Category: Pemaquid Point
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 member artists focus on the environment
Two member artists with an interest in environmental education explore Maine’s shore waters in their artwork at the Pemaquid Art Gallery this year. Marnie Sinclair is known for her exposure of environmental degradation through art. She recently donated her10-foot-long right whale sculpture to the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts. She is showing paintings of […]
Saltwater Artists Gallery to host Plein Air Day at Pemaquid Point
Saltwater Artists Gallery in New Harbor will host its first Plein Air Day at Pemaquid Point from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 22. The event will kick off with an artists’ breakfast provided by the Sea Gull Shop Restaurant. The event will include a “wet paint” sale, and the day will finish with an […]
Pemaquid Art Gallery will open for the season on June 2
The 95th season of the Pemaquid Art Gallery is about to begin! An opening reception will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. June 4 (free entrance to Lighthouse Park). Light refreshments will be served. All new artwork will be shown. The Pemaquid Group of Artists holds one of the longest continuous seasonal art exhibitions […]
Pemaquid Gallery artists paint onsite at Maine Open Lighthouse Day
Pemaquid Gallery member artists were active participants at the Maine Open Lighthouse Day event on Sept. 10 at Lighthouse Park in Bristol. The annual celebration of the Pemaquid Lighthouse showcases local artists and gallery members painting onsite. The 2022 exhibiting members of the Pemaquid Group of Artists include Barbara Applegate, Debra Arter, Bruce Babb, Julie […]
Claire Hancock and Bob Vaughan: Artists of spiritual calm
Claire Hancock and Bob Vaughan, both longtime Pemaquid Art Gallery member artists, present paintings that are notable for a gentle stillness, rich luminosity and delicate color ranges but in different mediums with very different results. Both artists are inspired by the beauty surrounding them in Maine but each artist focuses on closeup scenes with quite […]
‘Art for Outreach’ at Pemaquid Art Gallery
Every year, benefits from the sale of artwork by the Pemaquid Group of Artists are shared with area residents. A long-standing mission of this group is to foster an appreciation of art in the mid-coast area and to support art education. Funding for this mission comes from commissions on sales, membership fees, the sale of […]
Outdoor painting and reception at Saltwater Artists Gallery
The Saltwater Artists Gallery will host members painting outdoors Aug. 20, weather permitting. The following day, from 1 to 4 p.m., a reception will highlight their outdoor work and the many other members of the co-op who have work on exhibit. Saltwater Artists Gallery is at 3056 Bristol Road (Rt. 130) in New Harbor, a […]
Molly Hood wins painting
Molly Hood is shown accepting Robert Vaughan’s painting, “Country Lane.” The Hood family, longtime patrons of the Pemaquid Art Gallery, won the Raffle at the annual Patron Recognition event on Aug. 4.
New artwork featured at Pemaquid Art Gallery
Aug. 3 begins the second half of the season at Pemaquid Art Gallery in Lighthouse Park, Bristol. At the mid-summer mark each season, artists refresh their displays with new work. Even if visitors have been to the gallery earlier, it’s worth another visit to view the wide variety of artwork created by this year’s 32 […]
