Portland, Maine

I took photos of lobster boats in Portland, Maine when I drove home from a painting trip this past summer. The colorful reflections, lobster boats, traps and shipping containers tell a story and I plan to do more pieces along the same lines. This is the first, a smaller 11" x 14" where I made the boat the center of interest.

12" x 12" Portland Harbor

Port Clyde, Maine

Another view of the harbor in the afternoon from a different vantage point. Notice how the atmosphere is blue in the morning when the sun is weaker and there is moisture in the air. As the day warms the water molecules disappear and the air becomes clearer.

9" x 12" oil on canvas

Harbor View - Maine

I painted this view of St. George's Harbor on a July morning in Maine.

9" x 12" oil on canvas

Maine Wildflowers

Another painting from Maine- eventually I will be caught up, but I haven't taken the time to update this blog in a few weeks so I am behind.

I painted this looking east toward the ocean about mid-afternoon. I loved the cool tones of the shadows and the violet wildflowers.

Maine Greens 12" x 12"

Dip Nets

This is a restaurant where we painted in Port Clyde when it was raining. I loved the colorful lobster buoys and the yellow reflections from the overhang. My friend painted facing the other direction.

More Paintings from Maine

Here are two more paintings from my trip to Maine. These were painted from similar locations at slightly different times of day. One was a relatively calm day and the other one was painted on a day when there was a small craft advisory.

I love the way the sky and water can make a scene completely different from one day to the next.

Port Clyde, Maine

I spent last week in Maine with eight other artists. We rented a house and plein air painted during the day and drank wine in the evening. I had never been to Maine before and the rugged beauty of the coast was a joy to paint. We stayed in the St. George area, in the tiny village of Port Clyde.

I am sharing a painting of some row boats I did while standing on the deck of the local coffee shop, Squid Ink Coffee.

9" x 12" oil on canvas

Fishing Boats

I used a long horizontal format for this painting because I wanted to keep the focus on the boats. The original photo (by Margaret Wiles--and used with permission- THANK YOU MARGARET!!), was a 4" x 3" proportion. I cropped the top and the water in front and tried to give a different viewpoint. Perhaps one we would see if we were sitting on a boat in this harbor.

Fishing Boats

10" x 20"