Two long-time members at the Pemaquid Art Gallery who return this season are well known in the Pemaquid area. Sally Loughridge of South Bristol and Marlene Loznicka of New Harbor are both skilled in oil painting and enjoy painting on Monhegan Island.
Sally Loughridge remembers a painting experience at a Viking site in Newfoundland over 30 years ago, and is still inspired by the “elemental beauty of the land and seascape” found on the coast from far north to coastal Maine.
Although her work, in both oil and pastel, is recognizably landscape, Loughridge is following her emotional response to a more abstract and simplified interpretation. The light and shadows of the coastal islands, such as the dramatic Monhegan cliffs, inspire her. She works both in studio and on location, where she can work more intuitively and with less detail. Although she acknowledges the importance of skilled technique, she is most pleased when a viewer is stirred by the emotional component.
She has written and illustrated two books and also participates in many area shows and galleries including Port Clyde Art Gallery, Mast Cove Galleries, Kennebunkport, and Archipelago, Rockland among others. Visit her at www.sallyloughridge.com.
Marlene Loznicka, who studied at North Carolina School of Design, La Romita School of Art in Italy and the Vermont Studio School, had the advantage of painting with her artist father in her youth. She is a Maine native and returned after teaching painting in North Carolina. She has also taught at the Farnsworth Museum and conducted workshops on Monhegan, her favorite place to paint.
With many awards and exhibitions to her credit from California to Maine, she is now content to focus on her beloved Monhegan, and her Pemaquid peninsula home. Like Loughridge, her interpretations in oil paint, and sometimes ink, reflect her emotional response to the island and seacoast with lush brushstrokes and textures, in both color and neutral tones. The wide range of her work shows her long experience and dedication to her art. Also see her work on www.marleneloznicka.com, at the Lupine Gallery, Monhegan, the Landing Gallery, Rockland, and her home studio in New Harbor.
Visit the Pemaquid Gallery of Art this season to see the work of the following member artists: Barbara Applegate, Debra Arter, Bruce Babb, Julie Babb, Stephen Busch, Midge Coleman, Trudi Curtis, William Curtis, Dianne Dolan, Peggy Farrell, Sarah Fisher, Bill Hallett, Claire Hancock, Kay Sawyer Hannah, Kathleen Horst, Hannah Ineson, Will Kefauver, Jan Kilburn, Barbara Klein, Patti Leavitt, Sally Loughridge, Marlene Loznicka, Nancy MacKinnon, Judy Nixon, Paul Sherman, Cindy Spencer, Liliana Thelander, Ernest Thompson, Bob Vaughan, Steve Viega, Bev Walker, and guest artist Jane Bowman.
Artists all reside within the Lincoln County area. The Gallery is situated within Lighthouse Park at Pemaquid Point, Bristol and online at www.pemaquidartgallery.com. The gallery is open daily through Columbus Day, from 10 AM until 5 PM.
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Sidle House Gallery in Freeport opens its 2026 season with “Anne Hebebrand: A World That Is,” a solo exhibition of cold-wax and oil paintings on view May 1 through June 13. An opening reception is May 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibition draws from seven years of Hebebrand’s work, which she describes as […]
Waterfall Arts in Belfast is showing “Make Your Mark,” an immersive, community-driven exhibition in the Clifford Gallery through May 29. The opening reception was held April 18. Conceived by program director Amy Tingle, the show draws inspiration from street art and the call-and-response nature of public creative expression. The exhibition features participatory installations including doodle […]
Centre Street Arts Gallery in Bath will hold its spring reception May 15 from 5 to 7 p.m., featuring work by the gallery’s 22 member artists. Centre Street Arts Gallery is at 11 Centre St., Bath. Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Email centrestartsgalleryllc@gmail.com or call 207-442-0300 for more information.
Artemis Gallery in Northeast Harbor opens its 15th season with a group exhibition and reception on May 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. The show features work in stone sculpture by Obadiah Buell, woodblock print by Nicole Herz, oil paintings by Liddy Hubbell and David LaPalombara, photography by Parker Stewart and bronze sculpture by Rebekah […]
The Kittery Art Association, in collaboration with the York Public Library, presents “Eleven Views from Here,” on view May 2 through June 30 at the York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Road, York. An opening reception is May 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibition features selected works by 11 KAA artists representing the […]
The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland will open “By Design: The Worlds of Betsy James Wyeth” with a public reception on May 1 from 4 to 6 p.m. The exhibition runs May 2 through Oct. 16 in the Hadlock and Wyeth Study Center Galleries, with additional programming in the Wyeth Center from June 13 through […]
Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland is showing “5AM in the Pinewoods,” a solo exhibition of paintings by Joanna Logue, through May 9. Logue, a native of Australia who has lived on Mount Desert Island since 2017, takes inspiration from daily hikes in Acadia National Park near her home in Somesville. The changing colors of the […]
The Maine Crafts Association will present STITCH: Runway Show + Style Market on June 4 from 5 to 9 p.m. at Maine Studio Works, 170 Anderson St., Portland. The annual fundraising event celebrates Maine’s slow fashion designers, textile artists and makers. Six Maine-based designers will present original handcrafted wearable work in a live runway show […]
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