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PORTFOLIO REVIEW

During March 2015 we will schedule portfolio reviews with individual artists who would like to be considered for inclusion in upcoming exhibitions at Mathias Fine Art. For more information please call the gallery at (207) 633-7404. 

SPONSORED by MATHIAS FINE ART

Mathias Fine Art will sponsor this year’s Distinguished Lecture at the Center of Maine Contemporary Art.  The speaker will be Jed Perl who is the award-winning art critic at The New Republic and author of numerous essays which have appeared in The New Criterion, The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic and Harper’s among others.  He is the author of several books, most recently Magicians and Charlatans.  He is currently a visiting professor at The New School of Social Research.

The event takes place at the Rockport Opera House on August 25 at 5pm. For tickets call: 207-236-2875.  For more information click on www.cmcanow.org 

MAKING HeadLines

4 to 7 pm Reception

Join us and celebrate the heady mix of art works included in MAKING HeadLines.  The work shown here depicts Maine’s first woman senator Margret Chase Smith and is part of Robert Shetterly’s ongoing series of paintings called American Who Tell the Truth www.americanswhotellthetruth.org

Other artists represented in this head-turning exhibition are Kimberly Callas, Peter Fogg, Patt Franklin, Brigitte Keller & John Lorence.  For more information please call 207-633-7404. 

MAKING HeadLines

Gallery hours: Wed – Sun noon to 5pm and by appointment

MAKING HeadLines is a most unusual exhibition: 12 artists, some with international reputations and others of lesser fame have contributed paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture, all of which have the human head as their subject.  A wide variety of stylistic approaches and materials adds interest to this stimulating and expressive presentation.

Among the artists included in this showing are Wanda Norstrom, Robert Shetterly, Robert J. Cariola, Kimberly Callas and Brenda Bettinson who is seen here with a partial view of her painting Sons of Priam. 

June 6^th through July 13, 2013

Gallery hours: Wed – Sun noon to 5pm and by appointment

Genetta McLean makes her debut at Mathias Fine Art with a group of meticulously executed small oil paintings.  As may be seen from her panel Wren shown here, she brings a new look to still-life painting.  Her eye-level views, glowing color and egg-shell surfaces are irresistible.

Other artists adding a different look to this show are Patt Franklin, Brigitte Keller, Brenda Bettinson, Michael Culver, Paul Feyling, and John Lorence.

August 4th through September 30^th, 2012

Gallery hours: Wed – Sun noon to 5pm and by appointment

Mood and Manner, a zippy exhibition showcases a fine selection of works by Chris Alexander, Brenda Bettinson, Mike Culver, Paul Feyling, Brigitte Keller and John Lorence.  Consisting of drawings, paintings, photographs and small sculpture, the title unifies this multimedia display and is the key to the show.

The image shown here is the first in a new series by Brenda Bettinson entitled Conflict.  The series consists of small mixed media works on paper.  The artist continues her exploration of war with these powerful new images. 

NetWorks

Gallery hours: Wed – Sun noon to 5pm and by appointment

NetWorks, the title of this exhibition, is a playful reference to the gallery’s new web-presence as well as the connectivity between the gallery, its patrons and artists.  This show offers you an opportunity to browse in cyberspace or if you will, real space chez nous.  Works by Chris Alexander, Martha Holland Bartsch, Brenda Bettinson, Mike Culver, Paul Feyling, Patt Franklin, Brigitte Keller and John Lorence will be on view. 

SPONSORED by MATHIAS FINE ART

We are pleased to announce that Mathias Fine Art is sponsoring the Center for Maine Contemporary Art’s 60th Anniversary Lecture which will be given by Jerry Saltz.  The speaker has been senior art critic at New York Magazine since 2006, and has served as visiting art critic at a number of distinguished institutions, such as Columbia University and Yale University.

The event will take place at the Rockport Opera House on August 12th at 5pm. For tickets call: 207-237-2875.