Dowling Walsh Gallery is hosting three shows in the month of July: James Dodds, Guy Taplin, and Scott Kelley. Opening Receptions in conjunction with Rockland First Friday Art Walk, 5-8pm. Free and open to all. Dowling Walsh Gallery is located at 365 Main Street in Rockland Maine, directly across from the Farnsworth Art Museum. We are open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am – 5pm, and by appointment on Sunday and Monday. For more information, visit us online at www.dowlingwalsh.com or call 207-596-0084.
James Dodds
July 7 – July 29
Opening Reception: Friday, July 7 from 5-8pm
Once a shipwright, James Dodds’ paintings illustrate the anatomy of boats, revealing the materials and curves that underwrite the finished vessel. Yet his paintings go beyond retracing the shipwright’s logic. Rich in color, tone and texture, they move beyond the literal and evoke sailing’s mythic and historic dimensions. Ethereal in light and tone, paintings of restored boats evoke a lifetime at sea, unearthing the layers of memory that shroud every vessel.
James Dodds, Barge Boat “Thalatta”, Oil on linen on canvas, 35-1/2″ x 35-1/2”
Guy Taplin
July 7 – July 29
Opening Reception: Friday, July 7 from 5-8pm
Taplin’s bird sculptures embody our longed for harmony with the natural world. His obsession with birds extends beyond their beauty to their endurance, intuition and symbolic loyalty. Mostly shorebirds of various species, each bird is composed to capture their specific habits and character. His simplified, stylized forms seem to breathe each bird’s very essence. Sculpted from found driftwood, which he forages from coasts and estuaries around the world, Taplin’s birds are therefore enriched by previous lives. Weathered by time and the elements, each piece of wood bears marks that enhance his design, suggesting the outline of a wing or layers of plumage.
Scott Kelley
July 7 – July 29
Opening Reception: Friday, July 7 from 5-8pm
Scott Kelley has distinguished himself as a visual storyteller of subjects including ornithology, whaling, and most recently spirit animals of the Wabanaki. His new paintings, inspired by the Wabanaki legends of Gluskap, create a narrative of personified animals decorated in traditional native clothing. His work is a constant lineage of exploration that creates immersive stories.
Shaw Jewelry in Northeast Harbor is presenting a group of exhibitions featuring the work of Robert S. Neuman, Kent Raible, Ernie McMullen and AnaKatarina Design through Aug. 26. “Resounding Color” explores Neuman’s lifelong fascination with color through vibrant paintings, drawings and prints. The exhibition is part of the Robert S. Neuman Centennial Project, celebrating the […]
The Union of Maine Visual Artists is accepting submissions for “Connections,” a juried exhibition scheduled for December at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick. The exhibition will explore connections in their many forms — theoretical, visual, tactile, psychological and interpersonal, as well as connections found throughout the natural world and within the human body. Throughout art […]
In Castine, gallery b. presented “Figure & Ground,” an exhibition bringing together old and new works, abstraction and figuration, and pieces from the estates of mid-20th-century artists with contemporary artworks that resonate with them. The exhibition explored the artistic relationship between figure and ground — the interplay between a subject and its background, positive and […]
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland will open “Because the Sky is Blue,” an exhibition examining critical histories of painting and the status of painting as a critical practice today, on Oct. 2. Organized by CMCA curator Grant Wahlquist, the exhibition brings together works by artists associated with Maine and voices from outside […]
The Tree That Became Everything August 15 – September 12 This Temporary Space in Thomaston is pleased to present The Tree That Became Everything, a two-person exhibition featuring Sophie Anna Gibbings and Wills Phillips. A public opening reception will be held on Saturday, August 15, from 3-6pm. Does a tree persist long after it […]
Discover artful objects to live with, wear, and cherish! Shop Maine Craft is excited to welcome visitors to the 11th Annual Portland Fine Craft Show in its new home at Lincoln Park on Saturday, August 22, 2026, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Free and open to the public, the show brings together 100 juried […]
Plein air and Art of Alchemy shows wow the crowd Plein air and Art of Alchemy shows wow the crowd “The annual plein air show at Maine Art Gallery is always something special,” an artist selected for the exhibit commented at the opening reception last Saturday. “We get to go out and do the […]
Triangle Gallery in Rockland presents “Small Objects, Large Gestures,” featuring work by Judith Hoyt, Donna D’Aquino, Gene Shaw, Thomas Hill, Myung Urso, Mark Hartung, and Lisa & Scott Cylinder, is curated by Mike Holmes of Velvet Davinci Gallery. This show brings together old friends from the now-retired gallery and adds one familiar name, Gene Shaw. […]
The Kittery Art Association presents “Atmosphere,” an exhibition exploring the invisible forces that shape perception, energy and emotion, through Aug. 30 in Kittery. The exhibition invites artists to interpret experiences such as the electricity of connection, the calm before a storm and the stillness of a misty morning, transforming what is felt into something that […]
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