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Summer 2009

Winter was long this year but I got a lot of good work done. In addition to oils and the pastels - I've started painting in acrylics too. It is different from oil obviously, in that it is a water based media, which dries very quickly by comparison. But it is also fun to work with because it not only flows like watercolor it can also rapidly build up thick impasto layers. The main thing is that it seems to charge me with an energetic new style. The painting, "Docked" (22"x30" 2009)is a case in point. This painting just burst out of my brush and my easel has never been the same! Look for a bunch of new work in this vein.

"Docked" (2009) 22"x33" $350.00
on display at 7Arts

I'm going to be in a number of galleries this summer:

Chapter Two in Corea: Paintings and sculpture. Come by on June 19th for the summer opening party and meet owners, Garry and Rosemary along with other terrific artsts they represent in their beautiful gallery - located right acss the street from Marsden Hartley's old studio!

Works of Hand in Winter Harbor: Felt Creatures and Sculpture

7Arts Gallery located in the Maine Grind Building in Ellsworth. Open 10 to five Mon through Sat. I work in the shop on Wednesdays - so you can usually catch me there then. There is a good display of all my work including paintings, prints, and a selection of micropaintings, feltworks, mobiles, cards, and bookmarkos.

Harlow Gallery - in Ellsworth - Leslie Harlow is exhibiting some of my larger oil paintings upstairs

The Little Red Store in Bernard - I have been chosen by art and antiques dealer, Michele Marks to be here featured artist this summer. I am delighted to be showing my work in her rustic charming landmark in the pictureque MDI village of Bernard, which is just outside of Southwest Harbor. I will painting there on most Thursdays through the summer and into October. Thurston's Lobster Pound is just around the corner, as well as a number of other talented artists in the area.

Local Color, a gallery located in Northeast Harbor, will be showing my work July 24, 25, and 26. Then again the following weekend, July 31, Aug 1 & 2.

Summer Workshop

I will be teaching a plein air painting workshop this summer in August here in my home of Sorrento. The dates are the 10th, 11th, and 12th. There will be instruction, demonstrations, and individual attention for each student. Class will run from 10 to noon break for lunch and then continue from 1 to 5. The cost is $300. The class will be limited to five students.

The Bird Ballet first major piece of sculpture "Bird Ballet" will be installed in Sorrento again for the summer. The clients who commissioned it were so excited when I first put it up, they began jumping up and down like kids at Christmas! The piece consists of nine bird shapes cut from 1/4" aluminum which rotate on stainless steel rods. Click here for more about "Bird Ballet.