2025 Maine Gallery + Studio Guide by Maine Gallery + Studio Guide

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The 2025 Tour of Maine Art

Stephen Pace, Self Portrait, Stonington, 1972, oil on canvas, 44 x 36 in.

Courthouse Gallery Fine Art

Discover a range of fine art handsomely displayed in these two beautifully restored Greek revival buildings at this historic site with over 4500 feet of exhibition space

ROSIE MOORE The Cool Light of Day, mixed media, 30 x 24 inches.

TOM CURRY Spinnakers, oil on birch panel, 36 x 43 inches

Henry Isaacs: View from Wolf’s Neck, Freeport , oil on linen, 24 x 40”

Tom Curry: Big Sky

Maine Crafts Association provides state-wide programs and initiatives that help artists grow their practices and businesses.

1. PINNACLE STUDIO Rich in color pastel art • kathleenperelkaartist.com

2. BIXBY CHOCOLATE Maine made awardwinning chocolate + treats • bixbychocolate.com

3. KREMER GLASS Award-winning fused glass vessels and sculpture • kremerglass.com

4. LOVE ROCKS ME Gifts featuring photographed flat-lay designs of Maine heart rocks • loverocksme.com

5. K.BECKER Sustainable, pretty things designed to flatter with high end fabrics and chic styles • kbeckerdesigns.com

6. THE FOURTH WORLD Handmade and botanically dyed apparel • thefourthworld.net

7. FLYLEAF GALLERY Pictured: 48"x48" BiblioQuilt created from discarded library books • flyleafgallery.com

8. LIZ CUTLER FINE ART I Felt The Sea, responding and embracing island life • lizcutler.com

CENTER FOR MAINE CRAFT

Retail Store + Gallery Open Daily | 288 Lewiston Road, West Gardiner

WEBSHOP

Online Retail Gallery | Always Open! SHOPMAINECRAFT.COM

STITCH: RUNWAY SHOW + STYLE MARKET A Fashion Fundraiser benefitting the MCA Portland | May 22

FOUND OBJECT A Seconds & Supplies Market Portland | June 28

GUILD FINE CRAFT SHOWS

Mount Desert Island August 1 - 3

Brunswick October 25 + 26

PORTLAND FINE CRAFT SHOW

Featuring 100+ juried exhibitors from Maine & beyond Portland August 23

MAINE CRAFT WEEKEND

Statewide tour of studios + events October 4 + 5 MAINECRAFTWEEKEND.ORG

Sept. 14 – Oct. 18 | Robert Wellings, Painter Jack Saylor “Ghosting”

May 15 – May 31 | Sam Wyatt, Painter

June 8 – June 30 | Albert DaValle, photographer

July 6 – July 31 | Mary Louise Pierson, photographer

Aug. 10 – Aug. 31 | Thomas Blagden, photographer

www.galleryatsomessound.com

Celebrating the essence of Maine through contemporary art James Linehan, “Before the Fall,” 46" x 32"

Rondel

COVER ARTIST: Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer lived a life where he allowed nothing to come between him and his art. A quiet person, observant and reserved, Homer often preferred the company of working people and the fisherfolk who populated many of his famous scenes. A calm and serious man, he could observe scenes in long, probing silence to find their truest nature and genuine emotions. Homer was creating a new American art, independent from the European conventions of the day, and making iconic paintings that showed a new and often heroic American spirit.

Born in 1836 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Homer began in his twenties as a commercial illustrator for Harper’s Weekly and later served as their war artist during the Civil War, sketching scenes at the front lines. Homer traveled for several years, painting hunters in the Quebec forests, native fishermen in the Bahamas and Florida, and children playing in coastal scenes. Homer spent a year in the small English town of Cullercoats on the North Sea Coast, captivated by the ocean storms, rough waves, and the sturdy fishing community in their struggles against the sea.

In 1883, Homer moved to a family compound in Prout’s Neck, Maine, most notable for its rocky ocean frontage, the sound of the waves, and a perfect solitude. Here Homer would live the rest of his life, painting his most famous and iconic works in isolation and quietude. Homer jealously guarded his isolation. The privacy and silence allowed him to paint the great themes of his career: the struggle of people against the sea and the relationship of

Winslow Homer with “The Gulf Stream” in his studio at Prouts Neck,1899, Gelatin silver print, unidentified photographer. It is believed to be the only photograph of Homer working on a painting.

fragile, transient human life to the timelessness of nature.

The Portland Museum of Art purchased the Prout’s Neck property in 2006 and offers tours of the Winslow Homer Studio.

The cover art for this year’s guide, “Beach Scene,” is in the permanent collection of Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain.

“Homer is in a place by himself as the most original and one of the strongest of American painters.” The New York Evening Post

Maps and Organization

Maine Gallery + Studio Guide is organized by color-coded regions.Town maps appearing in each region are indicated on the state map below to show relational distances and locations. Advertising museums, galleries and artists’ studios are listed in each region’s town directory with the page number of their ad and/or listing. They are also identified on their respective town maps. An Advertisers Index appears on pages 156 and 157.

CANADA

MAINE

Catch

BERNARD LANGLAIS (1921-1977) "JUNGLE” COLLAGE WITH PAINTED PAPERS 20” X 30” SIGNED BERNARD LANGLAIS L/C AND SIGNED, TITLED AND LOCATED, CUSHING MAINE, ON REVERSE

Start ’em young

Introduce your family to art and set wonderful things in motion

David Driskell, “Night Scene, Spirit Watchin,” Cove St. Arts

Dear friends:

Welcome to the State of Maine a State of Art, a State of Beauty

Suzanne and I are incredibly proud and pleased to present the 2025 Tour of Maine Art and our 25th-anniversary edition. Inside these pages, you will find sociable gallery openings in the evening air, art being created in the studio, and impressive exhibitions happening up and down the coast. You will also discover new Maine art that has just been created, patiently waiting to be seen by you. Organized maps and contact information make finding and visiting studios and galleries easy.

Our cover art, “Beach Scene,” was painted in 1869 by Winslow Homer. It is a charming painting with children, capturing the joy of the moment and movement of the sea. Other paintings by Homer depicted the courage and grit of Yankee sailors and fishermen in their struggles against the harsh North Sea. His paintings helped define a character portrait of resilient New Englanders and their rugged fortitude in adversity.

Maine art is one of Maine’s best products. When you hang Maine art in your home, wonderful things happen. You add memories, beauty, and value to your home. Your purchase goes directly to the artist, enabling them to support their family and community and allow new art to be created. You introduce your family to art.

You can become a Maine art collector with your first painting. Your purchase also includes a new relationship with an artist or gallerist, and usually a good story.

Suzanne and I hope your tour is rewarding and that our publication is your essential guide to discovering new Maine art.

Volume 25

Maine Gallery + Studio Guide

Lucerne-in-Maine 92 Rockridge Road

Dedham, ME 04429 anthony@mainegalleryguide.com 207-974-9683

Anthony Anderson - editor/publisher/sales

Suzanne Anderson - layout/design

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SOUTH COAST + PORTLAND

Portland Museum of Art Director Mark Bessire, Creative Portland Executive Director Dinah Minot, and U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree attended the juried “Time & Temperature” exhibition at Creative Portland Gallery. Creative Portland, the city’s official nonprofit arts agency, launched its inviting multi-use community and gallery in the heart of Portland’s Arts District in 2017.

Aperto Fine Art is a new gallery in Bridgton conceived with a mission to bring great artists together in a collaborative and engaging venue. Aperto Gallery artists exhibit throughout the year with diverse and robust gatherings, exhibitions, and gallery events.

Photo Dave Wade

In January 2025, Moss Gallery in Portland hosted an opening reception featuring “The Journal” by painter Kate Hargrave. Dedicated to connecting people with Maine’s rich artistic heritage, Moss Gallery showcases both emerging and established artists in a welcoming space for exploration and discovery.

The Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA) held an exhibition titled “Magic, Myth, Machine & Matter” at Portland’s Oak Street Lofts Gallery in September 2024. Inspired by Edward Harrison’s Masks of the Universe, the work by artists Gregg Harper, William Hessian, Eva Rose Goetz, and Abbeth Russell (pictured) explored humanity’s evolving understanding of the cosmos. Originally built to provide live/work space for older artists, Oak Street Lofts has designed a beautiful lobby gallery space. The UMVA, founded in 1975, is a non-profit organization that promotes and advocates for the visual arts, artists, and all arts supporters.

Photo Dave Wade

Dianna Anderson of Kennebunk enjoys plein air painting at the Rachael Carlson Preserve in Wells. Combining elements from realism and impressionism, Anderson creates compelling paintings that communicate a sense of time and place, peace and relaxation.

SOUTH COAST AND PORTLAND DIRECTORY

Chris Polson, Crooked River, 2024, Oil on Linen, 48 x 48 inches

THE KITTERY ART ASSOCIATION

2 Walker St., Kittery 03904 • 207-451-9384

info@kitteryartassociation.org www.kitteryartassociation.org YORK

GEORGE MARSHALL STORE GALLERY 140 Lindsay Rd., York, ME 03909 207-351-8200

info@georgemarshallstoregallery.com www.georgemarshallstoregallery.com

georgemarshallstoregallery.com

Elizabeth Kelley

OGUNQUIT

BARN GALLERY Shore Road & Bourne Ln., PO Box 529, Ogunquit 03907 • 207-646-8400 oacbarngallery@gmail.com www.barngallery.org The award-winning non-profit Barn Gallery has exhibitions, gallery talks and workshops by members of the Ogunquit Art Association and other area artists.

OGUNQUIT MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART 543 Shore Rd., Ogunquit 03907 207-646-4909 www.ogunquitmuseum.org

MAINE ART COLLECTIVE 119 Perkins Cove Rd., Ogunquit 03907 • 207-807-1044 info@maineartcollective.com maineartcollective.com (see ad page 14 & 15) See also our locations in Portland

OMAA

Where Art Meets the Sea

Open Daily

Featuring a three-acre ocean-side sculpture park, rotating exhibits with a diverse collection of modern and contemporary art, lectures, workshops and more. Just steps from Perkins Cove and the village of Ogunquit

10:00am-5:00pm 543 Shore RD | Ogunquit, ME | 03907 207.646.4909 Ogunquitmuseum.org

on the Marsh, Oil on Linen

May - October open Saturdays 1:00 - 4 PM Or by Chance or Appointment 207-651-1043 32 Brown Street, Kennebunk, Maine www.DiannaAndersonArt.com

KENNEBUNKPORT

DIANNA ANDERSON FINE ART 32 Brown St., Kennebunk 04043 207-651-1043 paintings@diannaandersonart.com www.diannaandersonart.com

SCARBOROUGH

EASTERN ART SERVICES 100 Innovation Way #6, Scarborough 04074 • 207-815-8960 info@easternartservices.com www.easternartservices.com

SACO

ANN TRACY FINE ART & PHOTOGRAPHY 25 Creeks Edge Dr., Saco 04072 207-233-5230 • anntracy51@gmail.com www.anntracy.com https://ann-tracy.pixels.com https://anntracy.substack.com

CAPE ELIZABETH

MARCIA CRUMLEY 15 Beacon Ln., Cape Elizabeth 04107 • 617-794-6497 marcia.crumley@gmail.com www.marciacrumleyart.com

SOUTH PORTLAND

MAINE ART STUDIO, STEPHEN V BECKETT 7 Brenton St., South Portland 04106 207-799-3901 • mayaway@maine.rr.com www.maineartstudio.com

PORTLAND ARTS DISTRICT

ROUX & CYR GALLERY 48 Free St.

PORTLAND

ANN TRACY “Birds over Bald Head Maine,” photograph, 2024, Ann Tracy Fine Art & Photography, Saco

UNION OF MAINE VISUAL ARTISTS umvawebsite@gmail.com www.theumva.org (see ad pages 18-23)

PEARL GALLERY 594 Congress St., Portland 04101 • 207-712-9499 rhondapearle@maine.rr.com www.pearlgallerymaine.com

contemporary landscapes 15 Beacon Lane, Cape Elizabeth open by appt only marcia.crumley@gmail.com marciacrumleyart.com

STEPHEN V. BECKETT “Love,” 14" x 18", oil painting, 2024, Maine Art Studio, South Portland

SOUTH COAST + PORTLAND

PORTLAND - EAST BAYSIDE

AMY KUSTRA Running with Scissors, 250 Anderson St., Portland 04101 • 207-650-9895 Art shown by appointment www.amykustra.com Instagram @amy_kustra

PORTLAND - OLD PORT

MOSS GALLERIES 100 Fore St., Suite B, Portland 04101 • 207-804-0459 liz@elizabethmossgalleries.com www.elizabethmossgalleries.com

CASCO BAY ARTISANS 68 Commercial St., The Maine Wharf, Portland, 04101 207-536-1577 • jen@cascobayartisans.com www.cascobayartisans.com An international fine art gallery located on Portland’s busy waterfront. Casco Bay Artisans celebrates over 70 artists, in varied mediums, from Maine and around the world.

FORE RIVER GALLERY 87 Market St., Portland 04101 • 207-791-2723 contact@forerivergallery.com

MAINE MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS 15 Middle St., A3, Portland 04101 • 207-808-8919

contact.mmpa@gmail.com www.mainemuseumofphotographicarts.org

PORTLAND ART GALLERY 154 Middle St., Portland 04101 • 207-956-7105 www.portlandartgallery.com (see ad page 16)

MAINE ART COLLECTIVE 157 Middle St., Portland 04101 • 207-807-1044 info@maineartcollective.com www.maineartcollective.com (see ad pages 14 & 15) See also our location in Ogunquit.

MAINE ART COLLECTIVE 9 Moulton St., Portland 04101 • 207-807-1044 info@maineartcollective.com www.maineartcollective.com (see ad pages 14 & 15) See also our location in Ogunquit.

PORTLAND - DEERING

BRIAN CHARLES BROWNE 29 Juniper St., Portland 04103 • 207-766-1193 briancharlesbrowne@gmail.com www.briancbrowne.com Instagram @briancbrowne.artist

Jessica Gandolf, “Some Assembly Required”

Moss Galleries: 20 Years of Championing Maine’s Legacy in American Art

With more than two decades of experience in the contemporary art markets, Moss Galleries stands as a cornerstone of Maine’s vibrant art scene. Under the direction of founder Elizabeth Moss—an art advisor certified by the Appraisers Association of America—the gallery has become a trusted destination for collectors, curators, and enthusiasts seeking meaningful connections to fine art.

Representing both emerging and established artists, Moss Galleries was named one of Blouin ArtInfo’s 500 Best Galleries in North America and was a finalist for the 2013 Maine Family Business Awards. Moss Galleries’s exhibitions have reached far beyond Maine, appearing at prestigious venues such as New York’s 28th Street Armory, Boston’s AD20/21 Cyclorama, and in the U.S. Department of State’s Art in Embassies program.

Moss also serves as the founding Executive Director of the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts and is active in the Women’s Executive Forum, continuing her leadership in the arts across multiple platforms. The gallery’s works are featured in public and private collections across the U.S., Europe and Asia—including L.L. Bean, Acadia Insurance, and MaineGeneral Hospital.

At Moss Galleries, art is not just displayed—it’s a conversation. Visitors are welcomed into a friendly, educational environment that celebrates Maine’s legacy as a muse to greats like Marsden Hartley, Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keefe, and the current superstar of the international art world Lynne Drexler. Today, the gallery proudly supports a new generation of artists whose work resonates nationally and internationally. Visit Moss Galleries in two locations: Falmouth and Portland. www.elizabethmossgalleries.com.

Portland, ME Falmouth, ME elizabethmossgalleries.com

Alice Jones, Promenade, oil on canvas, 36” x 30”

Frances Hynes, Quiet River, Damariscotta, watercolor on paper, 16.25” x 20”

Frances Hynes, Summer Place, watercolor on paper, 16.25” x 20”

The opening for The Paula Tognarelli Collection at the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts (MMPA) drew big crowds in April 2024. Paula Tognarelli, a renowned curator and champion of contemporary photography, is known for her tenure as executive director of the Griffin Museum of Photography, where she supported emerging and established photographers through exhibitions, programs, and mentorship. Photo Dave Wade

The May 2024 opening of Cove Street Arts — an 8,000 square-foot space containing multiple galleries, a bookstore/ small works gallery, event and workshop space, artist studios, and a movie screen — drew local artists including Alison Hildreth, Larry Hayden, and Ellen Golden.

Photo Dave Wade

Pearl Gallery is located in the historic H.H. Hay building in the heart of the Arts District in Portland. Pearl Gallery shows the paintings of artists and owners Rhonda Pearle and Gary Perlmutter and participates in the Portland Arts District First Friday ArtWalk.

Painter Meg Brown Payson discusses her work with artist Alison Hildreth and a gallery visitor at the University of New England (UNE) Art Gallery’s “Spark of Life: Abstraction, Microscopy, and Discovery” exhibition opening in November 2024. Housing a permanent collection as well as exhibitions, the gallery brings imaginative and thought-provoking shows to the UNE community and to the public.

Photo Dave Wade

Maine Art Collective is an artist-run gallery with locations in Ogunquit and Portland. Their mission is to create spaces and opportunities for emerging artists to show and sell their work. Artists get to keep the majority of their profits, so they are able to keep artwork affordable for all

Visitors to the Barn Gallery chat in front of a C E Morse photo called “Seguin 198” (center) at an Ogunquit Arts Association (OAA) exhibition in May 2024. Artists and friends of the OAA meet at the Barn to share exhibitions, programs about art and the creative process, and opportunities to create art.

Photo Dave Wade

FORE RIVER GALLERY

Liz Marks ~ T.J. McDermott ~ Tegan Curry ~ Mike M. Marks

Portland Art Gallery celebrated new works by Cooper Dragonette, Dan Daly, and Sarah Verardo at a packed April 2025 opening reception. Located in the heart of Portland’s historic Old Port district, Portland Art Gallery occupies over 3000 square feet of display space and proudly represents more than 60 established and emerging artists.

The Portland Regency

art lovers welcomed

Each of the Regency’s

95 rooms has a personal copy of the Maine Gallery + Studio Guide to consult or take with you

“A Quiet Book: Collaborations in Writing and Visual Art,” an exhibition at Portland’s Cove Street Arts from August to October 2024, displayed work from a collaboration between poet Stuart Kestenbaum and activist/printmaker Susan Webster. The work pairs Webster’s exquisite, organic collages with words and phrases that have been carefully composed of individual dots by Kestenbaum.

Photographer and art collector Bruce Brown stands beneath his photo “Cappadocia” at “Photo A-GoGo,” an annual fine art photography exhibition and auction. Hosted every December by Bakery Photographic Collective in Portland, “Photo A-GoGo” features live music and local refreshments. Brown is the photography curator at Cove Street Arts as well as curator emeritus of Maine Coast Artists.

Photo Dave Wade

Painter and multidisciplinary environmental artist Joël LeVasseur discusses his work at the Ogunquit Art Association’s “Annual Juried Show” opening, held at the Barn Gallery in Ogunquit. Based in Midcoast Maine, LeVasseur draws from found materials scavenged from beaches, state parks, and highways for his work, transforming industrial debris into thought-provoking paintings, prints, and installations.

Photo Dave Wade

Photographer Jack Montgomery at the opening of his solo exhibition, “Lucid Dreams: Images in Photogravure and Palladium,” at the Jewish Museum in Portland, Maine. Celebrating Jewish history, culture, and art, the museum provides a space for dialogue and discovery through exhibitions like Montgomery’s, which explore identity and memory through historic photographic techniques

Photo Dave Wade

“Brian Charles Browne, Artist

Paintings, Collages and Manipulated Digital Images 29 Juniper Street Portland, Maine www.briancbrowne.com briancharlesbrowne@gmail.com call/text: 207-766-1193

PORTLAND cont.

C E MORSE PHOTOGRAPHY 207-415-3763 cmorse1@maine.rr.com www.cemorsephoto.com

YARMOUTH

YARMOUTH FRAME & GALLERY

720 Rt 1, Yarmouth 04096 • 207-846-7777 beth@yarmouthframeandgallery.com www.yarmouthframeandgallery.com

FREEPORT

DE’BRAMBLE ART GALLERY 18 Middle St., Freeport 04032 • 510-717-8427 debrambleart@gmail.com

SIDLE HOUSE 20 Bartol Island Rd., Freeport 04032 www.sidlehouse.com

ALCHIMIA GALLERY 188 Main St., Freeport 04032 • 207-749-8141 info@alchimiagallery.com www.alchimiagallery.com

THOS MOSER 149 Main St., Freeport 04032 207-865-4519 www.thosmoser.com

MEETINGHOUSE ARTS 40 Main St., Freeport 04032 www.meetinghousearts.org

LIZ PRESCOTT 66 Beach Hill Rd., Freeport 04032 • 207-749-0368 liz@lizprescott.com www.lizprescott.com

LIZ HOAG

MICHAEL E. VERMETTE

JOHN BOWDREN

JENNIFER VAN COR

PETER YESIS

NEIL WYRICK

DAVID LITTLE

ROBERT COHEN

Dave Wade is an award-winning photographer who documents the Maine art scene in his spare time and provides us with an insider’s view of the southern Maine art scene. Wade has published two books and is working on a third about Portland’s waterfront. Wade is a fierce advocate for the protection of the working waterfront and an avid jazz fan.

BRIDGTON

GALLERY 302 112 Main St., Bridgton 04009 207-647-2787 www.gallery302.com

APERTO FINE ART 63 Main St., Bridgton 04009 • 207-291-4245 thegallery@apertofineart.com www.apertofineart.com Instagram @apertofineart (see ad page 35)

RAYMOND

HOLE IN THE WALL STUDIOWORKS 1544 Roosevelt Trail, Rt. 302, Raymond 04071 207-655-4952 • jlmastro@maine.rr.com www.holeinthewallgallery.net American crafts, with a focus on studio jewelry, pottery, and an ever-changing exhibit of paintings by Maine artists.

The Maine Crafts Association hosts “STITCH,” an annual fundraiser celebrating wearable craft by Maine’s slow fashion designers & makers. The May 2025 show was held at Maine Studio Works. Tickets included a runway show, a style market, beverages, and festivities.

photo Maine Home + Design

MID COAST

A crowd always gathers for openings at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) in Rockland. Here are visitors viewing a reception for Katarina Weslien’s exhibition last fall.

New Maine Art Gallery director and calligrapher Kichung Lizee confers with artist member and volunteer Michael Olszewski at a 2024 opening. Lizee will offer a meditative calligraphy class through the gallery this year.

Photo Michael O’Neil

Maine Governor Janet Mills made a surprise visit to Gleason Fine Art in Boothbay Harbor. She stayed at the gallery a while, meeting and chatting with everyone and carefully looking at all of the art. Here she is with the Gleason family (Dennis, Marty and Andrew) with artist Kevin Beers in back and the governor holding a finger to her cheek.

It was a crowded evening during the August Wiscasset Art Walk. Artist and Sylvan Gallery

owner Ann Scanlan is pictured (second from left) in her gallery with featured artists Crista Pisano, Neal Hughes and Mike Barnes.

MID COAST TOWN DIRECTORY

Bayview Gallery .......... inside front cover/72

Bowdoin College Museum of Art 72/inside back cover

BOOTHBAY HARBOR

Susie Porter

Andie Elwell

Sarah Wilde

John Butke

BRUNSWICK

BAYVIEW GALLERY 58 Maine St., Brunswick 04011 • 207-729-5500 • 800-244-3007 art@bayviewgallery.com www.bayviewgallery.com (see ad inside front cover)

BOWDOIN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART 9400 College Station, Brunswick 04011 207-725-3275 • artmuseum@bowdoin.edu www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum (see ad inside back cover)

BATH

GREENIER GALLERY 428 Middle St., Bath 04530 • 207-443-3936 sarahjgreenier@gmail.com www.sarahgreenier.com

CENTRE ST. ARTS GALLERY, LLC 11 Centre St., Bath 04530 • 207-442-0300 centrestartsgalleryllc@gmail.com www.centrestartsgalleryllc.com

WISCASSET

MAINE ART GALLERY 15 Warren St., Wiscasset 04578 info@maineartgallerywiscasset.org www.maineartgallerywiscasset.org

SYLVAN GALLERY 49 Water St., PO Box 428, Wiscasset 04578 • 207-882-8290 info@sylvangallery.com www.sylvangallery.com (see ad page 9)

June 19 - Aug. 24: Wed. - Sun., 11am - 4pm

All other shows: Thurs. - Sun., 11am- 4pm

Open late for Wiscasset Art Walk

15 Warren Street, Wiscasset, ME maineartagallerywiscasset.org

2025 Show Schedule

May 1 - June 15

Whimsy: Flights of Fancy

June 19 - July 27

Maine Observed: Juried Members

June 19 - August 24

Fiore at 100: Maine Observed

July 31 - August 24

Plein Air: Paint it! Maine

August 28 - October 18 Made in Maine: Members Show

Artists by row: Sarah Fisher, Molly Mugler, Joseph Fiore, Christine Aston, Linda Kelly.

The Maine Art Gallery and Maine Farmland Trust collaborate on a Joseph Fiore retrospective

Joseph Fiore (1925-2008) was a widely respected artist and active member of the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasett during the 1960s and ‘70s. In celebration of the 100th year of his birth, the gallery is partnering with Maine Farmland Trust (MFT) on an exclusive and overdue major retrospective, “Fiore at 100: Maine Observed.” The show runs June 19 to Aug. 24, with an opening reception on June 21 and will be enhanced by several related events.

A catalogue with an appreciation by art writer Suzette McAvoy will accompany the show.

The exhibition is curated by distinguished Maine watercolorist David Dewey, who sees “Fiore At 100, Maine Observed,” as a celebration of an artist whose two creative modes — representation and abstraction — have always run parallel with one another. These approaches merged together and nourished one another as his career developed, enriching our appreciation of the Maine landscape and its history.

Joseph Fiore was born in Cleveland, Ohio, where his father was a founding member of the Cleveland Symphony. He studied at Black Mountain College under Josef Albers, Ilya Bolotowsky and Willem de Kooning. He was a member of the 10th Street art scene in New York City in the late ’50s and ’60s, showing alongside the likes of Alex Katz, Lois Dodd, and Bernard Langlais. These and other artists showed in the celebrated summer exhibitions mounted in the first decade of the Maine Art Gallery.

Fiore was an avid supporter of Maine Farmland Trust. The works on loan to the Maine Art Gallery were donated to the Trust by the artist’s estate in honor of his longstanding commitment to the organization and its history of programs combining art and environment. Sales of the work will benefit both the Maine Farmland Trust and the Maine Art Gallery.

A nonprofit organization since 1958, the Maine Art Gallery, located at 15 Warren St., Wiscasset, is dedicated to the advancement and preservation of the visual, fine and applied arts through exhibitions, lectures, demonstrations and educational programs for children and adults. More information can be found at maineartgallerywiscasset.org and on Facebook at Maine Art Gallery Wiscasset.

Email info@maineartgallerywiscasset.org or phone 207-687-8143.

Joseph Fiore with his painting “Virgo Tiger” in 1987. Photo by Peggy McKenna, courtesy the Penobscot Marine Museum

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Laurence “Lonnie” Sisson (1928 - 2015): Fireworks, Boothbay Harbor, oil, 30 x 40”. GFA represents the Sisson estate.

WISCASSET BAY GALLERY 75 Main St., PO Box 309, Wiscasset 04578 • 207-882-7682 info@wiscassetbaygallery.com

Cordelia and Keith Oehmig are owners of the Wiscasett Bay Gallery, a landmark gallery on the midcoast. The gallery features fine 16th through 21st century American and European paintings, including the Maine paintings of Keith Oehmig. Photo Anthony Anderson

“FROM THE ARCHIVES”

Terry Seaman, Heidi Seidelhuber, David Estey, Jack Silverio, Lane Smith, David Dupree, Nancy Wilcoff, Dick Alden, Don Justin Meserve, Victoria Wulff, Robert Hamilton, Don Josephson, John Gallagher

53 TOWNSEND AVE. BOOTHBAY HARBOR Daily 11-5. Receptions 1st Fridays 4-7

(Most works are for sale.)

Robert Hamilton SUMMER 2016 Retrospectives

53 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor. Open daily 11 street parking. Telephone: 207

The humorous, quirky paintings of the late RISD professor were, in his words, “improvised, spontaneous, made up out of whole cloth and surprise arrivals.”

50 PAINTINGS May 24 RECEPTIONS: 5

TERRY SEAMAN “2 Green” 12” x 16”

TERRY SEAMAN “Incredible White” 12” x 16”

Studio 53 Fine Art in downtown Boothbay Harbor has an exciting collection of art on exhibit. Artist/owner Terry Seaman, in red, changes exhibits every month with a new feature artist. Studio 53 also has an impressive sculpture garden located along their inner harbor waterfront.

Photo Anthony Anderson

DAMARISCOTTA

THE PEACE GALLERY VETERANS ART COLLABORATIVE 112 Main St., Damariscotta 04543 • 207-563-1220 peacegallery112@gmail.com thepeacegallery.com

JAN KILBURN GALLERY 168 Bristol Rd., Damariscotta 04543 • 207-563-8363 jankilburn@msn.com www.jankilburn.com

KEFAUVER STUDIO & GALLERY 144 Bristol Rd., Damariscotta 04543 • 207-226-0974 will@kefauverstudio.com www.kefauverstudio.com

SOUTH BRISTOL

GWENDOLYN EVANS GALLERY 75 Hunter’s Landing, PO Box 29, Walpole, South Bristol 04573 • 207-390-8554 gwendolynevansart@gmail.com www.gwendolynevans.com

NEW HARBOR

SALTWATER ARTISTS GALLERY Rt. 130, 3056 Bristol Rd., PO Box 202, New Harbor 04554 • 207-677-2490 saltwaterartists@saltwaterartists.com www.saltwaterartists.com

PEMAQUID

PEMAQUID ARTISTS AT PEMAQUID ART GALLERY Lighthouse Park, Pemaquid 04539 207-677-2752 www.pemaquidartgallery.com

WALDOBORO

JEAN KIGEL STUDIO + GALLERY 1396 Back Cove Rd., Waldoboro 04572 • 207-832-5152 jean@jeankigel.com www.jeankigel.com Featuring Asian brush, watercolors and oils

CHELSEA

DUNN STUDIO 484 Cony Rd., Chelsea 04330 207-622-4317 • smldunn96@gmail.com www.sleinonendunn.com (see ad pg 7)

Juried Community of 25 Artists

Mary Buergin

Lynne Thompson

Scott White

Barbara Coburn

Ericka O’Rourke

Robert Schilke

Mark Malinowski

Elizabeth Palmer

Janet Lockhart

Stephanie Haynes

Kay Miller Doreen Reynolds

Sue Kibbe

Judine French

Cathie S. Peterson

P emaquid G rou P of a rtists

John Butke

Sarah Fisher

Dianne Dolan

Stephen Busch

Barbara Applegate

Doug Houle

Deberah Arter

Kathleen Horst

Will Kefauver

Sally Loughridge

Judy Nixon

Jan Kilburn

Debra Paul Paul Sherman

Jon Luomo

Hannah Ineson

A visit to Pemaquid Point is a rare photo-taking opportunity with magnificent geological features, an historic lighthouse, a cozy restaurant, and the chance to make delightful art discoveries at the Pemaquid Art Gallery.

Open seasonally from late May to mid-October.

Carolyn Wiley

Barbara Vanderbilt

Candace Vlcek

Bob Vaughan

Kim Skillin Traina

Cindy Spencer

Liliana Thelander

Gary Smith

JEAN KIGEL “Benner Island Landing,” Jean Kigel Studio and Gallery, Waldoboro

GARDINER

ALAN CLAUDE GALLERY AND GIFTS 165 Water St., Gardiner 04345 • 207-582-0530 www.alanclaude.com

WEST GARDINER

MAINE CRAFTS ASSOCIATION/CENTER FOR MAINE CRAFT 288 Lewiston Rd. (in the West Gardiner Travel Plaza), PO Box 342, West Gardiner 04345 • 207-564-0041 207-588-0021 • retail@mainecrafts.org www.mainecrafts.org (see ad pages 10 & 11)

Sylvia Murdock’s current works are on view at her coastal Port Clyde Gallery. Sylvia has been painting for over 40 years, primarily in watercolor, but also with egg tempera. Murdock has exhibited in galleries and museums from Searsport to Philadelphia, but it’s the simplicity and clarity of coastal Maine that has left a lasting impression on Murdock and her work.

“Winter Solstice” Elaine Reed

“Sunset Monhegan II” Leo Brooks

COLBY COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART

Mayflower Hill Dr., Waterville 207-859-5600 www.museum.colby.edu (see ad page 160)

THE CRAIGNAIR GALLERY

Spruce Head 04959 • 207-910-6622 innkeeper@craignair.com www.craignair.com/gallery

MARS HALL GALLERY ANTIQUES, ETC. Tenants Harbor 04860 • marshallgallery@roadrunner.com www.marshallgallery.net

SYLVIA MURDOCK GALLERY & STUDIO news, pws, 366 Glenmere Rd., Port Clyde 04855 • sylviasmeart@roadrunner.com www.sylviamurdock.com & Thurs. 1-4. June-Sept and by appointment.

SYLVIA MURDOCK “Morning in Maine C25,” watercolor, 18" x 22", Sylvia Murdock Studio, Port Clyde.

THOMASTON

Muscongus

PORT CLYDE

TENANTS HARBOR

SYLVIA MURDOCK STUDIO

MARS HALL

RED BARN GALLERY

RED BARN GALLERY LLC

5 Cold Storage Rd., PO Box 331, Port Clyde 04855 • 207-372-2230 redbarngallery.portclyde@gmail.com redbarnartgallery.com

MONHEGAN MUSEUM 1 Lighthouse Hill Rd., Monhegan 04852 • 207-596-7003 www.monheganmuseum.org

Dowling Walsh Gallery threw a Holiday Open House party to thank their artists and community. Here is the cordial Dowling Walsh staff, with Director Jake Dowling in orange cap and Zoey, his elegant Borzoi. The gallery was established in 2007 and occupies a historic three-story building in the heart of Rockland’s downtown arts district.

ROCKLAND

ARCHIPELAGO 386 Main St., Rockland 04841 207- 596-0701 • archipelago@islandinstitute.org www.thearchipelago.net

TRIANGLE GALLERY 8 Elm St., Rockland 04841 • 207-593-8300 www.trianglegallery8elm.com Instagram @trianglegallery8elm

DOWLING WALSH GALLERY 357 Main St., Rockland 04841 • 207- 596-0084 info@dowlingwalsh.com www.dowlingwalsh.com (see ad page 1)

LANDING GALLERY 357 Main Street, Rockland 04841 • 207-239-1223 landinggallery@gmail.com www.landingart.com (see ad pages 4 & 5)

ART SPACE GALLERY 405 Main St., Rockland, 04841 • 207-594-8784 artspacemaine@gmail.com www.artspacemaine.com

A cooperative gallery featuring original art by 15 Maine artists.

CALDBECK GALLERY 12 Elm St., Rockland 04841 • 207-594-5935 info@caldbeck.com

www.caldbeck.com In its 44th year, the Caldbeck Gallery represents Lois Dodd, Katherine Bradford, Kayla Mohammadi, Alan Bray, Barbara Sullivan, Todd Watts, Nancy Glassman, Frederic Kellogg, K. Min, Jeff Epstein, Melanie Essex, Sam Cady, Dennis Pinette, Lise Becu, Dan West, Kathleen Florance, Anne Alexander, Dan Dowd, Janice Kasper, Tim Van Campen. 2025 Exhibits: Stew Henderson, Meghan Brady, Frederic Kellogg, Kathy Bradford and Anna Dibble, Melanie Essex, Dan Dowd, Kathleen Florance, Tim Van Campen, Liz Awalt.

CENTER FOR MAINE CONTEMPORARY ART 21 Winter St., Rockland 04841 207-701-5005 • info@cmcanow.org www.cmcanow.org The state’s leading institution dedicated to advancing contemporary art in Maine through exhibitions and educational programs.

ALAN CLARK, KATHRYN SHAGAS, JESSICA STRAUS, DEANNA JACOME, JAAP HELDER, ABBIE READ (detail), CARTER WENTWORTH (detail), CYNTHIA SELINGER, MAURY COLTON, KINSLEY PARKER, SUSAN GROCE (detail), ERIKA MANNING, JUDITH DANIELS, RAY MATHIS

Hannah Nelsbach

John Wood

Lara Max

Shelley Nolan

Sandra Leinonen Dunn

Ann Rhinehardt

Margaret Creighton

Heather Newton Brown

Joan Wright

Linda Clowes Murray

2025 EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

Helene Farrar

July 4–August 31

Artists’ Reception: August 1, 5–7 PM

Fall Exhibition

Sept. 5–Nov. 1

Artists’ Reception: Sept. 5, 5–7 PM

www.TheArchipelago.net

Holiday Exhibition Nov. 7–Jan. 3

Holly L. Smith shows her work at Portland Art Gallery and will be the featured artist in July. Smith also participates in the “Children’s Museum & Theatre Art Auction” on October 4, and and the plein air paint out for “Art Work For Humanity” held in Belfast. Smith’s studio is in Rockport, Maine

DAVID ESTEY “A New and Glorious Morn,” acrylic on canvas, 54" x 96", at David Estey Studio, Belfast

CAMDEN

HARBOR SQUARE GALLERY 37 Bay View St., Camden 04843 • 207-594-8700 www.harborsquaregallery.com (see ad back cover)

DAAC DESIGNS 49 Bay View St., Camden 04843 • 561-202-8718 info@dogandacouch.com www.daacdesigns.com

SMALL WONDER GALLERY AND FRAMING 1 Public Landing, Camden 04843 207-236-6005 art@smallwondergallery.com www.smallwondergallery.com

BELFAST

DAVID ESTEY 16 Pierce St., Belfast 04915 207-338-6890 • davidestey@roadrunner.com www.davidestey.com Instagram @davidesteyartist

JON LINN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY 04915 • 207-631-2502 jonlinn42@gmail.com www.holmesmill.net Photographic prints and services using aerial drone cameras, Centered in Belfast, Maine.

LOCAL COLOR GALLERY 135 High St., Belfast 04915 • 207-218-1249 gallery@localcolorgallerymaine.org www.localcolorgallerymaine.org

WATERFALL ARTS 256 High St., Belfast 04915 207-338-2222 • info@waterfallarts.org www.waterfallarts.org

NORTHLIGHT GALLERY 171 High St., #4 Belfast 04915 • 207-338-0772 artnorthlight@gmail.com www.artnorthlight.com

MAXWELL NOLIN 33 Main St., Belfast 04915 978-886-8518 • maxwellphillipnolin@gmail.com www.maxwellphillipnolin.com

BELFAST

UMVA Dark Skies Exhibit: Yearlong Effort Yields Impressive Results

The recent Union of Maine Visual Arts (UMVA) Dark Skies exhibition, in partnership with Belfast’s Waterfall Arts and Dark Sky Maine, was by all measures a tremendous success.

Not only did the exhibit gather a sizable crowd of roughly 240 people at the opening and 800 visitors overall during its six week run, it also gave UMVA a healthy dose of exposure in media, ranging from newspapers such as The Portland Press Herald; community websites, such as New England Living; and local TV stations, such as News Center Maine in Portland.

Amy Tingle, program director at Waterfall Arts, commented that it was a wonderful melding of art and science. In the last week of the exhibit, WABI Bangor News visited the Dark Skies exhibition and spoke to Kathleen Dervereux, Waterfall Arts (WFA) arts

marketing manager, who said, “There’s a lot of folks who visited for just the science aspect of the show and they’ve left with a greater appreciation for art and then of course those who come looking for really awesome art to look at, they’ve learned more about the science of dark skies. So, it’s really cool to see that crossbreeding of interests and passions.”

Complimentary Dark Skies programming included guest speakers such as Nancy Hathaway of Dark Sky Maine; Elizabeth Dickerson of the popular Maine Aurora Borealis Watch Facebook group; a presentation by John Meader of Northern Sky Planetarium with Serena Sanborn of Waterville Creates about the need to preserve and cherish dark skies and reduce light pollution for the health of the ecosystem; and "Wilfred Buck," a hybrid documentary film that follows the life of a charismatic and irreverent Cree

elder who overcame a harrowing history by reclaiming ancestral star knowledge and ceremony, shown at the Belfast Public Library.

Over a year of planning went into the exhibition and related events. It all began at a brainstorming session of possible 2025 exhibition themes that was held at a midcoast downeast chapter meeting. Fortuitously, Arlene Jurewicz-Leighton had just come from a Dark Skies meeting, and suggested the Dark Skies theme. It immediately appealed to Liv Kristin Robinson (with many decades of co-curating and organizing art exhibitions in Midcoast Maine) and Emily Sabino, a more recent active organizer of exhibitions at UMVA and beyond.

After several meetings, the goals of the show became clear: 1) to create a professionally curated, well-attended exhibition that gets UMVA and its Artists into the News; 2) to provide an opportunity for emerging UMVA artists to exhibit alongside well known Artists; and 3) to

raise awareness of the necessity of night time darkness and reducing light pollution.

To accomplish these goals, the organizers set out to do the following: 1) Organize a juried call, open to all UMVA members state wide, to submit dark sky themed work. 2) Invite several well-known Maine artists, including Katherine Bradford, Jane Dahmen, Frances Hynes, and Linden Frederick, among others, whose dark skies-themed work could expand the range of the show’s appeal among art enthusiasts. 3) Partner with Waterfall Arts, Dark Sky Maine and other popular environmental groups for increased interest from media outlets.

The exhibit and programming, along with excellent publicity efforts by UMVA’s own Ann Tracy and the WFA staff, resulted in an impressive amount of media attention for UMVA, artists and the dark skies cause. And equally important, a growing bond of affection and appreciation among all who were involved in organizing the project.

Nationally-renowned photographer Jim Nickelson views the Dark Skies exhibit, where his work is on display. Presented by Belfast’s Waterfall Arts in collaboration with Dark Sky Maine and the Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA), Dark Skies showcased work from more than 30 artists selected by jurors Nancy Hathaway (President and Co-founder of Dark Sky Maine), and UMVA members Liv Kristin Robinson, Emily Sabino, and Arlene Jurewicz Leighton.

Maxwell Nolin is an award-winning portrait and figurative painter with a genuine desire to capture the true essence of his subjects. His goal is to transcend the superficial and convey unique personality and spirit in every portrait he creates. His artistic journey has taken him to places like Florence, Italy, where he studied classical painting at The Florence Academy of Art, and he has received private instruction and mentoring from renowned artists. His studio is on 33 Main Street in Belfast.

JON LINN “Penobscot Bridge,” Jon Linn Aerial Photography, Belfast

Emily Sabino and Liv Kristin Robinson visit the “Dark Skies” exhibit reception at Waterfall Arts in Belfast. This was a second collaborative exhibition that Midcoast Union of Maine Visual Artists has presented with Waterfall Arts. Over 30 artists participated in the exhibition.

Local Color Gallery is open year-round and hosts ever-changing shows featuring a mix of work by local fine artists. Local Color Gallery welcomes visitors to enjoy art in their sunny space in the heart of downtown Belfast.

Photo Lenin Sabino

MF MORISON

NELL PARKER

DEBBIE MITCHELL

LEECIA PRICE

JUDY GRAEBERT

JAMES TOOTHAKER

RUTH HEFFRON

BETTY SCHOPMEYER

Sandra

Deena S. Ball

Diane Dubreuil

Robin Gerry

Alison Dibble

Marsha

diannehortonmaineart@gmail.com | www.diannehorton.com

SWANVILLE

DIANNE HORTON 39 W. Moore’s Shore Ln., Swanville 04915 diannehortonmaineart@gmail.com www.dianehorton.com

PETER YESIS ART

Searsport 04974 • 207-505-0278 peteryesis@peteryesisart.com www.peteryesisart.com My paintings are sold at Lupine Cottage, Belfast, and Maine Artisans in Lincolnville Beach and my studio by appointment 207 505-5507 Dianne Horton Studio in Swanville

Peter Yesis is a studio artist from Searsport and is shown with his daughter and one of three large commission paintings he painted for the Oxford County Courthouse. Yesis says “What I love about art is that it keeps me moving, evolving and seeing the world from ever-changing perspectives.”

Dianne Horton of Swansville loves the smell of the sea and has large containers of shells, rocks, and seaweed in her studio to enable her to “inhale” their aromas. “I have set myself up with a fabulous tripod and travel bag with minimum of weight and equipment to best watercolor plein air in a quick and easy manner.”

ACADIA/DOWNEAST

Castine’s Bastille Day Celebration on July 14 will celebrate the 236th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille prison in Paris. Castine businesses will greet you displaying the French colors and at the signature event, the Picnic en Blanc, 400 white-clad festival goers will be seated at long white tables at 5:30 p.m. under the elms on Court Street.

In February 2025, Sohn’s Gallery and the Bangor Art Society hosted “The Eleanor Rigby Show,” featuring artists’ interpretations of the beloved Beatles song. Here, owner and director Annette Dodd speaks with guest artists. Sohns Gallery, located in the Rock and Art Shop, has lively shows, and is open for Bangor’s First Friday art walks.

Photo Anthony Anderson

Artemis Gallery in Northeast Harbor showcases a thoughtfully curated selection of artwork by local artists and those with deep connections to Maine and Acadia National Park. Artemis Gallery hosts sociable opening receptions every other Thursday evening from 5 to 7 p.m.

Buzz Masters is a studio artist from Deer Isle. Pictured here in Florence, Masters weaves her life experiences into the story of her work, layering materials that are as varied as plaster and gold leaf, acrylic and oil stick. Her work is shown at Cynthia Winings Gallery in Blue Hill.

ACADIA/DOWNEAST TOWN DIRECTORY

BANGOR

Sohns Gallery at the Rock & Art Shop

Zillman Art Museum

Bangor Culture and Arts Collective ..124/126

Flyleaf Gallery

Suzanne Anderson / YIKES Studio Enamels

CASTINE

Adam Gallery and Julia Parish Jewelry

EASTPORT

The Tides Institute & Museum of Art anchors the easternmost coast of Maine with ties to neighboring Canada, wide-ranging collections, contemporary and historical exhibitions, StudioWorks artist-inresidence program, campus of nine historic buildings, regional Artsipelago cultural guide and unique New Year’s Eve celebration.

Muselenk (Moose Island), 43 Water Street, Eastport, Maine www.tidesinstitute.org • 207. 853.4047 • @tidesinstitute

SOHNS GALLERY AT THE ROCK & ART SHOP 36 Central St., Bangor 04401 207-947-2205 • therockandartshop@gmail.com www.therockandartshop.com

ZILLMAN ART MUSEUM 40 Harlow St., Bangor 04401 • 207-581-3300 www.zam.umaine.edu

BANGOR CULTURE AND ARTS COLLECTIVE www.visitmaine.com www.bangorcultureandartscollective.com

Larry Clifford is the artist/owner of Flyleaf Gallery in Hampden. Clifford’s art is created from distressed books that he salvages and repurposes. The covers, the pages, and the spines are enhanced with mixed media and bookbinding supplies to create his unique and stylish assemblage.

Few inns along the Maine coast offer the unique setting and style of the Castine Inn. The Inn is a simply elegant building surrounded by a wraparound porch and beautiful, well-maintained perennial gardens overlooking the active harbor.

Photo Anthony Anderson

HAMPDEN

FLYLEAF GALLERY 56 Sunset Ave., Hampden 04444 • info@flyleafgallery.com www.flyleafgallery.com

LUCERNE-IN-MAINE

SUZANNE ANDERSON / YIKES STUDIO ENAMELS 92 Rockridge Rd., Lucerne-in-Maine, Dedham 04429 207-356-0460 • suzanne@suzanneanderson.me www.suzanneanderson.me www.instagram.com/yikesstudio Casual contemporary enamel jewelry. Full collection online and at TRIO in Ellsworth

The Zillman Museum in Bangor keeps an outstanding schedule of contemporary art exhibitions in their five galleries. Here, artist Russell D’Alessio and Linda D’Alessio visit with Jane and Kelly Diamond, owners and directors of Littlefield Gallery in Winter Harbor.

Sara MacCulloch, Wildflowers (Edge of Woods)

CASTINE

ADAM GALLERY AND JULIA PARISH

JEWELRY 7 Main St. and 140 Battle Ave., PO Box 768, Castine 04421 • 207-326-7123 adamgallery@roadrunner.com www.adamgalleryonline.com www.juliaparish.com

GALLERY B. & ANNEX ARTS 5 Main St., and 8 Water St., Castine 04421 213-839-0851 • gallerybgallery@gmail.com www.gallerybgallery.com

DEER ISLE

BUZZ MASTERS STUDIO 152 Fire Rd 730, Deer Isle, ME 04627 • 207-266-2461 bmastersc@gmail.com

DEER ISLE ARTISTS ASSOCIATION 15 Main St., PO Box 634, Deer Isle 04627 207-598-5696 • diaagallery@gmail.com www.deerisleartists.com

TURTLE GALLERY PO Box 219, 61 North Deer Isle Rd. (Rte. 15), Deer Isle 04627 207-348-9977 • person@turtlegallery.com www.theturtlegallery.com Open Memorial Day in barn and gardens of the 1876 Dow property. Showing paintings, limited edition photos and prints, sculpture, mixed media work, artists’ books, jewelry, glass, clay, metal and wood by proven and emerging artists.

BUZZ MASTERS “Dune Shack/Interior/Moonlight,” mixed media on wood panel, 24" x 36", 2025, Buzz Masters Studio, Deer Isle

Gallery B in Castine shows the charming small bronze creations of owner Goody B. Wiseman and the best local painters as well as hosting shows and residencies at the adjacent Annex. Here is Wiseman with Maine Gallery + Studio Guide co-publisher Suzanne Anderson with a sporty bernadoodle named Andi Andiamo.

Anthony Anderson

Photo

The Deer Isle Artists Association (DIAA), celebrating their 50th year, is a community of approximately 100 fine art and fine craft artists. DIAA artists are committed to promoting the visual arts in this part of Maine, supporting local student artists, and encouraging conversations about the arts within the community.

BROOKSVILLE

STONINGTON

J. MCVEIGH JEWELRY 27 West Main St., Stonington 04681 • 207-348-3080 info@jmcveighjewelry.com www.jmcveighjewelry.com

JILL HOY GALLERY 80 Main St., PO Box 564, Stonington 04681 • 207-367-2777 jahoy1@gmail.com www.jillhoy.com Now in its 30th year. Plein-air landscapes in oil, watercolor, gouache, giclée and posters. Open late June to mid-Oct. Mon-Sun 11-5 or by appointment. Also open weekends Thurs-Sun through mid-October.

The Wine Cellar Art Gallery at John Edwards Market on Maine Street in Ellsworth shows an outstanding variety of Maine artists and sculptors. Here visitors have come to see the bold and colorful primitive-style paintings of Phil Barter.

Jud Hartmann Gallery Jud Hartmann Gallery

Minavivana

“Le Grand Sauteur”

Minavivana appeared to be about 50 years of age, he was well over 6' in height and had in his countenance an indescribable mixture of good and evil.

Looking steadfastly at me, he began his speech: “Englishman, although you have conquered the French, you have not conquered us! We are not your slaves. These lakes, these woods, these mountains were left to us by our ancestors. They are our inheritance; and we will part with them to none.”

Alexander Henry “Travels and Adventures in Canada and the Indian Territories” (1760–1776)

“Minavivana”

bronze edition: 20 height: 32”

11:00-5:00

461-5307)

Photo: William Geisler

Jud Hartmann Gallery

Charles Fenner Ball: “Hidden Cove Evening”, oil on canvas, 30" x 40" $5000

RANDY ECKARD “Motion of Light,” original watercolor, 15" x 21", Randy Eckard Gallery, Blue Hill

BLUE HILL

BLUE HILL BAY GALLERY 11 Tenney Hill (Main St.) PO Box 1660, Blue Hill 04614 207-374-5773 • peter@bluehillbaygallery.com www.bluehillbaygallery.com

HANDWORKS GALLERY 48 Main St., Blue Hill 04614 • 207-374-5613 handworksgallery@outlook.com www.handworksgallery.org

JUD HARTMANN GALLERY 79 Main St., PO Box 753, Blue Hill 04614 • 207-461-5307 hartmann@midmaine.com www.judhartmanngallery.com

CYNTHIA WININGS GALLERY 24 Parker Point Rd., Blue Hill 04614 • 917-204-4001 cynthiawinings@gmail.com www.cynthiawiningsgallery.com (see ad page 2)

RANDY ECKARD GALLERY 29 Pleasant St., PO Box 854, Blue Hill 04614 • 207-374-2510 randyeckard08@gmail.com www.randyeckardpaintings.com

Cynthia Winings Gallery in Blue Hill presented “The Alpine Theatre of Peculiar Dreams,” an art performance by Heather Lyon and Sam Jones. In the words of Lyon and Jones: “We invite you on a journey outside of time through unknown terrain. The Alpine Theatre of Peculiar Dreams incorporates abstract puppetry, sound and a scroll to tell non-linear tales of geo-mythic lands and chimeric beings.”

The Gallery at Somes Sound is a large light-filled gallery with two floors of paintings and exquisite furniture in Somesville. The show schedule is lively, as are the crowds who attend. Shown here are guests during a recent Chamber After Hours.

ELLSWORTH

COURTHOUSE GALLERY FINE ART 6 Court St., Ellsworth 04605 • 207-667-6611 info@courthousegallery.com www.courthousegallery.com (see ad page 6)

JOHN EDWARDS WINE CELLAR ART GALLERY AT JOHN EDWARDS MARKET 158 Main St., Ellsworth 04605 • 207-667-9377 contact@johnedwardsmarket.com www.johnedwardsmarket.com

BAR HARBOR

ARGOSY GALLERY 6 Mount Desert St., PO Box 200, Bar Harbor 04609 info@argosygallery.com www.argosygallery.com The gallery deals exclusively in original work by some of America’s most prominent traditional painters. Emphasis is on coastal Maine. In its 30th year, the gallery has consolidated into its larger space. Open daily May through October and by appointment year-round.

D’ALESSIO GALLERY 12 Mount Desert St., Bar Harbor 04609 • 207-351-5450 www.russelldalessioart.com has been a Bar Harbor artist for over 30 years. His gallery features his expressive figurative paintings and drawings that capture the spirit and vitality of life by the sea. Collected nationally and internationally, appreciators of art should not miss this unique Maine artist. Open Mid-May thru October, year-round by appointment.

ARGOSY GALLERY

Now in its 30th year, the Argosy Gallery continues to represent award-winning artists dedicated to painting the Acadia region and coast of Maine. Accented with antique furniture and hung salon style, the gallery is an elegant and welcoming space befitting the nearly 200-year heritage of fine art inspired by Mount Desert Island.

This summer’s major “30th Anniversary Show” will feature the work of all of the gallery’s artists. A gala opening reception will be held at the Bar Harbor Inn on July 26. Please call for an invitation. The show will continue online and in the gallery.

6 Mt. Desert Street, (P.O. Box 200), Bar Harbor, ME 04609 207-288-9226 • www.argosygallery.com • info@argosygallery.com

Steven Hileman “October Walk” oil on linen on panel

NORTHEAST HARBOR

LISA HALL STUDIO 8 Summit Rd., PO Box 1032, Northeast Harbor 04662 • 207-276-5900 lisa@lisahalljewelry.com www.lisahalljewelry.com

ARTEMIS GALLERY 1 Old Firehouse Lane, PO Box 126, Northeast Harbor 04662 207-276-3001 • info@artemisgalleryme.com www.artemisgalleryme.com

SHAW CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY 128 Main St., PO Box 608, Northeast Harbor 04662 207-276-5000 • info@shawjewelry.com www.shawjewelry.com (see ad page 17)

SOMESVILLE

THE GALLERY AT SOMES SOUND 1112 Main St., Mount Desert 04660 207-610-4622 tyra@galleryatsomessound.com www.galleryatsomessound.com (see ad page 12)

Rita Redfield and Tyra Hansen are both notable figures in the MDI art scene. Hansen is the owner/director of The Somes Sound Gallery in Somesville and Redfield was the owner/director of Redfield Gallery in Northeast Harbor.

CLARK POINT GALLERY K POINT RD

Stephen and Tamberlaine Zeh were the “People’s Choice” winners at the 48th annual Mount Desert Island Guild Fine Craft Show on the coastal campus of College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor. The 2025 show takes place August 1-3, 2025.

SOUTHWEST HARBOR

WILD HORIZON FINE ART

221 Main St., Southwest Harbor 04679 202-256-4644 camille@wildhorizonfineart.com www.wildhorizonfineart.com Instagram @wildhorizonfineart

BETH G. LAMBERT COLORSCAPES 245 Seawall Rd. Southwest Harbor 04679 207-664-8622 • bethglambert@gmail.com www.bethglambert.com

CLARK POINT GALLERY 46 Clark Point Rd., PO Box 1055, Southwest Harbor 04679 207-244-0920 • info@clarkpointgallery.com www.clarkpointgallery.com (see ad page 27)

WILD HORIZON FINE ART

221 Main St. Southwest Harbor, (202) 256-4644 camille@wildhorizonfineart.com www.wildhorizonfineart.com/ instagram.com/wildhorizonfineart

“Acadian Glory”

Littlefeld Gallery in Winter Harbor is an award-winning gallery with dedicated and personable owners, Kelly and Jane Littlefield. Littlefeld Galley has twice been selected as Down East Magazine’s “Best Gallery in Maine” and is next door to Acadia National Park’s Schoodic Peninsula, one of the most beautiful places on the East Coast.

Celebrating the essence of Maine through contemporary art

HARBOR , MAINE

Amy Pollien, “Heron with Zinnias and Bullfrog,” 24" x 18"

BERNARD

QUIETSIDE ART GALLERY & STUDIO

35 Bernard Rd., Bernard 04612 • 678-978-5551 quietsidegallery@gmail.com www.quietsidegallery.com

WINTER HARBOR

LITTLEFIELD GALLERY 145 Main St., PO Box 601, Winter Harbor 04693 207-963-6005 • info@littlefieldgallery.com www.littlefieldgallery.com Featuring the work of distinguished Maine painters and sculptors (see ads pages 13 & 152)

EASTPORT

TIDES INSTITUTE & MUSEUM OF ART

43 Water St., PO Box 161, Eastport 04631 207-853-4047 • tides@tidesinstitute.org www.tidesinstitute.org (see ad pg 123)

Castine’s Annex Arts Artists Residency program offers artists supported space and time on the Maine coast. The residency supports the creation of new work and facilitates meaningful opportunities for public interaction with artists and programs. Please consider supporting the Annex Arts Residency program. Donations are the foundation of all they do to meet a mission of supporting artists and building community.

Pamela Shockey Studio

25 Amber Way, N. Yarmouth, 04097

By appointment (703) 397-6078

pamelalbshockey.com

Instagram: plbsart

Markley Studios

P.O. Box 81 Winthrop, Maine 04364 (207) 377-6622

pmarkley@fairpoint.net pennymarkley.com

Instagram: pennymarkley/

Lisa Dombek

Friendship, Maine 04547 (207) 415-3198

lisadombek3198@gmail.com lisadombek.com facebook.com/DombekArt/

“Gallery 87”Ammi Bai Chung Studio Gallery

87 Federal Street, Wiscasset (207) 315-1222 ammibai@icloud.com ammibaichung.com

Instagram: ammibai_chung

My Perceptive Views 11 Cottage Lane, Cape Elizabeth (207) 318-3029

info@lucilleholtsottery.com Lucilleholtsottery.com facebook.com/lucille.holtsottery

Joanne Tarlin

92 Lombos Hole Road, Harpswell (508) 542-2115

joannetarlin@gmail.com joannetarlin.com Instagram: joannetarlin

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Blue Hill Bay Gallery ....................... 138/142

Boothbay Region Art Foundation........ 71/78

Bowdoin College

Museum of Art .......... 72/inside back cover

Brian Charles Browne ........................ 44/58

Buzz Masters Studio....................... 132/133

C E Morse Photography ..................... 58/60

Caldbeck Gallery .............................. 96/103

Carol L. Douglas Studio.................. 103/104

Casco Bay Artisans ............................ 44/49

Center for Maine Contemporary Art.... 96/97

Centre St. Arts Gallery ............................ 72

Clark Point Gallery............................ 27/149

Colby College Museum of Art .......... 94/160

Courthouse Gallery Fine Art .............. 6/144

Cynthia Winings Gallery ..................... 2/142

Estey ........................................... 107 Deer Isle Artists Association ........... 132/134 De’Bramble Art Gallery ....................... 58/64

Dianna Anderson Fine Art ....................... 38 Dianne Horton ....................................... 118

Dowling Walsh Gallery

McVeigh Jewelry ......................... 135/137

Kilburn Gallery ............................. 80/83 Jean Kigel Studio + Gallery ............... 83/89 Jill Hoy Gallery ............................... 135/136 John Edwards Wine Cellar Art Gallery at John Ewards Market .................. 143/144 Jon Linn Aerial Photography Gallery ............ 107/112 Joy to the Wind Studio Gallery & Custom Picture Framing ................ 78/81 Jud Hartmann Gallery.............. 140/141/142

daac Designs .................................. 106/107 Dave Wade Photography .................. 40/59

Kefauver Studio & Gallery .................. 80/83

Landing Gallery ................................. 4/5/96

Lisa Hall Jewelry.................................... 147

Littlefield Gallery ....................... 13/152/153

Liz Prescott ........................................ 58/64

Local Color Gallery .................. 107/114/115

Maine Art Collective ................. 14/15/37/44

Maine Art Gallery ................................ 73/74

Maine Art Studio, Stephen V Beckett ..38/41

Maine Crafts Association

Center For Maine Craft ................. 10/11/89

Maine Museum of Photographic Arts.. 44/52

Marcia Crumley .................................. 38/40

Mars Hall Gallery Fine Art, Antiques, etc................... 92/93/94

Maxwell Nolin ................................. 107/109

Meetinghouse Arts .............................. 58/62

Monhegan Museum ................................. 95

Moss Galleries .............................. 44/46/47

Northlight Gallery ............................ 107/116

Ogunquit Museum of American Art ..... 37/38

Pearl Gallery ...................................... 40/43

Pemaquid Artists at Pemaquid Art Gallery........... 83/86/87/88

Peter Yesis Art ................................ 117/118

Portland Art Gallery ........................... 16/44

Quietside Art Gallery & Studio ........ 151/153

Randy Eckard Gallery........................... 142

Red Barn Gallery LLC ........................ 91/95

Roux & Cyr Gallery ............................. 40/42

Saltwater Artists Gallery ................ 83/84/85

Shaw Contemporary Jewelry ........... 17/147

Sidle House ....................................... 58/63

Small Wonder Gallery and Framing .................................. 105/107

Sohns Gallery at the Rock & Art Shop... 124

Studio 53 Fine Art ............................... 78/79

Anderson

Studio Enamels ................ 127/128 Sylvan Gallery ..................................... 9/73 Sylvia Murdock Gallery & Studio ............ 94

Craignair Gallery ......................... 94/95 The Gallery At Somes Sound ........... 12/147 The Kittery Art Association....................... 36 The Peace Gallery Veterans Art Collaborative ....................... 83 The Portland Regency ............................ 55 Thos Moser......................................... 58/64 Tides Institute & Museum of Art ..... 123/153 Triangle Gallery .................................. 96/98 Turtle Gallery ........................................ 132 Union of Maine Visual Artists ............. 18/19/20/21/22/23/40

Horizon Fine Art ...................... 149/150

Bay Gallery......................... 3/78 Yarmouth Frame and Gallery ............. 58/61

Zillman Art Museum ........................ 124/125

North Light Gallery, located for many years in Millinocket, has reopened in Belfast, Maine. Twelve artists, including the owner Marsha Donahue, exhibit a variety of Maine imagery with themed shows planned for the summer.

Robert S. Duncanson, Vale of Kashmir, 1870. Oil on canvas, 26 × 49 ½ in. The Lunder Collection. Photo credit: Luc Demers.

WILLIAM IRVINE

Oh say, poet, what is it that you do? – I praise. But what of the deadly and monstrous, how do you endure all this, how do you take it in? – I praise.

But the nameless, the anonymous, how, despite it all, do you keep calling to them, poet? – I praise. Where does it come from, your claim to be true in every guise and in each mask? – I praise.

And that the stillness and turbulence know you like star and storm?

Rainer Maria Rilke (1921)

Translated by

Mark S. Burrows

– Because I praise.

“Talking to the Birds” Oil on Canvas