Once on the island, though, I was surprised by how strongly I felt the following: I didn't feel called at all to paint recognizable scenes. I didn't want to paint Monhegan, I wanted to be at Monhegan and paint.
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| Early Morning Undulations of Trail and Cove 4.5x6"; watercolor and ink on watercolor paper abstract 2018 |
Ironically, I arrived home to find in the mail the delightful gift of a representational, entirely recognizable scene of some Camp Takodah buildings, painted evocatively and to great effect, with watercolors, by my camp friend Jane!
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You can't get away from the sun and sea! Love the dripping and the way the colors play with each other!
Thanks for your feedback, Carol. My loose intent was to get some watery color on paper and then play with dots. Done. While there is nothing literally respresentational here, it is entirely evocative of the final-day hike my dad and I took across Monhegan, early on a resplendently sunny morning, from cottage through woods to cove and open ocean.
I love how you say this: I don't want to paint Monhegan - I want to BE there AND paint! Love it!!!!
Simone, so glad you "got" what I was saying—it was so hard to figure out how to convey that idea with written language; definitely something easier to speak than to write. Yay that my words resonated with you!
Isn't it delightful how well the two pieces go together?
I think you got the 'order' of things spot on - 'be there and paint'! And look at what you have painted. Agree with Jen - these two pieces are a 'fit'. Have a lovely day Dotty!
So much serendipity for the bumping into : )
Janet, thanks for your affirmation of my wanting to 'be there and paint' and for your taking delight in what unfolded!
Lovin' the fit of these two paintings right along with you and Jen : )
Just love the light airy feel to this. Looking up at the clouds, and birds. Nowhere to be and nothing to do :)
Love the colorful cabins :)
Love your words here, Sheila—"light airy," "nowhere to be and nothing to do." This painting, in the making, was completely literal, with my mind (ever so loosely!) on shape, flow, color, contrast, composition, and harmony. It wasn't until after the fact when I went to title it, that I saw it as the painted embodiment of the hike my dad and I took our last day on Monhegan, which had exactly the feel to it that you put words to.
I love that you see this and look up at clouds and birds. I find myself as the bird highest in the sky, looking down from an aeriel perspective : )
Isn't Jane's rendering of the colorful Takodah buildings terrific?
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