‘Kevin Beers: Points of Light’ at Gleason Fine Art
Kevin Beers’ “Cozy Harbor,” 24” by 24” oil on canvas. See this work and more at the artist’s show through July 30. Courtesy of Gleason Fine Art
Kevin Beers’ “Cozy Harbor,” 24” by 24” oil on canvas. See this work and more at the artist’s show through July 30. Courtesy of Gleason Fine Art
On First Friday, July 5, from 5 to 7 pm, Gleason Fine Art will host an artist reception for the gallery’s July show: “Kevin Beers: Points of Light II.” The gallery invites Kevin’s many fans as well as the public to stop by Gleason Fine Art, have a glass of beer or wine, and chat with Kevin, one of the gallery’s most engaging artists. The show runs through July 30.
In art school, Kevin Beers was constantly urged by his professors to give up the representational style of painting that he favored, and to take up abstraction, which was all the rage at the time. Luckily, Beers, who was clearly in possession of great talent, continued to listen to his own muses, realists Edward Hopper, Rockwell, and George Bellows.
When Beers discovered Maine and Monhegan Island, as had Hopper, Kent, and so many other artists before him, Beers was stunned by the quality of Maine light, the way it bounces off surfaces, creating sharp shadows and brilliant colors. And the landscape itself—sun-dazzled white buildings, craggy headlands topped by lighthouses, and intense blue skies and water—all spoke to Kevin as no other place had.
Every summer after, Kevin would pack up his car, leave Brooklyn behind, and head to Monhegan Island for the summer. Until 2014, that is, when Kevin and his wife Amy moved to Maine full-time, settling in to a 19th-century sea captain’s home in the Midcoast village of Thomaston.
In “Points of Light II,” beers delight us with the joy he has found living in Maine, painting the rugged beauty of Maine’s coast. This year he has given the gallery over two dozen new oils, including paintings of Cozy Harbor, on Southport Island, Burnt Island Lighthouse, Port Clyde, and Pemaquid, and, of course, his beloved Monhegan Island.
“Kevin Beers: Points of Light II” runs through July 30, with a reception for Kevin on First Friday, from 5 to 7 pm. Gleason Fine Art is located at 31 Townsend Avenue in Boothbay Harbor. Summer gallery hours are: Monday through Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm, and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and selected evenings.
To view Kevin’s new show, as well as the gallery’s extensive inventory of contemporary and estate art, visit gleasonfineart.com, call us at 633-6849, or email us at gleasonfineart.com
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