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PHILADELPHIA

seen the specific subject before, so I’m searching for what makes it universal. The barge on Sawyer Cove was transient. I hadn’t noticed it on previous trips. Barges like these come in various sizes, for carrying lumber and machinery to transporting large trucks and even buildings, in Maritime communities everywhere. They are very handy and in a way emblematic of life where people live largely by their own hands. This small barge with an outboard on the back was there because somebody nearby needed something taken somewhere by water.

The size and position of the barge in the composition determines how the viewer will regard it compared to the rest of the painting. At 12” x 16”, it’s a small image, and the viewer will stand relatively close, creating an intimate narrative. Jonesport is a small town with a population that takes care of most things themselves. That self-dependency and remoteness drew me to the subject, and I wanted the composition to feel large and open. The barge is that solo, sometimes isolated, heartbeat that’s part of daily life on the North Coast of Maine.

The limited palette keeps the wind on your neck. Burnt Sienna, Ultramarine, Yellow Ochre, and white, to begin with. I included a couple of flicks other colors toward the end, but I’m more of a tonalist than a colorist, and I keep my harmonies simple—natural but still rich with mature color. Brightly painted images of the Down East Coast don’t describe the Maine I know. The Jersey shore, maybe.

One challenge was to suggest the channels and flats beneath what little remained of the tide. But there was more to be told. This cove is too shallow to navigate and too watered to walk across. Nature ain’t easy, and sometimes you just have to wait for the tide. A full cove and a cheery day with dancing gulls would have been at odds with that idea. There is something about the slack line from the bow to the grounded mooring buoy that barks from the back room, “tide’s out, come back in a few hours.” That happened in the drawing stage, and I made sure I didn’t screw it up as I painted.

A second blue (Prussian) was added to my palette to help water look different than the sky and the sky’s reflection. I kept checking if my landscape was advancing and receding correctly, and if not, was it because I made mistakes with my color or because my perspective was wacky. There isn’t much in the way of receding lines in this image so simulating depth gets tricky. I needed the bigness.

My friend Alan is a good painter, and he suggested the life preserver. Changes and additions come with consequences, though, and every late adjustment runs the risk of affecting the whole, requiring patching things back together if the sense of place begins to go wobbly. I put the life preserver on the front of the cabin; otherwise, it would have been an orange bullseye. Even there, it is where your eye gravitates. The last thing I added was the light blue sea beyond the trees to soften that area and push the horizon back. That raised the viewer’s vantage as well, adding a touch of solitude.

I’ve often been asked how I know I’m done. It’s simple. Painting is a process of moving my image forward, and when I can’t do that anymore, I’m done. There are a couple of caveats to that: One is that I can’t always improve things, and continuing sometimes make them worse rather than better— sometimes I was done yesterday. The other is that being done doesn’t mean you’ve accomplished anything. Some paintings are very done and not very good. This one came in for a nice landing. n