When Mary Hall creates jewelry, she is often inspired by the source or properties of the stone. For example, her newest piece titled “War No More” includes a pendant of Bloodstone known for cleansing and healing. The Onyx is a stone of courage and healing. These stones on the necklace add to the story of its title.
Featured this month at the Stable Gallery, Mary Hall creates jewelry both beautiful and inspiring. This month’s display includes a mix of necklaces, earrings, bracelets and spoons.
Mary’s “Legend” pendant is made of prehistoric Ammolite. Ammolite is the sacred stone of the Blackfoot Indians. This stone is found only in Montana and Alberta. The “Legend” tells the story of how this beautiful stone saved the starving Blackfoot tribe during a bitter winter. Ammolite is known for its wisdom, knowledge and protective properties.
In another pendant, composite of turquoise and fossilized coral are framed by two spotted drum fish with elongated fins and tails. On the back side of the pendant, a single fish swims among the waves.
Some art galleries focus on paintings covering walls. Others choose a mix of beautiful objects shown with two dimension works. Stable Gallery on Water Street in Damariscotta excels at combining two and three dimension works.
Each month, works of approximately 35 Maine artists are displayed in a main room and smaller rooms of the gallery. The building was once a stable that has been repurposed as a gallery. Original ironwork bedecks the stalls. Dark wooden walls complement the colorful art works.
Stable Gallery is located at 28 Water Street, a block off Main Street in Damariscotta. Open daily, 10-5, the gallery is a jewel itself. For more information, check out the gallery’s website, www.stablegallerymaine.com or call 563-1991.
Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland is featuring “IDK,” an exhibition of paintings by Tollef Runquist that explores the intersection of personal reflection, archetypes, fantasy and play. Runquist’s paintings combine images and symbols drawn from lived experience, emotional landscapes and cultural influences, creating an intuitive dialogue between imagery and meaning. “My work explores a space where […]
Meetinghouse Arts in Freeport is presenting a full schedule of fall exhibitions and performances, including a members show, a collaborative exhibition by longtime artist friends Tim Sample and Linda Rowell-Kelley and several concerts. The gallery’s fall members exhibition, “Nature’s Palette: Art Inspired by the Season,” will remain on view through Oct. 18. Featuring paintings, drawings, […]
Local Color Gallery in Belfast will feature printmaker, collage artist and sculptor Jeff Wahlstrom from Oct. 19 to Nov. 22. An Art Walk reception will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 23, with an artist talk at 5 p.m. Based in Bangor, Wahlstrom creates block prints and watercolor collages inspired by the natural […]
Women Eco Artists Dialog (WEAD), based in Berkeley, California, is accepting submissions for its 2027 members exhibition, “Prototyping Futures of Making: Water, Data, and Living Systems.” The exhibition will explore the relationships among water, data, ecological systems and emerging technologies, asking how artists can engage with living systems as sites of collaboration, construction and consequence. […]
Triangle Gallery in Rockland is presenting three exhibitions through Oct. 31, including an extended solo exhibition by Carter Wentworth, a group fiber arts show and a fall exhibition of work by gallery artists. Wentworth’s “Sound of Rain Crossing the Lake” will remain on view in the upstairs gallery through the end of October. “Interwoven,” a […]
Waterfall Arts in Belfast will present “Found in Translation,” a mixed-media exhibition featuring Maine artists Deborah Jellison, JoAnne Houlsen and John LeBlanc, from Oct. 23 to Nov. 28. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 23. The exhibition brings together three artist friends whose work explores familiar Maine landscapes, objects […]
Courthouse Gallery Fine Art in Ellsworth is presenting “Form Meets Surface,” an exhibition highlighting porcelain ceramics by potter Mark Bell and collaborative works created with painter William Irvine. The artists, both established in their respective fields, have worked together since 2015 to create porcelain vases and plates that combine Bell’s ceramic forms with Irvine’s painted […]
Barn Gallery in Ogunquit concluded its 2026 exhibition season Oct. 12, but the venue will continue to welcome visitors for two performances in the 19th annual Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festival. Pianist, composer and vocalist Zahili Zamora will return to Ogunquit with her Afro Cuban Jazz Trio for a performance from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. […]
The Brunswick Guild Fine Craft Show will return to the historic Fort Andross Mill in Brunswick on Oct. 24 and 25, celebrating its 10th season with work by 40 juried Maine craft artists. Presented by Shop Maine Craft, the indoor show will feature basketry, ceramics, decorative and wearable fiber art, furniture, glass, jewelry, mixed media, […]
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