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Dennis Pinette's identity is on display at CMCA
Dennis Pinette, who was born in the Penobscot Bay town of Belfast and lives there still, makes completely contemporary paintings whose roots extend back through those epic early days of American painting.
A new film examines Marsden Hartley’s life
Everyone has their own Marsden Hartley. That happens with great painters, and Hartley was one of the greatest of 20th-century American artists.
Lauren Fensterstock’s unsettling installation
The centerpiece of Lauren Fensterstock’s installation at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art is what appears to be a large black pool with giant lily pads.
What the Impressionists can still teach us
The show presents works by artists that influenced the Impressionists and artists who were, in turn, influenced by this most powerful of artistic movements.
Jeff Kellar’s latest work is pared to austerity
Over the years Jeff Kellar, whose work is currently on view at Icon Contemporary Art in Brunswick, has been assiduously paring his work down.
What Jessica Gandolf chooses to show
Despite their small size, Jessica Gandolf’s paintings have always had a large-scale operatic background informing their imagery.
My first thought when I learned about the project to paint 16 of the tanks in the big South Portland tank farm was “Why would anyone think this is a good idea?”
Finding some distinct voices at the CMCA
Juried shows are a terrible idea.
Jon Imber knows just what he’s doing
There is nothing inherently emotionally expressive about paint being loosely smooshed around on a canvas.
William Manning’s abstract continuum
It’s as if Bill Manning and his work are a small, coherent universe of its own that exists somewhere, and periodically others get to visit it for a while.
Scale doesn't matter for Nelligan and Bileck
The work of Emily Nelligan and Marvin Bileck in the current show at the June Fitzpatrick Gallery has an impact that is out of proportion with the small scale of the pieces.
Exploring the oceans within + without
Taken separately, the work of each artist is engaging and interesting. Taken together, their differences illuminate two distinct paths toward the goal of a meaningful artistic experience.
Seeing what summer has to offer
OK, summer’s here and it’s time to please the visitors.
Langlais's legacy is more than just animals
Bernard Langlais's work has spawned a cottage industry of imitators who mostly serve just to prove how much better he was at it.
What we can learn from studying "History"
This show has a subtle but relentless energy that emerges slowly.
A longtime Maine artist gets a mini-retrospective
“Integrity” is the word that comes to mind while walking through the Lois Dodd show at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport.
The peculiar American brashness of George Bellows
The work of George Bellows has a peculiarly American brashness about it.
The mature art of longtime Maine artists
In the early ’90s the sleepy little Downeast town of Belfast had its 15 minutes of fame.
Floating in the world of Japanese prints
There’s a small jewel of a show nestled into a side gallery of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick.
John Whalley's "Mementos" at Greenhut Galleries
At first look John Whalley’s work seems pretty straightforward.
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