Coastal Visions
Mouth of The Annisquam, oil painting by Melody Phaneuf
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It’s been more than twenty years since I came to Gloucester to paint for the summer. I kept finding one more spot that begged to be painted before I left. I finally surrendered to the natural beauty and called it home.
It is always changing here. Unlike the quiet soul of hilly pastures that I was used to, coast land possesses a breathing animation. The continuous squash and stretch of waterways mirroring the sky create an endless variety of abstract shapes, an ever-changing repertoire that is the lure of coastal landscape painting.
Mouth of The Annisquam chronicles a Cape Ann morning at mid tide. The withdrawing river accents angular banks, the jagged rhythm suggests a gleeful escape into the distance. Boats and houses punctuate a violet-green backdrop of hills that contrast with yellow-greens and pinks in the foreground. The myriad contrasts are contained by the dominant horizontals, subduing the picture to quiet pulsation.
This painting makes me smile. There is something charming about this view of the river, and its shape that morning struck me as amusing. Mouth of The Annisquam is one of the many coastal paintings soon to be on exhibit at Boston’s Liberty Hotel. Hope to see you there.
Mouth of The Annisquam, 8 x 10 oil painting
Gallery Night~ June 29th, 6:00-8:30
Art & Wine Tasting at The Liberty Hotel
215 Charles St Boston (formerly The Charles St jail)
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Artist, Melody Phaneuf is well known for her evocative still life, landscape, and portrait paintings. Her paintings are regularly on view at The Guild of Boston Artists, 162 Newbury Street; at Fenway Studios, Boston by appointment; and North Shore Art in Gloucester from May through October. Phaneuf ‘s paintings have been exhibited at The National Arts Club in New York City, Galerie Herouet in Paris, and with Art du Monde, in Japan.
Melody The Artist Home, founded with photographer and color specialist, Martha DiMeo, features Phaneuf’s original oil paintings on tumbled marble tile murals and beverage coasters, fine art prints, and handmade note cards.
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Wow – I will plan to see your exhibited work at the Liberty Hotel on June 29!!