Scituate Light 1954

Len painted this for Dick McDonald in 1954. The scene is the view from Mack's property across from the lighthouse where he built his own home presumably after World War II. The painting hung for many years in Mack and Ellen's house surviving many storms. The house was almost destroyed in the blizzard of 78 when a huge piece of ice was lifted out of the in ground pool by the flooding seawater and came to rest at the foundation of the home that was about 25 feet away. Mack had pictures of the progression of the huge ice berg as they both stayed in the home through the storm. Mack and Ellen are gone and the mid sized cape that Mack built has been sold, torn down and replaced with an oceanfront mic - mansion. Scituate used to be referred to as the "Irish Riviera" with lots of Gormans and McDonalds around. All Mack and Ellen's paintings and effects have been divided among their children throughout the country.