Crisp Blue & White!

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These crisp blue and white images speak strongly to me of carefree summers spent at the beach in Maine. For me there is nothing finer then feasting on fresh lobster and dining alfresco in the company of good friends and family.

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Claude Monet

1875

The Walk, Woman with a Parasol

Claude Monet (1840-1926) was a French artist and the founder of the impressionistic art movement. Instead of copying the Old Masters in the Louver, which was a popular technique of the time he struck out on his own. He preferred painting what he saw outside the view from his window. He later found inspiration from his well tended private garden Giverney. This became a source of many of his later works and is now open to the public for tours.

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Photo: Glenda Morton

Artist: Mary Cassatt
1868
Girl in a Blue Armchair

Mary Cassatt (1844- 1926) was an American painter and print maker. Born to a comfortable life of privilege as a child she travelled extensively, learning to speak fluent German and French. Her natural talent was nurtured by studying at The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Most of her adult life was spent in France where she became part of the impressionist art movement. Her work centered on the private lives of women and children.