John Marin

I'm sitting at Bard Coffee in Portland on this grey, dreary day and figured I'd post a quick update. As this week comes to an end I'm gearing up for the final two week push. I've been doing a ton of experimenting but I'm realizing that it's about time to start working on the real deal. I had to come here to go to ArtMart and procure a new brush that's low quality enough to ruin with cyanotype chemicals and to buy the paper that I'll be using for my final pieces. I was not thrilled about the prospect of driving to Portland simply to buy paper since the route from Brunswick down here has been turned into a series of road construction projects. As soon as I got here, however, I realized I've been meaning to go to the John Marin exhibit at the Portland Museum and guess what? It's free starting at 5pm on Fridays. So that was a happy coincidence! I've been sitting here killing some time so that I wouldn't have to pay to get in but am about to head over and am very excited to see what they've got in this exhibit. I did a final term paper on Marin for an art history class a year ago, but more importantly, Marin is known for his unconventional watercolors of the Maine coast. I've been going a little overboard with the watercoloring and still have not produced any samples other than the one from the last post that I'm pleased with. I'm getting there though, and am hoping this exhibit will inspire me! Marin's a cool guy...worth checking out: http://www.portlandmuseum.org/exhibitions-collections/current.shtml

And now just for kicks..a few photos that got lost in the fray from one of my trips to South Bristol, that I was extremely happy to rediscover yesterday...