Clam Diggers Series

The Clam Diggers series are watercolors of a beautiful cove in Down East Maine that is rugged and virtually untouched by time.

This beautiful cove in Cape Rosier, (Harborside, Maine), was a destination I set out for one summer. I had read the book "Maine Farm" many years ago and had always wanted to investigate this little cove in mid-coast Maine, as its description appealed to me. Wouldn't you know, when I arrived, there were two people (perhaps a father and son?) raking clams, and the beauty of the scene as they walked away from the sea just struck me.

I have more paintings planned for this series, which I will continue to do in watercolor.

Clam Diggers #2,

11×16” Watercolor

Private Collection

Finally, after 14 months from the completion of my original Clam Diggers, I have a second watercolor in this series. When I posted my first one, I wrote about the beautiful morning that I watched these two men digging for clams on the beach at Cape Rosier's Orr Cove. I haven't stopped wondering who my subjects are, and if I could somehow locate them so that I could give them a print in this series. After all, I'm sure I seemed like nothing more than an annoying tourist at the time, showing up, standing near the road and snapping pics every so often.

The Clam Diggers,

11×13” Watercolor

private Collection

To me, the beauty of this scene lies in the brilliance of the morning light, with the thousands of sparkles dancing all around the the silhouetted figures. I wanted to capture that, along with the slow, peaceful feeling of the sea and the work.