Category: Artists Reception
Neal Hughes & Crista Pisano: A Shared History at Sylvan Gallery
Sylvan Gallery celebrates its 25th anniversary season with the sixth annual exhibition of work by Neal Hughes and Crista Pisano, opening Friday, August 21, and continuing through Sunday, September 27. The exhibition features recent paintings inspired by the artists’ favorite Maine locations, along with work created during plein air competitions throughout the country. For Sylvan […]
Courthouse Gallery presents exhibitions by Philip Barter, Gregory Dunham, Heidi Daub and Richard Keen
Courthouse Gallery Fine Art in Ellsworth is presenting three exhibitions featuring Philip Barter, Gregory Dunham, Heidi Daub and Richard Keen. “My Maine” is the first retrospective of Maine painter Philip Barter since his death in 2024. Known for his stylized renderings of trees, rivers, mountains and clouds, Barter developed a distinctive visual language through bold […]
Deer Isle Artists Association presents annual ‘Small Works’ exhibition
The Deer Isle Artists Association is presenting “Small Works,” its popular annual exhibition showcasing work by artist members, through Sept. 13 at its gallery in Deer Isle Village. The exhibition features small works in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, weaving, woodwork, glass and jewelry. Buyers may take purchased work home immediately, […]
Cynthia Winings Gallery will open ‘Seen at the End of the World’
Cynthia Winings Gallery in Blue Hill will open “Seen at the End of the World,” co-curated with Christine Lafuente, on Aug. 23. The exhibition will feature work by Scott Baltz, Stanley Bielen, Avy Claire, Christine Lafuente, Carol Pelletier and Stuart Shils. In the Project Space, the gallery will present “Uncharted Seas,” featuring work by Kate […]
Exhibition highlights at Dowling Walsh Gallery
Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland is presenting four exhibitions through Aug. 29: Scott Kelley’s “The Whale,” Bo Bartlett’s “Eye of the Beholder,” Richard Estes’ “Woods and Waters” and “Sea Change: A Group Exhibition.” Kelley’s “The Whale” celebrates the 175th anniversary of Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick,” a novel that has fascinated the artist since he first encountered […]
Five artists will interpret Clark Island at Craignair Gallery
Craignair Gallery in Spruce Head will present a group exhibition featuring Jean Kigel, Susan Lewis Baines, Karin Strong, Thia Hamilton and Gwen Sylvester from Aug. 26 to Sept. 29. The five artists will offer their interpretations of the popular Clark Island Preserve. Kigel’s geometric realist oil paintings explore the island’s granite industry history through the […]
Artemis Gallery highlights six artists in summer exhibition
Artemis Gallery in Northeast Harbor is presenting its sixth exhibition of the summer through Aug. 25, featuring work by Juliana Morgan Alvarez, Mark Kindschi, Christopher O’Connor, Donald Rainville, Susan Van Campen and Dietlind Vander Schaaf. The exhibition brings together Alvarez’s ceramic sculpture, Kindschi’s forged and fabricated steel sculpture, O’Connor’s acrylic paintings, Rainville’s oil paintings, Van […]
Shaw Jewelry showcases color, craftsmanship and moving water
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 […]
‘Figure & Ground’ was presented at gallery b. in Castine
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 […]
Maine Art Gallery annual plein air show
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 […]
