Eastern Point, 1900. Homer completed Eastern Point in just one month, confidently recording the turbulent weather conditions near his studio in Maine. The surf, vigorously painted in deep blue green and opaque white, churns beneath an ominous grey sky. Rocks jut from the kelp-strewn beach, their uneven surfaces described with touches of red, ocher, and yellow.

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