From East Hampton village, with its mansions and expensive shops, roads lead through a less manicured landscape to the hamlet of Springs, where the status-seeking crowds fade and pebbled beaches ring Gardiners Bay. Towering silver maples and a sprawling cherry tree shelter the two-story former farmhouse that Pollock and Krasner bought there for $5,000 (all of it borrowed) in November 1945. Behind the house, the lawn slopes gently to dense, tawny salt marshes where blue herons wade and wheeling osprey hunt for fish. Cedar groves at the horizon soften a moody eastern sky, and the silence yields to birdsong and the rustling of red foxes in the heavy brush. When they lived together in Springs, Krasner and Pollock often went to nearby Louse Point, and it’s still a good place for a beach walk. Parking at the point requires a resident’s permit, but you can find a way to get there without a car. Rent a kayak from Springs General Store, where Pollock once settled his bill with a painting that now belongs to the Pompidou Center in Paris, and paddle through the shallow waters of Accabonac Creek to come ashore at the point, a narrow neck of land captured by Pollock’s neighbor, Willem de Kooning, in “Rosy Fingered Dawn at Louse Point.”  Face the bracing salt breezes off Gardiners Bay, watch the gulls dive in the glimmering light and deconstruct a canvas that Pollock and Krasner considered essential viewing: nature. For more info about the Pollock Krasner house go to Pollack Krasner House & Study Center A kayak rental at Springs General Store (29 Old Stone Highway, East Hampton, 631-329-5065) costs about $40 for two hours. The store sells made-to-order sandwiches and freshly baked brownies, and has outdoor seating.http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/CAS/pkhouse.nsfhttp://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/CAS/pkhouse.nsfshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1
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