Each summer we spend two weeks on Monhegan Island in Maine. It is 10 miles east of the coast of Maine, sitting in all its 1.5 mile by .5 mile gloriousness. Monhegan has a small neighbor island, Manana, which forms the sheltered harbor here. I have written about Manana many times, here, and again here, or here, here, or here, and again here. In fact, if you search my blog for "Manana" you'll have a lot to read, and/or see. This week I have added a number of Manana views to my sketchbook. Here are a few of them. I will add another post soon with some more.
I love painting Manana from above, below, through windows, beyond boats... just love it. The Monhegan Museum has a splendid collection of work, including fascinating paintings of Manana in all its personalities, seasons, and times of day. A couple of favorites are my Aldro Hibbard and Andrew Winter. As always, thank you for looking at my work. I appreciate your thoughts and your comments.
This month's challenge for Girls Just Wanna Paint is "Maine". I spend two weeks each summer in Maine on Monhegan Island, and have been going to Midcoast Maine near Pemaquid for decades. The Maine coastal air has a beautiful crisp quality and sparkle. I decided to paint my take on Maine diner, which could be in any one of a number of coastal towns overlooking the local harbor. You can see the process photos below. My intention was to show the conversation of this couple inside, with the active harbor beyond the
windows in the bright of day. My initial design had two women, one younger, one older, having lunch, but I changed it to a man and woman having lunch. I liked the contrast of the interior against the general boat shapes and sky outside. Eventually I glazed everything inside with a warm to unify the interior. I moved a few things around, lowering the lantern to break the line of the beam, and removing one of the dock posts outside, which was interfering with the intimacy of
the conversation between the dating couple by obscuring the interesting profile of her face.
As always, thanks for looking and for your interest. You know I love your comments.
I love painting Manana from above, below, through windows, beyond boats... just love it. The Monhegan Museum has a splendid collection of work, including fascinating paintings of Manana in all its personalities, seasons, and times of day. A couple of favorites are my Aldro Hibbard and Andrew Winter. As always, thank you for looking at my work. I appreciate your thoughts and your comments. 
This month's challenge for Girls Just Wanna Paint is "Maine". I spend two weeks each summer in Maine on Monhegan Island, and have been going to Midcoast Maine near Pemaquid for decades. The Maine coastal air has a beautiful crisp quality and sparkle. I decided to paint my take on Maine diner, which could be in any one of a number of coastal towns overlooking the local harbor. You can see the process photos below. My intention was to show the conversation of this couple inside, with the active harbor beyond the 
