Little Coast
Small paintings, big impact: exploring the coast of New England in acrylic.
All 6"x8" acrylic on wood panel, created 2024-25
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Nubble Light
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Scarborough Sunset
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Cape Neddick Point
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Ash Point
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High Tide Island
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Lighthouse Road
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Salisbury Beach
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Crescent Beach
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Owls Head Mist
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Kittery Point
Summer in coastal New England: it’s blue, it’s gray, it’s warm days playing on the sand but only your toes brave the cold water. It’s weathered rocks on winding beaches and a misty breeze that sneaks right through the knit of your sweater. The blue is deep and opaque and still enthralls you (me) when the sun is out. I love how sea air weathers everything, graying the shingled houses, and smoothing rocks, seaglass and driftwood.
The Little Coast series celebrates the coastline I know and love, extending both ways from New Hampshire’s proud 13 miles up through midcoast Maine, and (beyond the scope of this series) even the Maritimes of Canada; and down the coast of Massachusetts to the Cape where I’ve only been once or twice. My family are ocean people, and we’re pulled back to shore like a slow tide every few months, even in winter. The small scale of these paintings allow other ocean people, like us, to hold a piece of the Gulf of Maine closely. They emphasize the scale of a moment and how precious what it contains may be.

jackiehansonart
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