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Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery features Asian brush paintings
Currently Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery is featuring Asian brush paintings. Chinese brush painting is believed to be one of the oldest continuing artistic traditions in the world. It has been practiced since around 770 BCE, when artists in the Eastern Zhou dynasty began to depict the natural world. Brush painting and calligraphy have been […]
‘Triumph and Pursuit’ at Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery
One culture’s/country’s/leader’s yearning for freedom is historically countered by another culture’s quest to control it. Look around at wars and politics in our world. Jean Kigel’s watercolor “To the Victor” symbolizes this phenomenon. In the painting, a stork has seized the prize, but the specter of a raptor isn’t far behind. This painting, and those […]
‘Paddle Season’ at Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery
This May, Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery presents “Paddle Season,” a series of paintings about paddling. The featured painting, “Aim High, Aim Deep, Aim Far,” is something she painted for the Trekkers fundraiser. Using gesso and oil paint, she transformed the waters of Muscongus Bay, the peaks of the Camden Mountains, and the constellations of […]
Celebrate the first stirrings of spring at Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery
Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery at 1396 Back Cove Road in Waldoboro welcomes visitors as winter eases into spring and sap becomes syrup. Featured is “Sugaring,” a watercolor celebrating Maine’s annual maple sugar rite, culminating in Maine Maple Sunday at the end of March. Kigel is a member of the Sumi-e Society of America and […]
Helene Farrar Art hosts open studio
Helene Farrar will host an open studio from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 8 at her studio in Manchester as part of a statewide event called Maine Craft Weekend. Come by to see art, meet the artist, and get some coffee or wine, donuts, cider, and hear live music. At 1 p.m., Farrar will […]
‘Allen Island Paintings’ at Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery in Waldoboro
“Allen Island Paintings” will be featured at Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery at 1396 Back Cove Road, Waldoboro. Last month, Kigel was among 11 artists chosen to travel to Allen Island, now Colby College’s Island Campus, to explore and create art. On this summer’s rare blue-sky day, Kigel painted a cluster of buildings created by […]
‘Les Voiles’ at Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery
Boating season has begun. In the spirit of Windjammer Days, Heritage Days and Lobster Boat Racing, Jean Kigel’s Studio + Gallery features “Les Voiles” (sails). Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery is now open daily with flexible hours at 1396 Back Cove Road, Waldoboro.
‘Centuries of Civilization: Paintings of Jordan’ at Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery
On view at Jean Kigel’s Studio and Gallery, 1396 Back Cove Road in Waldoboro, are new paintings titled “Centuries of Civilization.” The paintings reflect aspects of history that have had a lasting effect on Jordan’s culture. Kigel’s watercolors and oils record her memories of and reactions to her recent trip to Jordan. Although her paintings […]
‘Songs of the Sea’ at the Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery in Waldoboro
Durning May, Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery will display a selection of Kigel’s watercolors and brush paintings in the show “Songs of the Sea.” The gallery is open daily at 1396 Back Cove Road in Waldoboro during business hours. Call ahead is recommended at 207-832-5152. Outside Kigel’s studio, a variety of waterfowl swim and squawk, […]
‘Ice Out and Northern Lights’ at Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery
During April, Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery, at 1396 Back Cove Road in Waldoboro, presents “Ice Out and Northern Lights,” an exhibition of paintings celebrating the recent marvels of spring. This month has marked the awaited “ice out” in much of Maine. It has offered the rare sightings of Aurora Borealis in Midcoast and Morthern […]
