Tag: painting
Monday Morning Art School: what is alla prima painting?
by Carol L. Douglas Occasionally, I’ll hear someone fumble for a description of a painting and come up with plein-air style. Plein air isn’t a style or technique; it simply means painting outdoors instead of in a studio. Plein air allows an artist to capture natural light and colors from direct observation, and it’s a […]
Art workshops at the Maine Art Gallery are filling up
Two classes offered by the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset in June and July are filling up, but a few spaces are still available. Adeline Godminc-Tronzo will teach a drawing workshop with painting and collage on June 13, and Carolyn Gabbe will lead an exploration of how color is used to paint light and shadow […]
Camden Falls Gallery Presents ‘Homecoming’
Camden Falls Gallery opened its season with the exhibit “Homecoming 2020,” a virtual presentation with interviews and videos by and about house artists Ann Trainor Domingue and Ryan Kohler. Camden Falls also welcomes a new artist to its gallery, Tom Glover. The works of these three artists show the importance of time, place and the […]
D’Alessio Gallery Opens for the Season
Bold and colorful paintings, drawings and graphics by Russ D’Alessio are on exhibit at D’Alessio Gallery, 12 Mount Desert St., Bar Harbor. His “New Rules” paintings depict our “new normal” due to COVID-19. Operations including shows will continue, although mostly online and with pre-arranged, in-person appointments. Shipping is free on online orders. For more information, […]
Sarah Faragher’s ‘At Sea’ Opens at Landing Gallery
The solo exhibit “At Sea: new paintings of the Maine coast,” by Sarah Faragher, runs June 5 to 28 at Landing Gallery. Faragher was born and raised on the coast of Maine and still makes her home there. She calls her paintings “memoirs of my experiences with nature.” “The ocean is a constant companion,” she […]
Whopaints Opens Gallery in the Garden with Concert
Gordon T. Ward will perform a Facebook Live concert from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. June 10 in whopaints whopaints Gallery and Studio’s Gallery in the Garden. Ward is a singer-songwriter and author living in Maine. Information can be found at www.gordonthomasward.com. Whopaints will be open this summer as an outdoors-only Gallery in the Garden. Watch […]
