Missing Maine Landscapes:
An Open Themed Members Show
September, 2020
Work by 17 UMVA member artists in response to places
or things that have been removed, obscured, replaced, or that disappear
(and sometimes re-appear) in the landscapes Maine artists inhabit.
AMY BELLeZZA
Amy Bellezza
The Ocean Cannot Speak for Itself
Photograph, 14x11, 2020, $250
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Higgins Beach may not be that threatened today, by keeping dogs on-leash or off the beach altogether, but there could come a day.
The beach has been listed by Maine Audubon as one of their Important Bird Areas (IBA). Piping Plovers, being one of the more popular birds, build their nests along the sand dunes that are in danger of erosion due to, more notably, construction of homes, parking lots, and other things like seawalls that encroach on the beach causing it to be destroyed.
Habitat loss for these birds also includes toxic waste caused primarily by mercury and lead, oil spills off the coast, noise and of course, climate change. For instance, the purpose of a sea wall is to protect areas of human habitation, conservation and leisure activities from the action of tides, waves, or tsunamis; but what about the birds?
Jennifer Booher
Jennifer Booher
Taraxacum officinale
Photograph, 18x22 framed, 2020 $300
Jennifer Booher
Viola sororia
Photograph, 18x22 framed, 2020, $300
Jennifer Booher
Houstonia caerulea
Photograph, 18x22 framed, 2020, $300
Rush Brown
Rush Brown
The Oil Rigs and Scotia Prince from Old Newbury Street
Acrylic on Canvas, 80x30 $6500
These images represent the view from Newbury Street, Portland, ME. It is a slice in time, between that which went before and that which is yet unfolding.
Rush Brown
The oil Rigs and Scotia Prince from Old Newbury Street
Acrylic on canvas, 30x80, $6500
Rush Brown
Roof of the Village Cafe
OIl on canvas, 12x16, $1500
Greg Mason Burns
Greg Mason Burns
Squinting at Stinson
Oil on Canvas, 12x24, 2020,$850
About: I grew up not far from the last sardine cannery in the United States, which was the Stinson plant in Prospect Harbor, ME. I knew several people over the years who either worked there or had family who worked there. It closed at about the time the US Navy base nearby also closed, further economically deteriorating an already poor region of the state. It was not only a sad day for a famously romantic industry in the US, but also for those whose lives depended on that plant. Today, the famous Stinson sign still stands, but only as a marker for history. The plant has been repurposed into the Maine Fair Trade Lobster processing plant, but is owned jointly by companies in Massachusetts and Connecticut. eastern Hancock and Washington counties still remain among the poorest regions in the United States.
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Greg Mason Burns
Asticou Gardens
Pam Cabanas
Pam Cabañas
Meduncook Rush (diptych)
Acrylic and watercolor on panels
48x48 overall, 2020 $4800
Pam Cabañas
ReMaine 2
Charcoal on prepared panel, 60x30, 2020, $4,200
Pam Cabañas
Peace on the Beach 1
Diptych, acrylic and watercolor on panels, 60x60 overall, 2020, $6,500
Norma Johnsen
Norma Johnsen
Deering Oaks
Pastel, 17x21 framed, $1000
Norma Johnsen
Great Black Hawk.
Mixed Media, 22 x 28, $750
JIm Kelly
Jim Kelly
Marble Block Building
Archival Pigmented Inks, 38x50, 2014, $600
Janice L. Moore
Janice L. Moore
Highland Farm Reclamation
Oil on canvas, 24x30, 2020, $3,200
Maine landscapes are rarely static. There is an ebb and flow I am reminded of every time I discover an old stone wall deep in the woods. I've been obsessively photographing this farm for over twenty years, always with the intention of painting it someday when the time was right. I've captured it throughout its slow decline at different times of day and in different seasons. I'm guessing by the details and patina that it's at least 150 years old. When my local historical society reopens, I will get as many details as I can about this place. There used to be one light always on in what I imagine was the kitchen, but as of this summer it's no longer on. The natural landscape is slowly reclaiming this farm bit by small bit
Kris onuf
Kris Onuf
Vanishing Terns Monoprint, 9x12 , 2020, $100
Climate change is altering our planet dramatically. Many species are disappearing. Habitat is lost. Food sources diminish. I have chosen three terns listed as endangered in Maine: the roseate tern, the least tern and the black tern. These are elegant, beautiful birds which lift our hearts. They fly, for now, along the rocky cliffs of the coast and islands. Their seasons, like ours, are numbered.
Kris Onuf
Vanishing Terns 1
Monoprint 9x11, 2020, $100
Kris Onuf
Last Tern
Monoprint, 7x9.5, 2020, $125
tammy packie
Tammy Packie
Sharing the Sea's Bounty
8x10 silver print , framed 14x17
All photographs from the series The Last Days of Port Clyde Canning, 2000, NFS
https://www.downeasthost.com/tpackiephoto/
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Tammy Packie
Stop Seining at Dawn
8x10 silver print, framed 14x17, 1997, NFS
Tammy Packie
Arriving at Factory
8x10 silver print, framed 14x17, 1997, NFS
Jane page-conway
Jane Page-Conway
Ocean-Erosion-#2
Archival Pigment Print, 16x20, 2020, $100.00
Jane Page-Conway
Ocean Erosion #3
Archival Pigment Print, 16x16, 2020, $100.00
Jane Page-Conway
Ocean Erosion #1
Archival Pigment Print, 16x20,2020, $100
Roland Salazar
Roland Salazar
Country Grist Mill
Mixed, 22x30, 2017, $425
anne strout
Anne Strout
Logging on the Presumpscot
Encaustic, mixed media, 9x13, 2020, $100
Joanne Tarlin
David Wade
David Wade
Longfellow's Car
Pigment print. 11x14, 2007, $300
David Wade
Bird's Eye View
Pigment print, 15 x11, 2017, $350
Jaime Wing
Jaime Wing
Persistence
Wood block print with silver ink on handmade paper (made with 100% recycled materials), embroidery, 9x6, 2020. $100
Note: The steely skyline of Portland, Maine, subtly textured with vines rooted beneath the urban landscape. Despite twists and turns, five blooms reach towards the sky: Life, Healing, Vitality, Art and Spirit
Jaime Wing
Birches, 2019
Screenprint over wood block print with silver ink on navy cotton paper
8.5x11, $50
Note: An autumn memory from Haystack School of Crafts
Jaime Wing
Coast
Stone lithograph, shell, embroidery, 6x6, 2020, $150
Note: Inspired by a recent serene ocean visit, where I found these shell shards, which mimic the rocky coast upon which I found them, jutting out of the high tide like jagged teeth over the swirling kelp.
Mark Barnette
Mark Barnette
Pike Industries, Westbrook, ME
Varnished digital B&W print on mulberry paper, 11.5x13, 2018, $270
Mark Barnette
Spider webs on the tracks, Cassidy Point, Portland
Digital B&W print, 11x14, 2017, $215
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