Description about the painting:

During my artist in residency at Mackworth Island in Falmouth, Maine, I stayed for 12 days and completed the mural in ten days. 

Mackworth Island Mural 4 ft by 8 ft on wooden panel, designed by Nancy Rourke. The mural has 29 scenes. The mural focuses on the history of Mackworth Island and Governor Baxter School for the Deaf. The mural is to be painted in Rourkeism colours. 1. Percival Baxter 2. Deaf children 3. Patricia Brennan 4. Fannie Kimball 5. John Brewster, Jr. 6. John’s Painting of Bird Girl 7. James Richard Levier 8. Baxter’s dog pet cemetery (first dog's name was Garry) 9. Striped Bass 10. Bald Eagle 11. Mackeral 12. Pheasant 13. Casco Bay 14. GBSD site (seagull mascot) 15. Maine’s Spruce trees 16. Water Tower 17. Baxter’s Mansion 18. Mackworth Island Hiking Trail (red line) 19. Roads (Andrew Ave, Mackworth Island) 20. grounds (white space) 21. island shores (light blue spaces) 22. Coastal Pink Beach Rose along the causeway 23. Raccoons 24. Gatehouse 25. Mackworth Island (dotted circle) 26. Wabanaki Fishermen 27. Trees/Vegetation (yellow space) 28. Maine’s Wild Turkeys 29. Fairies’ Community                         

 

 
Nancy at work