Pop-Up with James Mattison

I’ve always admired artists that boldly use color. It takes confidence to view color as a choice. Light and shadow inspire countless possibilities and color arrangements, and it is with those choices between the lines that an artist proves their sense of certainty.

Colors are Starting to Pop – Fall Pop -Up Schedule on Maine Art Hill

It’s not only the trees expecting pops of color. As our summer season winds down, our fall pop-ups begin. It is a time for new, fun, and exciting artists to celebrate cooler nights, colorful days, and beautiful art. Beginning August 31 Maine Art Hill welcomes back our Fall Pop-Up series. Each gallery on The Hill will be hosting a different Pop-Up during the fall season. All right here in Kennebunk, Maine. Click to learn more.

Adrienne Kernan LaVallee – A Spring Pop-Up on Maine Art Hill

As a painter, I use oil paint almost exclusively. I loved it at age three when I got into my father’s paints and saw the hardwood floor and my body as perfect vehicles for expression. If I close my eyes, I still hear my mother’s scream. That introduction has stayed with me. Today I love pushing and pulling oil paint around my canvas. Expressive, abstract explorations of the landscape excite me, particularly that of New England and Maine’s coast.

Barn and Mill Gallery – A Spring Pop-Up on Maine Art Hill

My process begins with “wood hunting”:  I seek the unusual and the imperfect. Often rejected by large-scale wood processors, these characteristics show how art can be produced within an organic, natural environment. I view myself as a custodian of this natural art. I focus on creating designs that bring this natural art into people’s homes.