Sketches from Mount Desert Island

Stanley Ira Hallet

From 1980 to 1994 Stanley sought refuge to draw along the coast of Mt. Desert Island in Maine. The pencil and pen sketches in this book document his time sitting on a rock deconstructing the landscape in front of him. Part meditation, part observation, the drawings record that special zone where water and land meet as well as the structures that were built nearby. Disappearing into a body of rocks, trees and sky, he  captures with simple lines the never-ending erosion of the coast revealing the forces of nature as well as man's interventions that have defined this very special place.

“Quite often, I could be found sitting on a rock, taking out a lone pencil and an elementary school metal pencil sharpener. On a single pad of heavy sketch paper I began to draw.  To this day, I admit I remain the anal-compulsive type, a prerequisite in the field of architecture where so much can go wrong.  Thus, for me, the act of drawing was nothing less than a form of deconstructing the landscape in front of me. The only way I could comprehend my surrounding was to realize the very rules that governed it, that defined it.  Throughout the summer, it was through these mini-escapes that I began to understand the underlying realities of geology and the forces that eroded it.”

80 pages, Hardcover, Dust Jacket, premium paper, lustre finish, web price $40.00 at Blurb.com $53.24

Copyright 2012

His work is carried by Artemis Gallety in Northeast Harbor, Maine