The coast of Maine is one of the most beautiful in the country. Needless to say it provides plenty of inspiration for painting. While this is not a plein air piece per se, I did a study sketch plein air and spent hours on Fishermans Point enjoying the cool sea breeze and beautiful views.
The inclusion of the home on the sea cliff is not only intentional in this composition, but it is the name my wife gave the house, “Winners”. We have no idea who they are, but we’ve strolled by 2 Bay Road often and we know what we would do if we won the lottery.
This piece is a study of sorts, in large part because it’s a very tricky subject matter for me, combining all the hard things into one painting – boats, complex architecture, and rocks. Man, the effing rocks! I can say, however, this turned out pretty well and the learning experience was very rewarding. I also had the good sense to setup the time lapse camera, both as entertainment for all of you dear readers, as well as a way to remind myself how I went about this painting when I decide to do something similar.
Enjoy the movie and thanks for reading!
Art Bern 
HI — Gre
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WELL DONE, BERN! And the time lapse video adds and interesting touch. Usually i hate those time lapses — like when the video purports to be teaching the viewer how to learn to do some technique — but this one was nicely entertaining.
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