Drawing in conté crayon and pencil, compressed charcoal, ink, graphite, vinylic emulsion, and gouache on rag paper,

22 x 15 inches (55.88 x 38.10 cm)

This drawing — part of series inspired by the landscape of Deer Isle ME — was inspired by several kayak outings along Crockett Cove. Edmund’s Head stands at the bottom of the cove as the boundary to Penobscot Bay. Jutting out from the shore, the side of the head facing inward features a sheltered sandy beach that is an ideal landing spot for a kayak and gresat swimming spot; while the side facing the open water is a striated granite outcropping beaten by waves. Edmund’s Head is a great destination for a short kayak trip from the top of the cove, or an ideal resting spot on my return from longer outings — especially when the tidal falls just north of Rabbit Island prevent passage.

At low tide, as shown is this drawing, there are tidal pools left high up on the rocks as the water recedes. My eye was drawn to the reflections of the sky and trees in those still pools and the parallel cracks in the rocky ledge, which seemed to point directly north to the tangled copse of trees. Those stack of granite are often crisscrossed by other fault lines, the angles of which were echoed by a dead tree knocked over by a recent storm to lean against its neighbors.