Inspired by Foghorns~ Triton’s Call
Triton's Call by Melody Phaneuf, 20 x 16 oil painting
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“Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.”
~Ludwig van Beethoven
This morning I awoke to foghorns. It’s one of the things I love about living on the harbor in Gloucester. Though it doesn’t bode well for pleasant weather today, the tone sets the mood for a quiet, pensive day.
I have always been sensitive to the power of sound. I remember reading in a series of childhood books called Myths, Legends, and Mysteries, that great temples were constructed using sound to move colossal stones. I think about the enormous Tibetan long horns used to blast away demons, and the church bells of Rouen Cathedral~ how one can feel the sound deep, just below the navel.
Stage Fort Park is an enchanting setting on the harbor, across from where the fog horns blow. Steep granite cliffs meet the inlet of the sea, creating an artistic dream world. In a quiet corner Triton orchestrates the ocean’s rhythm by blowing his conch shell. Today his tones are soothing and the sea is calm but the rugged shoreline is evidence that in another mood, the sound from Triton’s horn can be terrifying.
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Melody Phaneuf is well known for her evocative Gloucester landscape paintings. Phaneuf works on location and at historic Fenway Studios, Boston, MA, painting still life and portraiture. Phaneuf has exhibited at Galerie Herouet in Paris, The National Arts Club in New York City, and with Art du Monde, a traveling exposition in Japan. Phaneuf’s paintings are regularly displayed at North Shore Arts, Gloucester, MA and The Guild of Boston Artists, Boston, MA.
Melody The Artist Home, founded with photographer and color specialist, Martha DiMeo showcases the artist’s original paintings on tumbled marble tile murals and coasters, fine art prints and note cards. Online ordering at MelodyTheArtist.com/shop
Triton’s Call, oil painting by Melody Phaneuf, 20 x 16
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