MAPLE JUICE COVE, MAINE
I think about my July/August trip to Maine a lot as it was a lifetime event. I want to go back and often think about buying a little cottage in the mid-coast region. If only.
I found it difficult to paint en plein air there because the colors seemed flat, the light key very high and the water vistas vast. Can you see what I mean by comparing and contrasting the photographs below with my completed painting?
It took many days of plein air paintings and corrected paintings to see how important it was to zero in on a smaller area. Paintings can't capture the vastness the eyes see. But translating the view to a painting takes practice. It is so important to sketch before painting.
On my last day on the mainland of Maine I wandered looking for a coastal painting opportunity. Way too often what I wanted to paint was on private property so it occurred to me to look for vacant "For Sale" waterfront property. When I drove to this beautiful For Sale site, a handsome man was working in the yard giving me an opportunity to ask for permission. He assured me it was ok to paint there.
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Maple Juice Cove, Maine by Carol Hopper
9x12, unframed, oil on gessobord
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The gorgeous house on Maple Juice Cove is still for sale and you might like to buy it at
www.maplejuicecove.com. The owner told me even more than I had previously learned about the Olson House which is located directly across the water to the left, out of my photograph. If you are a lover of history and famous paintings and painters you might like to visit the Olson house
website.
Edward Hopper is a
very famous painter too, who painted this area. I have thought about telling you how he is a relative of mine...through marriage. Would you be interested in hearing that story?
