Category: Art

Two Cape Ann Artists Win in Artwork Competition

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Bill Hubbard writes-

Joey,
I recently ran an art contest on America’s largest artists website, Fine Art America for paintings of commercial fishing and guess what?  Two Cape Ann artists won First and Third Place.  Eileen Patten Oliver from Rockport came in first with a beautiful acrylic of Gloucester Harbor and Capt. Phil Cusumano took Third Place with his vibrant
oil painting, Morning on Georges Bank.  I thought you might like to give them credit on GMG and prepared the writeup below.  I’m sure Phil and Eileen and their Cape Ann Friends would like to see it.  I was certainly proud to see those fine paintings from my home port.
Bill Hubbard

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Cape Ann Artists Take First and Third Place in Commercial Fishing Boat Contest  I recently had the privilege of conducting a contest for paintings of commercial fishing boats on  Fine Art America, the world’s largest artists website.  As a
painter and a direct descendant of a Gloucester fishing captain, I am proud to see these fine paintings in the winners circle.
First Place was won by Eileen Patten Oliver of Rockport with a beautifully detailed acrylic painting of Gloucester Harbor.  Eileen has been painting in oils and acrylics in Maine and Massachusetts for over 40 years.  While she likes to paint en plein or on
te scene, she also uses photographs as painting studies.  She managed the art gallery at the West Quoddy Head Light Visitors Center in Lubec, Me for several seasons, has taught Adult Education classes, studied with Paul Shea, Peter Nyren and Constantine Sqouras and took a class at Mass College of Art but, is predominantly self-taught.  She lives in Rockport, Ma with her husband, James Oliver, ho is also an accomplished painter, illustrator and print maker.  Eileen is a member of the Newburyport Art Association
Third Place was one by Capt. Phil Cusumano with his vibrant oil painting Early Morning on Georges Bank,  Phil, a marine artist and sea captain, has lived the life of his subject matter, commercial fishing. His work documents the fishing industry from the era of the tall ships to the present day. His images range from life aboard a modern day fishing dragger, to the Gloucester skyline in 1905. 
Born and raised in Gloucester, MA Phil has had a long love affair with the ocean. His father owned and operated commercial fishing vessels in Gloucester for fifty years. At the early age of thirteen, Phil started fishing during summer vacations on his father’s commercial draggers. He graduated from Gloucester High School in 1969 and fished full time on his father’s boats. “But I was always drawing, even out at sea”.  He honed his artistic skills when he studied for three years at the Vesper George School of Art in Boston and graduated in 1974. As part of commercial and design programs he learned  about how to incorporate design composition and illustration in his work. From 1972-1988 he worked primarily in watercolors influenced by his study with internationally know Rockport artist, John Terelak. 
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http://bill-hubbard.artistwebsites.com

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Interview with the artist: new mural in Eco Boutique space on Main Street

Posted on by dawntheresa

As you hopefully saw last week, Cole Herbst is doing a beautiful new mural in the Main Street space that the Eco Boutique is moving into. Below is an interview with the artist (interviewed by Jason Burroughs) – the store is stocked now, so go in and check it out in the Brown’s Mall building!

Also, check out the unveiling of his other mural about a year ago:

School vacation is next week… are you ready?

Posted on by dawntheresa

Cool stuff going on during February Vacation at Art Haven and Pathways for Children!

Tie-DyeELEMENTARY PROGRAMS
Paint Big: Monday, Feb 20 | 9 – 11:30am
Tie Dye a T-shirt: Tues, Feb 21 | 9 – 11:30am
Lord of the Rings Day: Wed, Feb 22 | 9 – 3:30p [Check out the video below for more info]
Book Making: Thurs, Feb 23 | 9 – 11:30pm
Jewelry Making: Friday, Feb 24 | 9 – 11:30pm

MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Paint Big: Monday, Feb 20 | 12:30 – 3pm
Tie Dye a T-shirt: Tues, Feb 21 | 12:30 – 3pm
Lord of the Rings Day: Wed, Feb 22 | 9 – 3:30p
Book Making: Thurs, Feb 23 | 12:30 – 3:00pm
Photoshop 101: Friday, Feb 24 | 12:30 – 3:00pm

There is a small class fee for each program, but financial assistance is available if needed. Fill out and return the registration form for more information.

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More marine origami

Posted on by Matthew Green

I think some local businesses would get crabby if I tried to pay with folded money…

Dollar bill origami crab. Folded according to the design by Won Park.

(Folded by me, designed by Won Park)

The Cape Hedge Inn, circa 1950

Posted on by Sharon
The Cape Hedge Inn, Land’s End, Rockport, circa 1950 Don Felt/©Fredrik D. Bodin
The Cape Hedge Inn was located at the end of South Street in Rockport, between Cape Hedge and Pebble Beaches. Across the street was the over flow guest house, and the little shack to the right of it was a hot dog stand. In the later 1950s and 1960s, the inn was called the Sandpiper by its new owners. Sadly, the Sandpiper burned in 1978. All that remains is a crumbled foundation.
The Cape Hedge Inn, Land’s End, Rockport, 1954 Anonymous/Fredrik D. Bodin
Aerial printed archivally from the original 4×5 inch film negative in my darkroom. Image #a9245-578
Sandpiper Inn printed digitally from a post card.
Fred

Fredrik D. Bodin
Bodin Historic Photo
82 Main Street
Gloucester, MA 01930

"Reverie" at Lille Fine Art Salon

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

The inaugural exhibit, Reverie at Lille, is curated to allow escapism and contemplation among paintings of landscape, seascape, still life, and architecture. The works of eight notable Cape Ann impressionist, luminist, and colorist painters: John Caggiano, Rudi Colao, Suzanne Crocker, Jonathan MacAdam, Eugene Quinn, Lauri Fielding, and Jill Demeri are featured. Four nudes by Camilla McRoberts, painted at the Art Students League of NewYork from 1951-1953, are also on exhibit to introduce the second Lille event coming in May 2012: Nude at Lille.

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Lille Fine Art Salon, located at One Lawson Lane, Suite 15 in the lakeside city of Burlington, VT, will be the site of Reverie at Lille, an exhibition which runs from February 10, 2012 to April 6, 2012.  Reverie at Lille showcases a collection of more than 70 works by notable impressionist, luminist, and colorist painters from the island of Cape Ann situated on the north shore of Boston, MA.

The opening receptions will be held on two evenings, Friday, February 17 and Saturday, February 18, 2012, 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Lille Fine Art Salon, One Lawson Lane, Suite 15, Burlington, VT. Lille will also host weekly “Salon Evenings.” Every Thursday night, from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., the public is invited to the salon to meet exhibiting artists and art experts and enjoy refreshments. The first “Salon Evening” is February 23, 2012.

Rockport Sculptor Jenna Powell to Exhibit Work Based on the Paint Factory!

Posted on by S.D. Kelly
A piece by Jenna Powell based on the Paint Factory in Gloucester.

Rockport sculptor Jenna Powell is showing at Lesley University from February 16th to April 16th. The work in her show is based on the castings from the iconic Tarr & Wonson Paint Factory in Gloucester, with results both aesthetically and historically important. From Jenna:

I began the Tarr and Wonson Paint Manufactory project in Gloucester Massachusetts with the assumption that the remaining historic structures would be of primary interest, not the story of paint discovered within. Inside, multi-colored traces of history are frozen in varying stages of liquidity: flowing, dripping, oozing, splattering, lumping and layering. The paint evokes the memory of mass production recorded throughout and between multiple stories, floorboards, ceilings, and walls.

Check out her website: 
The show is located at:
Gallery @ University Hall

 

1815 Massachusetts Ave 
Cambridge, Ma
Atrium Gallery 2nd floor 9am – 9pm

 

Valentine Greetings

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Happy Valentine’s Day Gloucester!

Birth of Pop Art

In 1962 Jim Dine’s (1935- ) work was included, along with Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Robert Dowd, Philip Hefferton, Joe Goode, Edward Ruscha, and Wayne Thiebaud in the historically important and ground-breaking New Paintings of Common Objects curated by Walter Hopps at the Norton Simon Museum. This exhibition is historically considered one of the first Pop Art exhibitions in America. – wiki

Images courtesy Google image search.

Rubber Duck off island again at Museum of Fine Arts Boston

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Rubber Duck likes the use of yellow.

My man, Winslow!

Didn’t know you could knit those …

Then lunch in the atrium of the new wing. Thankfully, no duck on the menu.

Saturday Night on the town, part III

Posted on by Matthew Green

Last Saturday night, after the Bodin Historical Photo event and a visit to the Cape Ann Oil Co. (as described in previous posts), I also stopped by to see Loren Doucette’s show at the Art Room.


She works in a variety of media, including acrylic and pastel, and an interesting method she described of coating paper with black ink and “painting” by removing areas of it – I forget the technical name, but it sounds like a challenging and fun technique to work with.

The artist with her work

Her art is well worth the visit.

Cape Ann Painter and Photographer Group

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns
The meeting was held this morning for the first time at the wonderful Annie Theatre, which is where future meetings will be held. E.J. gave a super presentation on marketing for artists–this is a great group for meeting fellow artists, for sharing ideas on exhibiting, resources, marketing, and for staying connected.
The Cape Ann Painter and Photographer Group meets the second Monday of each month from 9:00 to 10:30.
Evie from Pleasant Street Tea Company

Young Artist of the week!

Posted on by dawntheresa

Ivan and his monster

This young artist of the week is a very multi-talented boy named Ivan who made this incredible embossed monster in this week’s Metal Tooling class at Art Haven! Ivan has already taken art classes in a variety of mediums, and it’s always exciting to see what ideas and creatures come out of his creative mind next…

If you know of a young artist that should be featured here, email dawn.gadow@gmail.com  with a short description and a photo of some of their work!

Saturday night on the town, part I

Posted on by Matthew Green

Yesterday was a great evening to be in Gloucester.

First, there was Fred Bodin’s party at Bodin Historic Photo and Fine Art. I got there early and snapped this panorama of the gallery before many people arrived.

As always, there were delicious refreshments, including some good wines, hot meatballs in tomato sauce, and a table of sweet and salty snacks:

Our host, Fred Bodin, with GMG contributor Kathy Chapman:

If you missed this event, you should consider going another time.  There’s great food and company, and you can talk to some of the artists whose work is represented.

I also visited two other interesting places, to be described in upcoming posts…

Miracles

Posted on by Matthew Green

I need to uncork this jar and get at least two miracles right now…

The pottery in the sunlight was bought at Bodin Historic Photo and Fine Art which sells a variety of this kind of pottery by a local artist.  Bodin is having an open event with wine, cheese and chocolate this Saturday night from 5-9PM – come wearing red!  The Celtic-ornamented pewter cup in the shadow in this photo is Irish pewter sold at The Pewter Shop in Rockport.  Two of our many fine Cape Ann establishments!

Have you seen? New mural going up on Main Street…

Posted on by dawntheresa

Eco Boutique mural

Word on the street is that this new Cole Herbst mural is going to be the backdrop of the Eco Boutique when it moves up to 186 Main Street! More info and an interview with the artist coming soon…

Working on Eco Boutique mural

Simply Stunning Work in Progress

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

Juni Van Dyke and Maggie Rosa discuss design elements of the Eastern Point panel.

Yesterday I had the joy to meet Juni Van Dyke and several members of the Rose Baker Senior Center art class. Juni and her students are working on a project titled Gloucester: A Community of Neighborhoods. Each fabric panel measures approximately five-foot square and illustrates through iconic imagery characteristics unique to Gloucester neighborhoods. The banner’s design in it’s entirety, along with the individual artist’s whimsical designs and choice of fabrics, is utterly captivating and a vibrant visual feast.

Maggie’s extraordinary interpretation of the archetypical Beauport window. The window’s mullions frame a collection of antique glass in varying shades of lavender to deep grape.

This is not the first grand scale project of it’s kind created by Juni and the fiber artists at the Senior Center. The banner titled From Sea to Shining Sea: Celebration of the American Landscape that is currently on view at the Senior Center lunchroom was also exhibited at the Lexington Heritage Center for six months, and it measures nine feet in height by thirty feet in width.

Lois Stillman’s elegant rendition of the birch tree clump at Niles Pond.

Eastern Point panel detail with Mother Ann and butterflies.

I am honored to have been invited to create a butterfly for the Eastern Point panel although I think they have it beautifully covered. The whimsical swirl of butterflies in the upper left corner was created by students at the Eastern Point Day School and the charming and detailed Monarchs fluttering around Beauport by Maggie Rosa.

Lois stands in front of the panel she designed. Note her genius interpretation of the Abram Piatt Andrew Bridge, replete with cars (click photo to see larger version) and including Nichols Candy House. Her deep love of trees is apparent in the exquisitely skilled manner she has stitched and pieced many different species of trees created for the panels.

As the work on Gloucester: A Community of Neighborhoods unfolds we’ll bring you more stories and detailed photos about this vibrant and captivating work of art in progress–there are simply too many beautiful tales to tell in one post!

Juni and Priscilla ~ Sunlight streams through the large picture windows of the second floor art room at the Rose Baker Senior Center.

Pauline, Juni, and Maggie

Juni and Maggie

It’s a big, big world with Martine Bamford!

Posted on by dawntheresa

New workshops running at Art Haven for little ones to learn about other cultures, languages and art all at the same time, starting with France this session on Wednesdays! Click on the picture to check out her web site and get more info.

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