Tag: lobster
Lobster Catch
Merrill Coffin’s Lobster Catch captures the quiet industry of coastal life in a beautifully detailed seascape. In this privately held painting, two lobstermen stand on a weathered stone wharf, preparing their traps for the day’s work. Beside them, a red boathouse adorned with colorful lobster markers serves as a striking…
Before the Catch
Merrill Coffin’s Before the Catch captures the serene yet industrious atmosphere of a Massachusetts fishing wharf in the early hours before sunrise. This evocative scene centers on a lobster boat marked MA-704-2, anchored and tied to a weathered post. A lone fisherman stands on the boat, inspecting his traps, preparing…
Fisherman MA4034
Merrill Coffin captures the rugged beauty of Massachusetts’ coastal life in his painting “Fisherman MA 4034,” dated June 6, 1988, a tribute to his family’s origins before settling in Jamestown. The scene depicts a seasoned lobster fisherman aboard his boat, marked MA 4034, as he carefully checks a lobster trap.…