Stonington, Maine

Robin lives across the street from us in Stonington, Maine. Her house features prominently in our lovely view of the harbor. In 2020, Robin painted her house a bright blue color. Initially, this newly painted blue house felt like an imposition on the landscape. I did not like it. Once I accepted that I needed to love what I didn’t like, Robin’s bright blue house became the inspiration for hand coloring these woodblock prints.

Printed from a block carved in birch plywood. Image size: 5×8 inches. Two Varied Editions of 25 prints. Printed on Savoy Bright white card stock on a 1930’s Poco proof press, each unique print is then hand colored. Also available in black ink on Kitakata rice paper. Available here.

In Stonington, ME, Andy Gove is a legend. He began lobstering in 1937 when he was 7 years old and continued lobstering for 82 years. Andy died in June of 2020 and his relatives and the townspeople of Stonington paid tribute to him with a flotilla of boats on the harbor on July 12, 2020.  You can read about Andy’s life in his own words in his autobiography, The Life of a Maine Lobsterman, published by Penobscot Books. You can also hear Andy describe life on the Maine coast in this short video.

I see Andy Gove’s house from our front porch in Stonington and walk by it almost daily on my trips down the hill into town.

Printed from a block carved in birch plywood. Image size: 5×8 inches. Varied Edition of 25 prints. The black key plate is printed on Savoy Bright white card stock on a 1930’s Poco Press from the woodblock matrix. The color is printed from a rainbow roll of tint various colors mixed with tint base from a solid linoleum block on a Charles Brand (“baby Brand”) etching press. Each print is unique. Signed and numbered. Also available in black ink on Kitakata rice paper. Available here.