A Walk Out Back

Tuesday this past week I had the opportunity to take a walk in the woods behind the house. Used to do it quite often. But is has been a long while. All of the snowmobile trails that were heavily in use the last time I hiked here are now mostly invisible with overgrown with vegetation. I was able to find my way making a loop over to the trailer park next door. All in all about 2 miles. It was a beautiful day and I was able to grab a few nice reference photos for paintings.

"Twenty Mile Brook," 6"x8" oil on wood panel

This painting  is of a view looking up the brook that runs next to the house from a where a trail crosses it.

Re-Imagining Views

I have been scanning old photos from boxes of my mom's in preparation of downsizing prior making a move out to Peaks Island. In doing so, I came across a shoe box filled with old postcards that she had collected over the years. Looking at the ones she had of Peaks Island, I got the idea to re-imagine some views of the island, from the early 20th century, as paintings. The first card and view that caught my eye was entitled "Pumpkin-Nob off Peaks Island, Me." ca. 1909.

It was an interesting view that I don't often get to see because it is from the water and I am not a boat owner. The card I have is clearly a colorized photo and very much faded, so I re-imagined a brighter pallet, trying to visualize what it might have looked had I been the one taking the photo and not so much trying to reproduce the postcard.

"Pumpkin-Nob off Peaks Island, Me." 6"x8" oil on wood panel. The size format of the painting is different from that of the postcard so I was able to add more sky.