Painted en plein air with the Nanatuck Group. I was incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to paint en plein air at "Eight Bells" - the summer home of the Wyeth family, overlooking the St. George River in Port Clyde, Maine (43.934322, -69.269236). N.C. Wyeth bought the island home in 1920 and named it after one of the best-known paintings by another Mainer and an artist much admired by Wyeth, Winslow Homer. The phrase “eight bells” refers to a ship’s watch-keeping system, in which a bell is rung every half hour to track time at sea. For the next century, N.C., then Andrew, then Jamie summered here and found inspiration for some of their most famous works. Andrew's model for many years, Helga Testorf, now occupies Eight Bells by special lifetime arrangement of the artist.