New Guest Artist Exhibit at Centre St Arts Gallery LLC

Centre St Arts Gallery, LLC, announces the opening of a new exhibit by gallery members and guest artist Steven Stroud, at 11 Centre Street, Bath, on Friday, July 20, with a wine and cheese reception from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.  The public is invited to attend and meet the artists.  Admission is free.

A professional artist for over forty years, Mr. Stroud will exhibit paintings of Popham Beach.  This is the first showing of Mr. Stroud’s work in Maine, even though he has summered here for the past fifteen years.

He says “I fell in love with the area on the first visit and, in particular, Popham Beach.  I would go there at all times of day and at all tide levels, recording in both photography and sketches the ever-changing landscape. I was particularly taken with the distant island at high tide that transforms, with a sort of biblical parting of the sea, to a rocky outcrop to be explored. I have done dozens of paintings of Popham. When the possibility of being a guest artist at the Centre St Arts Gallery was presented, I knew the ever changing beach would be my principal subject matter.  It can have blistering sun or cool dense fog. Popham at sunrise is as quiet, tranquil and beautiful an area as you will ever find.  At two o’clock on a summer day it is teeming with activity and at sunset it is back to its early morning tranquility.  The show will also include one or two paintings inspired by observations from the boats.“

Steven Stroud grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He holds degrees in painting from Drake University and the Art Center College of Design.  He served in the U.S. Navy as a graphic artist and photographer.  

Exhibit ends September 8.  For more information please call 207-442-0300