Some of Russia’s best artists have focused their creative energy mastering printmaking, particularly etching – and the results are breathtaking, but hard to find in this country. The Green Lion Gallery at 16 Granary Way (in the Chowder House building) in Boothbay Harbor is helping to change that, with an exhibition of etchings and other prints by some of Russia’s leading artists.

There will be an opening reception at the Boothbay Harbor Art Tour on Friday, July 2.

The show will feature work by Stanislav Nikireev, Alexander Vetrov, Vladimir Vorobyov and Irina Makoveeva, well-known artists in the Russian and international art world. Nikireev, for example, was a member of the Russian Academy of Art, and he as well as Vetrov and Makoveeva have all been awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia. Prints on display include etchings, drypoints, and aquatints.

The Green Lion specializes in handmade, limited-edition fine art prints, including woodcuts, wood engravings, etchings, lithographs, and other work created by hand and individually printed. In addition to the Russian work on display, the gallery currently represents other print artists from as far away as New Mexico and Wales, although most are from Maine and New England. It also shows historic prints and other unusual artwork from the 18th to the 21st centuries.