3928819 Cannon Rock, 1895 (oil on canvas) by Homer, Winslow (1836-1910); 101.6x101.6 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Homer spent most of the last twenty-five years of his life at Prouts Neck, Maine, which lies on a rugged stretch of the Atlantic coast about twenty miles south of Portland. There, he painted several of his most powerful seascapes?cenes that express his appreciation of nature??? power. Cannon Rock took its name from its resemblance to a cannon seen from behind and from the booming sound of the surf breaking at its base. For this painting, Homer seems to have distilled from nature its elemental components?ocky shore, pounding sea, and leaden sky?nd arranged them on the square canvas with impressive graphic skill. ); American, out of copyright.