Bradley Hendershot Bait House       2007 Drybrush, 21 x 29-1/4 inches signed upper left “This drybrush is not an exact depiction of any one building on Monhegan Island, Maine, but rather an imagined composite of the various fish shacks on Fish Beach. The painting was actually started during a lecture I gave on the Island in […]

Bradley Hendershot Morning Prayers       2002 Watercolour, 31 x 46-1/2 inches signed lower right “The concept for this painting began more than a year before the final work was completed. I was doing studies of Jamie Wyeth’s house on Monhegan Island in the fog. A young man of the Jewish faith, named Menachum, approached me and […]

Bradley Hendershot Island Rental       2007 Drybrush, 17-1/2 x 28-1/2 inches signed lower right “Here’s a statement that I wrote several years ago about the house in this painting: ‘ From the first time I ever got off of a boat on Monhegan Island, Maine, I have been intrigued by the large, rambling, old house that sits […]

Study for Independence Day, I     2007   Watercolour, 18-1/2 x 29-1/4 inches signed lower right  Bradley Hendershot   “This watercolour was painted on location on Monhegan Island, Maine. I’ve attempted to capture the early morning light striking the side of the lightkeeper’s house on Lighthouse Hill. I find endless satisfaction in painting the varied angular […]

“Dear Monhegan”           By Paul Niemiec

 ” The Night Before “   ” The island readies itself. It is a winter’s night before.   Everything is in place. ”   —Paul Niemiec Jr.  

 “Moon Parade”   ” Like a twinkling Christmas morning, the parade of lobster boats moves out to fishing grounds under   the setting moon of an early winter dawn. ”   —Paul Niemiec Jr.  

” Lamplight “   “As evening approaches, the luminous glow of a late August afternoon floats into the half-light of dusk.   Warm air is cooled by the flow of wet breezes from offshore, casting a dew over the grasses.   An oil lamp gradually  transmits it’s energy, casting long beams of light over open […]

 “Bluebird Morning”   ” A perfect Monhegan- blue morning of cool sunlight and gentle breezes.   Awaiting to be picked below are vintage island red raspberries. ”   —-Paul Niemiec Jr.  

 “study, Steeled Waters”   ” The seasons are rapidly changing. Days wear shorter, as clouds race along with running winds over shifting waters.   Summer turquoises and olives have blended into colder waters of steely prussian gray. A parched white log sits   nestled amongst ancient volcanic rocks of iron, thrown up like an old […]

 ” Backside Swells “   ” The hiker is treated to the crystalline clarity and creamy froth of rolling swells.   Perhaps a whale or passing flock of seabirds will be spotted. ”   —Paul Niemiec Jr.  

“August Moon” ” Flute music drifts elegantly through the evening air. Illuminated on the rocks, we dance to the moonlight and count our blessings. ” – Paul Niemiec Jr.  

“Windows To The Harbor”   ” Windows of history to this little fishing village.   Witnesses to the comings and goings of generations of island families and seafaring travelers.   Milk glass in cedar, mirrors steeped in golden sunsets and veils of fog, winter storms and   sparkling waves, roaring surf and sea smoke. ” […]

 “Offshore Islands”   ” Looking toward the mainland coast from high above the island’s shoreline gives one a sense of endless vistas, shifting weather and sea-changes. Rising surf and the gnarled remnant of past storms warn of the approaching hurricane. ”   —Paul Niemiec Jr.  

 “Sea Jewels”   “Wet sparkles, like precious jewels cast upon the seas,   Dancing to the sun and tides.   Seawater reflections of simple truths,   Flowing over a crystalline shellbed.”   — Paul Niemiec Jr.  

 “Morning’s Bell”   ” A distant ship’s bell signals the unfurling of peach-colored sails.   The morning shimmers under skies of  lapis and golden rose, bathed by the   distant song of a bell buoy. ”   — Paul Niemiec Jr.  

 “Storm Shore”   ” These island houses…..how well they embrace the pounding summer and winter storms while   anchored to their rocky ledges ”   —Paul Niemiec Jr.  

 “Zephyr”   ” Gentle morning breezes ruffle the waters.   The seining nets are out, and work is at hand. ”   —Paul Niemiec Jr.  

 “Strewn About”   ” Bleached in reflected cobalt skies.   Parched of salty winds.   Ruins of seasons passed, strewn about.   Domicile of the scavenger and pimpernel. ”   —Paul Niemiec Jr.  

 “Hurricane In The Afternoon”   ” A beacon of silvered light breaks through heavy, rolling cloud cover. The long swells are rising dramatically over the headlands while an unsettled calmness sets in.   The cottage window seems to be a movie screen to nature, a viewfinder to unfolding drama.   It is an eerie, still light […]