The meadows at Laudholm Farm are a favorite place of mine. You can walk through woods and high rolling meadows for hours. There is an old road through an apple orchard that leads to the beach.
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Showing posts with label seacoast. Show all posts
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Maine Meadow
The meadows at Laudholm Farm are a favorite place of mine. You can walk through woods and high rolling meadows for hours. There is an old road through an apple orchard that leads to the beach.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Mist and Surf
It was a misty lavender tinted day when I painted this picture in Friendship, Maine. The wind was blowing hard pushing the clouds out to sea. It was choppy in the harbor and waves were crashing on the rocks.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Nor'easter Carvers Harbor
I sat in my car at the public wharf while a Nor'easter hit Vinalhaven, Maine. All the boats were at their moorings in Carver's Harbor. No one was going out in this weather. The ferry service to the mainland was canceled. I was happy as a clam painting in my sketchbook in the dry front seat of my car. The colors of the islands, sky and water were subtle and beautiful!
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Foggy Day Kittery Point Harbor
Kittery Point Harbor is in a great spot. Its on the southern border of Maine, near the mouth of the Piscatisqua River across from the small island of New Castle, NH. The harbor is located in the curve of the land so all the big ship traffic is way out in the river a distance away.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The Docks in Portsmouth
Portsmouth, NH is a seacoast town in my neighborhood. Its full of great old historic neighborhoods, old streets and a working harbor. This was painted near Puddle Dock in the old part of Portsmouth Harbor.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Carvers Harbor, Vinalhaven
I took a trip to Vinalhaven, Maine in the fall after the tourists left. The place is totally empty off season. It is real Maine. Granite quarries made this island prosperous. Now only fishermen and their families live there. The town has many houses that are only used in the summer. The harbor is full of working boats all year.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
The Yellow House, Carvers Harbor
A yellow house sits right on the edge of Carvers Harbor in Vinalhaven, ME. I painted this scene from the front seat of my car in a Nor'easter. The rain was blowing sideways. It was like having buckets of water thrown at you. The yellow looked cheerful in all the gray that filled the sky and water.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Lobster Boats Pine Point
At the northern end of the Scarborough Marsh is the community of Pine Point. It has a quiet little harbor with a small fleet of lobster boats and a Lobstermen's cooperative. To the north you can look up the coast to Prouts Neck where Winslow Homer lived and painted.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Ogunquit River
The Ogunquit River flows down out of the forest to the marshes behind the barrier dune on the ocean. It is part of the vast patchwork of marshes that fill the coast line along the southern coast of Maine. This region of Maine has sandy beaches, marshes and crashing surf. Farther north at Cape Elizabeth, ME the rocky coast dominates and the peninsula and island region starts.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Marginal Way, Ogunquit
This lovely spot is in my neighborhood. I live a short drive through the woods to Ogunquit. When I was 13 did I ever think I would end up living near my favorite beach? The marginal way is one of the popular walks in southern Maine where you can get right out there on the rocks next to the crashing surf.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Catching the Breeze
On this warm day in South Bristol the Damariscotta River was full of sailboats. They were sailing in big lazy zig zags up and down the river.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Full Sail
The Damariscotta River in midcoast Maine is a lovely place to sail on a lazy summer day. I was painting in South Bristol on a warm afternoon when I spied this elegant boat sailing down the river to the ocean.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Two Boats
Most of the docks are empty in early spring at York Harbor. A working lobster boat and a covered sail boat are the only boats at the dock.
Strawberry Island
Strawberry Island is a tiny island off the coast of Kennebunk, Maine. At low tide you can walk out to the island on a natural bridge of stones.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Rocks and Seaweed
The rocky outcroppings along the Maine coast are covered in seaweed below the high tide mark. When the tide is low hundreds of rocky ledges appear edged in warm rich colorful seaweed.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Perkins Cove, Maine
The Marginal Way links the village of Ogunquit to Perkins Cove with a high path along the edge of the water. When you stand in Perkins Cove you can look north up the rocky coast to Ogunquit.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Rockport Sails
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Rockport has a small cozy harbor. On this spring day it was bustling with activity as the sail boats were launched joining the lobster boats that worked all winter.
Friday, March 16, 2012
The Harbor at Rockport Maine
As the weather warms up the sail boats are taken out of winter storage and returned to their summer moorings. New sails are installed and the boats are readied for the summer season.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Rocky Coast of Maine
Exploring the rocky coast of Maine is a delight. Around every corner is a new view of craggy ledges with tidal pools full of little sea creatures.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Rockland Maine Lobster Pots
All along the coast of of Maine there are little bays and inlets filled with lobster pots. If your timing is right you can see the lobster men arrive at the coves to take the lobsters from their traps.
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