“The Sea’s Listless Chime,” runs from August 12- 25 at The Deer Isle Artists Association gallery. In this show, Stephanie Bartron-Miscione, Peter Beerits, Janet Cook, Jacqueline Davidson, Nat Dickinson, Jill Finsen, Rachel Gordon Bernstein, Cathy Hart, Jerry Levitt, Deborah Lothrop, Alice McKenna, Kaitlyn Metcalf, Gudrun Tarr, Paul Trowbridge, Jacqueline Wilson, and Anne Williams all demonstrate how this theme allows them to approach different mediums through diverse and exhilarating paths. Featured in the art rack will be work by Arlyss Becker, Avery Falkner, Glenn Felch, and Judith Felch.
Stephanie Barton-Miscione lives in Brooklyn, New York and Sunset, Maine. She explains that her goal is to always create a visual reality that is rich with layers of color, thought and emotional links to a sense of place: in the heart, in the head, or in a memory. She wants the objects in her still lifes to be hyper-realized and out of context, with so much detail that it is possible for the viewer to experience the objects, as though they are knowing them, not just looking at them. When that happens, a still life can become an evocative narrative. She uses commonplace objects to reach for universality.
Nat Dickinson works in both Ashville, North Carolina and in Deer Isle, Maine, and his landscapes are indicative of his love of both places. Influenced by his grandfather, he began painting on the porch of his cottage overlooking Penobscot Bay when he was just a child. That love of art led to degrees in studio art and printmaking, and to his work appearing in juried shows in Washington, DC, Maine, and North Carolina. He notes that his paintings “explore those mindful moments when we stop to see the extraordinary transformations of very familiar surroundings.”
Born in New Orleans, Kaitlyn Metcalf currently lives in Trenton, Maine. She focuses her work upon the relationship between man and the water, exploring how nautical vessels have impacted the character of Down East Maine. Metcalf’s work relies heavily upon research, as she always begins her pieces by exploring historic texts and photographs. She links vessels’ routes to nautical charts, and uses these to “make visible the romance between man and ocean.” All of her works are created on USGS chart maps using acrylic paint that are then mounted on birch panels.
The Deer Isle Artists Association Gallery at 15 Main Street, Deer Isle Village is open daily from 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM. (207) 348-2330. www.deerisleartists.com.
