Motif Number One II Rockport Massachusetts Metal Print

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Motif No. 1 on Bearskin Neck in Rockport, Massachusetts is one of the most photographed, painted subjects in the world.

From RockportUSA.com;
""How Motif No. 1 Got Its Name
"ROCKPORT'S trade mark is the dark red shack on a Bearskin Neck wharf. Motif No. 1 is recognized in far-away places, thanks not only to visitors who spread its fame, but to the innumerable paintings and prints that have carried its likeness abroad.

One story says that a Yankee traveling in South America found a picture of the house: it had been painted in Czechoslovakia. He brought it to his home in New Hampshire.

As we have noted, America's most-painted building received its name in an impulsive exclamation by Lester Hornby. This illustrator and etcher taught in Paris in the winter; his pupils, in the French manner, drew certain standard subjects or motifs.

During his summer seasons in Rockport, Hornby noted that many pupils chose the venerable, dilapidated shed on the e...

Michelle Constantine (previously Wiarda) Artist and Photographer - I was born and raised in Massachusetts, the north shore area. I began developing my artistic skills at an early age. I drew and painted images of horses, seacapes and landscapes. Nature intrigued me then, as it does now. I earned my degree from Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts, where I studied commercial art, as well as painting, drawing and photography. I was fortunate to live in such an inspiring, lovely coastal area. Its a real artist's paradise. After much practice, I've developed my style of watercolor technique from which I have created many seascape, landscape and architectural images. I live on Cape Cod and I am always attracted to the amazing...