Autumn's First Kiss, Cape Porpoise, 7x5

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"Autumn's First Kiss, Cape Porpoise, 7x5 oil on Italian wood panel-$99

I really dislike painting this small, but I wanted to try out these Panelli Olio fine wooden panels. The oil primed panels are quite expensive, but I really enjoyed painting on the surface. I'm sure I'll buy more in some larger sizes as the surface was simply awesome to paint on.

When we visited Maine, we spent a couple days at Kennebunkport. It's quite a lovely place with world class shopping and restaurants, but my husband and I always enjoy a more simplistic style, so we avoided the fancy Inns and expensive restaurants completely. We had dinner the first night at the Cape Pier Chowder House restaurant in Cape Porpoise, which is a quaint little fishing village on the fringes of upscale Kennebunkport. Lobster shacks line the piers and colorful boats fill the harbor with ample painting material! The setting at the restaurant is very simple, but the views of sunsets are lovely and you have your choice of sitting inside or outside on the pier. It was a little chilly that night so we ate inside and I ordered two whole lobsters for only $19.99 which includes coleslaw and corn on the cob! Now where else in the world can you get a bargain like that?

Straight out in the parking lot or on the pier you have a view of the Goat island lighthouse or the harbor village depending on where you happen to be standing. I took this photo of the lighthouse in the distance and will probably paint it one of these days:


We also caught the sunset over the harbor on camera and that was quite nice, too.


I took some pictures along the Kennebunk River that I want to paint as well, but that will wait for a new day. So much to paint and so little time!

Today I discovered that you can buy fresh Maine seafood from the Cape Porpoise Lobster Company, which is associated with the restaurant where we ate. Please visit their website and look at the delicious fresh Maine seafood that they offer and place an order. You won't be disappointed. I feel strongly that we need to support our American fisherman. They are being put out of business as a result of excessive regulations and a ridiculous trade imbalance. Do you want to eat farmed seafood from China that could be unhealthy, or do you want to support American fisheries and eat wholesome? I could not believe how unfair NOAA is to our small fisherman until I talked to an Innkeeeper in Gloucester about the excessively punitive regulations that are being placed upon these fisherman. Just like the dairy and farming industries, our own government is putting fisherman out of business! I came home and checked up on what he had told me, and I couldn't believe what I read!

If a fisherman goes over his quota by one scallop caught unwittingly in his net, he is subject to harsh fines and losing his livelihood. They are told when they can fish, where they can fish, and what and how much they can catch (see here). Now I do believe that we must be aware and protective of overfishing practices but why is it always the American fisherman that are so overly regulated? GPS systems track the boats and make sure they don't go out of their allowed waters. In this article from a Gloucester newspaper, I read that "NOAA agents often arrive on fishermens' boats while at sea and on shore with guns displayed. Agents also conducted armed raids complete with bulletproof vests, at fishing related businesses in Gloucester Harbor in order to gather paperwork and evidence for cases. In one incident, agents allegedly entered the Gloucester Seafood Display Auction without a warrant."

Come on folks, this is America! And if you want to read about how Japan treats dolphins, go rent this movie and watch The Cove. You'll never be the same again. Yet we are forced to constantly buy farmed fish from Asian fish farms because our trade deficit is so out of balance. If American dollars continue to go overseas, then China will keep buying up America. So think twice about eating farmed seafood from Asia, folks. We need to start buying American before it's too late! Here's an article about the Chinese using untreated sewage in their fish farms. I would think it was unbelievable except I have seen first hand what the Chinese have done to innocent homeowners here in Florida with their toxic drywall. The drywall is so toxic that it corrodes all the wires in a home and exudes a noxious-sulfur smelling gas that can affect people's health. These unfortunate people that unwittingly bought homes containing Chinese dry wall have no recourse but to move out of their homes in order to protect their health!

Okay, I am sorry to go off on a rant, but seriously America, can we please stop shopping at WalMart and put the jobs and dollars back into this country?

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