"Oceans & ROcks X" 2007, Handmade paper of dyed Kozo fiber,colored pencil, 10x40
Artist Statement: "My works are concerned with a moment paused, with contemplation, singularity, and silence. The interplay of color, surface, and composition continuously attracts my interest, and challenges me to depict place, time, and mood. I’m deeply influenced by my surroundings. The colors, textures, and light constantly seduce me. Over time, the qualities of a place build up in my mind and become the essence of the place. The essence becomes the touchstone for a series. The material itself influences me: the qualities of pulp, the colors of dyes, and the sound of the water dripping. The physicality of papermaking suits me. When I make a piece, I’m pouring color. It resembles a dance of coordinated movements with a fluid substance, in a set framework, with chance and time factored in.” --Gayle Fitzpatrick.
Call: (207) 838-7605 or e-mail papermaker.mom@gmail.com
Charles Dufour, Belfast ME (web) | "Only Connect" from The Duality Series | $2,500
"Voyager" | 2009 | $15,000
24 carat gold, wood and metal Utilizing IC technology for levitation 7 feet high x 2 feets wide x 2 feet deep
Artist Statement: "In my work I would like to convey the sense of the voyage of ideals, the arrival of a dreamworld. To hover between the real and the spiritual world. To call up ‘stories’ from our collective past, still points around which our private memories revolve.” --James Strickland
Call: (207) 338-5177 or e-mail james@jamesstricklandart.com
Gayle Fitzpatrick; Ogunquit, ME (web) | "Oceans & Rocks X"
"Oceans & Rocks X"
24 carat gold, wood and metal
Artist Statement: "My works are concerned with a moment paused, with contemplation, singularity, and silence. The interplay of color, surface, and composition continuously attracts my interest, and challenges me to depict place, time, and mood. I’m deeply influenced by my surroundings. The colors, textures, and light constantly seduce me. Over time, the qualities of a place build up in my mind and become the essence of the place. The essence becomes the touchstone for a series. The material itself influences me: the qualities of pulp, the colors of dyes, and the sound of the water dripping. The physicality of papermaking suits me. When I make a piece, I’m pouring color. It resembles a dance of coordinated movements with a fluid substance, in a set framework, with chance and time factored in.” --James Strickland
Abigail Wellman, Portland ME (web) | "Title" | $X
June Kellogg; Brooklin, ME (web) | "Coreopsis"
"Kite Series #23" | 2005 | $12,000 Painted Aircraft Plywood 8 feet x 8 feet x 6 inches deep
"Coreopsis" Mixed media on canvas, 32” x 30”
Artist Statement: "My desire to discover a way to use my art to express the connection to the earth that I feel whenever I spend time in nature inspired this painting series. My use of actual plants achieves such a connection directly. I apply plants to the canvas, then let their shapes, textures, and rhythms inspire the marks and colors I employ while painting. Working intuitively, I build the paintings in layers. Often I use a black-and-white sketch that I have done en plein air for the initial composition and first layer of the painting. For the second layer, I respond to the rhythms and colors of the work to decide which aspects will remain to merge with aspects of the new layer. Although this is only a small example of connecting with nature, it expresses my conviction that all things are connected and the earth must be honored and treated well so that future generations will survive and flourish on this planet.” --June Kellogg
Call: (207) 359-5052 or e-mail june_kellogg@yahoo.com
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