Sailing Bye

Sailing Bye

on September 22, 2018, painted June 19, 2019

7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,

and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness

and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on

140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%

cotton extra white watercolor paper

Sails in Sight Insight Quiz

Which two paintings are from the artist's sketchbooks?

Which painting was painted when the artist was thirteen years old?

Which painting is the oldest?

Which painting is the newest?

Which painting was painted with a view from the same island that I painted, above?

Which painting had a print of it hung in our living room by my father during my teenage years?

1

Boy in a Dory

Winslow Homer, (1836-1910) American

Watercolor on paper, 14" x 10" (w x h), circa 1881

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut

2

Sloop, Nassau

Winslow Homer, (1836-1910) American

Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper,
21" x 15" (w x h), 1899

The MET, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York

3

Venetian Barges

Henry Scott Tuke, R.A., R.W.S. (1858-1929) British

Watercolor on paper, 5" x 4", 1899

Sotheby's London, February 5, 2019
Estimate: 1,000 - 1,500 GBP, Sold 1,000 GBP ($1,250 USD)

4

Rough Sea, with a Fishing-Boat

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) English

Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper,
11" x 8" (w x h), circa 1820-1830

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection,
New Haven, Connecticut

5

Seascape at Rimini

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) American

Watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper,
10" x 6" (w x h), May 28 1869

6

Movement No.9, Sea and Boat,
Deer Isle, Maine

John Marin (1870-1953) American

Watercolor and black crayon on paper, 22" x 18" (w x h), 1927

Alfred Stieglitz Collection

7

Ground Swell

Edward Hopper (1882-1967) American

Oil on canvas, 50" x 36" (w x h), 1939

Corcoran Collection

Corcoran School of the Arts and Design,
George Washington University

8

Flying Dutchman

Man Ray (1890-1976) American

Oil on board, 25" x 19" (w x h), 1920

The MET, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York

Which two paintings are from the artist's sketchbooks?

#4, Rough Sea, with a Fishing-Boat, Joseph Mallord William Turner, circa 1820-1830
and
#5, Seascape at Rimini, John Singer Sargent, 1869

Which painting was painted when the artist was thirteen years old?

#5, Seascape at Rimini, John Singer Sargent, 1869

"Among the earliest works by Sargent is a remarkable sketchbook that records the family's travels in summer 1869, when they toured southern Italy and then went north to the Alps. His drawings, often inscribed with location and date, reflect the seriousness with which the talented thirteen-year-old Sargent chronicled the journey. These prodigious records of travel helped convince his parents to endorse his choice of career.

In October 1870 John Singer Sargent's father, Fitzwilliam, wrote to his mother, John's grandmother, 'My boy John seems to have a strong desire to be an Artist by profession, a painter, he shows so much evidence of talent in that direction, and takes so much pleasure in cultivating it, that we have concluded to gratify him and to keep that plan in view in his studies.'"

Which painting is the oldest?

#4, circa 1820-1830, Rough Sea, with a Fishing-Boat, Joseph Mallord William Turner

Which painting is the newest?

#7, 1939, Ground Swell, Edward Hopper

Which painting was painted with a view from the same island that I painted, above?

#6, Movement No.9, Sea and Boat, Deer Isle, Maine, John Marin, 1927

Deer Isle Maine, the island where Stonington, Maine's located, is where I often go to paint, sometimes at the same exact places where he's painted. I painted Sailing Bye from a photo I took in September 2018.

Which painting had a print of it hung in our living room by my father during my teenage years?

#2, Sloop, Nassau, Winslow Homer, 1899

Portsmouth Sidewalk Shoppers

Sidewalk Shoppers

on Market Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
on June 1, 2019, painted June 2, 2019
7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, including tax + shipping $115
online at my art blog HERE where
you may also leave a comment

Model Still, In Motion

Model Still, In Motion

at our Kennebunkport Art Group
on May 24, 2019, painted May 24, 2019
8" x 10" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb.
Arches cold press fine grain 100% cotton watercolor paper
framed, including tax + shipping $115

To Bee or Not to Bee

To Bee or Not to Bee

an apple blossom in my yard on May 21, 2019, painted May 22, 2019
7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, including tax + shipping $115

Aldeyjarfoss

Aldeyjarfoss

waterfall on the Skjálfandafljót river waterfall on the
Skjálfandafljót river from Vatnajökull glacier in the in the
highlands at the northern part of the Sprengisandur Highland
Road, Iceland on August 2, 2010. painted May 8-13, 2019
20" x 14" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
Winsor & Newton watercolors selected for light fastness
and permanence, and W&N permanent white gouache,
with Prismacolor waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, including sales tax + shipping $495

Out for a Walk

Out for a Walk

behind my home in the back fields to
the woods on Fort Ridge in Shapleigh, Maine
on May 8, 2019, painted May 10, 2019
12" x 9" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press fine grain 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper that was gifted,
framed, including tax + shipping $195
SOLD

Jenny's Exhibition Opening...

Jenny's Exhibition Opening,

in a White Gallery, 5:35 pm,
7:12 pm, 6:06 pm

(left to right, 1) unknown art patron, 2) friend of the artist,

3) artist Jenny Brillhart, 4) artist's husband Chris Pace,

and 5) aunt of Jenny the artist) 

at the Dowling Walsh Art Gallery

in Rockland, Maine on May 3, 2019

painted from three images, May 4-6, 2019

13.5 " x 7.5" (w x h) Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,

and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness

and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on

140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%

cotton extra white watercolor paper

$500 USD - Gift to the Artist

Preliminary sketches by Bruce McMillan

for the above watercolor painting

from the opening of
Jenny Brillhart's Exhibition Art HERE

May 3 - June 1, 2019

Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Jenny Art Show Study 1,
5:35 pm

on May 3, 1019, sketched on May 4, 2019

3.5" x 7" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,

fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade

proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press extra

white rough 100% cotton watercolor paper, NFS

Jenny Art Show Study 2,
6:06 pm

on May 3, 1019, sketched on May 4, 2019

4" x 6" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,

fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade

proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press extra

white rough 100% cotton watercolor paper, NFS

Jenny Art Show Study 3,
5:35 pm, 7:12 pm

on May 3, 1019, sketched on May 4, 2019

9" x 7" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,

fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade

proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press extra

white rough 100% cotton watercolor paper, NFS

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Photo and Poem

Photo using defocused in camera painting motion

in the gallery of Jenny Brillhart's Exhibition

opening, at the Dowling Walsh Gallery in

Rockland, Maine, May 3, 2019

At Jenny's Exhibition Opening

by Bruce McMillan

Fine art on surrounding walls

figures filling the room, now,

a peopled gallery, observing art,

canvases absent of people, 

in a white walled gallery, 

paintings filled with folding chairs

overhead fans, easels at the ready,

a stool, a bed, a window,

art on the walls

in a white walled gallery, 

with the spirits of persons' presence

within the art, while enclosed figures

stand in this room, both touched

with contrapposto,

in a white walled gallery.

Text and photo © 2019 Bruce McMillan

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Jenny Brillhart's Exhibition

at the Dowling Walsh Exhibition Opening

365 Main Street, Rockland, Maine 04841

207-596-0084

Dowling Walsh Gallery HERE

May 3- June 1, 2019

Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Jenny Brillhart's Exhibition Art HERE

A Gallery Photo Essay
with Jenny Brillhart's Paintings,

Digital photographs straight, and "painted"

using in camera painting motion,

5:00 - 8:00 pm, May 3, 2019

1

Easel Holding the Materials;
Noonday (Overcast)

Jenny Brillhart
Oil and photo on aluminum,
20" x 29" (w x h), $4,300

2
Entering the White Gallery,
5:33 pm
Bruce McMillan

3
Styrofoam: 10:30 am
and 3:18 pm
Jenny Brillhart

Oil and photo on aluminum,

20" x 20" (w x h), Sold

4

Cool Daylight Warm
Galley Light, 5:35 pm

Bruce McMillan

5

7:05 pm A Toddler's
Gallery Ride

Bruce McMillan

6

Jenny's aunt, left,
Jenny, center, 5:46 pm

 Bruce McMillan

7

The Good Neighbor, Folded

Jenny Brillhart

Oil on panel, 46" x 82" (w x h), $11,400

8

Between the Art of Drywall,

Bruce and Jenny, 7:16 pm

by a Stonington friend of Jenny and Chris

9

Patrons at the Far End,
5:33 pm

Bruce McMillan

10

Teal Drywall for the Bath

Jenny Brillhart

Oil on panel, 46" x 82" (w x h), $11,400

11

Art Share by the Front 6:07 pm

Bruce McMillan

12

7:12 pm, Jenny in the
Middle of White

Bruce McMillan

13

Selectman's Office Print

and Lawn Chair

Jenny Brillhart

Oil on aluminum,

30" x 40" (w x h), $6,200

14

Selectman's Office Fan

with Coat Loop, 6:48 pm

Bruce McMillan

15

Selectman's Office

Jenny Brillhart

Oil on aluminum,

30" x 40" (w x h), $6,200

16

Viewing Art in Contrapposto,
7:02 pm

Bruce McMillan

17

Easel Holding the Still Life:

11:07 am and 5:15 pm (Late Winter)

Jenny Brillhart

Oil and photo on aluminum,

20" 20" (w x h), $3,500

18

R U Discussing AHRT, 7:05 pm

Bruce McMillan

19

The Good Neighbor,
Dark Window

Jenny Brillhart

Oil and photo on aluminum,

35" x 18" (w x h), $4,700

Coincidentally, I'd photographed

the front of their good neighbor's house while

staying with them on a Stonington painting week

last fall, photographing a photo series on a foggy day:

"Novels Yet to be Written, (The book covers are ready.)"

This was that one:

20

"The Square Windowed Door

to Round Peg's Widowed Heart"

Stonington, Maine on September 17, 2018.

Bruce McMillan

21

7:12 pm Gallery Forms Form

left to Contrapposto

Bruce McMillan

22

Taken from Contrapposto

Jenny Brillhart

Oil on panel,

11" x 13" (w x h), $2,100

23

6:44 pm's Invisible Thoughts

Bruce McMillan

24

Stool and Styrofoam 3:17, March

Jenny Brillhart

Oil on birch panel,

11" x 13" (w x h), $2,100

25

Jenny's 6:36 pm Pause

Bruce McMillan

26

Off the Wall, 6:47 pm

Bruce McMillan

27

Meanwhile, Discussing
Peach Peonies, 6:35 pm

with Jenny Brillhart
between Summer Gathering and A Walk Along

the Rocks, all by , acrylic

(Gathering, $5,500, and Peonies, $3,000, sold)

See this art of Greta Van Campen HERE

28

7:56 pm, Still Inside
on the Rainy Corner

Bruce McMillan

end

Coatroom Exhibition Exiting - OMMA Opening

Coatroom Exhibition Exiting

At the 2019 season members opening night
for the Ogunquit Museum of American Art
by the sea in Ogunquit , Maine,
on May 2, 1019, painted May 2, 2019
10" x 8" (w x h) , Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
fastness and permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade
proof ink on 140 lb. Arches cold press rough 100% cotton watercolor paper
Private Collection
 

At the member opening of the 2019 season
of the Ogunquit Museum of American Art
in Ogunquit, Maine, May 2, 2019
The Museum Web Site HERE

1
Seascape
Harmon Neill (1896-1981)
Oil on paper board, 1943
Collection of OMAA

This is a view from Marginal Way along Ogunquit near the home of Joseph Davol, a painter, which was painted seventy-six years ago in 1943. I know Marginal Way, having painted many watercolors along The Way, some on view HERE. I was taken by Harmon Neill's timeless painting. It could've been painted days ago, or at least looked that way. I was lost in thought, admiring it, and musing about it being more than three-quarters of a century old. I chatted with the woman next to me, who was also admiring it. Was I ever in for a surprise? She was a painter.

2
Evelyn Harper 

Not only was Evelyn Harper a painter, but she was the widow of Seascape's painter, Harmon Neill, admiring her late husband's fine art on this opening night, his art out and on display for this season. Evelyn was a charming delight.

3
The OMMA Maine Gallery
with a picture view to the Gulf of Maine,
everyone standing on a beautiful new
wooden floor, taking in the food,
art, and cell phone calls.

4
Art is Where You Find It
Performance art in the main gallery by
a performer standing next to me.

5
First Art School Drawing
Henry Strater (1896-1987)
Charcoal on laid paper
Collection of OMAA

"Artist and collector Henry Strater purchased land in Ogunquit formerly owned by Charles Herbert Woodbury, who is widely credited with founding the art colony in the village. Initially founded by Strater as The Museum of Art of Ogunquit, the institution was incorporated in 1951 with a mission for 'the broad educational interests of the public.' Strater commissioned architect Charles S. Worley Jr. to design the building it is housed in. The museum opened its doors to the public in 1953." -source Wiki

7

Untitled (Sailboat)
William Thon (1906-2000)
Mixed media, circa 1965
At OMAA courtesy of a private collector

8
The Witchery of the Moonbeams
Edward Henry Potthast (1857-1927)
Oil on canvas, circa 1906
At OMAA courtesy of a private lender

Ogunquit Museum of Art label paragraph:
"The title comes from a 1901 novel by Roy Rolfe Gilson, When Love is Young, which includes the following lines in chapter thirty-eight: . . .'and now and then he plucks a flower and gives it to her -- sweet-petaled eloquence of what he cannot speak -- and now she turns her eyes to him, shining like stars, while all about her is the witchery of the moonbeams and in his soul the witchery of a dream.'"

Rev Roy Rolfe Gilson (1875-1933) was a newspaper man then a novelist and then a rector of parishes in New Hampshire, Maine and finally St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Salisbury, Maryland, where he passed away at the age of fifty-eight. When Love is Young was his first of eight books and many short stories, its first line, "School is out." You can read it online via Ohio State and Google HERE.

He said of this book: "The best known of my works is, and is not a child's book, but an attempt to preserve in words something of that exquisite loveliness of the American home as it has been in its simplicity, and never more beautiful than when seen through the eyes of a little child, to whom the father is a hero and the mother a heroine, and even the toy soldiers have an identity and name...
It is never the bizarre or unusual that makes me wish to work, but the poetry and comedy in everyday life, in the common lot...If my stories are idyllic, it is not because I wish to write pretty things, but because I have a friendly eye for those secret quests on which we pass each other disguised in foolishness, but wearing beneath a lovely raiment of dreams." 

9
Three Sails on Blue
Katherine Bradford (1942- )
Oil on canvas, 2006
At OMAA courtesy of Monica Dominak