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September 2-October 12 at the Aviation Museum in Londonderry, NH

Congratulations are due to Mike Culver. His splendid color photograph “Win, Place and Show, Saratoga” has been selected to be shown at the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire’s Juried Exhibit, Born to Fly.

Mike Culver’s works are available for purchase at Mathias Fine Art. Culver is a painter and photographer, whose work is represented in numerous private and public collections, including the Rhode Island School of Design Museum; the Owensboro Museum of Art; and the Ogunquit Museum of American Art. His photos have been shown many times in juried exhibits, including the Annual Texas National at Austin University, the National Exhibit at the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts and the Maryland Federation of Art’s American Landscape National Exhibition. Mike Culver currently serves as Governor Wentworth Arts Council member in New Hampshire, and in his capacity of museum professional he is frequently asked to be a juror himself.

Born to Fly Event Page 

The Earth Remembers gallery talk occurs on September 1st from 2pm-3. Cordula Mathias, owner-director of MFA Gallery will present on Brenda Bettinson‘s latest series. The talk will range from the genesis of the exhibition to its context in Bettinson’s overall oeuvre.   The artist’s technique, presentation and creative passion will also be explored.

An extensive artist statement and other background material is available at the gallery.  Questions, connections, & feelings from the audience are most welcome and encouraged.  For more information please contact the gallery at (207)633-7404.

Brenda Bettinson’s Earth Remembers series was the point of departure for the talk given by Dr. Hart on August 17.  The audience was happy to respond with questions and supplements.  We were delighted to hear  two war poems read by their author Maine writer Michael Uhl. 

August 17th, 2016  2 – pm

Poetry Reading and Talk

Dr Ellen Louise Hart to speak at Mathias Fine Art

Mathias Fine Art is honored to host a poetry reading and talk entitled The War Poets by Dr Ellen Louise Hart on Wednesday August 17 from 2 – 3pm. Dr Hart has for more than 35 years taught writing and American Literature in universities on the West Coast.  She has followed Bettinson’s work since the late eighties.

Dr Hart’s presentation was triggered by her reaction to the new series of paintings by Brenda Bettinson which is currently on view at Mathias Fine Art: The Earth Remembers. The paintings are a meditation on the death and destruction wrought on the battlefields of northern France and Belgium during the First World War. When she saw them, Dr Hart immediately recalled the writings of American and British poets and novelists who took that war for their theme: poetry such as those by Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves, and the unforgettable prose descriptions of William Faulkner.  For more information contact the gallery at 207-633-7404 and read more at the link:

http://www.boothbayregister.com/article/war-poets-readings-and-discussion-dr-ellen-hart/74000 

We are happy to announce that Daniel Kany’s article Destination Midcoast and Downeast Maine mentions Mathias Fine Art in the print edition of the July/August issue of Art New England on p. 57. Several of our artists are referenced by name and characterized as sophisticated. Thank you, Daniel, for spreading the word. 

Brenda Bettinson’s solo show “The Earth Remembers” will be on view through September 11, 2016.

Brenda Bettinson’s most recent work at Mathias Fine Art in Trevett, ME is about the battlefields of WWI.

This body of 21 paintings represents a new series, which was begun and completed in the 2nd half of 2015.  These  works are characterized by layers: layers of color, layers of meaning, layers of compositions within compositions, and layers of memory and distance.

Some of the paintings are grouped within one frame reminiscent of polyptych works. Others are individually framed.

Bettinson’s sophisticated approach to her theme lets the viewer discover much and imagine more in the layered surfaces of her masterly compositions.  For additional information see the article in The Wiscasset Newspaper

http://www.wiscassetnewspaper.com/article/bettinsons-earth-remembers-mathias-fine-art/72352

A reading of poems related to the show is scheduled for August 17, 2016 at 2pm.  The hour-long program will be presented by Dr. Ellen Louise Hart. 

Brenda Bettinson’s solo show called “The Earth Remembers”

June 30^th – September 11, 2016

The new exhibition is taking shape.  Framed and ready to go up. 

COOL COLORS

The seductive deep blue of the sea, the tempting green of fresh apples and timeless grey-green lichen-covered rocks, share wall space with abstract works pulsing with yellows and glowing with turquois.  Michael Culver’s Blue Storm is shown in this post.  This talented group of artists also include Chris Alexander, Holland Bartsch, Brenda Bettinson, Paul Feyling, Marek Halter, John Lorence, Genetta McLean and Phyllis Rees. Photography, painting, lithography and silkscreen printing impress with their expert level of execution. Several small bronzes which are finished with a green patina add their weight to this celebration of the coolest part of the color spectrum.http://www.boothbayregister.com/article/cool-colors-are/70921 

We are currently  installing Cool Colors, a new exhibition including sculpture, paintings, prints and photographs.  Works by professional artists from Maine, New England and Europe are included.  Stay tuned for more information.