Calm and Free (Maine Coast) 1909

"Calm and Free (Maine Coast)" is a 1909 oil painting by American artist Rockwell Kent. The painting, currently housed in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, depicts a serene seascape. The image captures a sense of tranquility with a large, bright, almost full moon shining on the vast blue ocean. The foreground showcases a rocky coastline, with figures appearing as tiny silhouettes against the sunlit horizon. Kent's mastery of light and shadow evokes a sense of serenity and awe, characteristic of his later landscape paintings.