Inspired by Winslow Homer’s Storm Paintings
We were at Acadia National Park in Maine this past August. It happened to have been a beautiful day, with perfect blue sky and exciting surf, but for several days the coast had been hit by the remains of a hurricane.
Storm at Acadia - The Day After | Stephen Springer Davis | 2009
I was immediately reminded of the much darker storm scenes painted by Winslow Homer near his home at Prout’s Neck, Maine. I’ve always admired Homer’s seacoast paintings, especially his storm scenes: waves pounding on dark rocks under a dark sky. The scene we saw at Acadia that day seemed much cheerier but nonetheless was just as scary. The Park Service wouldn’t let visitors get too close too the sea that day because tragically, the day before several people had been pulled to their deaths into the ocean by a rogue wave.
Storm painting | Winslow Homer
Tags: landscape painting, Maine, oil painting
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