Tuesday 207: On Guard(rail)

(On)Guard Rail / 4"x 4" / 2015

Now available through Glesason Fine Art

A guardrail protects all the hard work of a boatbuilder. It is the last piece of wood to be fastened onto a Monhegan Skiff, but it will be the first piece to bump, rub, or scrape against a dock or another dinghy once it's launched. The guardrail here is the last and most satisfying task for this new apprentice to finish before the light fades at the end of a full day.

*10% of all 207 paintings inspired by work and life around The Carpenter's Boat Shop will be donated back to support this organization's students and facilities. Find out more here.

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207 Paintings post everyish Tuesday around 5:30am EST on both The Maine  and jessicaleeives.com. Save thirty percent on any 4x4 inch oil on panel painting by making your purchase within the first week of its posting. Instead of $300 pay just $207, a number which just happens to be the Maine state area code.

Tuesday 207 Paintings are exclusive to The Maine. They depict the land, the light and the people that make this state a state of wonder. Jessica is editor of The Maine and writes occasionally as The Outsider.

The first 207 Painting of 2015...a launch!

Today I'm launching the new format my Tuesday 207 Painting sales will take here on my blog in 2015 with...a launching! 

In late November nine apprentice boat builders from The Carpenter's Boat Shop hauled two newly built Monhegan Skiffs to the town landing in Round Pond. Each cedar vessel contained within its fair curves months of work and lots of learning; and each symbolized transition in the lives of those who built them. After the skiffs were hefted from the trucks, the crunch of crushed rock underfoot and the breath of effort filled the air until a gentle slap and then the rhythmic lap of water on wood took over. Each skiff bathed in the magic light of a November evening in Maine, and in the pride and amazement of their newly christened builders.

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Every Tuesday morning The Maine and jessicaleeives.com will post a new 207 Painting for sale. For a limited time these small works, each 4 x 4 inches on cradled birchwood panel, will be available for the special price of $207! New 207 Paintings will post each Tuesday around 5:30am EST and will be available on a first-come-first-serve basis directly through the artist's website (and no longer through a third-party auction platform -- yeah for developments in soloprenuerism!). Should a painting not sell by midnight on the Saturday following its original posting, its price will increase to the standard $300 and be available through the store at jessicaleeives.com. 

Tuesday 207 Paintings are exclusive to The Maine. They depict the land, the light and the people that make this state a state of wonder. Jessica is editor of The Maine and writes occasionally as The Outsider.