Albert Pucci's coastal landscapes capture, perhaps, the most prolific aspect of his identity as an artist.

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True to his portrayals of New York City, Pucci's portrayal of coastal Maine reveal something of the artist, inaccessible otherwise.

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Just as Pucci's New York-themed work held its mystique out to the viewer via a sea of buildings and people representing grandeur, folly and sometimes profound depth, he likewise offers landscapes taking the symbolism a step further, though more subtle, in his paintings of coastal Maine.

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Throughout his work, Pucci masterfully teeters between order (befitting his skills as a highly-sought illustrator) and romanticism in which the viewer is transported to a deeper range of emotions; sometimes touching on whimsical and other times, bordering on profound. 

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In a sensibility, if not compositional manner, evocative of J.M.W. Turner, Pucci's consistent, almost deferential nod to humanity is one of his most delightful - if lesser-appreciated - visual tropes. Sometimes utilitarian, and sometimes veiled in thematic foreshadowing, Pucci seeks (and makes) scenes rooted in authenticity but always hinting at something deeper - and similar to Turner, Pucci is not afraid to lead the viewer 'by hand' into these meanings of the work, though in a less surrealistic manner.

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For example, in the painting below, we see a somewhat nondescript building on a rocky coast, possibly in early morning, mists still revealing the distant shore. But we also see a small speck in the water, far beyond the building the the foreground. What, or more intriguingly, who might this be? A lonely figure - possibly coming or going but clearly one within the dreamily pastoral scene.

 

Or, in the painting to the left, we see among the anchored sailboats a couple in a rowboat; small motor lifted from the water - one figure leaning in towards the other as if enjoying their private conversation in the openness of the water. This is Pucci's talent for allowing one to experience as much or as little depth of the heart as the soul may need in the viewing of a given work. 

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Pucci invites the viewer to immerse into these landscapes, letting the pastoral aspects sooth and inspire then lead to a deeper awareness and connection to the world around us.

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