" Far from white-capped waves and ocean breezes, artist Nancy Maas crafts a coastal paradise from her studio in Ithaca, New York.  On her canvases, sailboats glide through shards of cobalt blue or dock under wistful lavender skies….She attributes much of her coastal inspiration to annual sailing adventures on Lake Michigan. “The light of northern Michigan and the amazing azure color of the water would turn any artistically inclined person on,” she says…". COASTAL LIVING 2005.

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