![]() I try not to get wet while I’m beachcombing when it’s below freezing, but sometimes I spot something in the water and have to take my gloves off and go for it: More sea ice, but this kind is as clear as the freshwater ice: I kept waiting for them to come within camera range, but they were taking no chances and stayed well offshore: There was a flock of Bufflehead ducks ( Bucephala albeola) floating around out in the harbor. Where the freshwater ice was crystal clear, this sea ice is kind of hazy and makes the stone look blurry: The high tide marks are always really clear in the winter! But see how different the ice is: Now this is saltwater ice, formed where the high tide lapped at the boulder: If you are interested in following the project, sign up for emailed blog posts in the top right of this page. Who were the people memorialized? What was their story? For example, the waterlilies below are from a window given in memory of Robert Storer, who drowned in Upper Hadlock Pond in 1885. How do our windows fit into the larger art-historical context? And in a local context, who chose the artists and why? As-yet-unattributed and undated window, St. The island has windows by some of the leading artists of their day. Who made them and when were they installed? Detail of “Wedding at Cana,” ca.1908, Franz Mayer of Munich, Inc. Some of the windows have no easily-found documentation. I’ll be researching the history of the windows, which means traveling to Portland and Boston, possibly to New York City, to poke around in the archives of the artists, architects, and religious organizations looking for answers to all my questions. Studio of either Willian Willet or Charles Connick. I haven’t been able to get the project out of my head, so I’m going to buckle down and write The Stained Glass Windows of Mount Desert Island. Detail of “Christ the King,” ca.1929, Franz Mayer of Munich, Inc. Hanging the show in the Selectmens’ Building. The building re-opens in June, I believe, so you’ll have a couple of months to see it. The historical society was so enthusiastic about the project that we also created a small exhibit in the Selectmens’ Building in Somesville, which will be up through this summer. I photographed the windows in ten buildings, and was astonished at their quality and variety. ![]() In 2019 I produced a photo-essay for Chebacco ( the annual journal of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society) about stained glass windows on Mount Desert Island. ![]() ![]() Detail of “The Flight into Egypt,” 1891, Louis Comfort Tiffany. ![]()
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