Lighthouse, Stonington, Maine
1921
John Marin captures the rugged energy of the Maine coast in this dynamic 1921 sketch, where a lighthouse perches precariously on a sweeping hill. Instead of a calm, realistic scene, Marin uses bold, sweeping strokes of blue and green watercolor mixed with scratchy charcoal lines to make the landscape feel almost alive and in motion. He was famous for his modernist take on American landscapes, believing that nature had a wild, explosive force that needed to be felt on the page. The heavy green border frames the scene like a window looking out onto a stormy, windswept day.
- Technique
- Watercolor and charcoal
- Material
- Paper
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