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| Mark Island, 1999 |
I haven't been on the blog of a bit, thanks to a lovely virus that made the rounds at our house this week. We are now (hopefully) on the mend, and I for one am happy to have my mostly-smiley kids back!
Since I haven't been scouring my usual sites this week, I went through my bookmarks to see if I had any goodies I hadn't shared yet and found the gorgeous pencil drawings of
Susan A Cooney. My dad sent me her website a while ago and at first I didn't realize they were pencil - I thought they were black and white photos.
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| Lime Island, 2000 |
Cooney worked and sailed on tall ships all over the world before setting in Maine with her boat-building husband. They live on board their 25-foot wooden sailboat and her studio is in Belfast. Having grown up on the
coast on New Brunswick (which is essentially the same coast as the Maine coast) I am amazed at how perfectly she captures the spirit of the landscape - the light on the water, the splash of a wave on the rocks, the scrubby and hardy trees that face the elements year-round - all using only graphite and shades of silvery-grey.
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| Cloudy Day, 2002 |
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| Eastern Mark Island, 2006 |
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| Owl's Head, 2000 |
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| My Penobscot Island, 2000 |
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| Southport View of Boothbay, 2004 |
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| Seal Bay, Vinalhaven, 2011 |
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| Oak Island Passage, 2004 |
Gosh, they make me homesick! Not sure I could live on a boat (especially with two kids) but some days I am very tempted. Imagine waking up to the sound of the waves and the pinging of the lines, coming up to feel that ocean breeze on your face...not bad!
