Smokehouse Winter Landscape
by Marty Saccone
Title
Smokehouse Winter Landscape
Artist
Marty Saccone
Medium
Photograph - Fine Photography
Description
A coastal Maine winter scenic at one of my favorite abandoned structures in down east Maine, a bygone herring smokehouse with a soft falling snow creating a nostalgic bygone atmosphere and tranquility along a secluded coastal cove in Trescott township, Lubec, Maine.
Since back in the 1700's this location in Lubec, Maine Is known by the unusual name "Baileys Mistake"
The story goes something like this:
There was then a renowned sea captain, a Captain Bailey who was known and revered for his exemplary seamanship and sailing skills. It seems he, his ship and crew had left Boston, Massachusetts bound for Lubec, ME, with a cargo of lumber.
As they approached West Quoddy Head Light they were socked in by a heavy, heavy fog. Old salt that he was, Captain Bailey, his ship and crew turned wrongly into this cove only to run aground high and dry.
It was out of this embarrassment and pride that Captain Bailey and his crew, then came ashore at this place and there used that cargo of wood to build homes and settle at this location, never to again sail.
Bailey's Mistake to this day carries the history of that fateful voyage in its name.
So here's to old Bailey, who sailed the salt sea,
'Till his ship ended up where 'twas not s'posed to be;
Additional renditions of this smokehouse and other down east Maine scenics are available as prints at marty-saccone.pixels.com where a complete gallery portfolio of coastal Down East Maine may be viewed.
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January 5th, 2023
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Comments (2)
Jenny Revitz Soper
BRAVO! Your artwork has earned a FEATURE on the homepage of the FAA Artist Group No Place Like Home, 1/09/2022! You may also post it in the Group's Features discussion thread and any other thread that fits!
Gregory A Mitchell Photography
Congratulations Marty on being featured in the Fine Art America Group “The Art of Fishing”. This winter scene is exquisite. The snow, the evergreens, and active water seen…perfect. The description is very nice. Feel free to place this work in the 2023 featured discussion for viewing and discussion should you like.