The Seafood Ketch-8x10

 

The Seafood Ketch- Maine

8x10

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Did this one after class one day, up in Maine, a few weeks ago. The light's gorgeous at this time of the day. Long shadows, boats and water, and the front side of the building started to light up. what's not to like? 

 

if youre on Facebook (and who's not these days) drop me a friend request. seems I'm on there a lot more than I thought I'd be, posting new paintings. workshop postings, and other good stuff.

Mt. Desert Island Workshop

here's a pic of Ineka hard at work. the scenery on Mt. Desert Island is phenomenal. Beautiful harbors and evergreens. Docks and tidal marshes with huge tidal shifts in the 10-13 foot range empty out and fill coves quickly. the colors in august when I held the workshop were super clear unless there was some fog in the morning. It'll usually burn off by 10 or so if there is some around. I don't particularly like to paint foggy scenes. Too monochromatic for my tastes.

Monhegan Island is the next workshop on tap for Maine and it'll be August 2015.

Looking forward to painting in Cuba in December and if you'd like to go, there's a spot or two left, but you'd have to get on the stick. Copies of passports need to be mailed and received in a week or so. Cost is about $4000 for everything. email me if you'd like to go. Guaranteed trip full of memories, this one!

Mt. Desert Island Shapes 8x10

Mt. Desert Island Shapes 8x10

Just finished up a weeklong plein air workshop teaching on Mt. Desert Island (Bar Harbor) in northern Maine.
Had a wonderful group of artists stoked on learning and painting.
We painted idyllic Maine harbors full of lobster boats moored near sailboats and yachts. I love the evergreens (firs I think) and rocky coast here.
A ships captain from Massachusetts at the turn of the century, after sailing to Maine for months on end wrote in a letter to his wife, "put a bucket of sand at the head of my grave. Ive seen enough stones for eternity".

My next foray to Maine will be for my Monhegan Island Mentoring workshop next August (the last week).

In that workshop we paint, paint, paint and hang out talking art for hours. Its limited to prior students of mine that are experienced painting outside. There are two critique sessions per day and I give lots of career advice, too. The class is nice and small (6 or 7) for lots of personal attention. If you think you'd be interested let me know ( rooneystudios@hotmail.com ). Only a seat or two left.