Painted in 1894, this watercolor captures a quiet, tense moment along the rocky Maine coast just before a storm rolls in, its smooth turquoise water rendered in pure transparent washes beneath a darkening horizon. Winslow Homer, who had settled at Prout's Neck, Maine, the previous decade, used a wet-on-wet technique inspired by Japanese ink painting to blend sea, sky, and rain into one atmosphere. It is held in the Art Institute of Chicago's Martin A. Ryerson Collection.
Printed edge to edge on a soft, durable woven area rug with a comfortable, non-slip feel.
