A Voice on a Canvas

Do the mountains of Maine occupy a special place in your heart?

How about the mountains of Highland Plantation, at the gateway to the Bigelow Preserve and the Appalachian Trail? Have you viewed their beauty from atop Avery Peak, or marveled at their splendor as you traveled up the Long Falls Dam Road?

The Friends of the Highland Mountains has received a generous gift. One of our members, local artist Nora West, has completed a painting of the Highland mountains, as seen from the Long Falls Dam Road in Lexington Township, just south of the Highland Plantation town line. In the shadow of the mountains is the Burbank farm, and everyone who has traveled this route on their way to the Big Eddy, Cobb’s Pierce Pond Camps, the Carry Ponds, or to Flagstaff Lake and the Bigelow Preserve, will recognize this view. So, too, will the locals who call this wonderful place “home”.

Nora has donated 3 Giclee prints of this painting, which will be signed and numbered. The size of each print is the same as the original (12” x 24”) and this is a limited edition. A total of only 5 prints of this painting have been made.

The Friends of the Highland Mountains are offering these prints for a donation of $125.00 each. It is our greatest hope that this vista will be preserved for future generations, and we are working hard in our efforts to protect and preserve this unique place. This is a wonderful opportunity to memorialize this special scene captured by a local artist from the valley of Highland’s mountains.

If you would like to support our efforts and acquire one of the three prints available, please contact me by calling (207) 628-2070 or (207) 340-0066, or email me at roomtomove@tds.net. Once we have received your check or verified funds received though our Paypal account at www.highlandmts.org, we will deliver your print.

This is a rare opportunity to commemorate the “Quality of Place” that FHM is working hard to protect.

Heartfelt thanks, Nora.

And thanks to those who have supported--and continue to support--our efforts.