Category: Belfast
Local Color Gallery highlights “Warmth” in February
A group show entitled “Warmth” will be featured at Local Color Gallery throughout February. All 13 year-round artists will be included with mediums including linocuts, representational landscapes of the Maine coast and abstract encaustic work. The artists include James Toothaker, Marli Thibodeau, Betty Schopmeyer, Suzanne G. Roberts, Leecia Price, Leslie Moore, MF Morison, Debbie Mitchell, […]
David Estey solo show at Local Color Gallery
Award-winning Belfast painter David Estey will be featured in a guest solo show that runs from Aug. 4 to 29 at Local Color Gallery. An artist reception will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 7. Estey is a graduate of Crosby High School in Belfast, Rhode Island School of Design and George Washington […]
Maine Landscape inspires four Maine artists to create group show
Since 2016, Maine artists and friends Marguerite Lawler, Molly Mains, Wendy Newcomb and Holly Berry have met outdoors to seek inspiration. Hiking, sketching and photographing in areas such as Belfast, Vinalhaven, Georgetown, Freeport and the White Mountains, each artist experiences and collects visual information to be further developed individually in their studios. The dynamic but […]
News from Helene Farrar Art
Helene Farrar has taught and worked in the visual arts for 20 years while exhibiting in commercial, nonprofit and university galleries in New England, New York City, Pennsylvania, Italy and England. Work by Farrar will be featured in outdoor shows and a midsummer open house and studio sale. UPCOMING SHOWS AND EVENTS: “At The Edge […]
Multimedia artist Julie Crane stirs up the DNA of art
Maine artist Julie Crane is bringing her unique perspective to Local Color Gallery this June and July. Her multimedia pieces depict creatures in an atmosphere of objects with amplified scale. Microscopic elements from the ocean mingled with seed pods and the trails of birds’ flight patterns enter into the layering of marks. Crane’s work considers […]
Joan Losee’s Farms and Landscapes at Local Color Gallery
Camden artist Joan Losee will be the Guest Artist this May at Local Color Gallery in Belfast. Her work the past two years has been focused on the farms and landscapes of inland Maine. The experience of visiting these locations and putting them into oil paintings has broadened her knowledge of Maine and beauty found in […]
Maine Farmland Trust Gallery presents the 2020 Fiore Residents Exhibit
This past summer, Maine Farmland Trust’s Fiore Art Center offered four virtual residencies. Instead of working at the beautiful Rolling Acres Farm at the Fiore Art Center in Jefferson, ME, the residents worked from their homes, farms, gardens and studios. From January 5-April 9, 2021, the Maine Farmland Trust Gallery website will host an […]
Michele Ratté’s art evokes a primordial connection to the earth and sea
Artist Michele Ratté has recently relocated to Belfast from Vermont and is being featured as a guest artist at Local Color Gallery. Ratté’s work is informed by a lifelong fascination with marine environments, both current and ancient. She uses geological and botanical references, and the direct experience of being and working in seaside locations, including […]
‘Maine Rivers & Industry’ photo exhibit by Jon Linn
Jon Linn Aerial Photography announces the posting of their new collection at the Jon Linn Gallery, 33A Front St., Belfast, and online at www.holmesmill.net/copy-of-rivers-and-industry-5. The show is available to view online now, and prints can be viewed at the gallery starting on Jan. 1. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends. The […]
Local Color Gallery opens ‘Big and Small Show’ in December
Creative offerings by local artists will deck the walls of Local Color Gallery during December. The “Big and Small Show” will feature eclectic creativity that’s perfect for unique gifts. The gallery will have work by guest artists Sheep Jone and Margaret Griffith, as well as new pieces by member artists Suzanne Roberts, Sandi Cirillo, Judy […]
