Category: Bristol

Pemaquid Art Gallery transitions to online presence

The Pemaquid Art Gallery in Lighthouse Park, Bristol, closed for the season at 5 p.m. Oct. 14, but the creative conversation continues. Work by 32 Lincoln County artists can be found and purchased online year-round at pemaquidgallery.com. The 2025 exhibiting artists include Barbara Applegate, Debra Arter, Stephen Busch, John Butke, Dianne Dolan, Gwendolyn Evans, Sarah […]

Colorful variety at the Pemaquid Art Gallery

This season, rich colors dominate the paintings of two Pemaquid Gallery artists: Candace Vlcek and Carol Wiley. Vlcek delights us with a range of realistic scenes in oil and pastel, Maine landscapes (often peopled by cheery figures), delicate flower close-ups, and brightly colored still lifes, all telling a story. Vlcek says, “For me, the challenge […]

Maine’s coast and wildlife on display at Pemaquid Art Gallery

Works by two artists, Gwendolyn Evans and Sherrie York, on view at the Pemaquid Art Gallery in Bristol, provide full evidence of long professional art careers. Evans works in many mediums, but watercolor is her favorite and that for which she has won the most awards. Her subject matter is as diverse as the 35 […]

Painters Luoma and Butke interpret Maine at the Pemaquid Art Gallery

At the Pemaquid Gallery this summer two artists perfectly illustrate that different techniques and approaches can impart wonderfully different moods and energy to paintings of Maine’s iconic views. Jon Luoma uses watercolor and Chinese inks to create crisp, clear, Asian-influenced paintings with subtle, simple color schemes of two or three hues and dramatic but very […]

Pemaquid Art Gallery opens for its 97th consecutive season

The Pemaquid Art Gallery in Lighthouse Park, New Harbor in Bristol has opened for its 97th consecutive season, with 32 juried member artists, all residents of Lincoln County, showing paintings, collage, printmaking and ceramics. Two new members — Katey Lapinski, who paints in acrylic and makes linocut prints, often of local shells, and Mark Malinowski, […]

All new art on display at Pemaquid Art Gallery beginning in August

By Aug. 1, all new artwork will be on the walls at the Pemaquid Art Gallery, Lighthouse Park, Bristol. As pieces are sold, new art is installed, but at the midpoint of summer, everything on display is new. Pemaquid Art Gallery is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through mid-October at Lighthouse Park […]

Lighthouse Day at Lighthouse Park

On Sept. 9, the annual Lighthouse Day will be held at Lighthouse Park in Bristol, offering visitors a free entrance pass.  Pemaquid Art Gallery will have a welcome tent in front of the gallery with light refreshments. The gallery will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Member artists will be painting plein air. […]

Pemaquid Art Gallery hosts Artists at the Point

Pemaquid Art Gallery will host Artists at the Point from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 15 at Lighthouse Park in Bristol. The gallery will be open. Visit the gallery at its Welcome Tent. Several artists will be painting onsite.

Pemaquid Group of Artists Launches Notecard Series

The long-standing tradition of exhibiting works by Lincoln County resident artists at Pemaquid Art Gallery has been altered by COVID-19. The gallery will not open at Lighthouse Park this year for its 92nd season, however plein-air events are planned at the park location, and original paintings by member artists are available for purchase at www.pemaquidartgallery.com. […]

Pemaquid Art Gallery Open Online Only

The Pemaquid Group of Artists announces that the gallery, located at Lighthouse Park in Bristol, will remain closed this summer because of health concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. The artist group plans to present opportunities to view and purchase art at their website, pemaquidartgallery.com. Gallery members live in Lincoln County and are celebrating their 92nd […]