‘Microcosm’

Archival photo of Tenants Harbor Light

“I thought to live on an island was like living on a boat. Islands intrigue me. You can see the perimeters of your world. It’s a microcosm.’’

— Jamie Wyeth (born 1946), American painter many of whose works are based on what he has seen on the Maine Coast, notably at Tenants Harbor and Monhegan Island. His base of operations is Tenants Harbor Light.

Monhegan Island in 1909

'At home with uneasy subjects'

“Bean Boots’’ (oil on panel), by Jamie Wyeth, in his show “Unsettled,’’ at the Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine, July 4-Sept. 29.

The museum says:

“This exhibition traces a persistent vein of intriguing, often disconcerting imagery over the career of renowned artist Jamie Wyeth (born 1946). Frequently countered and even hidden by Wyeth’s fuller body of work—particularly his well-known coastal views and farmscapes—the darker and more troubling imagery is constant throughout his oeuvre. Whether he is introducing curious characters or surveying strange landscapes, Wyeth is at home with uneasy subjects and a master of the unsettled mood.’’