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Maine Art Gallery Wiscasset
Planning for 2021 to include a gallery manager
Wed, 01/20/2021 - 10:15am

As we work our way through a new year, gallery owners and boards, event planners, store owners, lodging and attraction businesses are all taking the 2021 season one day at a time. The Maine Art Gallery Wiscasset is among those preparing and hoping for fewer virtual shows and more of the in-person variety. “We really want to get the gallery open again this year, safely,” said Board President Wendy Ross Eichler. “We are hopeful for this year and making plans.” Safely will mean social distancing...
Meanwhile ... back in the studio
Checking in with John Butke
Wed, 01/13/2021 - 10:30am

When I gave Sawyer’s Island-based artist John Butke a call this week, he and his wife Jill, an accomplished weaver, were enjoying a bit of down time. Yet, even while enjoying a respite, there is much thought going on about new projects in this new year. “Once in a while I go out and roam around taking photos of things or scenes I find really inspiring,” John said. “And I have tons of photos that I’ve put on discs.” On one of his recent roamings, John was at Atlantic Edge in Boothbay Harbor and...
Deadline reminder for MPS
Tue, 01/12/2021 - 3:45pm

The Maine Photography Show (MPS), deadline for submissions is drawing near ... like next Friday, Jan. 22. And the categories are ... Black and White, Color, Student, and the Special Category: Community Celebrations. This year’s Special Category should be an exciting, but also very challenging subject, considering the life changing period we are in right now. Year-round and seasonal Maine residents only. enter up to three images across any of the categories. Entry fee is $10 per image. For...
Artist arrives in Boothbay Harbor
Sat, 01/09/2021 - 7:30am

Winter often results in locals migrating south looking to escape a long stretch of the cold Maine winter. Not Susan Decker. She may be a bird of a different feather, by migrating north from Tennessee to Maine in December. Decker is a painter and photographer with over 30 years’ experience. She is known for classic plein-air landscapes. Her works hang in many private collections and in the George W. Bush Policy Institute and George W. Bush Foundaton Presidential Library at Southern Methodist...
Northport artist Jason Thurston crafts ‘Shell Ink’ ornaments
Wed, 01/06/2021 - 11:00am

Jason Thurston is a Northport artist, using his drawing skills to draw Midcoast scenery on shells. The idea to create art on shells came a few years ago when Thurston’s wife, Hana, was in the process of making Christmas wreathes to generate some additional holiday income. “We had some clam shells sitting around, and she said, ‘Hey, draw something on those shells. They'd make nice ornaments.’ I think I drew a random lighthouse, the Mount Battie Tower and a lobster boat,” recalled Thurston. “I...
Two By Sea a post-retirement adventure
Thu, 12/31/2020 - 7:45am

Coastal Maintenance, Inc. owner Steve Lorrain has been moonlighting in niche furniture making for four years under the moniker Two By Sea. At 67, the professional painter is preparing to turn over the company’s keys to Steve Jr., hang up the ladders and take some long walks on the beach for his new chosen medium, driftwood. “It's kind of my retirement plan. I do what I call mudroom essentials – shelves with hooks on them and that kind of stuff,” Lorrain said while setting out picture frame...
The Maine Photography Show 2021 call for entries
Tue, 12/29/2020 - 10:15am

The Maine Photography Show (MPS), has been the annual premier juried gallery show of photography in Maine for 16 years. Deadline for submissions is at the stroke of midnight on Friday, Jan. 22. Any resident of Maine (permanent or seasonal) may enter up to three images across any of the categories. Entry fee is $10 per image. For students (18 years or younger) we offer a flat fee of $10 for the maximum of three images. For the 2021 Show we will solicit photos in the categories: Black and White,...
‘Art from the Heart II’ show
Wed, 12/16/2020 - 11:00am

Artists from Mobius’ Creative Opportunities program opened an exhibit at the CLC YMCA at 525 Main St., in Damariscotta, on Oct. 15. The “Art From The Heart II” has extended the run until Jan. 15, by invitation of the YMCA Art Committee. Mobius’ artists are excited over the additional month which allows more people to see their works. Co-chairs for the event, Savannah Robinson and Marguerite Eastman, selected works from Mobius artists from all over Lincoln County. Mobius’ artists have previously...
We just can’t resist the Gingerbread Spectacular
Fri, 12/11/2020 - 7:30am

“Thank you for doing this.” “Thank you for being a highlight of the holiday season.” "This is my kids’ favorite event and they were worried that it would be canceled, and you didn't cancel it – thank you." With so many events being canceled or live-streamed this holiday season, for the board of directors of the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor to give the go-ahead for the Gingerbread Spectacular was a blessing indeed. Many who came to see the gingerbreads expressed their gratitude and joy to...
Horst house portrait to appear on HGTV in 2021
Sat, 12/05/2020 - 12:30pm

Watercolorist Kathleen Horst, Damariscotta, has a new credit to add to her list of accomplishments: “As seen on HGTV”! Horst was approached this past summer to paint a portrait of a newly renovated historic home, and that portrait will be featured on HGTV’s new series “Life Under Renovation.” Horst received an email from an HGTV designer last summer, who discovered Horst’s commission work painting house and cottage portraits on the internet. Kathleen Horst is known for these portraits, that are...
‘Tis the season for ‘Art in the Square’
Fri, 12/04/2020 - 11:15am

Love art but you are short on cash? At Boothbay Region Art Foundation, the Art in the Square Show and Sale has just kicked off its 16th year. All canvases are 12” x 12” and just $125 a square! Imagine being able to bring home a painting by Tony van Hasselt, Roger Milinowski, John Butke, Polly Steadman, or Virginia Forrest for yourself or someone on your holiday shopping list! Opening day has always been Black Friday, but this year there has been talk about moving the opening up one week for the...
Prix fixe dinner specials & the Holiday Art Show
Fri, 12/04/2020 - 10:00am

Join us at Damariscotta River Grill for a week of dinner specials the week of Dec. 15-19 to celebrate art and the holidays. The Pemaquid Group of Artists new show will be on display just in time for holiday gift giving. The Grill is hosting five nights of special prix fixe three course menus offered for $25, with a choice of wine pairings for $9. Regular menu items will be available. A portion of the dinner proceeds will be used to fund a scholarship for a Lincoln Academy student pursuing an...
The Most Spectacular Gingerbread award 2020 goes to ....
Wed, 12/02/2020 - 7:45am

Twenty-five gingerbreads were designed and baked for the 2020 Gingerbread Spectacular – and what gingerbreads they are! At the judging late Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 1, the Most Spectacular distinction went to the gingerbread depicting a scene from Clement C. Moore’s “The Night Before Christmas.” That gingerbread, “... And Visions Of Sugarplums Danced In Their Heads ...,” is by Susan Brackett of Boothbay! Almost Most Spectacular went to Carla Warren of Exeter, New Hampshire for her gingerbread, “...
Art in the Square
Sat, 11/28/2020 - 9:45am
Nov. 27 through Jan. 16 Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s 12” x 12” canvases known as “Art in the Square” returns to the BRAF gallery with paintings by local artists and a few “Freelancers!” All squares are $125. 1 Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor. Gallery hours: Fridays and Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays noon - 5 p.m. through mid-January. FMI: 633-2703 and https://boothbayartists.org .
Opera House’s Kevin Kiley featured in Down East magazine
Sun, 11/22/2020 - 1:15pm

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor technical director, actor and pianist Kevin Kiley is in the “Holidays” issue of Down East magazine. Sara Ann Donnelly’s article ““Gingerbread Man” tells of Kiley’s many years as gingerbread house architect extraordinaire. “I wasn't really thinking it was going to be just about me. I thought it was going to be about the gingerbread event, we get asked about that all the time. It kind of turned into a story about me which I wasn't expecting.” Kiley said the story...
A small works holiday exhibition
Sat, 11/21/2020 - 2:45pm

Sylvan Gallery is proud to feature a selection of small works of art by contemporary masters from Nov. 27 through Jan. 10, 2021. This exhibition features works in oil, acrylic, and pastel with the majority of the paintings measuring 8” x 10” or smaller. The subject matter is the artists’ choice and includes a versatile selection of Maine landscapes and coastal views, winter snow scenes, and farmscapes. Enjoy giving the gift of art this holiday season, and treat yourself too! The gallery artists...
Something spectacular is coming ... to the Opera House
Thu, 11/19/2020 - 2:30pm

Due to pandemic precautions, there won’t be live music and dancing, delicious hors d’oeuvres and hot cocoa, but the Gingerbread Spectacular at the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor will still include the stars of the show – the gingerbread and confectionery structures created by community members near and far! From Dec. 2 – 5, the Opera House will open its doors from 10 a.m. to 4 .p.m. daily for this much anticipated, free community event. The Gingerbread Spectacular burst on to the...
Notecard assortments for holiday gift giving
Wed, 11/18/2020 - 8:00am

With the holidays just around the corner and gift lists growing, the Pemaquid Group of Artists suggests considering boxed sets of artist note cards. The card assortments offer beautiful glimpses of Midcoast Maine and make excellent gifts and remembrances. The 2020 member artists include: Cindy Spencer of Wiscasset and Kimberly Skillin Traina, Edgecomb; in Damariscotta: Debra Arter, Bruce Babb, Julie Babb, William Curtis, Sarah Fisher, Claire Hancock, Kathleen Horst, Hannah Ineson, Will Kefauver...
Georgia to Maine: Going the distance for an anniversary surprise
Tue, 11/17/2020 - 8:00am

Jamey and Lindsey Ackley planned to spend their fifth anniversary in Hawaii. COVID-19 dashed those plans, along with lobstering in the Florida Keys, and fishing in the waters of Pine Island Sound near a 1923 Fish House that holds a special place in the hearts of this young Georgia couple. The Fish House stands as an alluring entry to North Captiva Island, a little known boat-access-only Florida gem not unlike Maine’s Squirrel Island. Determined to create a memorable celebration for his wife in...
‘From Home in Bunny Slippers’: Creative work from Maine and beyond
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 8:15am

The Chocolate Church Arts Center is publishing a book containing over 100 submissions of work from professional and amateur creators all across Maine and beyond. “From Home in Bunny Slippers: Creations from a Community in the Weirdest Year Ever” reflects the ways in which people in the region responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges of 2020, and found catharsis through the act of creation. The book contains submissions of all sorts from professional artists and musicians (Lady...
‘Holiday Shop’ call to artists
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 7:30am

River Arts in Damariscotta announces a call to artists for a special December show, without a predetermined theme, that will fill the galleries. Artists are invited to participate in this non-juried show opening Dec. 1 and running through Jan. 4, 2021. All original fine art and fine craft including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture, ceramic, jewelry, fiber, multimedia, pastel, glass, wood, collage and more will be accepted for this holiday exhibition. Artists may enter up...
‘I Am An American’ art exhibition opens Thursday
Tue, 11/10/2020 - 12:00pm

“I Am An American” exhibition opens Thursday, Nov. 12 at Cove Street Arts in Portland. The show features the work of Daniel Minter, Leonard Meiselman (Wiscasset), Natasha Mayers (Whitefield), Robert Shetterly (Brooksville), Abby Shahn (Solon) and George Longfish. The opening will include a video presentation of poets reading original poetry on the theme with images of the work on exhibition curated by Gary Lawless. Artist and activist Meiselman has organized and co-curated the show of 24 works...
‘Art in the Square’ call to artists
Tue, 11/10/2020 - 10:00am

Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) is once again gearing up for the ever-popular 12” x 12” Art in the Square exhibit. Now is the time for regional artists to get a canvas and create a masterpiece – and a challenge for people of all ages to use their imagination to paint, draw, glue, print, weave or whatever upon a 12 x 12 surface that has a means for hanging in the gallery. The purpose of this endeavor is to raise money for BRAF’s Scholarship Fund and sponsorship of the Annual PreK -12th...
Watershed Ceramics builds new studio
Tue, 11/10/2020 - 9:15am

Tucked in an idyllic valley just off Route 1, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts offers a contemplative oasis for artists working in clay. During a usual summer and fall, ceramists from Maine and across the US spend short-term sessions on campus sharing meals, living alongside one another, and enjoying 24-hour studio access. This year, however, the campus has been quiet due to the coronavirus pandemic. Watershed was one of the first artist residency centers in the country to make the...
‘A meaningful sculpture has power, presence and humanity, and generates its own unique narrative’
Basketball coach and artist Jon Moro on unleashing creativity
Mon, 11/02/2020 - 7:30am

ROCKPORT — Carving wooden life size sculptures of sports figures has been a passion for Rockport artist Jon Moro, who recently departed from sports figures to crafting a life size sculpture of two Biblical figures. They were unveiled Oct. 17 at Barnswallow Books, in Rockport Village. “I’m fascinated by the challenge of creating a sense of movement, and emotion from a still, inanimate object,” Moro said, on his website . “A meaningful sculpture has power, presence and humanity...
Lincoln Home residents, staff share their art and creativity
Wed, 10/28/2020 - 1:45pm

Lincoln Home residents and staff celebrated each other’s creativity and stories this week during an Art Celebration in the living room. The gathering opened the door to stories ranging from past careers in the art field to current projects that have been created while at Lincoln Home. Media displayed ranged from watercolor, acrylic, pastels, colored pencil, needlepoint, quilting, knitting, collage, pen and ink, photography and sculpture. Two residents, Gina Rose Halpern and Sally Hough, are...
SCS students take first field trip with Sculpture Boothbay
Mon, 10/26/2020 - 10:15am

Over a dozen Southport Central School students and faculty traveled to downtown Boothbay Harbor Oct. 23 to experience some of the sculptures there. The outing marked the school’s first field trip this school year. Sculpture Boothbay Curator and Coordinator Patricia Royall and advisor and sculptor Bill Royall led the group on a modified tour to eight sculptures around downtown. The tour ended with live demonstrations by sculptor Andreas von Huene. The walk included “Violent Surrender” by...
Best shot: Scanography by Mike Leonard
Sat, 10/24/2020 - 7:00am

Fall is upon us in the Northeast. It’s the time of year when we get to see the brilliant colors of foliage and the red, orange and yellow colors make for wonderful subjects to photograph. Getting even closer can make for some very interesting and rewarding captures. Using a macro lens, or the “flower” mode on some cameras, will help you to close focus to an individual leaf where you can capture intricate and beautiful, one of a kind patterns – some that almost look like a road map. There is...
Call to artists
Sun, 10/11/2020 - 8:30am

River Arts in Damariscotta invites artists to submit original work for the next juried show, “Artist’s Choice.” Submission to “Artist’s Choice” is open to original artwork in all media including but not limited to painting, sculpture, fiber, photography and mixed media. This open call invites the artists to submit work of their own selection and may be representational or abstract. The deadline for submission is Saturday, Oct. 24 at 4 p.m. The show will run from Oct. 28 through Nov. 28. River...
Sculpture Boothbay
Sculpture installed at East Boothbay General Store
Tue, 10/06/2020 - 12:00pm

On Oct. 3 Sculpture Boothbay was at the East Boothbay General Store on Route 96 owned Elizabeth Evans. Evans welcomed the arrival of the untitled sculpture by artist Chris Lewis of New Paltz, New York. The sculpture is made from New York Bluestone and was sculpted at Bill Royall’s studio on Southport. Thanks to Sculpture Boothbay crew Robbie Campbell and Glen Rines for the excellent placement at the store's attractive stone terrace.
Sculpture Boothbay
Royall sculpture installed at Boothbay Register
Mon, 09/28/2020 - 1:45pm

Trees make paper, so it's appropriate that Sculpture Boothbay’s new addition to the sculpture trail has been installed at the Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper office in Boothbay Harbor. Entitled "Autumn Hills,” this Heritage granite sculpture created around 2008, is the work of Southport sculptor Bill Royall, founder of the region’s sculpture trail. The installation on Friday, Sept. 25 was accomplished by Royall, Robbie Campbell of Campbell Marine, employee Al Morton and the company’s boom...
New art show features Elaine Hranich and Robin Swennes
Tue, 09/22/2020 - 3:00pm

The Art at the Grill welcomes talented artists, Elaine Hranich and Robin Swennes for a new exhibit Sept. 29-Nov. 2 at the Damariscotta River Grill. Elaine Hranich grew up living on the water in the small coastal community of Green Island in Toms River, New Jersey and spent much time outdoors as a child. She lived a short time in California and in central New Jersey surrounded by beautiful farm land for 20 years before moving and settling in Bath. Reconnecting with a deep desire to create, she...
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
N.C. Wyeth work leads sales of ‘Summer’s Bounty I’
Fri, 09/11/2020 - 8:00am

Aggressive bidding at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries Summer’s Bounty II sale on Aug. 29 & 30 yielded many surprises and strong results. Grossing over $2.2 million, the auction attracted 797 phone and absentee bids, and online participants in 22 countries. The sale’s top lot was a charcoal drawing by N.C. Wyeth (PA/ME/MA, 1882-1945) titled “First Farmer of the Land” that brought $105,300. With an image depicting George Washington overseeing workers on his plantation, this was a study for...
‘Summer’s End’ art show at OPI
Thu, 09/10/2020 - 1:00pm

East Boothbay’s Ocean Point Inn is the venue for a new art show, “Summer’s End,” spearheaded by the inn’s Marketing Director Patricia Royall. The outdoor opening reception Sept. 2 was held along the water’s edge looking over the bay. A wine tasting by Wicked Wines and a bevy of appetizers made by the inn’s staff offered that little something extra to the event. COVID-19 restrictions relating to masks and social distancing were observed. About 50-60 people went in masked groups of six to check...
Art and science merge at River Arts
Wed, 09/09/2020 - 2:00pm

River Arts Gallery in Damariscotta presents Jacqueline Johnson in a solo show in the River Room. This exhibition runs from Sept. 11-23. Johnson’s work, deeply inspired by nature and her concern for climate change, combines her fine technical skill with powerful emotional content. With a bachelor’s of fine arts from the University of North Carolina and a master’s degree from the Rhode Island School of Design, Johnson has a broad experience with oil painting and illustration. She is a visual arts...
BRAF sale continues
Wed, 09/09/2020 - 12:45pm

The end of summer "$pecial $ummer $ale" to benefit Boothbay Region Art Foundation is still running! Member artists continue to donate 12” x 12” work for this special sale. All works are $150. Proceeds from these sales go directly to supporting BRAF, now in its 55th year! Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s mission is to create opportunities for people of all ages to enjoy, learn from and participate in the visual arts. BRAF also supports educational programs and art classes, student scholarships,...
Maine Art Gallery Show: Artists’ glimpses of their reality
Tue, 09/08/2020 - 7:45am

Contemporary realism is the focus of the current online exhibit presented by Wiscasset’s Maine Art Gallery. The show, originally scheduled to be seen in the gallery at this time, has been rescheduled to 2021 due to the Coronavirus. However, one can get a preview of the full show by visiting www.maineartgallerywiscasset.org . The images will be available for viewing until Oct. 5. “I hope the viewers will get as much enjoyment from the show as I did in selecting the artists,” said Elaine Pew,...
‘Roger Dale Brown: New Work’ at Gleason
Fri, 09/04/2020 - 8:45am

Beginning now and running through Oct. 13, Gleason Fine Art is hosting Roger Dale Brown's second solo show with the gallery. Brown, one of the foremost marine painters in the country, is from Tennessee, but as with nearly all artists, especially plein-air painters, he loves the coast of Maine and visits as often as he can. For his first solo show, Brown sought out secluded and overlooked spots in and around the Boothbay peninsula, including the Road's End lobster pound and three local boatyards...
Studio 53 presents the Don Meserve retrospective
Wed, 09/02/2020 - 10:45am

Studio 53’s owners Terry Seaman and Heidi Seidelhuber are honored to celebrate his legacy 50 years later with “Don Justin Meserve: Sculpture Retrospective 2020,” an exhibition of over 40 works that reveal his mastery of stone and prolific use of wood, metal, and mixed media. Don Justin Meserve (1938-2010) explored narrative and abstract themes over the course of his professional career which spanned 40 years. Works displayed inside the gallery represent his favorite themes: animated tools,...
September/October exhibit: ‘Something for Everyone’
Tue, 09/01/2020 - 1:00pm

Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s (BRAF) current exhibit captures the character of Maine from as many angles as there are artists. Having a record-breaking number of pieces, this show has been installed using the Salon-Style of hanging in which walls are utilized to their full capacity. At the same time, each piece of artwork is placed within compatible groupings, giving viewers a sense of continuity. Used in 18th century France, this feature welcomed the common public to enjoy art in...
East Side the subject of new show
Tue, 09/01/2020 - 11:30am

“Eastwind and Our Lady At Sunset" is the featured painting at Joy To The Wind Gallery for the First Friday Art Tour on Sept. 4. The art exemplifies what the artist, John M. T. Seitzer, loves about the East Side waterfront in Boothbay Harbor; distinctive architecture, beautiful color and light, a measured blend of working and pleasure boats and the breathtaking views of the water, the land and the sky. Joy To The Wind Gallery, at 31 Atlantic Ave. host an open house from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on...
Gold/Smith Gallery’s new show
Tue, 09/01/2020 - 7:45am

Carlo Albucci show opens at Gold/Smith Gallery in Boothbay Harbor Sept. 3 running through Oct. 21. Carlo Albucci was a Florentine painter of curious happenings. He painted ironic, iconic, surreal and comic events sometimes all together, sometimes one at a time. In all ways they are fun to look at and even more fun to figure out. These “happenings,” all oil paintings on Masonite, were inventions of his rather elaborate and curious imagination. Only the viewer can decide. Anyway you look at them...
Gleason Fine Art named ‘Best Art Gallery in Maine’
Mon, 08/31/2020 - 10:15am

Gleason Fine Art was named Best Art Gallery in Maine in Down East magazine's annual Best of Maine issue (the September issue, now on the stands). In mid-spring, Down East asked its readers to pick their own favorites in each of dozens of categories, ranging from art galleries to architects and hotels to hardware stores. The Down East editors then organized all of the suggestions by numbers of reader-votes. In each category, such as "Best Art Gallery," the 5 entries that received the most votes...
Last tent sale of the season at Pemaquid Lighthouse Park
Fri, 08/28/2020 - 8:00am

The Pemaquid Group of Artists will host an outdoor Art Under the Tent Sale at Lighthouse Park on Saturday, Sept. 5, weather permitting. Several artists will be painting plein air on location during the event from 10 to 4 PM. Work from over 20 juried artists, working with a variety of mediums, including pottery, will be on display and for sale at affordable prices, in two large tents. Pemaquid Art Gallery has been closed for the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and hopes to reopen their...
New show by Jefferson artist at BRAF
Fri, 08/28/2020 - 7:30am

The Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) presents Jefferson-based artist Carol Wiley’s solo show, “The Shapes of Our Lives.” This exhibit, hung in the upstairs Harbor View Gallery, runs from Aug. 28 to Oct. 15. Said Wiley of her work, “As I gain maturity as an artist I find myself feeling freer to use a variety of media to explore color relationships, interesting shapes, and linear movement without restriction and to tell my story. Of these explorations, color is by far my favorite. I enjoy...
Sculpture Boothbay on the move
Tue, 08/25/2020 - 4:30pm

On Thursday, Aug. 20, a new “Sculpture Boothbay” installation took place on the Brick House lawn next to House of Logan. “Head Wind” is made of Hillburn granite. This fabulous piece is inspired by coloration of the granite which matches the actual colors of an eagle owl and contortions of wings that an owl can undertake. The sculptor is, Andreas Von Huene, who refined his sculpture to develop the character of the piece and give it a dynamic presence. Enjoy this beauty as it cascades off of...
Walk Around Wiscasset
Handmade carillon featured this month
Tue, 08/25/2020 - 1:15pm

A handmade carillon with 49 bronze bells will ring out on the new Village sidewalks during Walk Around Wiscasset on Thursday, Aug. 27, 5-6:30 p.m. The carillon will be played by Mike Everett of Dresden who designed and fashioned the instrument about 30 years ago. This unique carillon, which looks most like a xylophone or marimba, is made up of circular bells and has a four-octave range. Everett plays on the edge of the bells, laid sideways, by striking them with a xylophone mallet. He compares...
‘Summer’s End’ art show at Ocean Point Inn
Mon, 08/24/2020 - 10:45am

Ocean Point Inn will host “Summer’s End” an art show featuring the works of local and regional artists. The show will open on Wednesday, Sept. 2 and run through Monday, Oct. 12. An opening reception for the artists will be held Sept. 2 from 5-7 p.m. at Ocean Point Inn, 191 Shore Road, East Boothbay. Any local artists who would like to be included in the show may pick up an application at the inn. The deadline for submission is Friday, Aug. 28. Each artist may submit two pieces of work. In...
GLEASON FINE ART
‘Ed Parker: Painting the Story’
Tue, 08/18/2020 - 1:00pm

Beginning Thursday, Aug. 20, and running through Tuesday, Sept. 22, Gleason Fine Art hosts “Ed Parker: Painting the Story.” The Southport resident is universally acknowledged as one of America's leading marine painters working in the folk art tradition. It is also fair to say that his creations are far more sophisticated than the term “folk art” might suggest. For each of Ed Parker's complex and expertly composed paintings, the artist sifts through his vast knowledge of all things nautical to...
Carriage House Gardens
Alna artist Kate Nordstrom exhibit
Tue, 08/18/2020 - 12:00pm

“Bunny is my essence,” says Alna-based artist Kate Nordstrom, and then, with a mischievous smile, she moves on to the next topic, how she paints. “When I’m painting, I’m playing, I’m experimenting” with colors, combinations, forms, dream images, and intuition. And while the paintings do appear playful, they are also complex and layered with visual surprises, which the artist describes as magical realism. They are fantastical but recognizable, and they tell stories. Kate hesitates when asked to...

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