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Summer Joanne S. Scott

Joanne S. Scott

Joanne S. Scott

Joanne S. Scott

Joanne S. Scott

Joanne S. Scott My husband I moved to Chestertown in 1999. After his death in 2009, I moved to Heron Point in the spring of 2010 from 2 blocks away. I had lived in Princeton for 12 years and prior to that Annapolis for 30 years. I attended Rhode Island School of Design for 2 […]

About The Artist  Bradley Hendershot is primarily a painter of coastal Maine and rural Pennsylvania – regions that he knows well, regions that have special meaning to him. Many of Brad’s subjects can be found close to his home and studio in Upper Hanover Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. “My Pennsylvania paintings depict the rural […]

Bait Barrel        2009 Drybrush, 18-1/2 x 29-1/4 signed upper left   “I was fascinated by the aging blue paint on the door and on the bait barrel. A crab basket sits ready by the stoop, while a single oar balances precariously as it holds the top section of the Dutch door from blowing closed. A […]

Brackett House       1998 Watercolour, 21-1/2 x 29-1/4 inches signed lower right “The painting is of the Ernest Brackett house, built in 1921 on Monhegan Island, Maine. It is located on the main road near the road to the wharf. Ernest and his wife Nellie lived in the house up until his death in 1939. After […]

study for Sunday Hat, I 2002 Watercolour, 14-1/2 x 10-3/4 inches signed lower left “I became intrigued by a straw hat, complete with purple ribbon, that I’d seen hanging on a post. The tree in this view is close up, confined–dark and foreboding. It’s as if the Sunday hat were left by an older woman. […]

study for Sunday Hat, II       2002 Watercolour, 14-1/2 x 10-3/4 inches signed lower left   “I became intrigued by a straw hat, complete with purple ribbon, that I’d seen hanging on a post. The tree appears on the right side of this painting, but seen in the distance is a foggy Maine morning. In contrast […]

Cliff Artist       2004 Acrylic on Panel, 18 x 24 inches signed lower right   “Monhegan Island, Maine, has long been known for its artist colony. A visit to the Island on a summer day will find artists in abundance—in the village, at the lighthouse, and, as depicted here, on the rocks. The idea for this […]

Tool House and Dory       2007 Watercolour, 20 x 29-1/4 inches signed lower left   “This watercolour was painted on location on Monhegan Island, Maine. I’ve attempted to capture the mid-morning light striking the side of the lightkeeper’s house on Lighthouse hill. I find endless satisfaction in painting the varied angular red rooflines of the lighthouse […]

Divided       2012 Watercolour, 18-1/2 x 29-1/4 inches signed lower right   “When I’m staying on the mainland in St. George, Maine, this is the first thing I see upon looking out my bedroom window in the morning. The porch pillar cutting vertically through the American flag creates the namesake for the painting—’Divided’ as that’s where […]

  Study for Painter’s Sea       2001   Watercolour, 20 x 29-1/2 inches   signed lower left   “One of my favorite locations on Monhegan Island is the area around Lobster Cove and Lobster Point, at the southern end of the Island. I make a point of walking to this area daily to watch the surf […]

Light Tower       2005   Drybrush, 28-1/4 x 21-1/4 inches   signed lower left “Bradley Hendershot / on Monhegan Island, Maine”   “This drybrush was painted on location on Monhegan Island, Maine, in August of 2005. The painting started out as a fairly loose watercolour, but I became involved with the texture of the granite blocks […]

Bradley Hendershot Cistern House       2006 Watercolour, 19-3/4 x 29-1/4 inches signed lower right “John Sterling’s Cistern House, also known as Uncle Henry’s, was built on Monhegan Island around 1815. Originally known as the Cistern House, as it protected a water supply, it became known as Uncle Henry’s in the 1930’s when Henry Shaw used it […]