Homes that have been lived in, really lived in, hold inimitable characteristics: worn floorboards and grooves on the dinner table; the structure seems to age with the homeowner. Robert Indiana’s Vinalhaven home is one of these places. While he has
SEE-August 2010 By Deborah Weisgall Caffeine River 2009, alkyd on panel, 30” x 24” A painting by Garry Mitchell is like a visual monologue, a playful mix of shapes, complete with asides, digressions, and brilliant observations, all pulled together with
SEE-July 2010 By Deborah Weisgall Uncharted Series, Basin (and detail) 2009, adhesive, paper, 20”x20” Shannon Rankin was born in California. When she was 9, she moved to Vermont. After high school, she moved to Florida, then returned to New England
SEE-June 2010 By Deborah Weisgall Bear Island 2009, oil on canvas, 12” x 48” Though James Mullen grew up inland, in rural New Jersey, he was always drawn to the ocean. He painted the coast of Maine even during graduate school
SEE-May 2010 By Deborah Weisgall Seal Point Series #V VIII and XVII 2007, oil on bingo card, 7.25″ x 5.5″ John Walker paints Seal Point, on the coast near South Bristol looking out at John’s Bay, and he paints
SEE-April 2010 By Deborah Weisgall Cyanotype #2 2009, inkjet on rag paper, 36” x 40” Anna Hepler’s prints are mesmerizing, transparent constructions: imaginary molecules or webs of affection. They breathe volume. Hepler explores the cohesiveness of pattern, how things hold
SEE-March 2010 By Deborah Weisgall Mary Todd 2009, charcoal, Red Rose tea on paper, crepe paper, 38” diameter Lisa Pixley tells stories. How she moved to Maine on her own when she was 19, how she always intended to be
SEE-January + February 2010 By Deborah Weisgall Exhibition Hall, Piscataquis Valley Fair 2004, inkjet print, variable size—currently being shown at 16”x 20” and 24”x 30” Poignancy in jade green pickles, effort encrusted on an orange rubber glove, the gaudy pink
SEE- November + December 2009 It is meticulously constructed. Its precision—the time and care Fensterstock put into it—is central to its power. My First Maine Landscape 2004, butterfly wings on paper, 25.5” x 26.5” Lauren Fensterstock, who lives in
SEE-October 2009 Artists have been visiting Monhegan for a century and a half; their images have become part of its landscape. Robert Pollien lives on Mount Desert Island and studied under Neil Welliver. Robert Pollien, Cathedral Woods, Monhegan 2009, oil
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