A hole cut out of ice on Keewaydin Lake in Stoneham on Tuesday. Vermont artist Eric Aho, some members of the community and friends cut out the “H” shaped hole earlier in the day in an attempt to re-create the scene from the 1908-09 painting “The Ice Hole, Maine,” by Marsden Hartley. Aho dedicated the day to Danny H. Barker, who passed away last year. He was a Stoneham resident, teacher, local historian and a friend.

The nearly finished painting by Aho of the scene of a hole cut out of the ice on Keewaydin Lake.

Aho, who lives in Vermont but spends time on Little Cranberry Island in the summer, works on his painting.

Aho chooses his next color for his painting on Keewaydin Lake.

Aho paints the scene of a hole cut out of the ice on Keewaydin Lake. Before taking on this project, Aho was interested in ice harvesting and made a series of paintings of ice cuts.

Aho chose Keewaydin Lake for the site of his project after researching Hartley's time spent in the area.

Aho and a friend begin to put the chunks of ice they cut out of on Keewaydin Lake back into the water.