Crows have become like deep wells of inspiration not only in myths and legends but also in our visual arts, literature, and music.
Author: Maine Art
A Peek Inside – Ellen Granter talks about BIRD
When it came to curate the show BIRD, Ellen was an obvious choice. Her work was meant to be featured on the walls of Maine Art Shows surrounded by other artists with the same adoration for birds.
End of Summer Celebration
We all had a part in Maine Art’s success this summer, and John wanted to take the evening to say “thank-you”.
Patrick Plourde in BIRD – A Maine Art Show
Patrick Plourde studied art at the Maine College of Art and received his Masters of Fine Art from Washington University. For over twenty-five years, he has used vintage steel and found objects to express natural forms: various plants, flowers, seeds, and birds.
Abbie Williams in BIRD – A Maine Art Show
Abbie Williams paints from her studio in a lush wood in Nobleboro, Maine and regularly from Monhegan Island, Maine and Taos, New Mexico. Her subject is often the rich landscapes she finds “while painting outdoors, painting in my studio or while I’m prowling around Maine’s uncommonly visited corners with my camera.”
Ellen Welch Granter in BIRD – A Maine Art Show
Ellen Welch Granter’s paintings, on the surface, read as straightforward, representational renderings of birds, but on closer inspection, they are deeply poetic paintings.
Everybody Likes Birds, by Ric Kasini Kadour
All of these artists have in common a love of birds. Their keen observations of them help give their paintings and sculpture a veracity that ultimately allows us share in their affections. Everyone likes birds, indeed.
BIRD Starts Tomorrow – August 8th – September 7th
Half expecting to hear bird songs, you enter the door to Maine Art Shows and are greeted by color and depth, beauty and whimsy, grace and tranquility. This show not only has a theme, it has a feeling. Happy.
James Rivington Pyne in BIRD – A Maine Art Show
James Rivington Pyne by Ric Kasini Kadour Sandpipers, terns, green longtails, pelicans, crows, and many other birds make up the volary of James Rivington Pyne’s sculpture. This self-taught artist is known for an attentiveness that captures the subtle gestures, stance, or temperament of his avian subjects while preserving and honoring the natural quirkiness of birds. His… Read more »
Elizabeth Ostrander in BIRD – A Maine Art Show
Elizabeth Ostrander by Ric Kasini Kadour In her ceramic and acrylic sculptures, Elizabeth Ostrander expresses a mystical fantasy world. She uses her sculptures to express ideas of self-agency and selfhood. She embeds these ideas in a mythology that is loosely informed by Paleolithic imagery and an assortment of fables and stories from long gone civilizations. The… Read more »