Maine: The painted state opening reception: sat., march 8, 1-3pm
Greenhut’s biennial landscape show, Maine: The Painted State, is both a proud nod to Maine’s storied and outsized place in American Art History, and a celebration of the exciting ways the landscape tradition continues, how it is being carried on, and in some cases, reinvented, by contemporary Maine artists.
Maine has been an artist magnet for over 100 years. The allure of its rugged coastline and the romance of the sea, its lakes and islands, its wild beauty and isolation and, of course, the distinctive qualities of its northern light have captivated generations of painters. Our landscape has been celebrated -- mythologized, really -- in classic works by some of the greatest painters in American Art History, from Thomas Cole to Frederick Church to Winslow Homer to Andrew Wyeth, Marsden Hartley, Neil Welliver, and beyond.
But the magic of Maine’s landscape is not a finite quantity, confined to a specific period. It is, in fact, eternal, and Maine remains a vital locus of artistic inspiration, coursing with creative energy. Our biennial is a celebration of the exciting ways the landscape tradition continues.
FEATURED ARTISTS
Joel Babb, Scott Baltz, Chris Beneman, Matt Blackwell, Mary Bourke, Sophie Cangelosi, Thomas Connolly, David Driskell, Grant Drumheller, Diamond Duryea, Maurice Freedman, Philip Frey, Kathleen Galligan, Roy Germon, Tom Glover, Alison Goodwin, Tom Hall, Lindsay Hancock, Maret Hensick, Thomas Higgins, Craig Hood, Jon Imber, Tina Ingraham, Hilary Irons, William Irvine, Elizabeth Kelley, John Knight, Sarah Knock, Margaret Lawrence, Buzz Masters, Jonathan Mess, Dean McCrillis, Daniel Minter, Nancy Morgan Barnes, Tom Paiement, Alison Rector, Glenn Renell, Alec Richardson, Kathi Smith, Bruce Stahnke, Jimmy Viera, Christopher Volpe, Neil Welliver, John Whalley, Richard Wilson, David Wilson
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