Category: Art

Photos by Jack Sullivan As I walk off the ferry onto Swan’s Island on a cold February day, I am greeted by the two Garys— Gary Rainford, the poet, whose vanity license plate, POETRY, is a tip-off, and Gary Hoyle, the painter. We head to Atlantic, one of three villages… SEE MORE

On the Water ABE GOODALE Abe Goodale spent the past dozen years working internationally as an artist and wilderness guide. He recently returned home to Maine to focus on work connected to the local waters he grew up on. Following in the footsteps of his great-great-grandfather Charles Dana Gibson, Goodale… SEE MORE

Altered Realities JEFFREY C. BECTON Working year-round from his Deer Isle studio, Jeffery Becton draws from a vast collection of photography of his natural surroundings, local homes, and personal imagery to create his striking compositions. His images, which he describes as digital montage, exist somewhere between photography, collage, and painting.… SEE MORE

Painting Islands: Uniting Community with Art Islanders choose and light subject  By HOWIE MOTENKO My project explores participatory art using the photographic technique known as “light painting.” My goal is to bring this public art work to all 15 of Maine’s unbridged, year-round island communities. For each island, the collaboration… SEE MORE

Vision Shared: The Painter and the Lobsterman ‘Seeing’ and ‘looking’ are two different things, explains Connie Hayes. By MELISSA WATERMAN PHOTOS BY GEORGE TERRIEN My eyes are brown. The eyes of my two brothers are pale blue. I see the world differently than they do, but that is a matter… SEE MORE