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Port Clyde Puffin
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I just finished up a fantastic week in Rockland, Maine, teaching a plein air painting workshop for
Coastal Maine Art Workshops. Usually in the summer, I don't venture far from my quiet home on Campobello Island. The Midcoast area is always much busier with traffic and tourists, but that's all part of summer. Fortunately, I had an organization behind me that knows the territory: where to park, where to avoid traffic, and perhaps most important, where to get the best crab roll. Director Lyn Donovan and her crew made life a lot easier for this traveling teacher.
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| Painting Near 'Keag |
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| Evening at McLoon's Lobster Shack |
Unlike my workshops in Lubec, this workshop was five full days. We started in the morning, worked through lunch (stopping only for a crab roll), and then continued on until late in the afternoon. Despite some fog the first couple of days and rather warm weather, we were able to get out every day to practice our skills. To make the week even more special, we took the mailboat out to Monhegan Island one day to paint, and also spent an afternoon visiting the Farnsworth Museum to see the exhibition celebrating the Andrew Wyeth Centennial.
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"A Summer's Moment"
9x12 oil by Michael Chesley Johnson - SOLD |
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"Breaking Fog"
9x12 oil by Michael Chesley Johnson - SOLD |
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"Going to be a Hot One"
9x12 pastel by Michael Chesley Johnson - AVAILABLE |
I'll have a special blog post on our Monhegan trip in the near future. In the meantime, please enjoy a few photos from the week below.
By the way, if you would like to paint in a place where there are few tourists and little traffic, I encourage you to come to one of my workshops in Lubec. I have one opening in each of my August 1-4 and August 8-11 weeks. For details, visit
www.PleinAirPaintingMaine.com.
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| Monhegan Ferry |
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| Fish Beach, Monhegan |
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| Monhegan |
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| Rockland Waterfront |
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| Camden Waterfront |
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| Painting at Camden Waterfront |
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| Painting at Birch Point |
