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101 A Man in Full
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The famed Lipizzan Stallions of Austria are in Buxton for a series of shows to benefit Hearts & Horses Therapeutic Riding Center in Buxton September 4, 5, and 6. The rare, aristocratic breed developed in the 16th century for the nobles of the Hapsburg Empire is known for its strength, endurance, and rigorous training in “Airs Above the Ground,” leaping and prancing. Originally bred for battle, these majestic, pale-gray steeds have since become performers. The Lipizzans were dramatically rescued from Nazi captivity and the advancing Russian Army in Czechoslovakia in 1945 by General George Patton. Visit hlipizzans.com or heartsnhorses.org
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Bates College Museum of Art, Olin Arts Center, 75 russell St., Lewiston. points of View, through Oct. 17. 786-6158 bates.edu/museum Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1 bath rd., brunswick. A mind of Winter: photographs by Abelardo morell, through Sept.; michael Auder: Untitled, through Oct. 18; Night Vision: Nocturnes in American Art, 1860-1960, through Oct. 18; Gilbert Stuart: From boston to brunswick, through Jan. 3; earth matters: Land as material and metaphor in the Arts in Africa, Oct. 15-mar. 6. 725-3275 bowdoin.edu/art-museum Colby College Museum of Art, 5600 mayflower Hill Dr., Waterville. Aesthetic Harmonies: Whistler in Context, Sep. 17-Jan. 3; From the Studio: New Work by Faculty Artists, Sep. 17-Oct. 25; Whistler and the World: the Lunder Collection of James mcNeill Whistler, Sep. 24-Jan. 10. 859-5600 colby.edu Farnsworth Art Museum, 16 museum St., rockland. the Wyeths, maine and the Sea, through Jan. 3; 3D: Contemporary Works from the Farnsworth,
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267 Congress St., portland. Welcoming the Stranger– Jo Israelson, opens Sept. 3. mainejewishmuseum.org Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq., portland. rose marasco: Index, through Dec.; Director’s Cut: Selections from the maine Art museum trail, through Sep. 20; A magnificent Stillness: American Art from a private Collection, through Nov. 8. 7756148 portlandmuseum.org
Public Theatre, 31 maple St., Lewiston. Wait Until Dark, Oct. 16-25. 782-3200 thepublictheatre.org
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Empire, 575 Congress St., portland. the Couch open mic, every Sun; Clash of the titans, every Wed. See website for more listings. 747-5063 portlandempire.com
Theater at Monmouth, 796 main St., monmouth. Ruddigore, of the Witch’s Curse, Sept. 17-27. 933-9999 theateratmonmouth.org
Art Gallery at UNE, 716 Stevens Ave., portland. A tale of three Cities: period and contemporary photos of paris, New York and portland, through Oct. 25. 221-4499 une.edu/artgallery
Boothbay Opera House, 86 townsend Ave., boothbay Harbor. Laura Kargul and ron Lantz, Sep. 19; April Verch, Oct. 3; Livingston taylor, tom Chapin & the Jammin’ Divas, Oct. 10; Daniel backmen, Oct. 17. See website for more dates. 633-5159 boothbayoperahouse.com
Dogfish Bar & Grille, 128 Free St., portland. Acoustic Open mic, every Wed.; Jazz Happy Hour with travis James Humphrey & guests, every Fri.; Live music Wed.-Sat. every week. See website for more listings. 772-5483 thedogfishcompany.com
Schoolhouse Arts Center, rte. 114, Sebago Lake Village. The Butler Did It, Sep. 18-Oct. 4; Disney’s The Aristocats KIDS, Nov. 6-8. 642-3743 schoolhousearts.org
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Jonathan’s, 92 bournes Ln., Ogunquit. Suede with Fred boyle and rich Hill, Sep. 18; tom Cochrane, Sep. 26; Dar Williams, Oct. 1; Suzanne Westenhoffer, Oct. 9; George Winston, Oct. 21; tom rush, Oct. 23. 646-4526 jonathansogunquit.com
Merrill Auditorium, 20 myrtle St., portland. Kotzschmar Organ Season Opening Concert: Ken Cowan, Sep. 26; the Hot Sardines, Oct. 1; peter Yarrow & Noel paul Stookey, Oct. 3; rafal blechacz, Oct. 4; beethoven & berlioz, Oct. 11, 13; Loreena mcKennitt, Oct. 14; 42nd Street, Oct. 17; trick-ortreat Symphony, Oct. 18; tribute to John Denver, Oct. 24, 25; Halloween Silent Film: Nosferatu, with organist tom trenney, Oct. 30; Newsboys, Oct. 31. 842-0800 porttix.com One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., portland. portland Jazz Orchestra, Sep. 17, Oct. 15; Chris Smither, Sep. 18; Charlie musselwhite, Sep. 20; Antje Duvekot, Sep. 22; Greg brown, Sep. 24; Slaid Cleaves, Sep. 25; the Fretless, Sep. 26; Zach Sherwin, Sep. 29; Decompression Chamber Orchestra, Oct. 5; Fred eaglesmith’s traveling Steam Show, Oct. 10; David ramirez with Dylan Leblanc, Oct. 11; Daviv mellett with full band, Oct. 17. 761-1757 onelongfellowsquare.com Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St., portland. of montreal, Sep. 16; Heartless bastards, Sep. 17; Greensky bluegrass, Sep. 18; Houndmouth, Sep. 21; September 2015 19
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State theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland. Queensryche, Sep. 14; Passion Pit, Sep. 15; aer, Sep. 16; all time low, Sep. 17; eli young Band, Sep. 18; lord huron, Sep. 23; Doomtree, Sep. 25; Warren hayes, oct. 3; the Wood Brothers, oct. 4; Creative Collab tour, oct. 11. 956-6000 statetheatreportland.com Maine Historical Society, 489 congress st., Portland, presents Baskets from the Dawnland: Weaving the past and future together, a new exhibit that explores the history of Wabanaki basket-making. historical baskets from the mhs collection, as well as modern pieces by Wabanaki artists, will be featured, aug. 14 - Nov. 28. 774-1822. mainehistory.org
Stone Mountain arts Center, 695 Dug Way Rd., Brownfield. Waltzings for Dreamers: the lonely heartstring Band, Sep. 18, Bold Riley, oct. 8; Ruthie Foster, Sep. 24; tricky Britches, oct. 9; heather Pierson acoustic trio, oct. 11; Song Stage: hosted by Carol noonan with special guests, David Francey, Dietrich Strause, Catie Curtis. 935-7292 stonemountainartscenter.com
TasTy EvEnTs acadia’s oktoberfest & Food Festival, 20 main St., Southwest harbor. Wine and cheese tasting, maine-based brew fest, locally sourced food, and crafts, oct. 10-11. acadiaoktoberfest.com apple pumpkin Festival, livermore Falls. Food, music, kids’ activities, crafts, Sept. 26. 897-6755. jay-livermore-lf.org/apfest Browne trading Company, 262 Commercial St., Portland. Wine tastings, one or more Sat. every month, 1-5 pm. 775-7560 brownetrading.com
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Gallic Charmer A French painting of a Maine-built ship going once, going twice, sold! The watercolor The Brig Lima of Portland, Capt. John Higgins Commander, Entering the Port of Cette (Sète), painted by Aristide Chapurot in 1849, went for $3,400 at Northeast Auctions in Portsmouth at their Annual Summer Auction, August 14-16. The Lima, built in Kennebunk by George and Ivory Lord in 1829, traded on coastal, Caribbean and transatlantic routes. –Becca Carifio
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Can common sense vanish into thin air? A Baxter State Park staff member posted this photo of the contested “corporate event” at the summit of Mt. Katahdin.
So you race up the entire Appalachian Trail–2,180 miles–all the way to the summit of Mt. Katahdin in a record 46 days. Fine. Just don’t show up wearing corporate-logo’d athletic gear with a few cameramen and pop open a bottle of bubbly to celebrate, the way Scott Jurek did. Baxter State Park director Jensen Bissell was unimpressed by his 47-miles-per-day discipline: “These ‘corporate events’ have no place in the Park and are incongruous with the Park’s mission of resource protection [and] the appreciation of nature,” he huffs on Baxter State Park’s Facebook page. Jurek was handed three citations at the summit for breaking park rules 2.2, hiking with an oversize group; 7, consuming alcohol within the park; and, most spoilsportily, 4.5, “littering” splashes of champagne. Bissell’s post received this reply, among others: “Seriously??!? Get over it.”
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Goose Girl (1932) is one of three female cast aluminum nudes that was commissioned by the rockefellers to stand in Radio City Music Hall upon its opening. Sculpted by Robert Laurent (1890-1970), the French-born modernist who helped to establish the Ogunquit School of Painting and Sculpture, Goose Girl’s naked, modern aluminum body created a stir when it was first installed. (So did the rockettes, who debuted the same year.) rockefellers come and go, but Goose Girl endures on the mezzanine. –Molly Parent September 2015 35
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his show has been really well received,” says front-of-the-house manager Katharine Hall at Local 188 on Congress Street at Longfellow Square. She waves a hand at the restaurant and lounge’s east wall. “Her name is Anna O’Sullivan, and she’s sold quite a few prints already.” The framed prints are charming two- or three-color portraits of web-footed shore birds–herons, pelicans, ducks–plus the odd hen and rooster, done in a style that recalls old Chinese block prints but with Maine
birds. They’re stunning and graceful, priced quite accessibly between $100 and $300. French Fry Gulls is $250. Cafe-art CommerCe Local 188 has always hewn to the motto “Eat, Drink, Art,” and its walls have always served as a gallery for local art. Meg Walsh, a potter who’s worked on and off at Local for half a dozen years, curates the shows, hangs them, provides viewers with titles and prices, and manages the sales details. “I love the opportunity to give local art-
ists a place to sell their work,” she says, speaking for herself as well. When we sit down and order drinks, we find Walsh’s bud vases on the restaurant’s many tables. These are available for sale in the retail shop at Portland Museum of Art down the street. On a subsequent visit, a new exhbit has just been unveiled, that is, released. Chad Creighton’s startlingly expressive owl paintings preside above diners’ heads. “He paints on salvaged pallet wood,” Walsh says. “He sands it just enough to be able to paint it.” The restaurant’s commitment to art inSeptember 2015 37
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Above, at Local 188: Chad Creighton’s owl portraits are painted on reclaimed wood; below, “Self Portrait in Wine,” by Amelia Fais Harnas at the Blue Spoon.
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trator, and sign painter Patrick Corrigan has painted dreamy murals here and there on walls and bar tops. Local 188 has you at hello when you first walk in, because it always smells utterly delicious in a lively Spanish or Italian way. And as the song says, the gin is cold and the jazz is hot. The Spoon on The hill t the other end of Congress Street, the Blue Spoon’s rich gray walls are hung with a collection of what at first looks like framed sepia pen-and-ink portraits. Closer inspection reveals these are actually dyed cotton and linen napkins. “I don’t have formal training with wax resists; [I’m] just winging it, learning what does and doesn’t work,” artist Amelia Fais Harnas says. Wax resist is the fabric-dying method used in batik. Using wine, Harnas achieves a remarkable level of detail dying fabric in stages. “I tend to use old-vine wines,” she says, which lend the brownish brick-red color. We’ve arrived at the Spoon in time for “Wine Time” happy hour, so we order up $3 glasses of the house Italian white and take a seat under wine-stain portraits of Ernest Hemingway and Joan of Arc. The Blue Spoon, though much smaller and more minimalist in decor, has the same sensual, earthy appeal as Local 188. Chef/owner David Iovino is a master of gourmet peasant food. We sip our icy, mineral wine and devour crostinis topped with hot melted blue cheese and allow ourselves to pretend we’re on the Left Bank. n
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ainter Richard Estes has a place already secured in history books as the leading proponent of painterly photorealism–one of the last true “isms” in art and a movement that changed the way we understand realism: While “realism” had been gauged by accuracy and verisimilitude, its standard is now the photograph. On a visit with Estes at his home and studio in Northeast Harbor, I discover a friend-
ly man with a warm twinkle in his eyes that accompanies his easy smile. He is not particularly forthcoming about his work. This is not because he is shy or secretive–in fact, he’s quite open and direct about his content and techniques–but rather because, like so many accomplished painters, he relies more on his eye and his sensibilities than on explainable theories or preset ideas. Estes’s home is one of Fred Savage’s architecturally remarkable “cottages.” While
it is beautifully decorated, the house is more defined by its spatial elegance than by the objects within it. The ostensible subject of our conversation is his Maine paintings, even though his artistic accomplishment was built on his paintings of New York. So we begin there. I ask Estes why his Paris Street Scene looks more like a unified space, while the buildings in his New York City paintings (like Jone’s Diner) feel individualized and September 2015 43
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Estes tirelessly scrutinizes quotidien New York City moments, as in this tkts. Line, 38” x 61” ,
Are you still working on that painting of Columbus Circle?
So there are just different kinds of paths and reflections in your Maine paintings?
Yes. In fact, I am still working on all of these. [He points at the four smaller paintings.] They are for an upcoming show I have at Marlborough [Gallery in Manhattan]. Two of them are Africa, but one is here–Acadia.
Yes. [He points to an easel supporting a highly finished–but incomplete–painting of hills reflected in a Maine lake.] I want more definition here [indicating a sunlit passage of the far hills on the left side of the image], but I might keep this piece really loose. I’m not sure.
I thought there might be more reference materials around–photos and drawings–but I don’t see any, and your studios don’t seem to be set up for that.
After a certain point, all of my decisions are based on what happens in the paintings. Even from the start, getting the values right is important for me, and that’s why I often do under-painting in acrylic [before finishing with oil]. I can work out the values and make changes far more quickly because the acrylic dries in minutes. I don’t use source materials for the details. When I make decisions about whether a piece is done, I don’t compare it to anything. It just has to feel right to me. Do you approach your Maine paintings differently than your New York scenes?
No. I make them the same way. What about the multiple perspective systems of New York? Your city paintings typically have two or three vanishing points.
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That’s the way the city is. This is why I particularly like to paint Broadway. It cuts across the grid of streets and avenues. That is why the Flatiron building appears so often in my paintings. It was defined by these diagonals and multiple perspectives.
So you wait until you know what your next step is?
Right. My big paintings can take a couple of months. Patience is a big part of my work. Are there things you paint that rely more on what you have seen in other paintings than photos or direct observation?
Water feels forced if you try to get it exactly like a photo. So I do it freehand. It’s all in the gesture. Sometimes when I paint leaves, for example, I tie a few small brushes together. If you try to paint every leaf, it feels tense or fussy. Is mark-making more important for you than accuracy?
The gesture and the brushwork have to succeed for one of my paintings to be finished. My works are not finished until I think it’s a good painting. Some sit for months and some never make it out of my studio. As I leave, I thank my gracious host for taking time out of his schedule to talk with me on a summer Sunday. He laughs at this. “Well, I wouldn’t be in the studio today. Never on a Sunday. I refuse to be a Sunday painter.” n
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almost incongruently distinct from each other. I expect a discussion about “place” that will encompass his Maine paintings, but Estes turns our talk to a subject about which he is both passionate and deeply knowledgeable: architecture. “I guess deep down I am a frustrated architect,” he says. “I was accepted to study with Mies van der Rohe, but I returned from a trip abroad too late in the semester to attend IIT. But I wasn’t too late for The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, so I enrolled in art school (1952 to 1956). I trained to be a graphic artist, and after art school I worked as a commercial illustrator for ad agencies and magazines.” stes has two studios in his home. One is an airy and open rectangular space (which Estes astutely indicates was a later addition) bathed in the light of north-facing windows that reach from the floor to the soaring ceiling. Above the mantel hangs a large square painting of the Brooklyn Bridge Estes made specifically for that space (“that pipe with the hard shadow in the front center,“ he explains, “was the toughest challenge of the painting”) and he is quick to note the historic bridge’s many connections with Maine. The only studio accoutrement in the comfortable room, however, is a freestanding easel on which sits an unfinished painting of Columbus Circle viewed from a subway entrance. Lined up on the floor are four small, horizontal landscapes.
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Photographic artist Aaron Priest captures all the light the rest of us cannot see. in te rvi e w b y b e c c a c arifio
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eet Aaron Priest–the Leebased photographer known for his stellar high-resolution panoramas and timelapses. With 18 years of professional experience, his work has been featured everywhere from Space.com to CBS News (see Summerguide 2015, page 79). Here, we ask him to take us behind the curtain. How do you sneak up on the stars?
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Planning, practice, and patience! The more work you put in before shooting, the easier the post-processing is after. Both panoramas and timelapses require shooting a lot of photos before rendering them on the computer later. How do you know when you’re in the groove?
The night sky feels much more alive to me than the day, although I love shooting both. From stars and planets to satellites and the
International Space Station, there’s just so much activity in the sky at night that we can’t see during the day. The only time I don’t like is harsh, mid-afternoon light. My favorite subjects are the colors of the sky when the sun is low for sunrises and sunsets, and particularly the Milky Way at night.
It’s usually a year or two after I’m done with an image that I can actually see it for the first time. It’s usually a year or two after I’m done with an image that I can actually see it for the first time. Those are the ones that become my favorite for a little while. When things really click, I think of Psalm 19, from The Complete Jewish Bible: “The heavens declare the glory of God, the dome of the sky speaks the work of his hands.
Every day it utters speech, every night it reveals knowledge.” What about the Maine landscape inspires you?
I was born and grew up in Maine. My grandfather, David Priest, was a trapper and a game warden. My parents took my brother and me camping every summer. From the potato fields of Aroostook County to the rocky coastline to Mt. Katahdin and the woods in between, I love what’s wild about Maine. I rarely venture southwest into more populated areas, as light pollution from cities at night obscures the stars and Milky Way. September 2015 47
Pa s s i o ns What do you do after you set up, while the camera is shooting for hours at a time?
I eat, sleep, read. Catch up on social media if I have cell service. Often I shoot with another friend or two, and I enjoy taking shots of them with a second camera. Let’s get geeky. What kind of gear do you use?
Nikon D700 & D810 DSLRs and a range of lenses from 10.5mm fisheye to 400mm, but my favorite is a Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 wide angle. I have a Panoneed robotic panning head, eMotimo 3-axis motion control on a Dynamic Perception Stage One slider, Promote Control, Ramper Pro, and DslrDashboard on an Android tablet. I use a Goal Zero Sherpa 100 solar battery for power.
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Have you had shoots that didn’t work out? When you’re shooting heaven, does hell ever intervene?
Quite frequently! [I’m driven crazy by] dew, frost, rain, clouds, fog, headlights, police, hikers, wildlife, dead batteries, full memory cards, equipment malfunctions, you name it! What are the challenges of long-exposure?
Everything is more complicated in the dark. You have to operate your equipment more by feel than by sight. It’s easy to drop a cable or lens cap and not realize it or find it. Long shutter speeds are a bigger drain on batteries, particularly when temperatures drop at night, and dew/frost is a frequent nemesis. Headlamps and flashlights can easily ruin a shot. Have you had any encounters with animals
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while shooting?
Oh yes–moose, bear, beaver, deer, partridge. None of them is especially dangerous but can certainly be startling when unexpected. Generally, wildlife is more fearful of you and if you are aware of your surroundings, and don’t show aggression or interfere with their young, they leave you alone. How many photos are we talking about to create your effects?
At night, most of my spherical panoramas with a fisheye are three to five photos, while some of my gigapixel panoramas with HDR and focus stacking are made up of over 2,000 images. Timelapse also varies, depending on how many hours you shoot, your interval between shots, and how many seconds of video footage you need. Images like that range from 100 photos or so for a stacked image of star trails to 4,000 to 5,000 photos for 360° timelapse movies. What’s your dream project?
I’ve been working on it for the past decade little by little. I’ve nearly achieved it: a 360° timelapse over a 24-hour period. I’ve also dreamed of shooting a spherical panorama from space. Still working on that. What is the most unscripted moment or accident that made the most beautiful result?
Occasionally catching a stray headlamp, car headlight, or especially a meteor and having it come out great in the frame. Some things, like meteors, don’t offer a retake. How does light pollution affect your work, and what lengths do you go to go avoid it?
It affects the night sky greatly in populated areas like cities, and occasionally even in the country with a very bright street lamp or commercial building, if it’s not properly directed. We waste a lot of energy lighting up the sky instead of directing it where we really need it, and interrupt the migration and sleeping patterns of wildlife.
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If your favorite sky photo were a symphony, which one would it be?
That’s easy. I actually titled my self-portrait on the lifeguard chair of Sand Beach in Acadia National Park “Milky Way Symphony,” published in Portland Magazine’s 2015 Summerguide. It was taken with the help of some attendees at a workshop, just for fun. This is a photograph I can hear. n
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Selected Exhibitions June 12 - October 24, 2015 Points of View: Photographs by Jay Gould, Gary Green, David Maisel and Shoshannah White Viewing elements of the Maine landscape from different levels of scale – from great distance to very close-up, the contemporary photographers in this exhibition explore different aspects of the interrelationships between human populations and the natural world. This exhibition is supported by a grant from the Davis Family Foundation. June 12, 2015 – March 26, 2016 Maine Collected This exhibition features works by some of the many contemporary artists represented in the permanent collection who live in or are connected to Maine. This exhibition includes work in most media and in a wide variety of themes and styles, many of which have not been on view in the museum previously. Maine Collected, and The Painter of Maine are companion exhibitions of Director’s Cut: The Maine Art Museum Trail at the Portland Museum of Art from May 21 – September 13.
Gary Green, Untitled (Terrain Vague), 2015, black and white photograph
June 12 - October 24, 2015 The Painter of Maine: Photographs of Marsden Hartley Marsden Hartley (1877-1943), a native son of Lewiston Maine, is recognized as one of the most important American modernists. This exhibition focuses on images of artist, from anonymous toned photographs of him as a young man to images taken by George Platt Lynes the last year of Hartley’s life.
November 6, 2015 – March 26, 2016 The View Out His Window (and in his mind’s eye): Photographs by Jeffery Becton A photographer and image-maker who lives on Deer Isle, a rocky and forested island off the coast of Maine, Jeffery Becton constructs images about his surroundings, from extraordinary sweeping coastal views to internal life, both house interiors and the introspective space that enlivens one’s imagination. Funded in part by the Friends of Bates Museum of Art Please visit the website for programming information and updates
Photographer unknown, Marsden Hartley, 1908-09, toned black and white photograph
The photography exhibitions are part of the Maine Photo Project (mainephotoproject.org), a statewide photography collaboration in 2105. The Maine Photo Project is organized and supported by the institutions of the Maine Curators’ Forum and is generously sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, and the Colby College Museum of Art, with fiscal management provided by the Maine Historical Society. The Maine Photo Project is funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. Jeffery Becton, The Keeper’s House, 2008, digital montage realized as archival pigment print
75 Russell Street, Lewiston, Maine 04240 Programming information: bates.edu/museum 207.786.6158 Facebook: on.fb.me/bates_bcma Sept-May: 10am-7:00pm Mon, 10am-5pm Tues-Sat. Summer: 10am-5pm Mon-Sat, and open by appointment. Closed during college holidays and between exhibitions.
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A Catalog Art is all about taking a risk. We are brushing with danger by opening a conversation all about art. C urat ed by Honour MaCk , and re s Verzos a & bruCe brown.
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he casual loss of Stephen Etnier’s studio* in Harpswell illustrates the emergency that compels this undertaking. Before more knowledge comes crashing down, or even worse, drifts away without comment, is there a way we can cherish Maine painting across its visual history?
* See “Gone Baby Gone,” page 17. September 2015 51
the term maine painter covers a wide territory. randomizing algorithm his curated 48-page print feature, “Maine Painters, A Catalog,” spills edgelessly into the internet by design, so it can keep growing. It’s not a list, but rather a start–an opening remark in what we hope will be a great conversation across time. This catalog of Maine painters 1) isn’t rigged. Artists or galleries have not paid to be listed. Moreover, 2) the catalog has input from both scholarly and popular sources. This is not intended to be the last word but instead is to suggest a larger catalog that will develop and deepen across time, a beach-
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cal order to avoid the need to determine an artist’s ‘relevance.’ As easy it would be to alphabetize, we wanted to free readers from the need to ‘check off’ names as they read along. (Go to Online Extras for a look-up guide.) So just what is a randomizing algorithm? As a test, we put the days of the week through the randomizer, and the randomized new week started with Wednesday. Now we’re talking–may all my weeks start with Wednesday! Thanks to our randomizer, contemporary work strikingly claims a space beside classic Maine artists, viz. Sascha Braunig, 32, and the late Bernard Langlais (1921-1977) appearing side by side.
Curators
Portland native Bruce Brown is a retired educator who has been collecting art for decades. His own collection has been exhibited at the Portland Museum of Art and Colby College Art Museum. He’s a curator emeritus of the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, and presently a co-founder of PhoPa Gallery in Portland.
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Andy Verzosa opened Aucocisco Gallery in Portland in 2000 and ran it for 14 years. He was a founder of the First Friday Art Walk, and he is a board member of the Maine College of Art, the Maine Historical Society, the Ogunquit Museum of American Art, and the Tides Institute in Eastport.
Honour Mack has an MFA from Yale University; she is a professor of painting at MECA. Mack has been a visiting artist and critic at Colby College, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Massachusetts College of Art, University of Washington in Seattle, and the University of Pennsylvania.
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head. We do not claim this is all-inclusive. Instead, it’s a door flung open. Using multiple sources, we approached a synthesis of painters of consequence whose work has had an impact on Maine, and on our psyche. We then forwarded this to curators Bruce Brown, Honour Mack, and Andres Verzosa, asking them to add more names. We asked for new contemporary work to be considered in addition to more traditional masters. As for the size of the illustrations, we let our column width make the determination. Art exists in great time, beyond a single life span, so we chose not to present the work of the artists in this catalog in chronologi-
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We show the work and also the dynamic of price at a given instant, because the works themselves are priceless and will live forever, while the prices give us a mirror on ourselves as an index of desire, and even, fleetingly, of taste. As lovers of print, here is where we see the best value to the internet–as a pairing of sorts. We can provide the exquisite contemplative visuals with a finite closure that paradoxically explodes into infinity, while separately the catalog can grow, shapeshifting and expanding with your every insight. Drop us a line to venture painters we have
yet to include, because there will be online mechanisms at maineartonline.com and portlandmagazine.com to add painters you recommend. We’re asking you to give us new names and new visions, right now.
Prices are from Artnet, Arcadja, AskArt, and other sources; images are from auction galleries reporting sales as well as online gallery pricing. Missing your favorite pastelist, printer, mixed-media artist, or sculpture? Look forward to our “Maine Artists, a Catalog: All Other Media,” with a cover date of September 2016.
we venture that a Maine painter has impacted Maine or has been impacted by Maine. or both.
Howard Clifford (1950 - 2003), Portland, Cloud Series XVII, 40" x 60", oil on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2012, $4,200
JoHn Moore (1941- ), Skowhegan, Pause, 72" x 62", oil on canvas. Sold: Christie’s New York, 2013, $13,750 raCkstraw downes (1939- ), Morrill, The Pulp Mills at Madison, 12" x 40" oil on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2007, $114,000
alan Magee (1947- ), Cushing, Solaris, 50" x 75", acrylic on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2009, $120,000
eriC Hopkins (1951- ), Rockland, Flying Over the Islands , 14" x 21", watercolor on paper. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2013, $5,520
Yvonne JaCquette (1934- ), Searsmont, Paper Company, Somerset, Maine II, 78 x 64", oil on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2003, $25,740
JoHn swan (1948- ), Portland, River Tea, 24" x 36", Oil on canvas. Sold: Coeur D’Alene Auctioneers, 2004, $22,400
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JoHn Hultberg (1922-2005), Portland, Monhegan Island, Composition with Yellow and Blue, 20"x 40", oil on canvas. Sold: Doyle, New York, 2007, $7,500
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FairFieLD PorTer (1907-1975) Great Spruce Head Island, The Cliffs Of Isle au Haut, 72" x 62", oil on canvas. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 2014, $665,000
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James FiTzgeraLD (1899-1971) Monhegan Island, Black Backed Gulls, 21"x 28", watercolor on paper. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2015, $10,800 Lynne DrexLer (1928-1999) Monhegan Island, Floral Polka Dot 1986, 24" x 22", oil on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2012, $1,920 eLioT o’Hara (1890-1969) Kennebunk, Rocky Ledge in Maine, 27" x 20", watercolor on paper. Sold: Skinner Inc., 2013, $360
JonaTHan FisHer (1768-1847) Blue Hill, View of Blue Hill, Maine, 27"x 47", Oil on canvas. Offered at Christie’s New York (2013): $1,750
reuben Tam (1916-1991) Monhegan Island, Fault and Weathering, 24" x 36", oil on masonite. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2007, $14,400
eDwarD beTTs (1920-2008) Monhegan Island, Rocky Shore, 16"x21", watercolor on paper. Sold: Simpson Galleries, Houston, TX, 2006, $1,750
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Bernard Langlais’s abstract paintings from the mid-1950s were bold
in color and design–I loved them. Completely unlike his later abstract and then figurative paintings in wood, they bespoke of an energy and life force, raw and electric. Still, you could see his irreverent use of what might have been apparently around and available for paints like what appears to be house paint and stretchers made from cast-off wood...A precursor to an affinity for found and readily available materials, not worrying about their durability of archival-ness but more concerned with getting at it and making in the now. –Andres Verzosa
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denny Winters (1907-1985) Rockport, Chickens by Coop, 12" x 16", oil on board. Sold: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2007, $1,700 robert indiana (1928- ) Vinalhaven, Love Wall (Red Green Blue), 120"x 120", oil on canvas. Sold: Sotheby’s, 2008, $2,841,000
lois dodd (1927- ), Cushing, Untitled (Cows in a Field), 27" x 35", oil on canvas. Sold: Doyle New York, 2013, $10,625
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Jon legere (1944-1996), Portland, Snow Scene and Woodshed Interior, 16" x 23", acrylic on panel. Sold: Eldred’s, 2004, $2,160
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Alfred Thompson briCher (18371908), Portsmouth, frequent visitor to Mount Desert Island, Monhegan Island, Casco Bay, Coastal View, 24" x 20", oil on canvas. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 1998, $233,500
edwArd hopper (1882-1967) Ogunquit, Monhegan Island, Rockland, Portland, Pemaquid, Cape Elizabeth, NYC, East Wind Over Weehawken, 34" x 50", oil on canvas. Sold: Christie’s New York, 2013, $40,485,000
JAy hAll ConnAwAy (1893-1970) Monhegan Island, Into the Sun, 26" x 36", oil on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2007, $30,000
roberT henri (1865-1929) Monhegan, NYC, Jessica Penn in Black with White Plumes, 77" x 38", oil on canvas. Sold: Christie’s New York, 2005, $3,600,000
leon Kroll (1884-1974), Monhegan Island, Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester (1912), 26"x 32" oil on canvas. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 2011, $170,500
AbrAhAm bogdAnove (1887-1946) Monhegan Island, NYC, On the Beach, 36" x 40", oil on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2005, $60,000
leo brooKs (1909-1993), Monhegan Island, NYC, Two Fisherman, Monhegan, 18" x 23", watercolor on paper. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2011, $3,600
morris shulmAn (1912-1978) Monhegan Island, NYC, From Horn Hill, 18" x 25", mixed media on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2012, $1,440
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Frederick lynch (1935- ), Saco, The Approximate Shape of Autumn, 30" x 40", watercolor on paper. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2007, $3,000
Frances kornBluth (1920-2014) Monhegan Island, Summer’s Vocabulary no.1, 1959, 46" x 41", acrylic on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2012, $4,560
edward willis redField (1869-1965) Monhegan Island, Brooklyn Bridge at Night, 36" x 50", oil on canvas. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 2005, $996,000
Michael loew (1907-1985) Monhegan Island, NYC, Autumnal Effigy, 50" x 45", oil on canvas. Sold: Christie’s New York, 2011, $25,000
andrew winter (1893-1958) Monhegan Island, Happy Lobstering Ground, Whitehead Island, Lower Penobscot Bay, 39" x 49", oil on canvas. Sold: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2012, $47,000
Zero Mostel (1915-1977), Monhegan Island, Self Portrait, 40" x 30", oil on linen. Sold: Swann Galleries, 2005, $8,000
rockwell kent (1882-1971) Monhegan Island, Polar Expedition (1944), 34"x 44", oil on canvas. Sold: Heritage Auctions, Dallas, TX, 2015, $605,000
GeorGe w. Bellows (1882-1925) Monhegan Island, NYC, Polo Crowd (1910), 45"x 63", oil on canvas. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 1999, $27,702,500 September 2015 59
I loved John Hultberg’s apocalyptic paintings that he had made out on Monhegan...
They were particularly poignant after 911 despite being made several years or a decade before... They were in fact prescient works. –Andres Verzosa
aliSon hildreth (1934- ) Portland, Untitled, 29" x 21", watercolor on gouache. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2008, $1,560
Joellyn dueSberry (1944- ) CO, NY, Mt. Desert, Morning in Goose Cove, Mt. Desert, 36" x 44", oil on linen. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2015, $3,360
Sam Cady (1943- ), Boothbay Harbor, Cactus (Wall Relief #8), 46" x 46", oil on canvas. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 2007, $3,000 6 0 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
CharleS dubaCk (1926- ) Tenants Harbor, Coming and Going, 46" x 37", oil with wax on canvas. Offered at Maine Art Collectors: $24,000
robert Shetterly (1946- ) Brooksville, Pair of Masked Females with Doves, Allegories of Summer and Winter, 26"x 36", oil on panel. Sold: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2010, $500
GraCe deGennaro (1957- ) Yarmouth, Equanimity, 48" x 30" oil on linen. Sold to private collection, 2015, $12,000
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Thomas Cole (1801-1848) Mount Desert, Catskill Mountain House, 15" x 23.2", oil on canvas. Sold: Christie’s New York, 2006, $1,463,500
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Frederic e. church (1826-1900) Millinocket, Mount Newport on Mount Desert Island, 17" x 25", oil on canvas. Sold: Christie’s New York, 2000, $4,186,000
toM paieMent (1942- ), Woolwich, Venice Beach 2, 24" x 24", mixed media. Offered at Greenhut Galleries (2014): $3,200.
neil Welliver (1929-2005), Belfast, Thawed Ledge, 60" x 70", oil on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2006, $59,250
alan Bray (1946- ), Sangerville Vernal Pond, 26" x 34" case in panel. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 1997, $11,115 Michael ZigMond (1962- ), Frequent visitor to Maine , Public Pool, 30" x 40", oil on canvas. Sold: Outer Cape Auctions, Provincetown, MA, 2004, $1,026
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honour Mack (1963- ), Portland, Chaos, 52" x 52", oil on canvas. Offered at (2015): $4,800
ricHard TuTTle (1941- ), Mount Desert, Canvas Pale Purple, 50" x 50", mixed media on canvas. Sold: Christieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, New York, 1998, $74,000
Waldo Peirce (1884-1970) Bangor, Swimming Mosman Park, Searsport, Maine, 1932, 35"x 51", oil on canvas. Sold at: Barridoff Galleries, 2007, $48,000
Beverly Hallam (1923-2013), York, Pool, 48" x 48", acrylic on canvas. Sold: James D. Julia, Inc., 2013, $1,067
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earl Cunningham (1893-1977) Edgecomb, Coastal Waterways, 15" x 36", oil on board. Sold: Christie’s New York, 2008, $73,000
Jane dahmen (1940- ), Newcastle, Sunny Days, 60" x 72", acrylic on canvas. Sold: Powers Gallery, Acton, MA, $14,000
SuSan WilliamS (1959- ), Rockport, Harbor Entrance, 48" x 48", oil on canvas. Sold: August 2014, $3,500
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Edwin GamblE (1922-2006) Brunswick, Untitled #2, 20" x 30", watercolor on paper. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2001, $899
Tom CroTTy (1934-2015), Freeport, The Steps, 27"x 54", oil on masonite. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2009, $13,200
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KennetH noland (1924-2010) Port Clyde, Circle, 93" x 93", acrylic on canvas. Sold: Christieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York, 2013, $2,139,750
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RobeRt Hamilton (1917-2004) Port Clyde, Neanderthal Embrace, 1974, 45" x 45", oil on canvas. Sold: Skinner Inc., 2010, $1,126
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haMilton easteR field (1873-1922) Ogunquit, NYC, Brooklyn, 1903, 4" x 6.8", oil on panel. Sold: Heritage Auctions, 2012, $1,500
Reginald MaRsh (1898-1954) Ogunquit, Untitled (Nude in Hat), 22" x 16", oil on masonite. Sold: Christie’s New York, 2015, $2,750
Jonathan BoRofsKy (1942- ) Ogunquit, Tree Head at 2, 9, 84, 96" x 61", acrylic on canvas. Sold: Sotheby’s, 1994, $29,900
Channing haRe (1899-1976) Ogunquit, Surrealist Portrait of a Woman, 34" x 30", oil on canvas. Sold: Skinner Auctions, 2010, $2,489
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Walt Kuhn (1877-1949), Ogunquit, Chico in Silk Hat, 40" x 30" oil on canvas. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 2005, $1,136,000
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Paul Plante (1942- ), Oquossoc, Offerings for Saints Helen, John Eudes and Bernard, on August 18, 19 and 20 (11 works in 1 frame), Untitled (2 works), 37" x 24.5", oil on paper. Sold: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, $200
CHarleS Woodbury (1864-1940) Ogunquit, Beach and Dune, 20"x27", oil on canvas. Sold: Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York, 2004, $102,000
Henry Strater (1896-1987) Ogunquit, Island Lilies, 60"x 40", oil on canvas. Sold: James D. Julia, 2014, $5,333 deniS boudreau (1950- ) Portland, Monhegan Surf, 29" x 47", oil on board. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2012, $1,170
deWitt Hardy (1940- ), Ogunquit, Oranges, 10" x 12", watercolor on paper. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2012, $1,080
GeorGe KunKel (1922-1984) Ogunquit, View from Moody Marsh, 23"x 47", acrylic collage/paper. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2013, $1,680 KatHerine bradford (1942- ) Brunswick, Long Green Beans, 42" x 48" oil on canvas. Sold: Wright, New York, 2015, $1,905
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thoMAs Cornell (1937-2012) Brunswick, Self Portrait, 24" x 20", oil on canvas. Sold: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2012, $250
MAuriCe PrendergAst (1861- 1924) Brooksville and Ogunquit, The Stony Beach, 21" x 14", watercolor on paper. Sold: Christie’s New York, 2001, $3,526,000
YAsuo kuniYoshi (1893-1953) Ogunquit, Woodstock, NY, I Was Just Married, 18"x 13", oil on canvas. Sold: Christie’s New York, 1990, $286,000
ChArles Wilder oAkes (1956- ) Port Clyde, The Big Bear, 20"x 25", oil on panel. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2013, $2,250
ChArles burChfield (1893-1967) Ogunquit, A Dream of Butterflies, 33" x 40", watercolor on paper. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, Nov. 28, 2007, $1,329,000 PeggY bACon (1895), the Kennebunks, Confrontation, 11"x22", watercolor and pen & ink. Sold: Swann Galleries, 2014, $1,062 Alfred ChAdbourn (1921-1998) Ogunquit, Barber Shop, Yarmouth, 12" x 10", Oil on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2015, $3,240
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toM Burckhardt (1964- ) Rockland, Why Don’t They Play Waltzes in Hip-Hop No More?, 80"x 18", enamel on wood. Sold: Heritage Auctions, 2011, $3,585
Mark Wethli (1949- ) Brunswick, Star Chamber, 6" x 9", oil and tempera on paper. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2014, $1.200
philip Barter (1939- ), Sullivan, Wayside with Critters (1991), 23" x 29", oil on masonite. Sold: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2010, $2,300
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Gideon Bok (1966), Camden, Freddy LaSage As Gabriel, 55" x 57", oil on linen. For sale, Alpha Gallery, Boston (2015): $16,000
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Bernard langlais (1921-1977) Cushing, Two Tigers, 48"x 48", oil on wood. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2005, $23,400
sasCha Braunig (1983- ), Portland, Squirm, 25" x 19"oil on linen over panel. Offered at Foxy Productions, NYC, (2014): $17,000
Thomas Connolly, Portland, State Theatre 1964, 14" x 22.3", Acrylic on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2004, $2,106
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Milton avery (1885-1965), Pemaquid Point, March and Sally Outdoors, 30" x 40", oil on canvas. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 2014, $5,652,000
MicHael WaterMan (1947- ) Portland, Dancers, 15" x 16", oil on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2014, $720
GeorGe daniell (1911-2002) Bar Harbor, NYC, The Desert of Maine, 23" x 33.5", oil on canvas. Sold: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries (2012): $800
WinsloW HoMer (1836-1910) Scarborough, The Red Canoe (1889), 14" x 20", watercolor on paper. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 1999, $4,842,500
louis doyle norton (1868-1940) Kennebunk, Summer Afternoon, 12" x 17", oil on canvasboard. Sold: James D. Julia, 2011, $3,738 JoHnnie Winona ross (1949- ) Portland, Begin, 72" x 66", oil on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2012, $9,600 cHilde HassaM (1859-1935), Isles of Shoals, Flags, Afternoon on the Ave., 36" x 24", oil on canvas. Sold: Christie’s New York, 1998, $7,922,500
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carlo pittore (1943-2005) Bowdoinham, Painting Manana, 18" x 30", oil on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2012, $720
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Connie Hayes (1952- ), Rockland, Whale Boat Island, Harpswell, 18" x 17", oil on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2013, $2,640
William manning (1936- ) Lewiston Muscongus Tryptych Blue, 32" x 48", oil on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2004, $2,340
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george lorenzo noyes (18631945), Belfast, Joyous Island, 34" x 36", oil on canvas. Sold: Freeman’s, Boston, 2014, $122,500
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KArl SchrAg (1912-1995), Deer Isle, Big Meadow With Birch Trees, 32" x 40", oil on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2006, $1,750
Alice Spencer (1944- ) Portland, Garden with Fir Trees, 27" x 21", acrylic on paper. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2012, $1,080
Ahmed AlSoudAni (1975- ), Portland Untitled (2010), 75" x 64", acrylic and charcoal on canvas. Sold: Christieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, London, 2015, $116,700
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Joseph niColeTTi (1948- ) South Portland, The Thomas Block, Commercial Street, Portland, 20" x 30", oil on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2011, $3,120
Carroll Thayer Berry (1886-1978) New Gloucester, Knight’s Boatyard, Rockland, Maine, 32"x 36", oil on canvas. Sold at: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2008, $5,000
John Whorf (1903-1959), Rumford Falls, Brooklyn Bridge From the Brooklyn Navy Yard, 20" x 25", oil on canvas. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 2004, $153,600
alex KaTz (1927- ), Skowhegan, Red Tulips (1967), 36" x 72", oil on canvas. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 2007, $690,600
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Marvel Wynn (1915-2002) Yarmouth, Nude Standing, 23.5" x 17,5", oil on canvas. Sold: Dawson and Nye, 2013, $390
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John Whalley (1954- ), Damariscotta, Pears In Wicker Basket, 38" x 54", Pencil on paper. Sold: Sloans and Kenyon, Chevy Chase, MD, 2009, $1,600
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harrison Bird BroWn (1831-1915) Portland, View of the Intervale from Fryeburg, 21"x 36", oil on canvas. Sold: Christie’s New York, 1999, $20,700
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Frances Hynes (1945- ), Falmouth, The Curing Well, 29.5" x 22", watercolor on gouache. Offered at Winter Associates, (2015): $300
Laurence sisson (1928- ) Boothbay, Ebbing Tide, 16" by 24", oil on board. Sold: Skinner Inc., 2015, $584 Dennis Pinette (1951- ) Belfast, Untitled Landscape, 31" x 34", oil on canvas. Offered at J. Levine Auction & Appraisal (2014): $2,500
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n.c. wyetH (1882-1945), Port Clyde, Wild Bill Hickok at Cards (1916), 32"x40", oil on canvas. Sold: Coeur D’Alene Auction, 2007, $2,240,000 anDrew wyetH (1917-2009) Cushing. Ericksons, 42" x 38", tempera on paper. Sold: Christie’s New York, 2007, $10,344,000
Jamie wyetH (1946- ), Monhegan Island, The Warning, 34" x 48", mixed media on paper. Sold: Bonhams, New York, 2007, $485,500
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LucinDa BLiss (1965- ), Portland, Boundaries: Tide Mill Farm, 22" x 30", gouache and watercolor. Sold: Aucocisco Gallery: $1,500
GeorGe HatHaway (1852-1903) Portland, The Causeway, 26" x 40", oil on canvas. Sold: James D. Julia, 2007, $3,853
DaviD Gray (1970- ) Bangor area, High Tide, Green Shutters, 39" x 25", oil on canvas. Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Event Coming Soon.
ricHarD estes (1932- ), Northeast Harbor, 34th Street, Manhattan, Looking East, 91" x 91", oil on canvas. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 2004, $568,000
Ben sHaHn (1898-1969), Skowhegan, Barroom Scene with Fishermen, 18" x 26", oil on cardstock. Sold: Swann Galleries, 2015, $5,000 HaroLD GarDe (1923- ) Belfast, Untitled, 17" x 21", Oil on masonite. Sold: Leland Little Auction, Hillsborough, NC, 2013, $400
BernarDa Bryson sHaHn (19032004), Skowhegan, Moment of silence, 30" x 30", oil on board. Sold: Rago Arts and Auction Center, 2010, $1,464
aBBy sHaHn (1940- ), Solon, You’d Forget Your Head if it Wasn’t Attached to Your Shoulders, 98" x 60", egg tempera on paper. Offered at Maine Artists Guild Gallery: $9,000
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Will Barnet (1911-2012), Frequent visitor to midcoast, Atalanta, 44" x 34", oil on canvas. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 2014, $137,000
Stephen etnier (1903-1984) Harpswell, Maine Coast, 22" x 36", oil on masonite, Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2015, $6,900
david deWey (1946), Owls Head, Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, New Harbor, Maine, 28" x 40", watercolor on paper, Sold: Skinner Auctions, 2015, $3,173
Colin page (1977- ), Camden, Schooners at Rest, 18" x 22", oil on canvas, Sold: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2012, $1,700
William muir (1902-1964) Stonington, Still Life with Flower Vase on Checkered Tablecloth, 19" x 23", watercolor on paper. Sold: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2012, $400
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emily muir (1904-2003), Stonington Portrait of a Downeaster, 30" x 27", oil on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2015, $5,520
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John helicker (1909-2000) Cranberry Isles, Landscape with Houses and Mountains, 26" x 31", oil on canvas. Sold: Kaminski Auctions, 2015, $2,500
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greg parker (1952- ), Portland, Untitled (Grid), 36" x 48", Graphite, dry pigment. Sold: Bonhams San Francisco, 2013, $1,375
William Zorach (1887-1966), Bath, Yosemite Falls (1920), 72" x 30", oil on canvas. Sold: Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 1997, $156,500
marguerite Zorach (1887-1968) Georgetown, Two Nudes, 44" x 33", oil on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2009, $264,000
William kienbusch (1914-1980) Cranberry Isles, Sound of the Gong Buoy, #14, 52"x 66", oil on canvas. Sold: Doyle, New York, 2006, $7,200
John Folinsbee (1892-1972) Frequent visitor to Maine, Shad Fishing, 32" x 40", oil on canvas. Sold: Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York, 2004, $187,200
Dahlov ipcar (1917- ), Georgetown, Embarkation, 26"x 36", oil on canvas. Sold: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2013, $8,000
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“abstract painting is a process that asks questions about ideas and subjects without overt
pictorial commentary. It has long been a metaphor for deep philosophical investigation and emotional explorations. As an abstract painter, my imagery exists outside of a narrative or didactic framework, and as a result, I find inspiration in questions that address the confluence of belief systems, the role of spirituality in art, and the possibility of creating a transcendent object.” –Honour Mack
phil Frey (1967- ), Sullivan, Backside of the Island, 18" x 24" oil on canvas. Sold, 2015: $2,600
robert laurent (1890-1970) Cape Neddick, Ogunquit, Wrapped with Rope, 12" x 16", oil on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2009, $4,920
John laurent (1921-2005) Ogunquit, Oyster Workers at Low Tide, 24" x 49", oil on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2013, $4,320
toni WolF (1959- ), Portland, Self Portrait, 60" x 40", watercolor on paper. Offered at Barridoff Galleries: $2,500 John Gable (1944- ), Woolwich, The Launching of the Yacht Scheherezade, watercolor on paper. Sold: DuMouchelles Auction House, Detroit, 2014, $4,800
Laurent paul rickert (1947- ), Stonington, Resting on Granite, 28" x 57", oil on canvas. Sold, Barridoff Galleries, 2014, $3,120
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duncan Slade (1918-2013) Norway, Main Street, South Paris, 18" x 24", oil on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2013, $1,560
Fitz Henry lane (1804-1865) Mount Desert, Manchester Harbor, 24" x 36", oil on canvas. Sold: Skinner Inc., 2004, $5,506,000
cHarleS codman (1800-1842) Portland, The Log Cabin (1830), 24" x 36", oil on canvas. Sold: Christieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York, 2006, $28,800
Frank W. BenSon (1862-1951) North Haven, The Sisters (1899), 40" x 40", oil on canvas. Sold: Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York, 1995, $4,182,500
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StepHen pace (1918-2010) Stonington, 61-102, 1961, 53"x 67", oil on canvas. Sold: Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, 2013, $60,000
SaraH knock (1947- ), Freeport, Little Whaleboat Island, Dead Reckoning, 34" x 48", oil on canvas. Sold: Greenhut Galleries, July 2015, $20,400
Willard cummingS (1915- ) Skowhegan,Beach #5, 49" x 46.75", oil on canvas. Sold: Skinner Inc, 2015, $500 His daughter Daphne Cummings is also a respected artist and graduate of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, which Willard founded. See our story by Diane Hudson in Summerguide 1999.
Sean Foley (1969- ), Portland, Scrimmage, 44" x 50", acrylic on linen. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2012, $9,600
cHarlie HeWitt (1946- ) Brunswick, Spanish Ghetto (Study), 10" x 8", oil on canvas. Sold: Skinner, Marlborough, 2011, $237
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Marguerite robichaux (1950- ) Stratton, Ruapehu, 55" x 55", oil on linen. Sold: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2015, $5,000
edwin perry douglas (1935- ) Portland, Untitled, 47" x 60", oil on canvas. Sold: Bonhams & Butterfields, 2006, $5,975
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rufuS Porter (1792-1884) Bridgton, The Steamship Victory, 124" x 73", oil on plaster. Sold: Jackson’s Auctioneers & Appraisers, Cedar Falls, IA, 2002, $172,500
george lloyd (1945- ), Portland, Untitled #37 (1987), 17" x 14", acrylic on paper. Sold: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2009, $475
Joel BaBB (1947- ), Sumner, Gulf Hagas Brook, Maine, 58" x 72", oil on linen. Offered at Vose Galleries, Boston: $40,000
walter griffin (1861-1935), Portland, Old Houses, Stroudwater, Maine, 33" x 36", oil on canvas. Sold: Skinner Inc., 2006, $17,625
henry iSaaCS (1951- ), Cranberry Isles, Untitled, 31" x 47", oil and mixed media on paper. Sold: O’Gallerie, 2009, $600
John Calvin StevenS (1855-1940) Portland, Marsh, Cape Elizabeth, 14" x 18" oil on canvas. Sold: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2014, $900
John Marin (1870-1953) Stonington, Sailboat, Brooklyn Bridge, New York Skyline, 14" x 18", oil on canvas board. Sold: Christie’s New York, 2005, $1,248,000
Brett BigBee (1954- ), South Portland, Portrait of the Artist’s Wife, 12" x 8", pencil on paper. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2014, $2,280
MiChael lewiS (1942- ), Orono, Deep Roots, Old Strength #11, 8" x 12", oil was on paper. Offered at James D. Julia: $900
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Italo Scanga (1932-2001) Skowhegan, Untitled, 65" x 45", mixed media on paper. Sold: Los Angeles Modern Auctions, 2008, $2,200
John Walker (1939- ), Damariscotta, Two Cultures II, 85" x 67", oil on canvas. Sold: Stair Galleries, 2007, $24,150
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lyn Snow (1940-2013), South Thomaston, Tempest, 17" x 23", watercolor on paper. Sold: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2010 $2,300
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abbott GraveS (1859-1936) Kennebunkport, Flower Garden Kennebunkport: Maine, 21" x 38", oil on canvas. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 2001, $313,750
don voiSine (1952), Fort Kent, Pass, 18" x 27", oil on wood. Offered at 1stdibs.com, (2015): $5,000 emily brown (1943- ), South Montville, Billy Mitchell, Appleton, Maine, 24" x 24", oil on canvas. Sold: Christie’s, 2012, $750
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thomaS douGhty (1793-1856) Visitor to Maine, Autumn Landscape (1835) 56" x 70", oil on canvas. Sold: Christie’s New York, 2011, $292,000
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Singer songwriter Jonathan Edwards makes his home in Maine.
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runner who’s just finished a race. He’s about to start one. You’re from Northern Minnesota. Can you show me something in this house that proves that?
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nine months old. This other snapshot is me. It was taken the day I was adopted. It’s the cover of my new album, Tomorrow’s Child. Edwards, seated on his kiddie seat with the furious seriousness of the very young, extends both hands toward the viewer, searching. Produced by Darrell Scott and accompanied by Nashville cats Vince Gill, Jerry Douglas, Shawn Colvin, and Alison Krauss, the album is Edwards’s springboard to live performances that will zigzag across venues vast and intimate: Stonington Opera House in Maine; Birchmere, in Alexandria, Virginia; Timberline Lodge Amphitheater, in Government Camp, Oregon; and One Longfellow Square in Portland, September 9 and 10. Searching seems to be a motif in Tomorrow’s Child.
Yes. Everything I do comes to bear on what I do and what I write. One of the striking songs on your new CD is “I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground,” written and recorded in 1928 by Bascom Lamar Lunsford. It tunnels into your memory, has North Carolina roots, is gently subversive. Is that what attracted you to it?
I wish I was a mole in the ground Yes, I wish I was a mole in the ground If I’s a mole in the ground I’d root that mountain down And I wish I was a mole in the ground.
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This song just spoke to me. Joe Walsh, who lives in Portland, is on the board at One Longfellow Square and teaches at Berklee [College of Music in Boston], suggested he arrange it and I record it. It’s about heartbreak, sadness, and defiance.
in the audience.” Then I’ll speak to the new members. “Thanks very much for bringing your parents.” Jonathan’s fiancée, Sandy Owen, says: “This is a good time to mention Jonathan’s album is number one on the folk charts.”
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Sandy is a Kennebunk native; they met during a concert in Blue Hill, at an old club called The Left Bank. Edwards says, “I saw her in the crowd.” They talked after the concert, grew closer upon further meetings after years passed. She seems already in deep harmony with him; there’s a rhythm to their motions. Edwards: I had to decide I was ready for this. I take better care of myself than I ever did. There’s going to be a lot of touring this year. A colleague saw you perform in Newport, Rhode Island, decades ago. Take us there.
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No time to dream of doing that. If there were a cocktail called the Jonathan Edwards, how would a 21st century mixologist shake you up? Some folk, a dash of balladeer,
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(A quick smile.) I’m not so sure about bitters. I’m not preaching the horrors, not me. So you share nothing with the scary Calvinistic theologian of the same name?
Nothing.
In t e rIv e w Dark rum then, for the drink called the Jonathan Edwards?
No dark rum. In the late 1970s I used to live in St. Croix, where they serve light rum. I got used to it. What do you like about playing at Jonathan’s in Ogunquit?
Everything about the venue I like. I’ve been 20 years playing there. Jonathan West is a dear friend. According to urban legend, you almost didn’t get to record your monster hit single.
It was late one night, in the early a.m. We were recording an album, and the sound engineer and I were the only ones in the studio. Recording [with magnetic tapes] was very young then. He inadvertently recorded over one of the songs he’d spent the afternoon recording. He looked for it everywhere, everywhere. Ironically, the song was called “Please Find Me.” Finally he gave up and said, Do you have something else that’s three minutes long? I said, yeah. A last-minute substitution. I recorded it with the bass, came back and added the track with my 12-string, then a third track with drums. It was “Sunshine.”
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I’m standing at the foot of the Washington Monument in 1971, at a huge anti-war rally. It was a rose-colored dawn in the Potomac River Valley. I had just written “Sunshine.” People had just started hearing it. [He waits two beats.] That song was the perfect song to play that morning.
From top! Diane HuDson; courtesy JonatHan eDwarDs (2)
What are your worst 30 seconds in show business?
I was opening for Pat Sky at Boston University or BC. As I neared the stage, a guy in the audience yelled, You suck. What to do? You do the best you can. At the microphone I said, Thank you very much. Usually they don’t say that until I’ve played three or four songs. Tell us one time you were forced to play “Sunshine” when you didn’t want to.
There’s never been a time. I have always been one-hundred-percent grateful. If I had never had another song, I’d be thrilled to leave this world remembered for that one song. Sandy Owen hands Edwards a glass of water. (This is a good sign, because it means he’s go-
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I nt e r I v e w ing to sing, right here in the basement studio of his home in Cape Elizabeth.) He slings the guitar around his neck and sings it stunningly it like he just wrote it for five people. Better than the first time anybody ever heard it. The day before, he’d sung live on NPR’s World Cafe. Some guys have all the talent. You know so many fellow musicians. How about Paul McCartney?
I haven’t met him, but I want him to hear my version of “She Loves You.”
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In 1973, I lived in Nova Scotia, farming 680 acres. I lived there for eight years. My daughter Grace was born at the top of a hill in our cabin in 1976. One day, I got a phone call. It was Emmylou Harris, calling from L.A., calling me out of this farm. She said, What are you doing up there? She asked me to sing with her on her Elite Hotel album. Two years ago, I took Grace back to see where she was born. When we pulled in, I caught sight of a neighbor behind a team of horses pulling a manure spreader. When he recognized me, he brightened. ‘Jon, get out of that car and spread some manure for me.’ As we talk, he and Sandy take us out to show us the garden, and this isn’t a haphazard garden. It is in perfect tune, in raised beds, with fall’s first monarch butterfly floating by: basil, cilantro, parsley, borage, lacinato kale, countless tomato plants, blackberries, and raspberries. What’s musical about a garden?
The fertility. The order. The sense it makes to me, across the seasons, months. There are ocean views everywhere in Cape Elizabeth. You didn’t choose one. Is there a hidden part of you, or do you carry your own shore with you?
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It seems impossible, to cover that song. The Mt. Everest of cover challenges. How could he possibly make it his own? Then Edwards starts singing, and it’s so wistful and lonely the way he plays it, it makes your hair stand on end. It’s track number five on his album My Love Will Keep (2011). To hear it, visit https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9075lmLck8.
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Basket weaving is a legacy in the Keezer family. From left: Clara’s 55" Fancy Basket; son Rocky Keezer’s 44" Watermelon and 6" Corn baskets; Clara’s 6" Fancy and 44" Plum baskets; and Rocky’s 5" Strawberry
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t’s rare to sell one’s first piece of art, especially if you’re just 8 years old. But Passamaquoddy artist Clara Neptune Keezer did just that. It was a small candy basket woven with ash splints. The buyer paid her 25 cents, and, fittingly, little Clara spent her earnings on candy. Eight decades later, she’s still making baskets, but today her finely crafted pieces can garner hundreds of dollars. They’ve been featured in many exhibitions (including a one-woman show at the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland) and are in museums and private collections across the Unit-
ed States and beyond. Clara grew up on the Passamaquoddy Reservation at Pleasant Point (Sipayik) in Perry. She lived with her grand parents Alice (a Penobscot) and Joseph Neptune. It was Alice who first showed Clara how how to prepare brown ash splints, how to pick, clean, and braid sweet grass, and how to weave the two materials together into a basket. From her she also learned the importance of doing quality work: “If I made a mistake,” Clara recalls, “she’d say ‘fix it’– and I did!”
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M a i ne Li f e will be something different. She’s famous for her strawberry and fruit baskets, but then she makes a snowman or a bumble bee! Her baskets are so colorful and full of curls, diamond weaves, and bows. Just seeing them makes you happy.” As for the strong and tight quality of her weaving: “It’s the standard that I and many others measure our work against.” eyond novel shapes and a bold use of color–evident in many but not all of her pieces–Clara’s baskets are distinguished by a particular diamond weave passed down through her family and the innovative way she crisscrosses sweet grass in and out of the ash. Those characteristics can be seen in the work of her two sons, Rocky and Kenny, noted basketmakers in their own right. Clara mentored both of them–informally during their growing up years (“They just picked it up because I
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made baskets every day”) and later as her apprentices in MIBA’s formal master/apprentice program. Among basketmakers in Maine’s four tribes–the Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Maliseet, and Mi’kmaq (collectively known as Wabanaki or “Dawnland” people)–one can identify distinct family styles. Distinguishing styles between the tribes is more difficult due to generations of intermarriage, especially between Passamaquoddy and Penobscot. In 2002, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded Clara a Heritage Fellowship honoring her artistic excellence as well as her contribution to our nation’s traditional arts heritage. Clara has played a major role in the revitalization of Maine Indian basketry. According to Theresa Secord, who served as MIBA’s director for two decades, “Clara was one of our founding members, and she is
the one person who taught every year in the MIBA master/apprentice program for at least 20 years. She is really the matriarch of MIBA in so many ways.” Jennifer Neptune elaborates: “Here she is, this amazing, amazing artist, and yet so humble about herself and her work. She has always been more than generous with her time, teaching workshops in addition to her individual apprentices, sharing all the tricks she’s figured out, encouraging and inspiring so many others.” A true artist in life as well as in basketmaking. n Bunny McBride lives in Bath. Her extensive writing on Wabanakis includes the books Women of the Dawn, Indians in Eden, Molly Spotted Elk: A Penobscot in Paris, and Our Lives in Our Hands: Micmac Indian Basketmakers.
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While the world hunts David Driskell for his opinions about the Cosby collection on exhibit at the Smithsonian, he drops a hint with us, in Maine.
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e should remember that the real man behind this collection is David Driskell,” writes the Washington Post about the Smithsonian Institution’s exhibit that is sparking so much controversy: “Conversations: African and American Artworks in Dialogue.” This is the very David C. Driskell, co-curator of the Smithsonian show and for dec-
Still Life: Souvenir No. IV, oil on canvas, 1916, by Eldzier Cortor, from the collection of Camille and William Cosby, is presently on exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution. At right, painter and curator David Driskell.
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ades the scholar and art consultant who has brought the Camille and William Cosby collection to an elite sphere, that so many Mainers revere as a likable Falmouth resident, world-class painter, and curatorial expert on world painting. Driskell has been friends with Bill and Camille Cosby since Cosby called him in 1976 (see our interview, “The Prime of David Driskell,” Sept. 2001). No doubt uncomfortable with the controversy, Driskell has remained eloquently silent. Consider Artnet News: “We also reached out to David Driskell, the cocurator of the show who is also a longtime friend and advisor to Cosby, as well as to Cosby’s attorney Marty Singer for comment about whether the accusations have impacted the museum show. Neither responded.” If you were in Driskell’s position, would you respond? As an index to the controversy about Bill Cosby as he relates to art, Artnet reports, “In a November 15 radio interview conducted at the Smithsonian that took the term ‘awkward silence’ to an entirely new level, NPR reporter Scott Simon talked with Bill and Camille Cosby in detail about the [62] artworks they loaned to the show. At the end of the four-minute segment, viewers were treated to roughly 30 seconds of dead air when Simon asked Cosby to comment on the allegations as Cosby shook his head no and wagged his finger at Simon…” This dead air time was, according to the Washington Post, “perhaps the most significant dead air in the history of National Public Radio.” Then there’s “Public split over Cos-
by’s art at the Smithsonian,” by Brett Zongker of the Associated Press, which appeared in the Post. Here, once again, Driskell’s name comes up most respectfully, with a quote from him tantalizingly absent. Kudos to our “Flash” editor, Diane Hudson, who had the moxie to ask Driskell what the situation was when she covered his art opening at a Portland gallery. Here is Driskell, thoughtful and, it must be assumed, hurt: “As a curator hired by the Smithsonian in connection with this exhibit, I have been asked not to speak publicly about the controversy until my contract ends on January 16. You have not seen any comments from me about the exhibit as all the interviewers want to talk to me about Bill Cosby. I have no information about that and cannot speak to it. I can, however, speak about the art, and tell you that the art speaks for itself. This work by major American artists [including Beaufort Delaney, Jacob Lawrence, Elizabeth Catlett, Romare Berden, Faith Ringgold, Driskell himself, Alma Thomas, and Henry Ossawa Tanner] has never before been seen in public, and may never be provided that opportunity again. An extension of the American canon, the exhibit provides an invaluable educational opportunity that should not be lost… The Smithsonian reports attendance has more than doubled since the opening of this exhibit, and I do not think that is because of the controversy surrounding it.” The show goes on. n September 2015 113
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into…romance. At the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine at Orono, Dr. Robert C. Bayer, has the integrity to be less precise. (After all, who is going to count 50 million crustaceans?) Even so, he admires and studies lobsters who dare to be different. “I have seen fewer of the half-andhalf lobsters than blue ones,” he says. In fact, “in terms of the incidence of color variants, I’ve seen more blue lobsters than any other. We become aware of these through calls from the fishermen who’ve caught them or from the press. Most of the color variants end up on display somewhere. The Oceanarium in Bar Harbor often has some.” As for the moonglow lobsters that amaze with their pearly iridescence, “White, albino, appears to be the least common. The albino does not turn red when cooked; I have only seen a few of them in my career. All other lobsters turn red when cooked. The blue ones turn a bit more pink than red.” 1 1 6 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
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e marvel at the sheer number of restaurants in the Forest City, but how about the bakeries? Portland is the center of the universe for from-scratch, flakey, buttery, first-class baked treats. Hot, fresh scones; lighter-than-air croissants; deadly sweet sticky buns; cookies; breads; and rolls are baked every day in small, thriving hives all over town. Magnet for talent Think of Standard Baking Company as the Harvard of Portland bakeries. People with sweet dreams and magic hands come to them. And if they leave, Standard’s legend grows deeper in the culture. “The caliber and availability of professional baking training has improved vastly since we first opened,” says Alison Pray, who with husband Matt James owns Standard Baking, now 20 years old. Their croissants, morning buns, and baguettes were the original boulangerie delicacies that set a very high bar in Portland. “We’ve been really fortunate to have
“i went gluten-free myself about eight years ago,” says Bevin mcnulty, owner and baker of Bam Bam Bakery on Commercial Street. “i found the products on the market weren’t very delicious.” Bevin began experimenting with her own recipes and studying alternative baking. “gluten is the protein in wheat; that’s what binds your bread and gives it elasticity and keep it together. We use xantham gum” to replace this quality, along with precise combinations of other non-wheat flours depending on the item. gluten-free does have something of an image problem. “the biggest misperception is that it tastes gross– dry and gross and boring,” says mcnulty. one bite of a Funky monkey (peanut butter, chocolate chip, and coconut cookie) should clear this up. it’s delicate, rich, and intense. Bam Bam’s most popular items are “whoopie pies in the summer and lemon bars and cookies in general.” look for pumpkin whoopies with maple filling this fall. –Becca Carifio 1 2 0 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
Catherine Coté-Eliot pauses to reflect for a moment at Portland Patisserie.
found some great people through these programs.” Some of whom are now dazzling diners at some of the hot spots elsewhere downtown, as this story shows. “Our greatest challenge as bread bakers is consistency,” says Pray. “At the same time, we love to bake, so we’re always looking for new ideas and inspiration. I love to travel specifically to visit bakeries. In Paris, friends recommended Des Pains et des Idees, in the Marais. There are lines out their door all day long. My favorite from their shop was a pain au levain roll with savory additions like bacon and bleu cheese.” tasty Career U-tUrns Bakers are like doctors,” says Catherine Coté-Eliot, pastry chef at Portland Patisserie on Market Street, where dainty and precise French confections including cylindrical framboisiers and colorful macarons dazzle on platters and stands. “We all have our specialties. I’m really not all that into breads.” Which is not to say she doesn’t know how. In fact, Coté-Eliot, 34, spent five years making bread and pastries at Standard Baking. “Baking’s my second career,” she says. “I have a degree in architecture from Ohio State. But then I did a 10-month course
at the French Culinary Institute in Manhattan,” after which she ended up baking at one of the Financier Patisseries in the financial district. “I have a French last name (Coté), a French Canadian background, and a grandmother in Gouldsboro, but I don’t speak French.” Her husband, Frederic Eliot does; he’s chef at Petite Jacqueline, which is owned, like Portland Patisserie, by the talented Steve and Michelle Corry. So how did Catherine meet this Parisian-born chef? “At O.S.U., actually. Cooking is a second career for Fred, too. He was the head of the university’s IT department, and just before I left for a semester in France, I went to ask him about good places to visit.” The couple moved to New York, where Catherine launched her pastry careeer and Fred “cooked all over–Prune, Le Cirque, the Oak Room.” When they started a family, they decided to move to Portland. Frederic’s nighttime schedule dovetailed nicely with Catherine’s dawn baking routine in terms of sharing child-care duties. “I didn’t want a desk job,” she says, “but I feel my architecture training is useful to me as a baker. I’m designing and creating things every day.” She sure is. Her tender, buttery bourbon
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pecan shortbread cookie with a cup of coffee may be the tastiest treat you have all day. Scone Soul Picnic “Briana and I met in New York,” says baker Laura Motley at Tandem Bakery on Congress Street. “We baked together at Pies ’n’ Thighs in Brooklyn.” Briana Holt is Tandem’s baker extraordinaire, from whose boundless imagination spring spicy ginger and toasted white chocolate cookies the size of lunch plates, dainty rye shortbread cookies rimmed with black sesame seeds and a hint of sea salt, and “loaded biscuits” filled with cream cheese and jam. “I get a feeling about something,” says Holt, “and try to access my experiences and general baking knowledge to make it happen.” Tandem Bakery has been open barely a year; it’s already a West End institution– a bright, airy space of plate-glass windows, a September 2015 121
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Hu n g ry E y E spotless open kitchen, and a long counter full of tempting baked goods. As I visit today, boxes of fresh blueberry pies with almond crumb topping are stacked on the counter, ready to be taken home for dessert. Signature scones include pineapple/rosemary, kale/parmesan, apple/feta, and “everything seeded.” The latter is what happens when a bagel concept is reincarnated as a feather-light scone topped with sesame and poppy seeds and a whisper of garlic, and pastry shot through with visible veins of cream cheese. “The everything scone was a done deal in my mind,” says Briana. “It’s exponentially gotten more rad. It’s my not-so-secret favorite thing we make.” For Holt, the soul of a scone should be “amazing butter flavor, a perfect biscuity interior, and a firm, satisfying crunch on the outside.” The Martha’s Vineyard native grew up baking with her mother and Austria-born grandmother, including lots of cookies at Christmas time–“hundreds of cookies cooling on counters, on the porch, the bathroom counter–we always had a problem with quantity control. I think I may still have it.”
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Dutch’s turns out elegant versions of simple things. Even buttered whole-wheat toast with their own spectacular blueberry jam will make you take notice. There are excellent and distinctive whole-wheat loaves all over town, including at nearby Big Sky Bakery. But Lucy’s has a soulful charm that makes a great sandwich.
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She says her aim is “to make scone lovers of scone haters.” Mission accomplished! Tandem really has the edge here–Briana Holt owns the scone. Take-ouT, Deluxe eDiTion “We get up at four,” says Lucy Dutch as she takes a brunch order at the counter at Dutch’s on Preble Street. She and husband, Belfast native Ian Dutch, turn out delicious breakfast and lunch creations and bake every bagel, biscuit, and loaf from scratch six days a week. Lucy’s croissant is balanced in flakiness and cakey tenderness. She came by her skills by hands-on restaurant work. “I’ve cooked around, I baked a lot, I collect recipes and cookbooks.”
ChoiCes, ChoiCes f you roam the city’s bakeries, you’ll find exotic surprises at Ten Ten Pié on Cumberland Avenue at the bottom of Munjoy Hill. Atsuko Fujimoto–she’s another former Standard Baking alumna and Fore Street restaurant pastry chef–is dreaming up fusions of classic French pastries with worldbeat imagination. Try almond croissants dusted with matcha green tea confectioner’s sugar, tiny financier-like tartlets called visitadines, and bite-size dark double-chocolate sake cakes shaped like fat corks. Among the trends here to stay: interesting use of rye flour in sweets (Standard Baking’s chocolate rye cookies, for one) and delicate dust-
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Earth at Hidden pond James Beard award-winner Chef Ken oringer opened this “farm-to-fork” restaurant in 2011 featuring the bounty of hidden Pond Resort’s organic farm in a menu that includes house-made pastas and charcuterie, wood-grilled pizzas, and signatures like peekytoe crab toast with French cocktail sauce. Craft cocktails and an extensive wine list. open may-oct. 354 goose Rocks Road, Kennebunkport, 967-6550, earthathiddenpond.com Eve’s at the Garden, an oasis of calm and great food in the middle of the old Port. the perfect spot for meetings, special occasions, and a cocktail. ingredients from maine’s waters and farms: jumbo scallops, natural, sustainable pork, beef, fish, and shellfish, and maine lobster. home to the annual ice Bar, eve’s garden is perfect for outdoor dining in season. happy hour mon. - Fri.; free valet parking. lunch 11:30am-2pm, Dinner 5-9:30pm. 468 Fore St., Portland, 775-9090, evesatthegarden.com Great lost Bear a full bar with 70 beer taps of maine & american craft breweries & a large Belgian selection. menu features salads, burgers, a large vegetarian selection & the best nachos & Buffalo
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Hurricane Restaurant features the finest seafood and New england cooking on maine’s coast. Serving lunch and dinner seven days a week. Sunday brunch ‘til 3:30pm. Discover our award-winning wine list, enjoy $10 off every bottle of wine on Wednesdays. Wicked good house-made pastries, signature cocktails, and extraordinary five-star New england cuisine. reservations strongly suggested. Dock Square, Kennebunkport, 967-9111, hurricanerestaurant.com Kon Asian Bistro Steakhouse & Sushi Bar is upscale Asian with modern flair. Japanese, Sushi, thai, Chinese–or try our hibachi tables. Our private party room accommodates groups from business meetings to birthday parties. Choose fresh, delicious items and enjoy our entertaining chefs preparing your meal in front of you. Family friendly; open mon-thurs 11:30am-10pm, Fri. to 11pm, Sat. 1pm-11:00pm, Sun. 11:30am-9:30pm. 874-0000, konasianbistrome.com Maria’s Ristorante is portland’s original classic Italian restaurant. Greg and tony Napolitano are always in house preparing classics like Zuppa de pesce, eggplant parmigian, Grilled Veal Sausages, Veal Chop milanese, homemade cavatelli pastas, pistachio Gelato, Limoncello Cake, and maine’s best meatballs. prices $11.95 - $22.95 tue-Sat. starting at 5pm. Catering always available. 337 Cumberland Ave. 772-9232, www.mariasrestaurant.com Miss Portland Diner, portland’s only landmark diner serving classic, homemade comfort food. Open daily at 7am serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. beer, wine and liquor. Located at 140 marginal Way, portland, 210-6673, missportlanddiner.com. Pedro’s focuses on simple yet full-flavored mexican and Latino food. Offering tacos, burritos and an impressive array of margaritas, sangria, beer, and wine. especiales de la semana (specials of the week) keep the menu varied and fresh and showcase different Latino cultures. Seasonal outdoor dining available. Open daily, 12pm-10pm. 181 port rd., Kennebunk, 967-5544, pedrosmaine.com Ocean at Cape Arundel Inn & Resort With outstanding 180-degree water views, Ocean is perfect for a memorable meal or bites at the bar. executive Chef pierre Gignac offers ocean inspired fine cuisine, beautifully presented, and enhanced by the fresh sea air and stunning ambiance. Open year round. 208 Ocean Ave., Kennebunkport, 967-4015, capearundelinn.com/dining One Dock Award-winning One Dock at the Kennebunkport Inn serves native maine comfort food classics with an upscale twist, plus a selection of small plates. Guests can enjoy live music on weekends, daily Happy Hour specials and outdoor dining on the patio and terrace throughout summer. Open year round. One Dock Square, Kennebunkport, 967-2621, onedock.com
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Pier 77 & The Ramp Bar & Grill are owned & managed by Kate & Chef peter morency. pier 77 has a formal dining room with stunning views of Cape porpoise Harbor & live music each weekend, while the ramp is more casual, with its own bar menu at hard-tobeat prices. Open year-round. 77 pier rd., Kennebunkport, 967-8500, pier77restaurant.com * The Tides Beach Club Coastal chic ambiance overlooking Goose rocks beach. Local seafood is the focal point: maine lobster roll with drawn butter or herbed mayo; crispy fried clams with house tartar; marinated grilled tuna with house-made kimchee, soba noodles, and wasabi. Specialty cocktails with fresh local juices and herbs, artisanal beers, and an extensive wine list. Open may-Oct. 254 Goose rocks rd., Kennebunkport, 967-3757, tidesbeachclubmaine.com *reservations recommended
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Terlingua brings lots of Latin flair to the hipster end of Washington Avenue.
ste es el paraíso,” says my dining companion as we take our seats in Terlingua, a bite of fall in the evening air. Our drinks are heavenly, too–dead-perfect margarita and a daiquiri ($10). A zesty mushroom empanada ($10) arrives, sporting a buttery crust and bursting with flavor. It’s accompanied by a tasty fried egg and delicately dressed Winter Hill Farm lettuce. We continue with the Pork Belly Chicharron ($7 for smaller portion, $13 for large). I say go large for this fork-tender, sensationally seared strip of pork belly edged with crisp greens. Just then our bartender whispers, “You want barbecue, you’d better order up quick.” So we do–it can and does sell out. Though not specifically a barbecue joint, (Terlingua bills itself as “boutique barbecue”), the house-smoked meats–daily preparations listed on a board at the bar–offer some mighty fine fare along those lines. Crossed off a second after we order, our St. Louis ribs appear, perfectly blackened on big bones ($14/$21). With these tender beasts are savory sauces (spicy vinegar and sweetand-smoky), slices of ripe watermelon, a tangy mixture of house-pickled vegetables, and grilled pita bread.
We can’t resist the Wagyu brisket ($21/$28), top-notch beef justifying the ‘boutique’ moniker. Sides have a Latin flair. At Terlingua you find no corn bread, slaw, or baked beans. Instead, we thoroughly enjoy the sliced avocado and tomato with salted cucumber ($5) but could easily scarf up slow-cooked greens with pork belly ($4); grilled corn with bacon, cotija cheese, and cilantro ($4); or roasted cauliflower with poblano and cheese ($5). A trio of sorbets completes a most delightful dinner. n Terlingua, 52 Washington Avenue, Portland. Closed Tuesday, Dinner 5-9 pm, late night snacks, 9 pm-close. 808-8502, terlingua.me
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can we have for ignoring our own threatened wonders, some right below our noses, one as near and dear as Kennebunk Landing. Disinterest can be every bit as destructive as terrorist violence to precious architecture. This is a call to arms for a historic preservation organization or just a lover of beau-
tiful, singular spaces to take on the role of next steward of the Hugh McCulloch House that has been so beloved and so carefully curated by Enid and Arthur Thoms. Don’t worry–this isn’t a museum, though it could be one. It is a wonderful family home. With its dapper yellow clapboards, smart
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istory is all the more precious when heroes fight for it. If we were brought to tears by the beheading of Syrian antiquities scholar Khaled-al Assad, 82, who stoutly refused to disclose the location of hidden Palmyra art treasures to ISIS militants, then what excuse
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white trim, and cheery, eccentric dormers, The Hugh McCulloch house at 160 Summer Street is a ship captain’s home among ship captains’ homes, its green lawn descending gracefully to the serpentine blue curves of the Kennebunk River. Here Capt. Hugh McCulloch and his vast coterie of artisans built scores of historic vessels that plied the world’s seas, among them the Rubicon, the Sabine, and the Advance. Captain McCulloch also owned Green, Folly, and Goat islands in Cape Porpoise, before Goat Island Light was built in the 1830s, according to brazoriaroots.com.
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lives here with her husband, Arthur, and sparkles as she gives the tour. “On the second floor, two original paneled walls swing up on hinges to the ceiling to create the ballroom. I’ll show you.” She fairly races to it. “This is the famous wall. The whole wall lifts up–these are the hooks in the ceiling that held it up for the dances.” Aha! Open concept before open concept. The music room or salon features an original window seat that looks out to what was once part of a shaded porch and is now a foyer. A pair of priceless gaslights in turquoise majolica and brass adorn this spacious, for-
mal, and yet cozy room, the dark piano having crept between the windows, waiting for its next recital. Not only is the historic wallpaper visible in a closet, the ‘younger’ wallpaper front-and-center in the music room is surely 19th century. The house is filled with artifacts collected by many generations of world travelers. A Simon Willard clock greets guests. Not just any Simon Willard tall clock. Its painted face was personally endorsed by Simon Willard to Hugh McCulloch. As we enter the dining room, in vivid coral with creamy trim, we see a flintlock over the fireplace. Enid stops, musing. “We were married right here, on December
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eeper still is the continuing cultural impact of Capt. McCulloch’s son. The second-floor bedroom is the birthplace of his son, Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Hugh McCulloch, who served under three presidents, beginning with Abraham Lincoln. In the famous engraving of the murdered president’s death bed, McCulloch was one of the figures standing watch over him. And we are on watch now, for someone who won’t tear out or discard the French wallpaper, blast away the secret passageway to the left of the chimney in the music room, rip out the original Indian shutters on both floors, or raze the upstairs ballroom that made this tony house the talk of the town. This striking Georgian home, built in 1782, has been reduced from $914,000 in 2014 to $685,000. If you love beautiful, old things, now is the time to make your move. “Some people call this The Hugh McCulloch House, some call it The House With the Ballroom,” says Enid Thoms, the Secretary’s great granddaughter who
22, 1962,” she says, muffling a giggle. “The minister was backed up to the fireplace. We stood in the middle of the room. It was a small affair in the midst of a big blizzard!” Of the McCulloch Shipyard (the grasscovered ways, softened by time, slip into the river framed in the wall of windows of the updated kitchen), she says, “Do you know the granite locks in the Kennebunk River? When they were finished building a hull here, they’d lock in a moon tide and take the hulls to the Port. In Kennebunkport, the vessels were rigged.” Wistfully, she adds, “Four ships built here were lost in the War of 1812.” Another ship was lost in a storm off the coast of Kennebunkport. Hugh McCulloch, the Secretary of
the Treasury, “attended Bowdoin for two years, then left by horseback for Indiana. He worked his way up and became president of the Bank of Fort Wayne. Then, he was named First Comptroller of Currency by Lincoln and succeeded as Secretary of the Treasury.” The house, and much of Captain’s Row (Summer Street) in Kennebunk, are on the National Register of Historic Places. “I graduated from Orono in 1959,” Enid says. Recruited by the CIA at school, “I signed my life away with a 37-page document and went directly to Washington, D.C. My husband and I met in Washington at the CIA’s Foreign Broadcast Information Service. We were both editors. The
FBIS had listening posts that were like parentheses around the Soviet Union. I worked in the USSR section. He worked in the Asia sector.” The romance deepened with a further assignment. “We honeymooned in Saigon.” Their shared love of retiring here reverberates in every cared-for room. Just as we leave, she says proudly, “There isn’t a straight door anywhere. My mother always said this house rises and falls with the tides.” If you’re not wondering why we’re sharing this sentiment, you may very well be the right buyer. Four bedrooms, 2.5 baths. Twoand-a-half acres of waterfront, including a dock. Taxes are $7,729. n
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nside a closet in the music room is a very large fragment of ancient wallpaper that, according to family tradition, was the original wallpaper for the entire room and has resided here as long as the mcCullochs. this delightful attraction appears to have been applied directly to the wallboard. It’s incendiary and naughty–a celebration of Independence Day, 1775. One of the figures grinds the words “british Laws” under his shoe. A neoclassic british warrior holds his head in his hands, ruined. A son of Liberty shares an engaging conversation with a Native American. We asked wallpaper scholar and conservator Barry Blanchard for a close analysis: “this pattern is referred to as ‘pillar and arch,’ blanchard says. “It was popular in english design in the 18th century. After the American revolution, versions of the pattern included iconic images representing the new nation and breaking of the bonds with the british empire. most likely they’d have been printed in France, although there’s a chance an American company could have made a knock off. “there’s a sample of this same paper in the wallpaper archives of Historic New england. When you get to the site click on Collections, Archives and exhibitiions>Collections Access>Wallpaper. In the search box, type in ‘pillar and arch.’ Scroll down to find your wallpaper. “the Cooper Hewitt museum in NY has a large wallpaper collection, as well. If you do a search for ‘pillar and Arch wallpaper at Cooper Hewitt’ and ‘Sacred Washington/Cooper Hewitt,’ you can find some links to historical perspectives on this type of wallpaper.
“Also, a book by Catherine Lynn called Wallpaper In America has a section on this period. She has a photo of this same paper and other similar ones with additional information on the history behind it. “Your wallpaper has been reproduced by Adelphi paperHangings in Sharon Springs, New York. they produce reproduction wallpapers from original documents. their wallpapers are block printed which is the original method used in the 18th century. I have installed many of their products and consider it among the best in the historic market. the manager and printer is Steve Larsen. I'm sure he’d be happy to talk to you. You can reach him at (518) 284-9066. “the border would have been installed at the same time as the wallpaper. Finding historical references to that would be much more difficult and time-consuming. Assuming the wallpapers are original to the late 18th century, it does make it an interesting document. Steve Larsen might be interested in it as something to reproduce.” S e p t e m b e r 2015 131
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“Clean Up Cancer” For well over a year now many of us have seen the pink van of Eastern Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning driving around York and Cumberland counties, and we may have asked what’s it all about. To clear up this question I spent some time with Diane Gadbois at her home and asked her some very personal questions that I am sure were difficult to answer. You see, George and Diane Gadbois are private people who give more than their share back to the community, and the last thing they want is to be noticed for their generosity. They started Eastern Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning 40 years ago on a wish and a prayer and now have the largest family-run carpet cleaning and water damage restoration company in the area. Back to the pink van! If you notice on the rear side panels are the words Susan G. Komen for the Cure. This national foundation has brought forth women’s cancer awareness, promoted extensive cancer research, and although not exclusive to the cause, is nationally recognized by the color pink. The cost to place this name on the van will not be discussed here, but let us say the
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Set in the heart of Five Islands is this quin- This custom-designed Royal Barry Wills tessential Maine cottage w/views & front- reproduction Cape exudes the finest qualage on the bay. $399,000. ity & craftsmanship. $675,000.
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Toil go to Parkside High, home of the Not-SoGreat Apes. Wait. That might not be their name. Then what is it? What? What? What? Oh, this is the worst. I have to remember what to call them so I can cheer them on to victory in “The Big Game.” Just kidding. But now I’m serious: If you see me at “The Big Game” or even “The Petite But Adorable Game,” shoot me. Shoot me dead before I cram my hand into a foam “We’re Number One” finger. I hate my school. Parkside High has a plus-size student body. Whoever said good things come in small packages (I think it was either Aristotle or Perez Hilton) should have gone on to say that it’s never a good idea to stuff too much into that small package. That’s Parkside: too many kids packed into the stairwells like cattle. “Temple Grandin, please report to guidance.” In the crush of students at Parkside, I don’t stand out. I’m a stealth student flying under the radar and sailing under the sonar
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Saying the word “Macbeth” inside a theatre is strictly taboo unless one is rehearsing or in the midst of performing Shakespeare’s dark tragedy. Doing so is almost universally believed to bring about bad luck or even disaster. To avoid the portentous curse, actors refer to the play by such euphemisms as “The Scottish Play.” –history.com
Orson Welles portraying you-know-who.
and slithering under the electric eye. I might as well be invisible and fragrance-free. This morning I climbed the front steps of the school in a herd, wondering, as always, how I was going to make it through anoth-
er day. (Hypnotize myself? Chew my cud?) Then it was into the hallowed halls and up the stairs to the second floor. Mr. Littlefield, my biology teacher, was standing outside his classroom, which is what the teachers at Parkside do to provide a safe and welcoming environment for us students. Oh, the warmth! I nodded at him, and he flashed me a winning fake smile and said, “There he is!” Yes, I was there. And thank you for noticing. Farther down the hall, I ran into Mrs. Webber, my math teacher, and gave her the continental nod-smile combo, the one that comes with the complimentary French eyebrow. She said, “Hey…how’s it going?” I stuck a thumb up and narrowed an eye like a sniper. She was thinking, Here’s a young man who’s going places. I was thinking, Hey, how’s it going, Spencer? Just once. I slipped in through the rear door of Mr. Talbot’s room and sat at my desk in the back left corner, which is where I sit in all my classes if I have a choice. While I was wrenching my English binder out of my backpack, I heard somebody come in through the front door, so I looked up and saw a young-ish woman–mid-twenties?– raking a tangle of curly black hair away from S e p t e m b e r 2015 141
her face. She pushed her Clark Kent glasses up, too, while her hand was in the area. She was wearing clunky motorcycle boots, a colorful batik skirt (or was it a tablecloth?), a powder blue men’s dress shirt from the dollar rack at Goodwill, and a fuzzy pink cardigan she inherited from her great-aunt after the 23 cats that lived with the old girl ganged up on her one night and smothered her while she slept. She looked fabulous. Old Mr. Talbot, bent over his desk like Bob Cratchit, was squinting at his iPad and trying to do something mind-blowingly complicated like check his school email. She said, “Mr. Talbot?” Nothing from him. Not now. He was busy. Intense concentration required. Barely breathing. Emergency call. Bomb squad. Tick tick tick. Got to defuse it. She said, “I’m your intern,” and smiled. Snip the blue wire. Wait–maybe the green. She advanced on him with her hand extended, and finally he blinked and said, “Who?” “Sue Stein. Your intern.” As they shook hands, he said, “Oh, my goodness. Welcome to Parkside High, Ms. Stein. I’m Milton Talbot.” I’d been paying attention to what was going on in the front of the room and hadn’t noticed my English binder sliding down the desktop. It tipped over the edge and slapped the floor, which made Ms. Stein look my way. “Oh,” she said. “Hello there.” “Hi.” “This is one of your sophomore English students: Schuyler Watson.” “It’s Spencer Wilson.” “Nice to meet you, Spencer.” “Right,” I said. “Spencer. Nice to meet you, too, Ms. Stein.” Other kids were showing up for English now, but she kept talking to me, which was refreshing. She said, “I’m a student at the university, and I’m going to be here for a while doing an internship–” “–teaching Macbeth,” said Mr. Talbot, a 1 4 2 p o r t l a n d m o n t h ly m a g a z i n e
dim smile perking up his saggy face. She said, “Really? I didn’t know.” “Oh, yes.” said Mr. Talbot. “Macbeth. Every year at this time.” Ms. Stein said, “It’s been a while since I’ve read it, so I’m going to need some time to prepare.” “Oh, there’s no need, dear. No need at all.” Did I notice the skin over Ms. Stein’s temples tighten ever so slightly when she heard “dear”? (How would you know? You weren’t there. Forget I asked.) Mr. Talbot opened a squeaky drawer low on his vintage oak desk and lifted out a tome that looked like a Bible with a water retention issue. He said, “You can use my Macbeth file,” and dropped it–thwomp!–onto his desk, narrowly missing the iPad. Ms. Stein gulped. “Thank you. I’m sure it’ll be a big help.” Mr. Talbot said, “Well, let’s see.” “You mean now?” “No time like the present.” “I just meant I thought I’d have a day or two to get settled in and–” “Oh, give it a try. Jump right in. I’ll introduce you.” And within a minute, Ms. Stein picked the Macbeth file up from Mr. Talbot’s desk and started reading to us. What fun. Nothing else quickens the pulse like listening to someone read unfamiliar material written in a leaden style. When she got to the part about the play being written in iambic pentameter, Mr. Talbot clapped the five-beat rhythm, looking happy that he could still clap. I scanned the room from my observation post in the back to see how the lesson was going over: Thirty-two kids looked ready to go nighty-night. Ms. Stein kept reading. “The Bard arranged words to suit his needs and desires, whether to create rhythm or to highlight phrases or to make a character’s speech pattern unique. At times, he inverted the typical word order of English speech. For instance, a character might say, ‘Goes he,’ instead of ‘He goes.’” Rudy lifted a well-muscled arm and said, “Ms. Stein, I’ve got to go.” Ms. Stein said, “Go? You mean to the–” “Bad.” Mr. Talbot said, “You’re a sophomore in high school now, Rudy, and it’s time you learned self-control. See if you can hold on.”
When they get around to remaking the juvenile delinquent movies of the 1950s, Rudy will be cast as a brooding loner in a tight T-shirt who gets shot accidentally when a zip gun battle breaks out at the Pulaski Day Dance. hile Rudy slumped at his desk and scowled, Ms. Stein, her forearms seizing up, put the file down and said, “You know, kids, I was just thinking. So much of William Shakespeare’s life is unknown to us, but his life’s work is familiar to people all over the world. Isn’t that something? He wrote Macbeth 400 years ago, and here we are today at Parkside High beginning our study of that very play.” Mr. Talbot looked just a tad put out. Back to the file already! But Ms. Stein pressed on extemporaneously, probably glad to give her arms a rest. “I remember one of the themes of this play is ambition, and now that I’m thinking about it, it seems to me that Shakespeare, who was a playwright trying to forge a career in an iffy business, must have understood what a powerful drive ambition can be, and that probably helped him write the Macbeth character as a fully-formed human being.” I made a note of that. Camden, famous school-wide for her flowing mane of perfect blonde hair and for using people and then throwing them away like dental floss, must have heard that tidbit even though she was watching a horror movie on her iPad with her earbuds plugged in underneath all the hair. She snapped her fingers. Taylor, her top handmaiden, leaned forward from the desk behind her. Camden said, “Write that down.” Write that down? Oh. Ah. I see. Camden wanted to give the impression to Mr. Talbot and Ms. Stein that she was paying attention and she wanted to keep Taylor on her toes. Just last year all she was allowed to do for Camden was give her her dessert at lunch, and now this year she picks out the horror movies that Camden watches in school. If that isn’t the American Dream in action, I don’t know what is. Of course
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Taylor makes herself sick worrying that her movie selection might displease Her Highness, but that’s the price she pays for status. Today’s movie seemed to be a winner. Phew. From what I could glimpse, it had something to do with dead teenagers. Maybe you’ve seen it. Ms. Stein said, “The ambition that drove Shakespeare to make a name for himself with his plays was like the ambition that drove Macbeth to make a name for himself by murdering Duncan and–” Mr. Talbot said, “All well and good. Thank you, Ms. Stein. Now please return to the lesson.” That’s what Ms. Stein did, but she looked a tad put out herself to be reined in just when she was starting to roll. I wrote “make a name for himself” in my notebook. Then I leaned on my elbows, my face in my hands, and closed my eyes so I could concentrate on the lecture. Not. I took a nap. When I came to, I checked out the room again. Some of the kids were awake, but their heads were doing the slow orbit thing, and there was drooling. Ms. Stein read, “In the year 1603, King James VI of Scotland ascended to the throne of England, at which time he also became known as King James I. Londoners of the day became as interested in Scottish culture as students at Parkside High School are today.” Well, there’s a meaningful benchmark. And the bell rang. Rise and shine! The other kids left, but I stayed behind for a minute to look at my notes. While I was reading them, I highlighted “ambition,” “make a name for himself,” and “theatre,” and when I did that, the seed of an idea took root in the mental soil inside the cerebral flowerpot on the psychological windowsill of my mind’s kitchen, right next to the virtual spider plant. n This is chapter one of Brian Daly’s Toil & Trouble, a novel about “a high-school sophomore who thinks he’s put the Macbeth Curse on his school’s production of ‘The Scottish Play.’ He’s the author of Big and Hairy, a middle grade novel. He also wrote the screenplay adaptation of that book for a Showtime Original Feature starring Richard Thomas. Look for a staged reading of Brian’s new musical comedy Come Out Swingin’! at the Lyric Music Theater on October 2.
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