Windmills and Contrails

Second Island, Windmills, Dark Clouds, oil on panel, 10" x 10"

Sand Beach, a favorite spot for residents and visitors to Deer Isle, is where we go to see the sunset. The distinctive profile of the leaning tree on Weir Island is easily recognizable in paintings, photographs and prints by dozens, if not hundreds, of artists. Sadly, the tree fell down last winter, changing the profile of this popular ‘motif’.

Windmills & Contrails, Second Island, oil on panel, 10" x 10"

This summer a new landmark appeared on the horizon: the three windmills on Vinalhaven. Painters have the option of editing man-made objects out of their landscape paintings, or celebrating them, as they often do with lighthouses or bridges. I haven’t really formed an opinion of the windmills yet.

Windmills & Contrails I, oil on panel, 5" x 5"

I haven’t decided if I like seeing them there or not, but there they are. They tower hundreds of feet above Vinalhaven, but are low on our horizon, inches from where the sun sets in winter. Bathed in orange, their red lights pulse on and off as it gets dark.

Windmills & Contrails II, oil on panel, 5" x 5"

Often the windmills are surrounded by brightly-lit contrails or lines of purple clouds. In the snow and fog they fade in and out or disappear altogether.

Second Island from Sand Beach, oil on panel, 10" x 8"

On Weir island a new tree is beginning to lean towards the water.

Weir Island, Sunset, oil on panel, 7" x 5"

Artists of the Working Waterfront

I was just included in an article by Carl Little in Maine Boats, Homes, & Harbors Magazine. The article is titled Artists of the Working Waterfront and is in the April-May issue of the magazine. It's a nice article and I'm in very good company, check it out if get a chance.

The painting in the article has sold, but other paintings of boats, both available and a small archive of paintings in private collections can seen on my website rebeccadaugherty.com. Posted below is a new small boat painting, and I have a couple of larger ones on the easel now. I will post them here and on my website as I finish them.

Rebecca Daugherty Rowing Boats oil on panel 10 x 17.5

Grapefruit & Geraniums

Tea: Grapefruit & Geraniums, oil on panel, 10" x 10"

I "Heart" Donuts

I Heart Donuts, oil on panel, 10" x 10"

Distractions

I woke up this morning ready to start a painting of a grapefruit. Why a grapefruit? It's the healthy eating version of a donut painting; who knows where that could go? Just when I was thinking there could be an end to the Roadwork series, look what appears outside my studio window! I snapped a bunch of photos, only to find Michael taking mine. -Thanks guys from On Target Utility Services.

Reliance & Miss Kassandra

Reliance & Miss Kassandra, oil on panel, 10" x 8"

From the Buick

Roadwork: From the Buick, oil on panel, 10" x 17.5"

Since I haven't posted for awhile, I'll catch-up with a few new paintings. "From The Buick" and "Patching the Bridge" are the most recent Roadwork paintings. The Buick was a car I inherited from my grandmother, and served us well for a few years.

Roadwork: Patching the Bridge, oil on panel, 10" x 10"