From Maine, with Love

This Ana Inciardi mini print captures a light blue station wagon, drawn in the style of a classic Mercedes-Benz W123 wagon, carrying a green canoe strapped to its roof rack. The canoe is decorated with stickers including a moose, a heart, and a circular "ME" emblem. The car's front license plate also reads "ME," the standard abbreviation for Maine. The palette is cheerful and deliberate: sky blue for the body, chartreuse green for the canoe, and warm yellow headlights against crisp black linework. The text "From Maine, with love" appears at the lower left in Inciardi's characteristic hand lettering, with the ANA INC mark at the lower right. Maine is a northeastern state known for its lakes, rivers, and forests, which have made canoe culture a genuine part of the regional identity for generations. The W123 wagon was produced by Mercedes-Benz from 1978 to 1986 and became a beloved long-distance travel car among outdoor enthusiasts. Collectors are drawn to this print because it layers several types of affection at once: love of a place, love of outdoor life, and a mild nostalgia for a particular kind of road trip. The canoe and the wagon together read as a very specific New England personality, and Inciardi renders that personality without overstating it. This print sits naturally alongside her other travel and regional subjects and pairs well with her other prints that celebrate place-based identity. It is a compact but confident piece within her broader print series, appealing both to Maine devotees and to collectors building a survey of her regional work.