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Bruce McMillan

@art-of-bruce.bsky.social

Watercolor painter, author and photo-illustrator of 45 children's books, 3 humor books, living and working in Maine, often in Iceland, art website www.theartofbruce.blogspot.com

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Through Schoodic Woods to Sea Study 1
Painted from a July 18, 2025 view from the Loop Road, Schoodic Point, Acadia National Park on October 25/26, 2025, 10" x 8" (w x h), watercolor on rough extra white watercolor paper, also seen on my website, theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

27.10.2025 06:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Schoodic Splash Ledge Pool Study 3
at Schoodic Point, Acadia National Park, painted October 18, 2025, 10" x 8" (w x h), watercolor, ink and wax resist on rough extra white watercolor paper, also seen on my website, theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

25.10.2025 00:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Schoodic Splash Ledge Pool Study 3
at Schoodic Point, Acadia National Park, painted October 18, 2025, 5" x 7" (w x h), watercolor, wax resist and ink on rough extra white watercolor paper, also seen on my website, theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

21.10.2025 07:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Schoodic Little Moose Island II
On the east side of Schoodic Point, Acadia National Park, Maine on July 18, 2025, painted on September 4, 2025, 12" x 9" (w x h), watercolor on rough extra white watercolor paper, also on my website theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

11.10.2025 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Schoodic Little Moose Island I
on July 18, 2025, painted on September 4, 2025, 10" x 8" (w x h), watercolor and ink on rough extra white watercolor paper, also on my website, theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

10.10.2025 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Schoodic's Pink Granite Sculpted
by nature on the west side of Schoodic Point, Acadia National Park, Maine, September 22, 2025, 14" x 11" (w x h), watercolor, wax resist, on rough extra white watercolor paper, also on my website.
theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

07.10.2025 22:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Schoodic's Triangle Rock Rocks
On the ledges of Schoodic Point, Acadia National Park, painted September 26, 2025, 10" x 8" (w x h), watercolor with wax resist, on rough extra white watercolor paper, also seen on my website, theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

04.10.2025 20:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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From Owls Head to Beyond
Painted plein air at Owls Head, Maine looking east on August 26, 2025, 8" x 10" (w x h), watercolor on rough extra white watercolor paper, also seen on my website theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

27.09.2025 07:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Irre-Perspective Docking
Paul Cezanne ignored perspective, allowing each object to be independent within the space, the relationship of one object to another object taking precedence over traditional single-point perspective. The boats and docks vary perspective... theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

26.09.2025 00:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Waiting While They Lobster
Painted plein air at Spruce Head Island, South Thomaston, Maine up the street from McLoons, on August 26, 2025, 7" x 5" (w x h), watercolor and ink on rough extra white watercolor paper, also seen on my website, theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

24.09.2025 06:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Marginal Morn
painted along Marginal Way in Ogunquit, Maine, September 6, 2025, 5" x 7" (w x h), watercolor and ink on rough extra white watercolor paper, also seen on my website theartofbruce.blogspot.com

23.09.2025 16:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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One Still
Painted plein air on Bickford Island, Cape Porpoise, Kennebunkport, Maine on September 12, 2025, 7" x 5" (w x h), watercolor and ink on rough extra white watercolor paper, also on my website theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

22.09.2025 20:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Waiting for the Last One
Painted plein air on Bickford Island, Cape Porpoise, Kennebunkport, Maine on September 12, 2025, watercolor and ink on rough white watercolor paper, also seen on my website, theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

21.09.2025 06:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Home from Lobstering
Painted plein air on Bickford Island, Cape Porpoise, Kennebunkport, Maine on September 12, 2025, watercolor and ink on rough extra white watercolor paper, also seen on my website, theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

19.09.2025 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lobsterboats Harbored
Painted plein air on Bickford Island, Cape Porpoise, Kennebunkport, Maine on September 12, 2025, watercolor and ink rough extra white watercolor paper, also seen on my website theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

18.09.2025 05:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reclining in Orange
painted September 12, 2025, 7" x 5" (w x h), watercolor and ink on watercolor paper, also on my website theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

16.09.2025 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Windblown Autumn Imagined
painted September 10, 2025, 7" x 5" (w x h), watercolor and ink on rough extra white watercolor paper, also seen on my website, theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

15.09.2025 23:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Color Beyond Field Theory
painted September 10, 2025, 12" x 9" (w x h), watercolor and ink on rough extra white watercolor paper, also on my website theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

14.09.2025 22:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fall Up to Autumn
painted September 10, 2025, 14" x 11" (w x h), watercolors and ink on rough extra white watercolor paper on exhibit at the Kennebunk Free Library Oct 3-30 Local Color group show by the Art Guild of the Kennebunks, also on my website theartofbruce.blogspot.com

13.09.2025 21:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Marginal Morning
painted plein air along Marginal Way at the Ogunquit (Maine) Plein Air event, September 6, 2025, 14" x 11" (w x h), watercolor, ink, and wax resist on rough extra white watercolor paper, also seen on my website, theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

10.09.2025 06:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Waiting for the Last One
Painted plein air at Spruce Head, Maine on August 26, 2025, 10" x 8" (w x h), watercolor and ink on 140 lbs. rough extra white watercolor paper, also seen on my website theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

03.09.2025 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nature's Stock on the Rise
painted plain air at Spruce Point, Maine, August 26, 2025, 12" x 9" (w x h), on 140 lbs. rough extra white watercolor paper, also on my website theartofbruce.blogspot.com

01.09.2025 05:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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That Road to Corea
a side peninsula on Schoodic Point, Maine, painted July 25-30, 2025, 14" x 11" (w x h), watercolor on rough extra white watercolor paper, also seen on my website, theartofbruce.blogspot.com. I was intrigued by the road's up and down, twisting winding, I went back.

01.08.2025 09:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Leaf Beech Tree
Picked up on a dirt road during a rainy woods walk behind my home in Shapleigh, Maine, painted July 7, 2025, 8" x 10" (w x h), watercolor on rough extra white watercolor paper, also seen on my website, theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

30.07.2025 06:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Waiting at MBTA's Red Line MIT Stop
With her cell phone in hand, seen through scratched window glass lines aboard a moving subway car on my return to South Station, inspired after visiting the Harvard Art Museums, 12" x 9" (w x h), watercolor and wax resist, my website, theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

28.07.2025 13:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Far Out on Strawberry Island
painted plein air on Kennebunk Land Trust's Strawberry Island on June 21, 2025, 7" x 5" (w x h), watercolor and ink on rough extra white watercolor paper, also seen on my website theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

23.07.2025 04:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Still Island Rocks
painted plein air on Kennebunk Land Trust's Strawberry Island on June 21, 2025, 7" x 5" (w x h), watercolor and ink on rough extra white watercolor paper, also seen on my website theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

22.07.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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River's Tide Rising
painted plein air on the Kennebunk Land Trust bridle path alongside tidal Mousam River on June 20, 2025, 7" x 5" (w x h), watercolor on rough extra white watercolor paper, also seen on my website, theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

21.07.2025 06:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Home for the Night
dinghies docked at night based on a previous watercolor sketch, this painted July 11, 2025, 14" x 11" (w x h), watercolor, ink, and wax resist on 140 lbs. rough extra white watercolor paper, also seen on my website, theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

16.07.2025 22:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gulls Paint White on Their Rock Canvas
painted plein air on Kennebunk Land Trust's Strawberry Island, June 21, 2025, 10" x 8" (w x h), watercolor and ink on rough extra white watercolor paper, framed, also seen on my website, theartofbruce.blogspot.com.

16.07.2025 03:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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