For the long Memorial Day weekend, my husband, Ken, and I packed up our new Chevy Volt with food, gear, a Corgi, a Cockatiel and headed to mid-coast Maine to the island of Georgetown. The Plein Air Painters of Maine were painting Saturday at the Five Islands wharf. What a great excuse to get away to the great state of Maine for a long holiday weekend.
The small, charming fishing village, Five Islands, is known as "the prettiest harbor in Maine" and truly is a picturesque spot for painting, paddling and eating lobsters 'in the rough'. The village's working wharf is used by the local lobstermen for selling their catch and baiting their traps. In the distance across Sheepscot Bay, the Hendricks Head Lighthouse can be seen. The local scenery was exceptional for out-door painting. But... typical Maine weather greeted me and others upon our early morning arrival at the Five Islands wharf: the air was thick with fog. A lovely gray palette was worked up for the occasion.
We stayed at Back River Bend http://www.backriverbend.com/cottages/index.html in a converted sail loft perched at treetop level. The height of our one bedroom accommodation afforded us panoramic views of the river and marshes as well as sounds of the boatyard below. In the loft, Ken, a radio fanatic, enjoyed tinkering with frequencies while I painted afar in the fields and on the wharfs of Georgetown.
Hi Susan - Love your blog and your paintings of Five Islands - It is one of my favorite painting spots in all of Maine. I live most of the year in Santa Cruz, California. My husband is from Bath and so we come back every year to visit and I try to paint at Five Islands whenever I can. Thanks for the Blog! I'll sign up to receive your updates.
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