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.

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