Northeaster
by HOMER, Winslow, Oil on canvas, 87 x 128 cm
Homer was a man with an immensely perceptive eye and a distinctive vision, and this picture is one of his masterpieces. The painting captures the essence of the wind whipped waves and rocky shore along the coast of Maine, where he spent the last 25 years of his life portraying the constant struggle between man and the turbulent ocean.