The powerful influence of Great Cranberry Island has continued through the fall and into the winter. Paintings develop from both drawings and photographs, coupled with the memory of that light-filled September experience. While living there, the paintings reflected my complete physical and emotional immersion in the space, and my experience of direct observation of its specific places. At home, the influence of the island has remained with me, but has been filtered through the lens of routine activity, thoughts of daily life, and current situations. The structures of the island became part of my visual landscape vocabulary and can now be translated into more personal images.

Previous posts have featured the drawings that resulted from my residency, as well as the process of creating new work from them. (http://ninajerome.blogspot.com/2016/11/drawing-from-drawing.html) I continue that work on paper interspersed with periods of painting on canvas. They inform each other.

Twilight, The Pool - September, 24x30, oil 

Backshore Rift, 56x60, oil

Painting and drawing juxtaposition showing the original drawing source with the larger finished painting.

Deadman's Point, Upside Down, oil, 48x60




Blowdown, Long Point, 24x30, oil on canvas, 2017