DAN COREY Conducting a Workshop at BRAF

Dan has a workshop available thru the BRAF (Boothbay Region Art Foundation) June 15th and 16th. Dan is a very giving teacher. To see his work and some of his teachings and musings go to http://www.danielcorey.blogspot.com

He also has a weekly running Plein Air class starting June 11 on Monday's. 

For more information contact Dan at painter03@yahoo.com

DIANA JOHNSON in Portland

PAPME member Diana Johnson is in a workshop with Maria Baggetta PSA, MC on June 18,19,21 and 22. It is a pastel workshop. For more information contact Diana Johnson at info@dianajohnsonfineart.com or go to http://www.PastelPaintersOfMaine.com for more in depth information and registration forms.

KEVIN MIZNER in Plein Air Event in PA

PAPME member, Kevin Mizner would like to share his painting opportunity with us. It’s a plein air event in New Hope, Pennsylvania—home of the famous New Hope School of the early twentieth century. It’s being coordinated by The Bucks County Gallery of Fine Art. The area in and around New Hope is quite lovely with lots of great spots to paint–no lobsters boats though! (they can't have everything.)  Here is a link to the site, http://buckscountygalleryart.com/event/35744/local-color-plein-air-weekend-in-july  Dates, and registration info can be seen there as well.

Hope you can join him. 

TONY VAN HASSELT'S Summer Workshops

PAPME Member, Tony van Hasselt, who is one of our most faithful plein air painters is conducting his Plein Air Watercolor workshop in Boothbay Harbor, the week of June 18 to 22.  

He will also conduct one in Rockland, July 16 to 20. Both sessions still have openings remaining. For those of you who have watched Tony painting with us….it is magic!  

Details at

http://www.tonyvanhasselt.com

MICHAEL CHESLEY JOHNSON'S Summer Workshops

NEW PAPME MEMBER, Michael Chesley Johnson is once again offering his popular plein air painting workshops from July into September at his summer studio on Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada.  These workshops are a real treat for the student because they are small in size - typically no more than four students - and offer some of the best Maritime scenery anywhere.  Campobello Island is home to the 3,000-acre Roosevelt-Campobello International Park, which was recently featured on CBS Sunday Morning, and to the Herring Cove Provincial Park.  The parks offer quiet beaches, bold cliffs and meadows edged with apple trees, and elsewhere on Campobello and in neighboring Lubec, Maine, the painter will find fishing villages and lighthouses.

Michael schedules two types of workshops.  He gives workshops for any level of student in which the fundamentals of plein air painting are taught, and also workshops for advanced painters where the finer points of the painting process are discussed.  Additionally, he is happy to serve as a guide or mentor for the advanced painter seeking a retreat.  Workshops cost $300 for four half-days.  They run half-days allowing the painter to paint on his own, if desired, or to explore the area's many recreational opportunities with family or friends.  Although Michael will paint in oil or pastel, students are welcome to bring any medium.

For details or to register, please visit www.PaintCampobello.com or contact Michael at mcj.painter@gmail.com  For details on Michael, visit www.MichaelChesleyJohnson.com

STAPLETON KEARNS in Maine

A lot of you came to see Stape when he demonstrated at Grimes Cove. Here is a chance to see him again in Maine

THE SANFORD/SPRINGVALE ART ASSOCIATION INVITES YOU TO A LANDSCAPE DEMO BY STAPLETON KEARNS

A master craftsman, Stapleton Kearns is a firmly established contemporary American Artist. He is a lavish and eccentric individual with high standards of professional integrity who will not skimp on time or detail in his work. Having been a part of R H Ives Gammell's atelier in Boston in the 1970's, his home is in New England. Stapleton Kearns is an elected member of the Guild of Boston Artists. For five years he served as president of the Rockport Art Association. Twice his paintings have been included in the Biannual Show at the National Academy of Design in New York City. He is a member of the New England Plein Aire Painters. Check out his website at www.stapletonkearnsgallery.com
Date – June 16 (Saturday) Time – 1 – 3pm
Place – Trafton Senior Center, 19 Elm St., Sanford, Maine
Cost - $5.00 for members and $10.00 for non-members.
Pre-register by calling (207) 490-1487 or email marybullock2@juno.com
www.sanfordspringvaleart.org

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PAPME

PAPME Members..... Friends of Seguin Island Lighthouse is launching an annual art exhibit in the historic lighthouse on Seguin Island at the mouth of the Kennebec River. While this isn't specifically a Plein Air event, they would like to  have such works included.
They have also launched a website, wwww.seguinislandart.org  the address is included in the Call to Artists.
This event should be a pretty neat and unique event. It will support the art community while assisting Friends of Seguin with the costs of maintaining such a historic landmark.
This is a great chance to show your work.

BILL TOMSA with "POP-UP" Artists

Bill would like us a to know about an opportunity for PAPME members.

Five Rivers Arts Alliance has brought area artists together for the 2012 2nd Friday ArtWalks, May-October

From assemblage to masks, oil paintings to photography, over 55 artists and 11 galleries will be offering their works in Ft. Andross and the downtown Brunswick area.

To find out more about it go to www.5raa.org 

LEE BOYNTON to Give Workshop

Our fellow PAPME member, Lee Boynton, will be giving a workshop in the Boothbay Harbor area 8/1-8/4. Here are the particulars:
August Light: Painting the Impressionist Landscape 
Boynton Workshops
Boothbay Harbor, Maine
8/1-8/4, 2012  All levels welcome
Cost: $400
http://www.leeboynton.com
leeboyntonart@gmail.com
(410) 263-6336

Unlock your ability to see the color of light and to paint the truth of what you see in the landscape.
Day1:  Lee will introduce the Impressionist theories of color and light through the exercise of painting colored blocks, using a palette of colors that corresponds to the natural spectrum of light.  He takes this exercise from his studies with the late Impressionist master at the Cape School of Art in Provincetown, MA.  Simplifying the subject in the light helps to develop your color vision.
Day 2-4:  The students will apply what they've learned about color to painting the August light in the coastal landscape.  Lee will also instruct on applying the principles of design and composition to help improve your work.
The workshop will conclude with a group critique and a dinner gathering at Lee's family cottage on Capitol Island.

                  

DIANNE HORTON Has More Exciting News

Dianne just got into CFAAM (Coastal Fine Arts Alliance of Maine) and she has two more dates to shows, one being Southwest Harbor.  It is a non-profit in that money goes to the towns where they have shows. The website is   http://www.seamaineart.com  Dianne is understandably very excited about all this. Good Luck, Dianne

DIANNE HORTON has a Solo Show in Bangor

Dianne has been asked to participate in a solo show at Husson University in Bangor from March 23 to May 10 in the White Gallery in Peabody Hall. The show will be open daily Monday through Friday. Dianne has 20 works in the show and Jane Jarvi has done a fabulous job of hanging it for her. The Artist's Reception will be April 12 from 4-6. Congratulations, Dianne

CAROL JESSEN Wins Award!

Two of Carol's paintings made it into the St. Louis Watercolor Society Annual Show and...... "Eastpoint Shore" won an "Award of Achievement"...(3rd place). Nationally known painter and author was Stephen Quiller. Opening Reception is at Creative Art Gallery on Ivanhoe on Friday evening in St. Louis  6 - 8 p.m. Award ceremony at 7 p.m.
Congratulations Carol!

Wish we could be there with you Carol, but we are all with you in spirit.

Click to go to Carol's blog:

http://caroljessen.blogspot.com

GAIL MORRISON has another coup!

Gail just recieved notification that her painting PEWTER & ROSES 18"x 24" was accepted into the Oil Painters of America National Show. Congratulations, Gail!

WILL KIRKPATRICK to show in Berlin MA

Come meet Will and his Fellow Oak Grove Painters and enjoy over fifty paintings on exhibit for the Town of Berlin's Bicentennial Celebration. This is the last time that they will be seen in one place. The Closing Reception for the "Oak Grove Painters Paint Berlin" is Sunday, April First, 2012at the Old 1870 Berlin Town Hall12 Woodward Avenue, Berlin, MA 3:30 to 5:00 pm

News from TAMMIE GIESHABER and MICHAEL RANUCCI

PAPME Member, Tammie Gieshaber, curator of Gallery 5 in Lewiston, is taking over ownership of the gallery and it will be forthwith named Lyceum Gallery.  Huge congratulations Tammie!  Any artist who has had the opportunity to exhibit under Tammie's curatorship knows this is great news.  Here is the link for Lyceum Gallery  http://www.LyceumGallery.com  The Gallery will have a Grand Opening with a ribbon cutting under the new name on March 16th at 4pm.  Then, at 5 pm an exhibit of paintings by Michael Ranucci will get underway.  So please come by on March 16th for the Grand Opening and Exhibit Opening!

LARRY STEVENS has Show at CMMC

Larry Stevens is scheduled for a show at the Women's Health Organization Rotating Art Gallery at Central Maine Medical Center from July 21 to August 25th.  Congratulations Larry!

 

A Workshop in Boothbay Harbor

Jim Sulkowski, a friend of PAPME, is giving a workshop July 16-19 in Boothbay Harbor. For more information and a materials list go to his website   http://www.jamessulkowski.com   or you can email him at james.sulkowski@verizon.net  or call 412-874-4435  It should be an interesting workshop.

DON DEMERS to be Entry Jurist in Plein Air-Easton!

Plein Air-Easton! Announces Judges for 2012 Competition

The entry jurist and awards judge have been named for the 8th Annual Plein Air-Easton! Competition and Arts Festival. 

The entry jurist who selects which artist will contend in the competition is Donald Demers from  Eliot, Maine.

The deadline to enter the Plein Air-Easton National Competition is March 9, 2012. Competition artists will be announced March 30, 2012.

Good for you Don...Great picture of you too!

SUZANNE deLESSEPS in Group Show in Yarmouth

Suzanne deLesseps has a series of 20 new pastels titled "Normandy Horizons" in a group show, "Paintings of Normandy and Beyond" at the Yarmouth Frame Shop and Gallery, 720 U.S. Route 1, Yarmouth, ME. Six artists are showing their paintings and photographs from recent trips to France. The show will run from February 11 - March 31.   FMI contact the gallery at 846-7777.

BILL TOMSA Two Worlds One Artist

Bill is very pleased to announce a solo exhibit of his paintings at Regency Mortgage Corporation  http://www.regencymtg.com  94 Commercial Street, Portland, ME. The title of this exhibit is Two Worlds One Artist and is a mix of both his Representational paintings (mostly plein air landscapes) and his Nonrepresentational paintings, also know as "abstract". Bill says "I truly love painting both types and in doing so, I feel like I have a foot in both worlds of art. I look forward to sharing this work with you and sincerely hope you'll be able to make it to one of the First Friday Artwalks in February or March."

Hours: 5-8 first Fridays of month, FOR SURE and with refreshments, other days and times are always possible, just give a ring ahead 207 221-5454 or 221-5455
Directions: Waterfront 94 Commercial Street Custom House Wharf 2 blocks north of Dimillos, same side entrance at sidewalk, second floor

Good Luck, Bill