Maine: When I was 9 years old, my parents bought an 1880s ship captain’s house in Deer Isle Village. I grew up summering there, and have continued to spend extended portions of my year in Stonington on Deer Isle. Our family moved a great deal when I was growing up. Maine became my bedrock. It was the place where I knew people and they knew me.
Inspiration: I’m inspired by observing nature, and merging with it. Painting plein air allows me to pluck moments out of a time sequence—using the most potent cloud configuration or geometry of light to make the best painting I can.
Medium: Oil paint is my favorite: it’s luscious, can be a transparent glazing or thicker, and can be rubbed out or sanded. There is a liveliness and invitation to surprise with oil.
Artist Hero: Alice Neel, Lois Dodd, Marguerite Zorach, Joann Falbo, Jon Imber, Karl Schrag, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso.
Studio: I work outside, going back to the same spot repeatedly until the painting is done. There is so much happening in the world that you cannot dream up: patterns, rhythms, junctures, unions, color, and relationships. Then I bring the painting home, hang it on walls, and troubleshoot it.
Where in Maine: Stonington is a working fishing town. Its fishermen land more lobster than any place in the country. It also is home to the world-renowned Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. The island population is filled with artists, craftspeople, and young people who wanted to stay or return, as well as summer people and those who retire here.
Education: I worked with Joann Falbo — an artistic mentor who went to graduate school at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. We met when I was in eighth grade and she became a lifelong friend. I went to the University of California, Santa Cruz, then I took classes at the New York Academy of Art in New York City. I was also married to a great artist (Jon Imber). That helps.
Dear Friend of Annex Arts, This past summer, as an experiment, we packed the Water Street studios and apartments with visiting artists all summer long. The results were magnificent, and the effects wide ranging. We felt the impact on the artists and our community immediately, and we want to make this our approach going […]
Beginning in January, the Deer Isle Artists Association will resume its Art Matters program that abruptly ended in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Art Matters 6 will include three programs in the new year, which will be held on the first Sunday afternoons of January, February and March. Presentations by various DIAA Gallery artists […]
Centre Street Arts Gallery will host a “Ring in 2025” reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Jan. 24 and will welcome its newest artist, Kat Logan, who is new to the gallery but not new to the art and music world. Logan has received a Grammy nomination and is an accomplished painter who offers drawing […]
Cynthia Winings Gallery wishes everyone a happy winter solstice and a celebration of the timeless rhythms of nature. The annual winter solstice mandala was created again in 2024 in the gallery’s Sculpture Garden. “I had planned to light a fire in the center of my winter circle, even before knowing snow would arrive the night […]
The Ogunquit Museum of American Art announces that the exhibition “Networks of Modernism: 1898-1968” will travel to the University of New Hampshire’s Art Gallery where it will be on view Jan. 14 through March 16. The exhibition brings together more than 50 works from OMAA’s collection to tell a story of the artistic networks that […]
The year was packed with fine exhibitions, artist talks and workshops, all presented by the artists of the Ogunquit Art Association. Deidre O’Flaherty, president OAC/Barn Gallery, writes: “We began with the Student Show in May. The Open Regional Juried Show was selected by Andres Verzosa and Bob Keyes — a lively tag-team of judges. We […]
Amy Bellezza will show her work in a solo exhibition at the USM Glickman Family Library (5th Floor Gallery) from Jan. 14 to March 21. “Protecting the Farm: On Vegetarianism” will be on view from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and closed on Sundays. The conceptual […]
Wunderkammer, an online exhibition of artworks at the Cynthia Winings Gallery Presenting, Wunderkammer, a virtual ‘cabinet of curiosities’. Although the physical gallery is temporarily closed, I invite you to step into this virtual Wunderkammer—a curated cabinet of curiosities brimming with treasures. Discover artworks that could be the perfect addition to your collection or a meaningful gift this holiday […]
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art will offer a half-day workshop led by Ellis-Beauregard Foundation director Donna McNeil. The session, designed for artists seeking funding opportunities, will provide participants with a comprehensive overview of the grant application process, from researching potential funding sources to drafting compelling proposals. The workshop will be held from noon to […]
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