COVE'S EDGE, MAINE
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| COVE'S EDGE, MAINE 8x8, unframed oil on gessobord plein air painting Click here to purchase For two glorious weeks I rented a cottage in Cushing, Maine. This was my view from the lawn of the cottage I found it glorious and painted on the property several times. Floating in the water is Rockweed which at low tide one can clearly see is attached to the rocks. Cushing Peninsula is the peninsula on which the Olson House is located that very site of Andrew Wyeth's most famous painting CHRISTINA'S WORLD Across this cove from my cottage and this painting is the home of Andrew Wyeth...one of his homes Andrew died in 2009 and is buried in the Olson family cemetery. Why did he choose this spot? No one knows for sure but we can say for sure he loved and painted the Olson House and its occupants for many many summers. |
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| Andrew's gravestone exactly as he years previously had pictured it as Christina's stone!!!! |
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| Christina and her brother Alvaro Olson's gravestone. The two siblings died within mere weeks of one another in different years |
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| The Olson House Cushing, Maine |
Very lovely.
ReplyDeleteThank you Susan!
DeleteLove the fresh color and distinct values. Such a treat to see the stones (I love cemeteries). You are so lucky to be there!
ReplyDeleteMy hope is that we meet someday. We'll haunt some cemeteries as there is so much interesting history to be found there. Just fascinating.
DeleteI can feel the fresh dampness of the air. Lucky you to stay put in a beautiful place and paint to your heart's content! That's the kind of vacation I dream about.
ReplyDeleteI got such benefit from nearly daily plein air painting. I have always felt I wasn't good at it, but found practice has its rewards.
DeleteI could sit in your painting for hours and watch the water.
ReplyDeleteAndrew Wyeth...his art...that stone...that house...special! When I was in NM with Julie, I really enjoyed looking at one of her Andrew Wyeth books. There was one in particular with the Olson house in the background and a cow standing against the wall. I loved it. Made me want to paint a cow.
I was in an almost altered state of mind surrounded by Wyeths at every turn. I understood the family and then I didn't. Andrew being buried in the Olson family plot?????? Andrew's wife is still alive and I was told she probably will not be buried there.
DeleteJust beautiful! I want to go next year!
ReplyDeleteMaybe we can be there at the same time. I hope to take a workshop from rogerdalebrown.com when he gets one set up. It will be in the midcoast region of Maine, which is my favorite part.
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