I am often struck by how beautiful and untouched a wild place or garden can be, even when the summer is over, and it has gone to sleep. The frosts of the evening or early morning can bring to life a whole different kind of intricate white finery covering each sleeping stem and flower with a mysterious beauty.
Tag: Artist Insights
Julia M. Doughty – Messenger, An Artist’s Choice
“My new body of work comprises five dragonflies and one honeybee, entitled Awakening. I am moving towards bees and other insects,” says Doughty. “The bee symbolizes brightness and harmony in the community, as well as new life and awakening. They bring me joy. I understand how hard their plight has been as a result of our activity, hence climate change, on the earth. There is also symbolism as to how we rebuild our communities, jobs, and lives on the other side of the pandemic.”
Donald Rainville – An Artist Choice, Serving the Light
These strikingly stay with us, sometimes for years. We don’t often talk about these things except with our closest friends. Still, for many people, they are distinct happenings that hint at something greater than ourselves.
Karen Bruson – An Artist Choice, Bayside Bunch
I’m pleased with the simplification or abstraction of the figures. I really have fun painting crowds of people on the beach. I join in on a family Ogunquit vacation every summer, and that is where I get most of my subject matter. The beaches are always so crazy busy with splashes of color everywhere, and I so connect with the noisy vibration and overstimulation of it all.
Susan Tobey White – An Artist Choice, Rhythm in Red and Dancing
“I taped a large 36×48 watercolor paper to the wall. I put on some good-to-move-to tunes and started painting,” tells White. “A large, full hipped woman appeared….totally unplanned. I stepped back. ‘Where did she come from?’ I started adding details and patterns using color intuitively.”
Blues Traveler by Dina Gardner – The Process – A Video
Dina Gardner shares how her work begins as well as some insight on Blues Traveler, a new work for the 9th Annual Choice Art Show on Maine Art Hill in Kennebunk, Maine.
Artist Dina Gardner – The Beginning of Blues Traveler in Time-Lapse Video
Dina Gardner is a wonderful pastel artist who is quickly becoming a regular here at Maine Art Hill. After joining us in the POP-UP Gallery this past summer, she is back as one of seven featured artists in the 9th Annual Choice Art Show.
Artist Kathy Ostrander Roberts – Encaustic? What?
Kathy is one of our artists that encourages viewers to touch the surface of her work. Each has a texture that begs a touch. Plus, it feels a little naughty to run your hands across the surface, like a small child doing something you probably shouldn’t be doing. With the multitude of layers and the process Kathy uses, it is completely safe.
A Peek Inside the Studio with Kathy Ostrander Roberts
“Having worked for years in dry pigment in the form of pastels, I find using a blow torch very freeing compared to paint. It is not only rhythmical but can be meditative as well. The outcome is never certain, and the result is always engaging.”
Donald Rainville – An Artist Insight on When She Dreams in Video
Maine artist Donald Rainville shares his thoughts on When She Dreams, a new piece for the 9th Annual Choice Art Show on Maine Art Hill in Kennebunk, Maine.