the highest priced paintings per square inch, at $4.29/ square inch. The highest priced painting, Four Grooms on Ogunquit Beach, by Norman E. West, acrylic, at $7,500 is about $2.43 / square inch, wonderfully silly facts.



Chance Posing

Chance Posing
Model J.J. at the Drawing Group
in Kennebunkport, Maine on June 29, 2016
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Chance Posing Study I
Model J.J. at the Drawing Group
in Kennebunkport, Maine on June 29, 2016
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
hot press 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00


Chance Posing Study II
Model J.J. at the Drawing Group
in Kennebunkport, Maine on June 29, 2016
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
hot press 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Fans Under Fenway Stands



Fans Under Fenway Stands
Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox fans under
a grandstand in Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
During a 5-1 loss to Baltimore, when Baltimore took
first place in the American League East by one game
over Boston, Boston's sole run from a Big Papi
David Ortiz blast in the ninth inning,
on June 16, 2016, sketched on June 29, 2016
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
cold press fine grain 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Monday, June 27, 2016

Afterglow between Manana and Monhegan


Afterglow between
Manana and Monhegan
seen from Monhegan Island, Maine
on June 18, 2016, sketched on June 27, 2016
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
cold press fine grain 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Sunday, June 26, 2016

Laura B. Ferry to Monhegan

Laura B. Ferry to Monhegan
between Port Clyde and Monhegan Island, Maine
on June 18, 2016, sketched on June 26, 2016
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Friday, June 24, 2016

Gull Cove Sea Splash

 
Gull Cove Sea Splash
on Monhegan Island, Monhegan, Maine June 20, 2016
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Sea Spray Gull Cove


Sea Spray Gull Cove
in an easterly wind on Monhegan Island,
Monhegan, Maine on June 20, 2016
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
cold press fine grain 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00




 
Bruce plein air painting at Gull Cove,
Monhegan Island on June 20, 2016
photo by Ruth Kaldor
her Gull Cove art HERE
Monhegan Art Bonus
Oven a hundred years of
plein air painters at Gull Cove 1913-2016

Surf at Whitehead
George Wesley Bellows (1882 - 1925)
Oil on panel, 19.5" x 15", 1913
Collection of Donald Brenwasser
About George Wesley Bellows HERE

Gull Cove 11 August 1940
James Perry Wilson (1889- 1976)
Oil on canvas board, 16" x 12", 1940
About James Perry Wilson and this painting HERE

Morning at Gull Cove
Linda Tracey Brandon
Oil, 16" x 12", 2011
About Linda Tracey Brandon HERE 
and this painting HERE

 
Whitehead Cliffs at Sunrise,
Monhegan Island, Maine

Michael L. Vermette
Oil on canvas, 12" x 9", $400.00
About Michael E. Vermette and this painting HERE

From Gull Cove
Reuben Tam (1916-1991)
Oil on board, 14" x 10", 1959
Addison Gallery of American Art
About Reuben Tam HERE

Gull Cove Monhegan
Robert Angeloch (1922-2011)
Watercolor, 5.5" x 4"
About the Robert Angeloch and more work HERE

September, Gull Cove
Stan Moeller (1952- )
Oil, 12" x 9", 2014, $1,350
About Stan Moeller HERE

Sunday, June 19, 2016

The Backside of Blackhead

The Backside of Blackhead
on Monhegan Island, Monhegan, Maine
sketched on location plein air June 19, 2016
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper

framed $100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Though countless artists, famous and not, have painted Blackhead from Whitehead on Monhegan Island, fewer than few have painted the backside of Blackhead seen from Pulpit Rock; it's a longer hike.


A tour boat with barely any tourists aboard passing by
the backside of Blackhead on Monhegan Island
a few minutes before I painted Blackhead.

From Monhegan Light...

From Monhegan Light
into Afternoon Sun
in Monhegan Island, Maine sketched on June 18, 2016
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
$100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00


My plein air set up
by the lighthouse atop Monhegan Island
looking southwest into the afternoon light


Art of this Place,
this View on Monhegan


 
Late Afternoon, Manana
Janet Ledoux
(a friend and fellow painter in our drawing group)
Oil on linen, 16" x 12", 2014



 
Manana MystiqueJanet Ledoux
Oil on linen, 36" x 24", 2014
See the progression of these paintings
at Janet's web site HERE

 
 
Late Afternoon, Monhegan Island
Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971)
Oil on canvas, 44" x 34", 1906/7
Jamie and Phyllis Wyeth Collection



 
Sun, Manana, Monhegan
Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971)
Oil on canvas, 24" x 20", 1907
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine



 
Monhegan, Maine
Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971)
Oil on canvas, 44" x 28", 1950
Colby College Museum of Art

Friday, June 17, 2016

Nude Shape Space Studies


Nude Shape Space Study I
at the Kennebunkport Drawing Group
in Kennebunkport, Maine sketched on June 15, 2016
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
$100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00


Nude Shape Space Study II
at the Kennebunkport Drawing Group
in Kennebunkport, Maine sketched on June 15, 2016
7" x 7", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Lanaquarelle
hot press rough 100% cotton extra acid free paper
$100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Rainstorm Approaching


Rainstorm Approaching
in the Green Mountains of Cabot, Vermont
on June 12, 2016, sketched on June 12, 2016
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
$100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Four Moos Muse


Four Moos Muse
along Cabot Plains Road in Cabot, Vermont
on May 21, 2016, sketched on June 11, 2016
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
cold press fine grain 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
$100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Sunday, June 12, 2016

A Rainy Vermont Day

A Rainy Vermont Day
as seen from Ruth Kaldor's in Cabot, Vermont
on June 12, 2016, sketched on June 12, 2016
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
$100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Saturday, June 11, 2016

Buttercups in a Green See

Buttercups in a Green See
at Ruth Kaldor's yard in Cabot, Vermont
on June 10, 2016, sketched on June 11, 2016
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors on 140 lb.
Fabriano Artistico hot press 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
$100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Friday, June 10, 2016

Drawing Hanging Studys

Drawing Study
of John at the Montpelier drawing group in
Montpelier, Vermont sketched on June 9, 2016
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors,
and #3 graphite on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press
fine grain 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
$100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00




Hanging On Study

of John at the Montpelier drawing group in
Montpelier, Vermont sketched on June 9, 2016
5" x 7", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors,
and #3 graphite on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press
rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
$100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00
 

Sale until October 31, 2016
Both paintings above unframed, matted
$50 + $2.75 sales tax + $4.25 shipping = $57.00

Thursday, June 9, 2016

Cheever Falls First Drop


Cheever Falls First Drop
along the stream in Walden, Vermont
on June 8, 2016, sketched on June 9, 2016
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
hot press 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
$100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Under Morning Glories


Under Morning Glories
at Amanda's Greenhouse in Cabot, Vermont
(web site HERE) on May 21, 2016, sketched on June 7, 2016
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
cold press fine grain 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
$100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Monday, June 6, 2016

Crossed Nude Feet

Crossed Nude Feet
of J.J. at the Friday morning Kennebunkport Drawing Group in
Kennebunkport, Maine on June 3, 2016
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
#3 graphite on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press
fine grain 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
$100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

J.J. Standing Poses III and IV

J.J.'s Standing Pose Study III
at the Friday morning Kennebunkport Drawing Group in
Kennebunkport, Maine on June 3, 2016
9" x 12", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and Uniball
waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press
rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $170 + $9.35 sales tax + $15.65 S&H = $195.00


 
J.J.'s Standing Pose Study IV
at the Friday morning Kennebunkport Drawing Group in
Kennebunkport, Maine on June 3, 2016
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and Uniball
waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press
rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
$100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Sunday, June 5, 2016

J.J. Standing Poses I and II

J.J.'s Standing Pose Study I
at the Friday morning Kennebunkport Drawing Group in
Kennebunkport, Maine on June 3, 2016
5" x 7", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
#3 graphite on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press
rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
$100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00


J.J.'s Standing Pose Study II
at the Friday morning Kennebunkport Drawing Group in
Kennebunkport, Maine on June 3, 2016
12" x 9", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
#3 graphite on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press
rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $170 + $9.35 sales tax + $15.65 S&H = $195.00

Saturday, June 4, 2016

The Boathouse

The Boathouse
at Fisherman's Island, Boothbay Harbor, Maine on June 1, 2016
18" x 12", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
cold press fine grain 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $260 + $14.30 sales tax + $20.70 S&H = $295.00

Thursday, June 2, 2016

The Lonely Bench

The Lonely Bench
on Fisherman's Island in Boothbay Harbor, Maine
with a plein air painter on her own portable seat on June 1, 2016
5" x 5", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
$100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

 

Looking back from the bench
to where I painted this painting
under my parasol, Ruth Kaldor
in the distance wearing black
painting her oil painting.

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Island Bench...

Island Bench atop a Rock
on Fisherman's Island, Boothbay Harbor, Maine
sketched on June 1, 2016
10.75" x 8", Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors, and
Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico
cold press fine grain 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $170 + $9.35 sales tax + $15.65 S&H = $195.00


~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
If...
by Bruce McMillan

If an island bench
sits empty on a rock does
anyone sea it?
 
haiku poem © 2016 Bruce McMillan
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Plein Air Painters of Maine on Fisherman's Island
Ruth Kaldor and Bruce McMillan on the right
June 1, 2016