Wind Music Acrylic Print

A small woodworking shop, its doors wide open, stood empty during the noon hour. It was lunch time for the worker inside, his meal located elsewhere in the village of Round Pond, Maine. Against the blackness of the interior, this wooden wind chime was well defined in the opening of the large door of the empty building.

In 1969, Monte Toon began his career as a watercolorist. He credits the late Charles Sanderson of Wichita, Kansas, with setting him on his life-long path of watercolor painting. Sanderson inspired new approaches and techniques. Later, the works of Winslow Homer, Andrew Wyeth and Edward Hopper would influence Toon's work. More than 54 years experience has defined Toon's style in his exclusive use of watercolor. In 1991, a turning point occurred in Toon's work. Travels in Canada, New England and the east coast broadened his range of subject matter. By setting goals and directions of purpose, Monte enhanced and elevated his works to new heights resulting in numerous solo shows of merit. He refers to this change as a re-dedication to...