Oil Paintings, Plein Air, Prints, Hand Drawn Tessellations

I spent many hours hiking and wandering around Bar Harbor and Mt Desert Isle inthe 1990s when I lived in Bangor. In two and a half years I was able to hike every trail on Mt. Desert at the time but the Precipice as it was closed due to falcon nesting. I wore out one set of Technica boots and went half way through a second pair! Enjoyed every second hiking and finding views. I was never able to get around to all of the secondary islands at the time but did to the Porcupines.

This oil painting is from a boat tour of the lighthouses I took many years later. Its the “backside” and hidden view. I always like finding views that are not easy to get to. So I recently completed this view of the Life Saving Station.

The painting is 24 x36 inches on linen. I tried to paint mostly from memory but did use a refence photo I took as well when I needed to check shadows and values. The color palette was very loose and I used a multitude of colors to get the visual feel. I post a few stages during the painting process.

First Stage

Second Stage

Third Stage