Prints

Maine July

There is nothing quite so appealing as the ubiquitous orange day lilies that grow wild everywhere you look in Maine in July. They definitely deserved a formal portrait.

March Greening

As vineyards start to sprout while winter fades and fields take on varying shades of green thanks to sprouting crops, there is a real visual excitement to the scene and a sense of hope for the upcoming season. It’s an image that deserves recording for posterity and to evoke the unmistakable joy the coming of Spring provides each year.

March Madness

This image is based somewhat on reality, though it is, as the title denotes, born of the “madness” that March engenders in Maine. It is a dreamy anticipation of a scene to come in the summer when the daylilies fill the landscape, nicely contrasted against birch whiteness, and the sea invites voyages on sunny days.

Maypole Dance

At the base of this hill, among the trees one can find a tiny maypole and dancers. The land is just beginning to come alive for the next season’s growth. There has been some plowing done, growth has appeared in the foreground, and the trees have their leaves. It is a perfect time to celebrate.

Meal Call

Watching the evolution of this nest of hatching birds is an adventure indeed. Fortunately, I was able one year to log progress via a number of photos. The open mouths hoping for sustenance were a stage I managed to catch one day. Presumably some food came at some point, but I did not see it arrive.

Mill Pond Rock

Anyone who has spent time in the Mills knows this rock. I find
it both impressive and beautiful, not to mention deserving of a
place in my memory as a consequence of the production of this
print.

Monhegan Dreaming

All prints in this edition have been sold

The adirondack chairs at the Trailing Yew provide a perfect perch from which to think and dream. Listening to the foghorn at night, gazing at the sea by day, being a vacationer on Monhegan transports you into a dream-like existence, one which I can readily bring to mind by looking at this picture.

Monhegan Dreaming II

All prints in this edition have been sold.

There is something surreal for me about this scene. I wanted to try another version of the imagery from Monhegan Dreaming. The change in size on the adirondack chairs and the trees gave the whole scene a very different scale. The sky suddenly became monumental in scope. This print is much more of a departure, a dream, of Monhegan than the first version.

Monhegan Idyll

One quintessential Fall Maine day I took a boat out to Monhegan, an excursion that always feels a bit exotic. With my sketchbook and utensils in hand I sought spots I had not previously drawn, seeking to develop some new Monhegan images. This drawing was done from the base of the lighthouse, looking across the island to Manana. Over the course of the process from initial drawing to final, colored print, there are always some surprises along the way - some good, some not so good. In this case, when the first fully colored print emerged I grinned loudly, as it captured the feeling of the day and the unique flavor of Monhegan.

Nancy’s Garden

This scene was drawn in a neighbor’s garden. Her name, too, is Nancy. The insertion of a bee skep I had made and the hollyhocks from my own garden into the scene began to make it my garden as well.