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In a letter to his brother, Winslow Homer said of his surroundings, there is certainly some strange power that has an overlook on me, directing my life. That i am in the right place, there is no doubt. I have found Something Interesting to work at and time to do it. For almost three decades, Winslow Homer made his home on prouts neck, a rocky point just south of portland, maine. His house still stands on the high ground overlooking the sea. Visiting thelace where homer lived and worked is john w...

In a letter to his brother, Winslow Homer said of his surroundings, there is certainly some strange power that has an overlook on me, directing my life. That i am in the right place, there is no doubt. I have found Something Interesting to work at and time to do it. For almost three decades, Winslow Homer made his home on prouts neck, a rocky point just south of portland, maine. His house still stands on the high ground overlooking the sea. Visiting thelace where homer lived and worked is john w...

In a letter to his brother, Winslow Homer said of his surroundings, there is certainly some strange power that has an overlook on me, directing my life. That i am in the right place, there is no doubt. I have found Something Interesting to work at and time to do it. For almost three decades, Winslow Homer made his home on prouts neck, a rocky point just south of portland, maine. His house still stands on the high ground overlooking the sea. Visiting the place where homer lived and worked is john...

For almost three decades, Winslow Homer made his home on prouts neck, a rocky point just south of portland, maine. His house still stands on the high ground overlooking the sea. Visiting the place where homer lived and worked is john wilmerding, Deputy Director of the National Gallery of art. Homers studio was a remodeled stable set about 200 yards from a large summerhouse that his older brother bought in 1883. Although homer was close to his family, he enjoyed the solitude his studio provided, ...

The Black Point Inn's restaurant just went from fine dining to even finer dining.

The Black Point Inn's restaurant just went from fine dining to even finer dining.

It’s not hard, gazing at the photographs James Welling has assembled in Thought Objects, to picture their creator holding a paintbrush rather than a camera. The show’s standout work is a striking combination of seascape, screenprint overlay, and abstract coloration whose stippled, almost woody texture defies formal categorization.

South Portland will hold a public workshop with state officials this month to discuss its approach to repairs and funding.

When James Welling gets deeply involved in a project, he sees the subjects he’s interested in everywhere. His current body of work, Thought Objects, emphasizes textured surfaces. Some of his subjects include flowers, Brutalist architecture, a blue door in Paris, a sculpture table in Guilford, but his photographs do much more than convey subject matter, they open out into fields of metaphor and analogy.

Safety officials are asking the public to stay away from the coast as storm damage assessment begins on Sunday.