ISLAND
is this week's theme at Illustration Friday. I am just back from a week of painting on Monhegan Island in Maine, so I have a lot of paintings to choose from. I painted this sitting on the highest point of Monhegan (Lighthouse Hill) looking over towards Manana, a small uninhabited island which helps form Monhegan's harbor. It seemed to be hunkering down comfortably, like an animal enjoying the brilliant sunlight.
Landscape is a medium for ideas...the various details in a landscape painting mean nothing to us if they do not express some mood of nature felt by the artist.
~Robert Henri, The Art Spirit
Little Manana, oil on canvas, 5 x 7 inches, 2008
18 comments:
i love the houses in this one. almost like little blocks. nice job!
Admirable painting, truly!
What a beautiful place to spend some time. I've missed you here :)
This is lovely. I agree with your animal analogy!
Beautiful!
Lovely, heartfelt paintings.
Wow, a weekend of painting on an island. That sounds like a dream come true. This painting and all the other ones I looked at on your site are so beautiful. It was a pleasure to look through them. And thanks for commenting on mine. I really appreciate what you said. :)
Beautiful work!
Congratulations!
Regards
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Well, I'm glad you had a great time! I love Maine, too! This is a wonderfully composed piece and the colors are serene! I miss you, too!
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gorgeous :)
looks very tranquil. a visit to a place like that would be refreshing change from the frenzied pace of the last several days. very lovely, nancy!
beautiful painting nancy!
This is simply beautiful!!! This is where I would love hang ten in your wonderful painting. Excellent.
I just had a look at your blogs - you seem to have a high work output of which I am envious! Very nice colour choice in this one.
super, nancy! hope you had a wonderful and happy time with the fam! :))
always fun to stop here and see your wide variety of art; whether plein air, portrait, line art, realism... you have it all covered!
Wish I was there. Beautiful, makes me want to break out my brushes.
Lovely work! Thanks for visiting my blog so I could find yours. I'm a Taurus, too!
You captured a mood for sure, I want to hang out there for a while! Thanks for sharing...
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