Doc on the Rock Monhegan

David Vickery

"Kent Stairs" - Oil on panel

Dimensions: 36 x 18
Estimate: $11,000

David Vickery is a contemporary realist painter based in Cushing and has been working from his studio there since 1991. He's been visiting Monhegan every year since the 80s and was a recipient of the Carina residency in 1993.

His work is included in the Farnsworth Museum collection and is represented by Dowling Walsh Gallery (Rockland), The Gallery at Somes Sound (Mt. Desert) and the Lupine Gallery. 

Rick Daskam

"The Red House" - Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 9 x 12
Estimate: $1,200

Rick Daskam’s paintings have appeared in galleries and exhibitions throughout Connecticut and New York. In 1998, he began painting plein air landscapes and farms near his home. In 2002, he visited Monhegan Island and fell in love with its rugged beauty, returning annually to paint. In 2019, he was honored with the “Artist of the Year” - Island Inn Show.

Currently, he is President of the Hudson Valley Art Association and an Elected Member of the Lyme Art Association. His oil paintings have won numerous awards from various art associations and museums.

Frank Bruckmann

"Light and Shadows" - Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 18 x 26
Estimate: $2,400

Frank Bruckmann’s rich oeuvre spans nearly four decades of oil painting, celebrating still lifes, figures, landscapes, cityscapes, seascapes, and interiors. He spends time painting in his New Haven studio and travels outward to Westville, Monhegan Island, Pennsylvania, and Europe.

The impact of Bruckmann's work is evident through returning collectors, thank you notes from students, and invitations to paint in new locations, making his creative life both incredible and sustainable.

Susan Gilbert

“Hudson Cottage, Monhegan” - 
Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 11 x 14
Estimate: $675

As graduate of the Boston Museum School,  Susan received  a first year of classical art training followed by three years of intensive drawing and ceramics. In all the years since she has pursued the study of painting on paper, canvas, and porcelain. 

She has loved the natural beauty and mystery of  Monhegan from her first visit and has evolved into a year-round resident.  On Monhegan,  she paints the  daily patterns of weather,  boating, rocks, water and sky. 

Elena Jahn

"Lobster Cove”  - Watercolor

Dimensions: 17 x 14
Estimate: $850

 Elena Jahn, born in 1938 in Moscow, Idaho, and raised in Syracuse, New York, was an artist deeply connected to the landscape. Her work spanned drawing, painting, and collage, often blending media. Her subjects ranged from realistic depictions of rocks, cliffs, and sea to abstract renditions of light and sky.

Elena's artistic journey included Monhegan Island, Maine, where she spent summers from 1949 and later divided her time between Monhegan and Culebra, Puerto Rico. She painted until her death in 2014, leaving a legacy of spirited art.

Bruce Kornbluth

"Night Shore" - Watercolor and ink  

Dimensions:   11 ½ x 15
Estimate: $600

Bruce Kornbluth was born in NYC in 1947 and has spent part of every year at Monhegan since 1957. Following his graduation from the University of New Hampshire with a degree in English literature, he founded Clay City Pottery and was a studio potter for over thirty years. This included 10 years founding and running a large handmade pottery factory in the Dominican Republic

“I have been drawing and painting most of my life. I work with watercolor and ink; Monhegan and the Maine coast inform most of my work.

Doris Rice

“Whitehead from Burnthead” - 
Watercolor    

Dimensions: 11 x 15
Estimate: $450

Doris Rice is a watercolor painter from New Hampshire. She received her formal art training at the Moore College of Art, Philadelphia. She prefers to paint in plein air, finding her artistic inspiration from the great outdoors. Collectors would look for impressions of a location.

“I want to capture the immediacy of a place in time. Sensory feelings of light, movement, sound and fresh air combine for a painting, which is alive with energy.”

Kevin Beers

"Cloudy Sunset" - Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 18 x 24
Estimate: $4,200

Kevin Beers grew up in the Hudson Valley of New York. He always drew from the time he could pick up a pencil. His art teacher, Bob Angrloch, changed his life by telling him to go to Monhegan. It is his favorite place to paint with stunning subjects to be found everywhere.

Kevin has painted in the south of France, a place that everyone talks about the light. But there is nothing like the light on this little island.

Sandra Mason Dickson

"Evening Visitor" - Oil

Dimensions: 24 x 30
Estimate: $3,200

Sandra spent twelve winters on Monhegan, where she studied studio art with Teco Slagboom and plein air painting with Don Stone. More recently, she studied classical painting with Ron Frontin before starting her own drawing classes and reestablishing a small local artist group that meets in winter.

She is currently represented by Lupine Gallery on Monhegan, where she maintains a summer studio, and she recently opened a small 3-season galleryon the Glenmere Road in Port Clyde.

Daphne Pulsifer

"Garden Muse III " - Bronze Sculpture in Walnut Frame

Dimensions: 14 x 25
Estimate: $3,600

Daphne arrived on Monhegan Island in 1983. During her early years on the island, Daphne’s wood carving and images on paper were enriched by the births of her four children, subsequent  childrearing years, and the architectural project she and her husband initiated on Manana Island. These precious experiences continue to inform her work.

Before first coming to Monhegan, Daphne studied architecture at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Daphne Pulsifer

"Raising Star " - Bronze Sculpture 

Dimensions: 4.5” tall
Estimate: $365

The skills she learned at the university were foundational for the two-dimensional and sculptural artwork she creates. 

In 2000, Daphne studied sculpture and the figure at Maine College of Art. Over the years, her work has included bronze sculpture, residential design, custom wood carving, furniture, and artistic tile installations.

Since 2015, Daphne has worked year-round in her Edison Studio on Lighthouse Hill. From May through September, visitors are welcome into her studio and sculpture garden.

John Philip Hagen

"Lobster Cove" - Oil on canvas

Dimensions:   12 x 16
Estimate: $1900

John Philip Hagen, born in Minneapolis, studied art in Kansas, Colorado, and at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He trained with Richard Lack and earned degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design. Hagen has received accolades from institutions like the Museum of American Illustration and the Newport Art Museum.

He lived in Newport, Rhode Island, and now resides in Martha’s Vineyard. His work is in collections at Brown University and the Rhode Island State House. Since 1992, he has made annual painting trips to Monhegan Island, Maine.

Alice Boynton

"Morning at the Light" - Oil on linen panel

Dimensions: 12 x 16
Estimate: $850

Alice is a Monhegan resident with a BFA degree. She was fortunate enough to study plein air painting with Don Stone.

She is very grateful to him and all of the other painters on Monhegan who have shared their knowledge of painting with her.

Kate Chappell

"Untitled" - Watercolor and ink

Dimensions: 12 x 14
Estimate: $525

Kate Cheney Chappell is a painter, printmaker, and poet trained in the U.S. and France. She first came to Monhegan in the late 70s to study watercolor painting with Joanne Scott. Later, she joined the Women Artists of Monhegan Island (W.A.M.I.) and became their President. Kate’s work reflects the interconnections in the web of life.

Recently, she has been making steel and paper hanging sculptures that reflect her deep concern for human-generated pollution in the sea. Her work can be found in the collections of the New Britain Museum of American Art, the Portland Museum of Art, Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin Colleges.

Emily Morse

"After the Fall " - Oil on canvas  

Dimensions:   22 x 28
Estimate: $1,500

Emily began her training as an artist in Florence, Italy where she studied for one year with the Master, Nera Simi. For the next two years, she attended Boston University at the School of Fine Arts.

She then returned to her life as a ballet dancer and did not resume painting until coming to Monhegan in 2001. The fluid beauty of the island is a source of deep inspiration in the creation of her drawings, pastels and oil paintings.

Ed Asher Briant

"Gull Rock " - Linocut Print

Dimensions: 18 x 14
Estimate: $450

Ed Asher Bryant studied printmaking in England under Bauhaus printmaker Peter Strausfeld. He enrolled in Saint Martin’s School of Art, where he was introduced to German Expressionists and Japanese woodcut artists. Asher moved to the U.S. in 1992, illustrating for clients like The New Yorker and Vogue. In 2000, he began writing children's books, comics, and graphic novels.

Inspired by a 2011 German Expressionism retrospective at MOMA, he returned to block-printing, creating hand-printed books. His works have been exhibited worldwide and focus on the natural world of birds, flowers, and landscape—often featuring moonlit scenes —many inspired by Monhegan. 

Painting by Alison Hill, Puzzle by Dave Clapp

"The Red House on a Summer Day" -  Oil on 3/8" birch panel

Dimensions: 36 x24
Estimate: $2,500

For Allison Hill, painting is the way she moves through this world, responding to and expressing what she sees and feels through color, stroke, and line. Living on Monhegan Island, she finds endless inspiration. She runs a studio gallery in summer and spends the off-season painting, traveling, and creating portraits and other artworks.

Dave Clapp enjoyed a 32 yearlong as a history teacher in Lincoln, MA. He mastered wood working skills and crafted furniture, bowls and puzzles in his spare time. Dave first came to Monhegan in 1970 and lives in the Nigh Cottage during the summer season.

Rita Pomerleau

"Trail to The Yew" - Oil on linen panel

Dimensions: 11 x 14
Estimate: $700

Rita Pomerleau is a Family Nurse Practitioner who volunteers for Monhegan Island First Aid. She began painting in 2012 after inheriting her father's pochade box, which started a new creative journey. With no prior art experience, she studied at Sanctuary Arts in Eliot, Maine, and with notable oil painters. Rita has sold numerous paintings locally and received honorable mention at the Ogunquit Perkins Cove Plein Air event. She is a member of the NH Art Association and Kittery Art Association. Rita has been visiting Monhegan for the past 25 years.

Betsy Abbott

"Tidepool Treasure " - Signed and Framed Giclee Print of Original Art Quilt in the Private Collection of Jamie Wyeth

Dimensions: 26 x 30
Estimate: $650

Betsy began quilting in 1999 at 57. Inspired by Island artists, especially Paul Niemiec, she has become an accomplished quilt artist in her retirement, despite having no formal art training. A summer resident on Monhegan since 1947, she winters in North Andover, MA.

A member of SAQA and Quilters’ Connection (MA), she has exhibited in juried regional and national quilt shows, and increasingly in fine art venues, most recently at The Roger Tory Peterson Institute in Jamestown, NY.

“My passion for art grew from my first summer on the Island. The natural wonders of this place have always enthralled me.”

Raegan Russell

"Monhegan Poppies, July" - Oil on Linen in Maple Floating Frame

Dimensions: 11 x 14
Estimate: $600

Raegan Russell is a contemporary artist and educator whose work explores themes of identity, place, and transformation through oil painting and printmaking. Her current body of work is rooted in the changing landscape and domestic architecture of rural Maine. Russell holds both a BFA and MFA from Boston University’s School for the Arts.

In 2018, she was awarded the Monhegan Island Artist Residency, which deepened her practice and catalyzed a more immersive exploration of the landscape. Her work has been exhibited throughout New England, New York, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Alison Hill

"Surf at Lobster Cove”  - Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20 x 40
Estimate: $2,500

 For Alison Hill, painting is the way she moves through this world, responding to and expressing what she sees and feels through color, stroke, and line. Living on Monhegan Island, she finds endless inspiration. She runs a studio gallery in summer and spends the off-season painting, traveling, and creating portraits and other artworks

Sue Hitchcox

"Spring" - Watercolor

Dimensions: 11 x 14
Estimate: $300

Susan Bak Hitchcox is a watercolor and oil painter who had the privilege of living on Monhegan as a year round resident from 2012-2018. It was during that time, she picked up a brush and discovered the joy of plein air painting. She had the opportunity to study and paint with some talented artists including Paul Niemiec, Caleb Stone, Alison Hill and Alice Boynton.

Sue is currently a member of Amherst Plein Air Society and The Seacoast Artist Association. Studying with Todd Bonita.

Caleb Stone

"Gull Rock" - Oil on linen

Dimensions: 11 x 14
Estimate: $600

Caleb Stone was born in the artist's colony of Rockport, Massachusetts, where he began drawing at age four, painting at seven, and attending professional artists' workshops by twelve. After graduating from Kennebunk High School in 1985, he enrolled in the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Connecticut, attending through spring 1990. In autumn 1989, he was the Artist in Residence at the Juniper Hill Inn in Windsor, Vermont. Caleb is a representational-impressionist painter focusing on landscapes and marine scenes, working primarily in oil, watercolor, and pastel. He offers tutoring classes weekly, holds up to four week-long workshops annually, and performs frequent demonstrations for art associations throughout eastern Massachusetts.

 "I love to paint on location, a plein air painter, a true student of nature. There is no substitute for feeling the quality of the light - I enjoy capturing that moment in time."

Paul Niemiec

"Low Tide”  - Framed watercolor

Dimensions: 14 x 10
Estimate: $1000

Paul Niemiec’s work reflects his country upbringing and interest in traditional American Realism. His themes are drawn from personal experiences in upstate New York and coastal Maine. He began painting on Monhegan in 1981. He works in varied mediums including watercolor, oil, mixed media, egg tempera, and printmaking.

Paul is affiliated with regional and national organizations like The Society of American Graphic Artists and The Central New York Watercolor Society. He has exhibited in over 40 group exhibitions and 15 solo exhibitions since the 1970s, receiving numerous awards. His work is published in many journals and books.

David Lussier

"Zimmie’s" - Oil Framed in Champayne gold wood

Dimensions: 9 x 12
Estimate: $1100

David Lussier, a nationally known Plein air painter, has been visiting Monhegan Island for over 25 years. He and his wife Pamela conduct a popular yearly Plein air painting workshop.

David has won numerous awards, including Best of Show and Artist Choice Award. He graduated from Paier College of Art and has been a professional painter for over 30 years. David and Pamela own The David Lussier Gallery in Kittery, Maine. More information can be found at www.davidlussiergallery.com.

Pamela Lussier

"Island Home”  - Oil Framed in Champayne gold wood

Dimensions: 6 x 9
Estimate: $475

Pamela Lussier has been visiting Monhegan Island with her husband David for over 25 years, where they co-teach a yearly workshop. Pamela is both a Plein air and studio painter, having competed in national events like the Frederick Plein Air Festival and Finger Lakes Plein Air. She graduated from The Art Institute of Boston and attended Lyme Academy.

Pamela teaches national workshops and online classes with David. She manages the David Lussier Gallery in Kittery, Maine. More information can be found at www.davidlussiergallery.com.

Stan Moeller

"Breakfast with Joan"  - Oil

Dimensions:   24 x 30
Estimate: $7200

Stan Moeller, based in York, Maine, is renowned for his dynamic brushwork and mastery of light. He studied painting at Western Michigan University and plein air techniques with Don Stone on Monhegan Island, where he annually leads workshops.

Moeller's awards include the Marine Environment Wildlife Award and an international residency in France. His work has appeared in American Art Collector, Southwest Art, and International Artist Magazine.

Corlis Carroll

"Abstracting My Work"  - Strathmore paper in Wooden Frame

Dimensions: 12 x 16
Image left: 5 x 7, B and W hand-colored photo
Image Right: 5 x 7, abstract of painted photograph image, colored pencil on 185lb

Estimate: $300

Corlis is a Phi beta Kappa Graduate of the University at Albany, Major Art, concentrating in Painting and Photography. For the past 27 years, Corlis has been a seasonal Monhegan resident where she works in her Lighthouse Hill Studio.

When she is not making art, Corlis works with her husband Bob bringing better hearing to the people of Maine and New York through their Hearing Aid Business,

Joy Bristol

"Vintage”  - Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 11 x 14
Estimate: $800

Joy Bristol, BFA from Paier College of Art, has taught at Creative Arts Workshop and her work appears in collections nationwide, including the New Britain Museum of Art.

Summers spent painting in plein air on Monhegan inspired her love for the island’s character, which still influences her art wherever she goes. She seeks to express through painting what words cannot, deeply connecting with others through shared experience.

Rebecca FitzPatrick

"Winter”  - Cut Paper and Muscovite Mica Collage  

Dimensions: 8 x 8
Estimate: $400

Rebecca FitzPatrick is a visual artist living on Monhegan Island, Maine. She creates cut-paper collages exploring mythology, symbols, and nature. She also enjoys photography and site-specific sculptural installations.

Her work has been exhibited in Portland and throughout Maine, and featured in Maine Home and Design Magazine, the Portland Phoenix, the Portland Press Herald, and Portland Monthly Magazine. Rebecca holds a degree in Painting from the University of Southern Maine.

Anne Burnett Hidell 

"Rolling Blues"  - Oil on wood panel

Dimensions: 10  x 12
Estimate: $900

Anne has been painting for as long as she can remember, but it was Don Stone who introduced her to the adventures of plein air painting. She first visited Monhegan in 1983 and soon returned twice every year, until she became a summer resident in 2014. 

She had the good fortune of painting with Don in four countries. When bystanders asked him, “how long did it take you to paint this painting?,” Don would answer “a lifetime” (he may have borrowed that from Picasso). It 's true, that each plein air painting is a result of collective knowledge, how we feel, developed skill, experience, and sometimes a little luck.

Anne loves the immediacy of painting in plein air and the beauty of the mergence of the environment and painter.

Todd Bonita    

"Monhegan Light House Oil Study” - Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 8 x 10 

Raised in Winthrop, MA, Todd Bonita studied at the Art Institute of Boston and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. After a career in illustration, he turned to full-time oil painting in 2006, specializing in New England coastal scenes.

Todd’s work is in galleries and collections worldwide, including those of President George H. W. Bush. He owns Todd Bonita Art Galleries in Ogunquit, Maine, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Cali Veilleux  

"Monhegan Stroll”  - Oil on linen board

Dimensions: 9 x 12
Estimate: $450

Cali Veilleux grew up on an island near Freeport, Maine, and now lives on Sprucehead Island. For over 20 years, she has enjoyed plein air painting, traveling from Maine to France, Italy, Florida, and the Bahamas with her easel. Many of her paintings were completed in Maine, especially on Monhegan Island.

Her work captures her love of nature’s light, colors, and forms. Cali paints both outdoors and in her studio, aiming to enchant viewers with scenes inspired by her experiences and imagination.

Ted Tihansky

"Late Afternoon View of Fish Beach” - Oil

Dimensions: 12 x 10
17 x 14.5 with frame
Estimate: $2,000

Born in Potsville, PA, Ted knew at five he was interested in art. After high school, he studied at Paier College of Art and business. He worked in food service management at Yale University and New Haven Schools for ten years before pursuing art professionally. He studied at Lyme Academy of Fine Art and the Art Students League in New York.

Ted did portrait work and had many commissions, including a portrait of Joan Forsberg at Yale Divinity School. He embraced island life on Monhegan, painting with intensity and running Theodore Tihansky Fine Art in Newport, RI, before returning to Monhegan full-time in 2000.

Glen Adoph Krause 

“Gull Rock” - Watercolor and India ink on Japan paper
Study and artist proof

Dimensions: 17 x 21
Estimate: $450

Glen Adolph Krause (1914-1981) was born in Chicago, Illinois, and lived in Exeter, New Hampshire. He was a museum director, painter, teacher, and graphic artist. Artistically, he is known for his strong compositions and his prolific work in woodcut printing. Glen studied at AIC (scholarship, 1933-35; traveling fellowship to Rome and Paris, 1936; fellowship prizes, 1940-41); Univ. Chicago; Boris Anisfeld.

He painted full-time during summers on Monhegan Island, ME. In 1965 he suffered a stroke which paralyzed his right side, but learned to draw and paint with his left hand.

Frankie Odom

"Sea Dancers” - Monotype 1/1

Dimensions: 11 x 15
Estimate: $400

Frankie Odom (1941–2019) grew up in Lakewood, Ohio. After graduating from Miami University Ohio with a degree in Art Education, she moved to Maine and taught art. She earned a Fine Art degree from the Portland School of Art, majoring in painting.

For 30 years, she painted full-time, working out of her studio on Monhegan Island in the summer. Her work was exhibited in many Maine galleries and included in the collection at the Governor’s mansion. She designed and installed “The Star Memorial Wall” at the Center for Grieving Children in Portland. Frankie explored nature and human existence through printmaking, painting, drawing, and collage, focusing on themes like islands, water, and sea life. She worked in various printmaking forms and was exploring photoetching and monotype.

 Michael Vermette

 "View of Whitehead from Gull Rock Ravine " - Watercolor

Dimensions: 20 x 26
Estimate: $2,000

Michael's paintings showcase a love of color and light, emphasizing expressive marks and forms that evoke feelings, memories, or emotions like the smell of salt and balsam in the air. Carl Little writes in Volume 30 of The Island Journal, "Michael Vermette, who emulates the vision of one of Monhegan Island’s great painters of the past, James Fitzgerald (1899-1971), adds impasto oomph to iconic views."

Michael is a first and second place winner of the Castine Plein Air Festival and a signature member of the New England Watercolor Society. His paintings are filled with spontaneous detail, descriptive movement, and unique light in the atmosphere.

Robert Smith 

“Monhegan Kiss (Homage to Hershey’s)” -  Photograph Limited Edition #3 of 20, Framed

Dimensions: 13 1/2 x 20
Estimate: $500

Robert Smith first came to Monhegan from New York in 1968 to further his practice of Sensory Awareness. This practice brought him into the present moment and sparked a unique way of seeing, which, combined with a macro lens on his camera, became his signature style of capturing the natural landscape.

Robert has had numerous solo and group exhibitions across six continents and is represented by Viridian Artists gallery in New York. He continues to explore Monhegan's diverse landscape and maintains a summer studio there. Robert also has a great sense of humor.

Norma Kaplis

"Monhegan Gardener” - Watercolor 

Dimensions: 12 x 17
Estimate: $400

Norma Kaplis was born in Connecticut. She attended the University of Maryland as an undergraduate and the School of Dental Medicine, followed by postgraduate training in public health at Harvard. She was a practicing dentist for four decades, as well as a teacher at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, and a dental public health specialist.

Norma began to paint in the late 1980s. She created her own unique clothing line “Norma’s Vintage Delights”, which she sells on Monhegan Island along with her paintings. Norma developed an interest in African drumming in the 1990s, and currently studies with teachers in Philadelphia. She is known to drum at the Monhegan Church whenever there is a jamboree.

Frances Kornbluth 

 “Rock Path Twilight” - Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20 x 22
Estimate: $800

Frances Kornbluth was born in New York City on July 26, 1920. Initially aiming to be a composer, she graduated from Brooklyn College in 1940 with a music degree. In the 1950s, she shifted her focus to painting, studying at the Brooklyn Museum of Art School and earning an M.A.E. from Pratt Institute in 1962.

Kornbluth spent summers on Monhegan Island from 1957, drawing inspiration from its natural environment. She painted in various mediums and had studios in Lobster Cove and Northeastern Connecticut. Kornbluth passed away on May 26, 2014, at 93.

Yolanda Fusco

“Untitled” -  Watercolor, unframed

Dimensions: 16 x 12
Estimate: $N/A

Born in Czechoslovakia, Yolanda Fusco came to the United States in 1930. With a full scholarship, Fusco attended the Art Students League in New York, where she studied with Vaclav Vytlacil, Ernest Fiene, and Harry Sternberg. She also studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Fusco had solo exhibitions in Long Island, New York City, and Daytona Beach, and participated in numerous group shows. She received a Top Award from the Village Art Center Gallery in New York for “The Land and the Sea,” a watercolor and one of her first paintings of Monhegan Island. Fusco was a member of the National Association of Women Artists and was one of the founding members of the Women Artists of Monhegan Island group.

In an explanation of her theory of art, Fusco said she liked to simplify things. “Like poetry, a painting should be the essence of thought and vision. That’s how I feel about it.”

Jay Hall Connaway 

"March in Vermont” - Oil on board 

Dimensions: 15 x 20
Estimate: $4,000

Jay Hall Connaway (1893–1970) was a realist painter and art teacher, with a muscular painterly style, renowned primarily for scenes of sea and surf around Monhegan Island, Maine.

The Portland Museum of Art said of him in a posthumous exhibition catalog: "a student of the sky, waves, and snow-covered hills of Maine and Vermont, Jay Connaway belonged to the generation that presented the region as timeless and quiet in the face of modernity and ensured that the image of New England maintained a prominent role in the American imagination.

Andrew Winter 

 “Surf at the Backside” - Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 32 x 24
Estimate: $5,000

Andrew Winter, the acclaimed mid-twentieth-century artist, first visited Monhegan Island in the early 1930s, accompanied by his wife and fellow artist Mary Taylor Winter. The Winters returned several times during both summers and winters, often staying at the Trailing Yew.

In 1940, they bought a house on the island and lived there year-round until Andrew died in 1958. Winter became very successful as an artist in New York and throughout the Northeastern United States, and he was particularly well known for his landscapes of Monhegan covered in snow and his seascapes of very rough seas, often with Monhegan fishermen hauling lobster traps.

Sears Gallagher 

“Boats in the Harbor” - Signed etching

Dimensions: 11 x 8
Estimate: $500

Sears Gallagher (April 30, 1869 – June 9, 1955) was an American artist proficient in drawing, etching, watercolor and oil painting. His work consisted largely of landscapes, seascapes, and cityscapes depicting his native Boston and northern New England, especially Monhegan Island, Maine.

Illustrating magazines and books provided steady work and income, and his etchings and prints attracted popular demand. Gallagher took his art seriously, adapted new techniques, and was open to the influence of European Impressionism. During the height of his career his watercolors were favorably compared to those of Winslow Homer and F. W. Benson, and his etchings and drypoints to those of James McNeill Whistle.

Jay Hall Connaway 

"Mountains of Vermont” - Watercolor and pastel 

Dimensions: 9 x 9
Estimate: $1,000

Jay Hall Connaway (1893–1970) was a realist painter and art teacher, with a muscular painterly style, renowned primarily for scenes of sea and surf around Monhegan Island, Maine.

The Portland Museum of Art said of him in a posthumous exhibition catalog: "a student of the sky, waves, and snow-covered hills of Maine and Vermont, Jay Connaway belonged to the generation that presented the region as timeless and quiet in the face of modernity and ensured that the image of New England maintained a prominent role in the American imagination.