Art

• 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...

• First National Bank announces winners of annual Customer Photo Calendar Contest

  Sat, 08/15/2020 - 8:45am

  

  First National Bank is proud to announce the winners of its thirteenth annual Customer Photo Calendar Contest. Fifteen color photographs have been chosen from over 150 entries, and each winning photographer will be awarded a $150 cash prize. The images will appear in the Bank’s 2021 desk calendar, tide calendar and wall calendar, which will be available to customers in all offices of First National Bank by mid-November. The winning entrants are: Cover – Sherrie Tucker of New Harbor; January –...

• Celebrating 10 years of Markings Gallery

  Fri, 08/14/2020 - 7:30am

  

  Markings Gallery, an artists’ cooperative with three large display rooms nestled on a lively little street in the shipbuilding city of Bath, is the rare shop that you bring all your out-of-town friends and relatives to see. There’s a magic to Markings that needs to be shared. Markings is celebrating its 10 year anniversary. Normally, Markings, known for its gallery shows and artists talks, would throw a big bash to mark this historic accomplishment. But not this year with protocols requiring...

• Prix fixe dinner and a new art show

  Tue, 08/11/2020 - 3:00pm

  

  A new art show opens at Damariscotta River Grill showcasing local artists Barbara Applegate, Sandra Leinonen Dunn, Kimberly Skillin Traina, and Liliana Thelander. To celebrate the artists, the Grill is hosting a Prix Fixe three course menu Wednesday evening Aug. 19. Three creative menu choices will be offered for $25, with a choice of wine pairings for $9, or choose a selection from the regular menu. A portion of the dinner proceeds will be used to fund a scholarship for a Lincoln Academy...
• Maine Art Gallery

  Artists’ stories an eclectic mix of materials and genres

  Tue, 08/11/2020 - 12:00pm

  

  “Lost and Found”, the current online show at the Maine Art Gallery, features three Maine artists who create mixed media narratives with all manner of materials from traditional art supplies to textiles, papers, and found objects. The show, which can be viewed at www.maineartgallerywiscasset.org through Sept. 4, is a preview of an in-person show to be held at the gallery next summer when it is hoped that COVID-19 will be under control. Katy Helman, Buzz Masters, and Jennifer Lee Morrow tell...

• Sue Heil Kibbe in New Harbor art show

  Sun, 08/09/2020 - 3:15pm

  

  There are seven artists who use oil paints at the Saltwater Artists Gallery, all with very different styles. The two featured this week are Scott White of Chamberlain and Sue Heil Kibbe of Southport. The others are: Beth Badger, Mary Buergin, Carolyn Howe, Polly Steadman and Carol Wiley. Scott White's professional life was as a Master Printer utilizing the Pantone Matching System. He retired to the Pemaquid Peninsula and began painting seascapes, drawing inspiration from his view of Muscongus...

• Robert Mitchell’s 2021 calendar bolsters the spirit with stunning photos

  Tue, 08/04/2020 - 4:00pm

  

  Looking ahead to 2021 with 2020 vision, Robert Mitchell has once again outdone himself. Through a dozen remarkable photos, his Around Boothbay Harbor calendar is just what we need to calm our cares as we mark off the days of the coming year. The images of local sites Mitchell selected don’t hint at the troubles of recent and coming months – a welcome change from so much of what we see. That isn’t to say that Mitchell remains unaffected. His letter from “The Mitchell Group,” which begins each...

• New show at Wiscasset Bay Gallery

  Tue, 08/04/2020 - 12:15pm

  

  "Impressionism, Modernism and Realism, " which opens Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Wiscasset Bay Gallery, is a diverse exhibition spanning the early 19th through mid-20th centuries with works by Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Belgian and American artists. Of particular interest is a vibrant watercolor by neo-impressionist, Hippolyte Petitjean (French, 1854-1929). Using his classic pointillist technique, Petitjean depicts a vase of flowers emerging out of a background of green, purple and yellow...

• New August show at Studio 53

  Mon, 08/03/2020 - 12:00pm

  

  Featured artists for the month of August at Studio 53 are Nancy Keenan Barron and Don Josephson. The Gallery will hold a reception in their honor on Friday, Aug. 7 from 5-7 p.m. outdoors near the Sculpture Garden out back - and on the water. Complimentary food and drink will be served. Come and meet them. Masks must be worn inside the Gallery, 5 art lovers at a time. Studio 53 is at 53 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor. The Gallery is open noon to 5 p.m. seven days a week. For more information,...

• ‘Small  Wonders’ take flight at Joy To The Wind

  Sun, 08/02/2020 - 10:00am

  

  The year is unusual in every way with the pandemic, yet the joy of creating continues at Joy To The Wind Gallery. They are currently featuring a new show of small paintings by Lynne Seitzer. Aptly titled “Small Wonders,” they are all about birds. The opening is Friday, Aug. 7 coinciding with the region’s traditional First Friday Aft Tour. The show runs through August. “This year has been unlike anything we have ever known. I feel reassurance and a sense of normalcy when I hear the birds sing—...
• Gleason Fine Art

  New show: ‘Tom Curry: Surrounded By Water’

  Sun, 08/02/2020 - 9:00am

  

  Beginning Thursday, Aug. 6, and running through Tuesday, Sept. 8, Gleason Fine Art presents "Tom Curry: Surrounded by Water." The Brooklin, Maine artist has been represented by Gleason Fine Art for over 15 years. This is Tom's fourth solo show. Tom Curry is intrigued with the idea of being surrounded by water. His first port of call after completing degrees at RISD and Yale was Hawaii. After tiring of Hawaii, Curry and his wife, the science and children's book writer Kim Ridley, tried the...

• Jerri Whitman art exhibit at Rising Tide Cafe

  Fri, 07/31/2020 - 7:00am

  

  Rising Tide Co-op, located at 323 Main St. in Damariscotta is pleased to announce they will be displaying art by local artist Jerri Whitman Aug. 2-29.. In an effort to continue maintaining social distancing recommendation, art space will be limited. Whitman, born in Dyer County, Tennessee, became interested in drawing during elementary school. Inspired by a teacher who encouraged Whitman to develop her artistic talents, she continued to study art throughout high school. After moving to Maine,...

• New work by John Vander

  Wed, 07/29/2020 - 3:00pm

  

  Beginning July 30 and continuing until Sept. 2 the new series”MALI,”paintings by John Vander will be exhibited at Gold/Smith Gallery in Boothbay Harbor. “Mali, West Africa was my first experience of the absolute exotic,” said Vander. “Every time I turned my head I saw something not only that I had never seen before, but that I had never seen like before." The result was in his brief visit to Mali and Dogon Country he filled 30 sketch books with quick impressions, sometimes no more than a...
• Boothbay Region Art Foundation

  July/August Members’ Show celebrates nature

  Tue, 07/28/2020 - 7:00am

  

  “Nature’s Sustaining Power,” is the underlying theme of the Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s (BRAF) newly-installed summer show running through August featuring the works of 60 artists. While it appears that COVID-19 has brought about a “new normal” to our world; it also has opened our eyes to view the presence of Mother Nature’s enduring qualities. In this particular exhibit, our area artists have created visual tributes to our natural wonders, providing an exhibition that celebrates flowers,...

• Remembering artist Charles Kolnik

  Mon, 07/27/2020 - 8:15am

  

  Sylvan Gallery Sylvan Gallery in Wiscasset will be featuring more than 40 oil paintings by the late New York artist Charles Kolnik (1951-2020) Aug. 1 through Sept. 29. The exhibition features a wide range of his favorite subjects including landscapes, seascapes, figurative works and still life. The exhibition will be across the street from Sylvan Gallery, at the Sylvan Gallery Annex, located at 52 Water St. in Wiscasset. Charles was a fine artist for almost 50 years. Sylvan Gallery represented...
• Boothbay Region Art Foundation

  Exhibition of regional artists at First Federal

  Wed, 07/22/2020 - 11:00am

  

  This summer First Federal Savings Bank on 41 Townsend Ave. in Boothbay Harbor is hosting an exhibition of four regional artists who are all part of the Plein Air Painters of Maine. Plein air is a term that refers to paintings that are made on location out of doors in all kinds of weather and Maine has a very active group of painters working on location. The subject matter of these paintings include seascapes, landscapes, city and garden scenes. The artists in the current show are all active...

• Susan Webster picked as an artist in CMCA Biennial

  Tue, 07/21/2020 - 2:15pm

  

  Susan Webster is one of the artists chosen to submit work for the Center for Maine Contemporary Art’s (CMCA) Biennial opening Oct. 3 in Portland. This is the second biennial show Webster has been selected for; the first was in 1981 for the All Maine Biennial at the University of Southern Maine. Webster was among 12 artists invited to participate in Maine College of Art’s Institute of Contemporary Art show, “Darkness in the Light,” exhibited July through September in 2019. Her piece in the show...

• Sculptures on the move

  Tue, 07/21/2020 - 12:00pm

  

  Expanse by Miles Chapin, approximately 2,400 pounds, was one of four sculptures being moved along Sculpture Boothbay’s outdoor trail in Boothbay Harbor that extends to East Boothbay, Southport Island and Boothbay. On July 16, some sculptures were installed in new locations, another was moved, but on the same property and another, “Not My First Rodeo,” the metal, JBone Sawyer sculpture outside the Opera House, was moved first thing that morning back to Sawyer’s home and studio in Warren. The new...
• Maine Art Gallery

  Symbols are the focus of online show

  Sun, 07/12/2020 - 8:30am

  

  The Maine Art Gallery’s second online show, “Acquired Symbols,” features former students and friends of the important Maine artist and teacher John Lorence. Because the gallery is closed for the season due to COVID-19, the images in the online show will provide a preview of works that will be exhibited in the 2021 season. The show can be viewed at maineartgallerywiscasset.org until Aug. 7. Works in mixed-media collage, sculpture and painting by Camille Buch, Clara Cohan, Peter Haller, John...

• Rock talk and Sculpture Boothbay

  Wed, 07/08/2020 - 12:00pm

  

  Sculpture Boothbay, formerly known as the Boothbay Harbor Region Sculpture Trail, was formed this spring. Its board of advisers – Bill Royall, Patricia Royall (curator and coordinator), Andreas von Huene, Dan Ucci and Dick Alden, the latter two members of the Maine Stoneworkers Guild board of directors – have been involved with the region’s sculpture trail since the beginning. All of the advisers except Patrica Royall are stone sculptors with work on the trail. Bill Royall spearheaded bringing...

• ‘Henry Isaacs: Henry Paints Home’ : New show at Gleason Fine Art

  Tue, 07/07/2020 - 8:15am

  

  Artist Henry Isaacs has long divided his time between homes on a Downeast Maine island and in rural Vermont, with frequent stops in between to visit his gallery, Gleason Fine Art, in Boothbay Harbor. Last summer, Isaacs, who loves doing commissions, accepted a commission to paint Boothbay Harbor from the perspective in front of the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club in West Boothbay Harbor. This was Isaacs' first time visiting West Boothbay Harbor, and he was blown away by the sights that day - dozens...

• Jessica Nadeau is making the world beautiful one heart flag at a time

  Sun, 07/05/2020 - 7:15am

  

  Several homes and businesses along the peninsula are sporting canvas flags with a painted red heart, the work of Boothbay Region Elementary School art teacher Jessica Nadeau. Trying to make the best of remote education, the pre-K through eighth grade teacher prompted her students’ art in April with the book “Maybe Something Beautiful” by F. Isabel Campoy and Theresa Howell. The picture book is based on the Urban Art Trail in San Diego, California. “It was just these open-ended questions or...
• Where it’s at

  The wordless stories of Jaap Helder

  Wed, 07/01/2020 - 8:00am

  

  The modern abstract painting in front of me draws me into its surreal world … An oval mirror near its center draws me in. I see a figure of a woman inside it. I cannot tell if she is standing or seated. She appears to be looking straight ahead at a shadow figure standing in a doorway. Who is it? And where does the doorway lead? Is temptation encouraging her to join the unknown figure into another realm of being or consciousness? Whatever happens, it will be intense, Look! A rectangular shape...

• First Friday is a go at Studio 53

  Tue, 06/30/2020 - 8:00am

  

  Studio 53 will be hosting a First Friday event July 3 from 5-7 p.m. Due to the current circumstances this will not be in our usual freewheeling format, but have no fear, here's how it is going work: only five guests will be allowed in the gallery building at any one time. Guests must wear their masks in the building. However, we will still be offering complementary food and beverages out back behind the building by our Sculpture Garden. The menu will be limited but includes individually...

• BRAF opens for the 2020 season

  Tue, 06/30/2020 - 7:15am

  

  The Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) is celebrating its 55th anniversary this year. Our mission, “to create opportunities for people of all ages to enjoy, learn from and participate in the visual arts,” has been the key to our longevity. And we plan to keep this “ARTmosphere” going. The June/July Members’ Show has recently been installed, showcasing 80 regional artists whose works include a great variety of themes and techniques. The overall effect provides the viewer with an entertaining...
• Joy to the Wind

  ‘Green Man’ characters created by John M.T. Seitzer

  Mon, 06/29/2020 - 7:30am

  

  A recent visitor to the art studio at Joy To The Wind, in these times of seclusion, has been the Green Man. The first one appeared very naturally a few months ago, but has been followed by many others in quick succession. These Green Men are even more “green” in the sense that they are created from cast off materials. John loves recycling and re-purposing things that others may not see potential in. Discoveries and “treasures” are often found at the local recycling center, thrift stores or at...

• ‘Kevin Beers: Points Of Light’ at Gleason Fine Art

  Thu, 06/25/2020 - 9:00am

  

  Beginning Thursday, June 25, and running through Tuesday, July 21, "Kevin Beers: Points of Light," new paintings of Midcoast Maine, Cuba, and Beers' signature portraits of old cars and trucks, are offered for sale at Gleason Fine Art, 31 Townsend Ave., in downtown Boothbay Harbor. Beers has been with the gallery for more than 20 years and continues to be one of the gallery's most popular and recognizable artists. Four years ago, Kevin Beers and his wife Amy decided to sell their New York City...

• Wiscasset Bay Gallery to open July 1

  Sat, 06/20/2020 - 8:30am

  

  “American Artists Here and Abroad” opens at the Wiscasset Bay Gallery on Wednesday, July 1. Many American artists came to the New England coast to capture its untamed beauty or sail its vast, meandering shoreline dotted with islands. Such was the case with Chicago-born artist, Emily Muir (1904-2003), who settled in Stonington, Maine, with her husband, the sculptor William Muir. Together the two artists utilized paint and granite to depict the essence of Maine coastal life in the mid-twentieth...

• Maine Art Gallery opens its first online exhibit

  Wed, 06/17/2020 - 12:30pm

  

  Hard times inspire creativity, and Wiscasset’s Maine Art Gallery has stepped up to the challenge. The non-profit gallery has brought together an online show of paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints and collages from 23 artists that might have been held at the gallery, if not for the limitations of the Covid-19 pandemic. The images can be viewed at www.maineartgallerywiscasset.org through July 10. “I was blown away by the turnout for this virtual event and I’m delighted so many people want...

• Sculpture Retrospective 2020: Don Justin Meserve

  Fri, 06/12/2020 - 8:15am

  

  Studio 53 is proud to present “Don Justin Meserve: Sculpture Retrospective 2020,” an exhibition of over 40 works which reveals not only Don’s mastery of stone but also his prolific use of wood, metal, and mixed media. The complete exhibition runs through June and again through September, with select works remaining on display during July and August. Sculptor Don Justin Meserve (1938-2010) explored narrative and abstract themes over the course of his professional career which spanned four...

• Kefauver offers virtual and plein air art lessons

  Wed, 06/10/2020 - 12:00pm

  

  Will Kefauver, owner of the Kefauver Studio & Gallery, Damariscotta, is offering art lessons in several modes: virtual and plein air, in private or small-group lessons. As safety restrictions ease, Kefauver will re-introduce classes in his studio. Kefauver says, “The technologies available today allow us to safely get up close and personal in a teaching situation. I’m able to both offer demos during class sessions as well as monitor each student’s progress. Plein air sessions, of course,...

• Gleason artist Lyn Asselta wins major international award

  Wed, 06/10/2020 - 9:30am

  

  As any gallery owner knows, artist requests for representation are frequent. The fact is, there are far more talented artists than there are galleries that handle fine art. With so many artists to choose from, what a gallery is looking for is an artist who stands out, who has something unique and special to offer. When Lyn Asselta approached Gleason Fine Art last year, we knew right away that she was an artist whose paintings we wanted to carry. Lyn Asselta paints landscapes in pastel, a medium...
• Where It’s At

  Don Meserve sculpture show at Studio 53

  Wed, 06/03/2020 - 12:00pm

  

  I discovered the sculpture of the late Don Meserve late in my life. Actually, had it not been for the large outdoor works at Studio 53 and the articles I’ve written over the years about sculptor Dick Alden, the Maine Stone Workers Guild, and the Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium ... not to mention Studio 53 – where this new Meserve show just happens to be – I might not have! Long sentence, I know ... Meserve taught at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and at sculpture symposiums or...

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