James W. Strickland, Belfast ME (web)
Sculptor & painter
"Kite Series #25" | 2005 | $16,000
24 carat gold and wood
8 feet high x 8 feet wide x 6 inches 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
Avy Claire (web)
Mixed Media Artists
"shadows090101"
Mixed media on mylar, 13x 23, 2009
Artist Statement:Avy Claire is an artist who divides her time between a studio in Maine and one in New York City. The challenges of Landscape and Conceptual involvement are significant to her art. "I am interested in the dynamic tension between human mechanistic activity and nature’s deeper order. I call this intersection, ‘The Garden’…. What attracts me is the idea of a perceived contradiction — one of human action and the other, tendencies of disorder in nature. What motivates me is the opportunity to realize a harmonic vibration in this pairing. ” Avy Claire received her degree in Painting with honors from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1978. Her work is represented in private and corporate collections in this country and abroad.
Call: (207) 374-2433 or e-mail avyclaire@gmail.com
Avy Claire (web)
Mixed Media Artists
"For the Trees"
Installation, polyester film, rapidograph
Artist Statement:Avy Claire is an artist who divides her time between a studio in Maine and one in New York City. The challenges of Landscape and Conceptual involvement are significant to her art. "I am interested in the dynamic tension between human mechanistic activity and nature’s deeper order. I call this intersection, ‘The Garden’…. What attracts me is the idea of a perceived contradiction — one of human action and the other, tendencies of disorder in nature. What motivates me is the opportunity to realize a harmonic vibration in this pairing. ” Avy Claire received her degree in Painting with honors from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1978. Her work is represented in private and corporate collections in this country and abroad.
Call: (207) 374-2433 or e-mail avyclaire@gmail.com
James W. Strickland, Belfast ME (web)
Sculptor & painter
"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
Kirk Moore; Belfast, ME(web)
Painter
"Cattails – Winter"
Oil on Canvas, 14x12
Artist Statement: "In 1972, Georgetown started their Fine Arts Program. It was pretty basic. I took a wood carving class with Leonard Cave. At the time there was a consortium between the various colleges and universities in Washington (D.C.). I was fortunate enough to stumble upon Frank Wright's drawing class at George Washington University. The waiting list to get into Frank's class three years. I think he sensed my eagerness and took pity on my naiveté'. In any event, he squeezed me in. Except for three months a the Leo Marchutz School in Aix-en-Provence, that drawing class was the extent of my formal art education. For the rest I looked and experimented. I looked at thousands of paintings in hundreds of museums and galleries. I learned the hard way, but it was a good way for me. However, every once in while a friend would say 'Why don't you try this.' It would help and I'd think, 'Why didn't someone tell me this ten years ago?' Still, I believe the best way to learn to paint is just to paint. Get started and you'll figure it out. Writers write. Painters paint. You have to be willing to make mistakes and try it over again."” --Kirk Moore.
Call: (207)323-6244 or e-mail raymondkirkmoore@gmail.com
