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Sixty million years ago North America and Europe split in two, creating the
North Atlantic Ocean more or less as we still know it, and live on its western
shores in Maine today. It’s no surprise then that the ledgy cliffs, granite
outcroppings, and rocky fields one finds in Maine can feel so strikingly
reminiscent of the western coasts of England, Scotland, and of Ireland – a
geography that innately says “ home” to many of us, whether by blood, or
as students of art and of history.
Wonderful artists have lived in Maine and captured aspects of
this rugged country in their work. Painters Andrew Wyeth and
Edward Hopper the rich textures of the land and sea, the unique quality of
Maine’s light; poet Edna Saint Vincent Millay (a native) the striking
juxtaposition of the mountains and the bay; and architects Sanford White
and Fred Savage, the magnificent Shingle-style “cottages” that grace the
coastline’s summer colonies, the tidy brick and granite blocks that house its’
shops and businesses in town. |
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