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Six Maine Painters to Watch
Here is a selection of six the gallery's most successful
painters of Maine
Exhibited July 1 to August 1, 2011
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Just scroll down to see each artist's paintings.
Dennis Poirier
Dennis Poirier grew up in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He began his studies Butera School of Art in Boston, then returned to Cape Ann to study with John C. Terelak and Ted Goerschner at the newly formed Gloucester Academy of Fine Arts. Later he moved to New York City to study at the Arts Student League winning the Charles J. Romans Memorial Award at his very first national exhibit at the Allied Artists of America Show.
Dennis is a member of many prestigious art associations including the Oil Painters of America, North Shore Arts Association,Rockport Art Association, the Copley Society of Art (a Copley Artist), the Hudson Valley Arts Association, and the Academic Artists Association.
St Mary Star of the Sea, Stonington
Dennis Poirier
12 x 16 Oil on Board
$1250
Pumpkin Island Sunset
Dennis Poirier
20 x 24 Oil on Canvas
$2650
South Bristol Fog
Dennis Poirier
12 x 16 Oil on Board
$1250
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Diane Scott was born in Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada and attended three Schools of Art in Toronto, Canada. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Herts College of Art and Design in St. Albans, England, 1985
She also studied for 6 years at North River Arts Society with John Kilroy 1992 -1998 and attended workshops with Lois Griffel, Tom Browning, Kevin MacPherson, Carolyn Anderson, Dan Gerhartz, Scott Burdick, Mark Daily, Don Stone and Randall Sexton.
" My main focus as I mature as an artist has become to find my authentic voice, to embrace it, to protect and defend it, to nurture it, to hold it close to my heart, as I would an imperfect child!"
On Reflection
12 x 9 Oil
Diane Scott
$780 Framed
Orland Village, Maine
14 x 18 Oil
Diane Scott
$1400 Framed
Scilla Season
9 x 12 Oil
Diane Scott
$780 Framed
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Brian began his art career as a technical illustrator in England; he took further training in commercial art before emigrating to western Canada in 1971. Brian spent much of his leisure time exploring the Canadian landscape, recording his travels with pencil sketches and photographs. He became very interested in learning the watercolor medium and took instruction from several notable watercolor artists. His work was represented in galleries in Edmonton, and later in Vancouver, and in several towns on Vancouver Island. After returning to England in 1996 Brian began using the fine arts in his activities program in care home facilities which was so successful that he decided to use it as the basis of his book, “Activities for Older People,” was published by Butterworth Heinemann in 2000. He has a summer residence in coastal Maine.
Acadian Winter
by Brian Banks
$1200
Camp Wash
by Brian Banks
Oil on Board 11 x 14
$750
Blue Hill Mountain Trail
by Brian Banks
Oil on Canvas 24 x 24
$1200
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Charles McCaughtry
Charles McCaughtry, born in Niles, Ohio, graduated from Capital University with majors in Art and History. He subsequently earned a M.A.Ed. degree from the Hartford Art School. Charley has furthered his studies at the Masterclass, Rangemark, Birch Harbor, Maine, and with notables such as Barse Miller, Ed Betts, and Chen Chi.
A pure landscape and the interactions of earth, water, sky, and light are the major themes of his work. Charley has had forty one-man exhibitions and has participated in over two hundred national, regional, and special exhibitions. His paintings have been honored with over thirty awards. His paintings can be found in many institutional, corporate, foundation and private collections in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
Spruce Island Mist
Charles McCaughtry
Watercolor 29x37 Framed
$1800
Sunrise, Isle au Haut
Charles McCaughtry
Watercolor 37x49 Framed
$4000
High Tide, East Blue Hill
Charles McCaughtry
Watercolor 21x29
$975 Framed
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Sandra Leinonen Dunn
Sandra Leinonen Dunn is a Maine painter and a published children's book illustrator. Her paintings are impressionistic with loose brushstrokes and light use of color - a meditation on the happiness found in that which is beautiful to the eye.
Sandra is also an educator. She has taught art in the public school system for the past 15 years and has given art lessons and workshops outside the school setting. Her Bachelor in Fine Arts degree is from the University of Southern Maine. Sandra also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Art Education from the University of Southern Maine. Her art education includes studying at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, Whitelands College in London, Maine College of Art , the University of Maine at Augusta, and the Round Top Center for the Arts.
“I paint in a realistic though somewhat impressionistic style and the focus of most of my painting is on nature. I work in both watercolors and acrylics, and my preferred subjects are still life and landscapes. My work in photography has inspired me as an artist, and has allowed me to observe in great detail the wonderful design and beauty in nature.''
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Water Lillies
Sandra Dunn
18 x 24 oil on canvas
$750
The Path
Sandra Dunn
14 x 11 oil on canvas
$550
Still Life with Oranges
Sandra Dunn
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Jane Gilbert
Jane Gilbert was born in Boston and educated at Boston University's School of Fine Arts. She has lived in Orland, Maine since 1975, and winters near Key West, Florida. She has shown her photographs, prints and paintings at galleries throughout Maine and South Florida winning numerous awards, including first prize in oil painting in Florida's Lower Keys Art Network in January 2011.
From Castine
Jane Gilbert
14 x 18 oil on canvas
$650
Edgecomb Farm
Jane Gilbert
16x20 oil on canvas
$750
Stonington Thoroughfare
Jane Gilbert
12 x 24 oil on canvas
$550
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