Category: Waldoboro
Jean Kigel features ‘Patchwork’ at Waldoboro studio
Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery in Waldoboro is currently featuring “Patchwork,” an oil painting by Jean Kigel. A few years ago, Kigel was one of 11 artists chosen to spend a day painting on Allen Island, six miles off Port Clyde. “I had passed this bleak island many times en route to Monhegan and had […]
Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery features ‘Entente’
Waldoboro’s Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery features “Entente,” a watercolor by Jean Kigel depicting two red-hot lobsters sedately shaking claws. “Now more than ever we need Entente,” Kigel wrote. “The world is at war, political parties can’t work together, and some neighbors are loath to talk to each other.” Kigel described the painting as symbolic […]
Beloved Art Box vending machine moves from Blue Hill to Waterfall Arts in Belfast
The Art Box — a beloved vintage vending machine stocked with original small-format artwork by local artists — has found a new home at Waterfall Arts in Belfast after more than a decade on the Blue Hill peninsula. The project was founded by Michele Levesque, who was inspired by Art-O-Mat machines she encountered around the […]
Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery lends work to ‘Emotional Currents’ exhibition in Waldoboro
Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery in Waldoboro will loan paintings to “Emotional Currents: Between Survival and Freedom,” an exhibition opening June 19 at Open House of History — the Waldoboro Custom House — at 908 Main St. The show runs through Aug. 9. Curated by Michael Amico, the exhibition explores how the relationship between ocean […]
Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery presents ‘Artifacts’ in Waldoboro this May
Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery in Waldoboro is showing “Artifacts” this month, a collection of watercolors and oils depicting everyday tools and household objects — machining tools, drills, sad irons, rolling pins and bean pots, many from Kigel’s own family. The featured work is “Blue Oil Can,” a 1930s garage item that, like the other […]
Watercolor portraits capturing the immigrant experience through Jean Kigel’s compassionate lens in ‘Displacement’
In an era where migration narratives frequently collapse into faceless statistics, Maine artist Jean Kigel offers something profoundly different: a humanizing gaze that restores individuality to those caught in the global currents of displacement. Her upcoming exhibition at Barbara Kramer Gallery in Belfast Free Library during February transforms political abstractions into intimate encounters. The Belfast […]
Moonlit Reflections: Jean Kigel explores the liminal space of October
There’s something deeply resonant about October nights — that peculiar quality of darkness that feels alive with memory and possibility. Jean Kigel captures this atmospheric mystery in “Between the Living and the Dead,” a compelling exhibition of paintings that celebrate the enigmatic beauty of autumn’s most contemplative month. In “Moonlit,” a wise owl serves as […]
Jean Kigel Studio presents the show ‘Harvest’
Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery presents the show “Harvest.” A diverse range of paintings executed in oil with a palette knife will be on display representing the bounty and resilience of nature. Despite the drought affecting much of the country, autumn continues to nurture. Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery and its seaside gardens are located […]
Jean Kigel shows ‘Creatures from the Sea’ artwork
Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery celebrates “Creatures from the Sea” during September in Waldoboro. Over the years, she has painted a popular series of shrimp, lobsters, urchins, octopus, clams, crabs and a variety of fish. Featured for this show is “Tangle of Shrimp,” which addresses the unfortunate interweaving of global warming with the fishing industry. […]
Artist Jean Kigel explores Muscongus Bay islands in her work
September is a prime time to explore the Maine coast. Start by viewing the exhibition of scenes from Muscongus Bay islands and the mainland this month at Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery, 1396 Back Cove Road, Waldoboro. Featured is “Exploring Allen,” an island she had the privilege to spent a day painting on. It is […]
