“Contemporary Maine Carving,” through March 3, Messler Gallery at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport, 594-5611 or www.woodschool.org. Wooden sculptures have an intrinsic vitality. They bear the hand of the craftsman, the direct markings of knife and chisel, buffered by the smooth sheen of oil… Read More
Jeffery Becton, digital montage, through July at the Clark House Gallery, 128 Hammond St., Bangor. 924-9162. The first time I saw Jeffery Becton’s work, it wasn’t in a gallery. It was on the jacket of Beth Gutcheon’s novel “More than You Know” and I became… Read More
“Vincent Delrez: Belgian Pictures” through Sept. 2 at Eagull Gallery, Main Street, Stonington, 367-5508. Belgian paintings on the coast of Maine? What was Michael Connors thinking? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for… Read More
Turtle Gallery features fiery landscapes To the uninitiated, driving on the Blue Hill Peninsula can be a bit tricky. The routes are so curvy that it’s hard to take in the head-turning views without crashing. And if you don’t have a good map, you’re doomed,… Read More
WATERVILLE – Forty-two years ago, Bruce Brown flunked out of Colby College. In February, Colby invited him back, but not as a student. This time around, his art acumen made the grade. Recently, Brown held court at Colby’s museum, describing his extensive collection of works… Read More
“I of the Eye,” through Dec. 28 at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 26 Russell Ave., Rockport. Museum curators make their living looking at art and deciding what others get to see. But what of their own art – their own passion? Where does… Read More
“Into the Woods,” through Nov. 23 at the Clark House Gallery in Bangor. In August of 1846, Henry David Thoreau left his home in Concord, Mass., and headed deep into the Maine woods. What he found, in Bangor and beyond, resulted in a famous collection… Read More
Landscape paintings by Philip Frey and Christina Heiniger, through September at the Wine Cellar Art Gallery at John Edwards Market, 158 Main St., Ellsworth. Anyone who lives near the Maine coast looks at September with a mixture of relief and sadness. You can finally get… Read More
Kenneth Noland: “Themes and Variations, 1958-2002,” through Oct. 13 at the Farnsworth Art Museum, Main Street, Rockland. 596-6457. Walking into the Kenneth Noland exhibit at the Farnsworth is like getting a 64-pack of Crayola crayons for the first time. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
“The Spheres of Influ-ence/Influence of the Spheres,” through August, National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped Gallery, 70 Main St., Belfast. 338-9177. When a collapsed spinal artery left famed artist Chuck Close partially quadriplegic, experts in the fields of art and medicine said he would never… Read More
“Time and the City,” through Aug. 10 at the University of Maine Museum of Art, Orono. The cityscape is a bit of a rarity in Maine. We’re so used to seeing seascapes and landscapes in galleries that urban scenes seem jarring, unexpected, exciting. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
“Love,” a group show at Elements Gallery, 313 Main St., Rockland, through June 9. Love is: a) a many splendored thing; b) zero in tennis; c) on exhibit in Rockland; d) all of the above. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
“Ken Morgan: Audience” and “Robert Pollien: Paintings from Mount Desert Island,” through May at the Clark House Gallery in Bangor. Life’s a circus for Ken Morgan. Well, it used to be, anyway. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
Celeste Roberge: “Quarry” and Alison Hildreth: “Lost Stories,” through June 9 at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland. One’s work is grounded, solid, heavy and tied to the earth. The other’s is light, ephemeral, ready to fly away or at least break free of the… Read More
Marvin “Red” Garner: “Pots & Paintings”; Barbara Rich Anderson: “My Familiarities”; and Aviva Rahmani: “IF”; through March 2 at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport. The Center for Maine Contemporary Art has kicked off its 50th anniversary year with exhibits by past board… Read More
Going coastal When I called the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport last week to see if I could sneak a peek at its coming show for ArtSeen, I was disappointed to hear that it wouldn’t be ready in time. The good news, curator… Read More
Leo Osborne takes bronze and wood burl – both heavy and substantial – and turns them into something ephemeral. Though they’re anchored on solid pedestals, his sculptures are poised to take flight. In one fluid, sensual form, Osborne turns a woman’s upstretched arms into angel’s… Read More
“Through the Photographer’s Lens: Historic Downtown Bangor,” through Nov. 30 at the Bangor Public Library. For information, call 945-4400, Ext. 211. The light plays tricks on Bangor. Sometimes, the downtown looks like any other in Maine, its Main Street lined with brick buildings and plate-glass… Read More
“The Prints of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again,” through Dec. 23, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, 725-3275. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0;… Read More
Oil paintings by Nancy Morgan-Barnes; pastels and oil paintings by Gisele McLear, through Sept. 20 at Phoenix Loft Gallery, 157 High St., Belfast, 338-0887. Nancy Morgan-Barnes captures life on the brink – of disaster, of tragedy, of falling down. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot… Read More
Anyone who considers bronze the third-place metal (or medal, as the case may be) clearly hasn’t seen the sculptures on view at the Portland Museum of Art. “Degas, Rodin and Moore: Bronzes by European Masters” showcases the metal’s beauty, warmth and practicality, brought to life… Read More
Where does the earth leave off and the body begin? Artist Faith Fay blurs the distinction, merging the veins of a leaf with the curve of a hip, imposing a cluster of gnarled roots against the soft shadows of a woman’s back. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
“Courting Spring,” visual art in multimedia by Annaliese Hood, sculpture by Christina Rioux, and photographs by Aquelidio Rodrigues; By Design, 20 Harlow St., Bangor. Offer truth with every gesture …” begins a words-and-watercolor piece by Annaliese Hood. So she does, in a varied exhibit in… Read More
“Hydra: The Sense of a Place,” oil paintings by Theophil Groell, and new works by Joshua Pouwels, through March at the gallery in John Edwards Market, Main Street, Ellsworth. Walking down the stairs to the basement gallery at John Edwards Market is like walking off… Read More
Paintings by Joshua Pouwels, Philip Barter and Matt Barter; sculpture by Rick Beckjord, at John Edwards Market, Main Street, Ellsworth, through January. Art galleries in unlikely places sometimes seem as if they happen by accident, a few paintings thrown together to cover up naked walls. Read More