Saturday, April 9, 2011

THE FIRST LANDSCAPE PAINTING I SOLD

Lobstermen's Dock, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, 20 x 28 inch oil, oil crayon, and pencil painting on paper by George C. Clark  SOLD
When I first started painting landscapes I had to lug my oil painting gear with me and I could only paint on site.  I painted this from the balcony of a hotel built on a pier in Boothbay Harbor.  The Maine coast was everything an artist could want: beautiful, foggy and atmospheric at times, with centuries-old towns.  This was the first landscape painting I sold at the Art Rental and Sales Gallery of the Art Institute of Chicago, back in the days when the museum was still supporting and exhibiting local artists.

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