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here has been too much upheaval in the art world to just say “what a year.” Consider the pre-COVID auction of John Marin’s Stonington Wharf, No. 1 (Red and Blue, Maine), above. Pre-auction estimates were $150,000 to $250,000. It realized $596,000 at Sotheby’s New York. Then there’s the fascinating case of Louise Nevelson. Who would have guessed a Nevelson sculpture could have been bought in the last year for as high $399,000 (for Moon-Star II) or as low as $75 (this is not a misprint!) for her Wall Hanging Sculpture. This has prompted us to examine other Maine artists at extremes in the market–the highs, the lows. Grab your auction paddle. Get ready to open your eyes and start whispering.
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Louise Nevelson (1899–1988, Rockland) Moon-Star II, 98" x 83" x 16", wood painted black. Sold: Christie’s New York, 2019, $399,000.
Louise Nevelson Wall Hanging Sculpture, 18" x 25.5", mixed media. Sold: Kodner Galleries, 2020, $75. September 2020 19
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David Clyde Driskell Figurative Abstract Painting, 14.5" x 12.5", egg tempera on paper. Sold: Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, 2020, $3,750.
Vivian Milner Akers (1886–1966, Norway) Landscape with birch trees, 35.5" x 39.5", oil on canvas. Sold: Showplace Antique Center, 2020, $2,250.
Robert Henri The Dormer, 14" x 10", oil on canvas. Sold: Grogan & Company, 2020, $3,500.
Berenice Abbott (1898–1991, Monson) Seventh Avenue Looking South From 35th Street, 9.375" by 7.25", photograph. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 2020, $20,000.
Vivian Milner Akers Little Geranium, 8.5" x 6.5", oil on mahogany panel. Sold: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2019, $225.
David Clyde Driskell (1931–2020 Falmouth) Dancing Angel, 31" x 14", color screenprint on wove paper. Sold: Swann Auction Galleries, 2020, $6,250.
Robert Henri (1865–1929, Monhegan Island) Francine (“Lovey”), 24" x 20", oil on canvas. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 2019, $375,000. 20 p o r t l a n d magazine
Berenice Abbott Musician Buddy Gilmore at Zelly’s, 13.31" x 10.04", gelatin silver print, mounted on board. Sold: Ader, 2020, $332.
Fairfield Porter (1907–1975, Great Spruce Head Island) Harbor Beach, 28" x 32", oil on canvas. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 2020, $250,000.
Fairfield Porter Hudson River Viewed from West Point, 17" x 20.5", watercolor and gouache on paper. Sold: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2020, $1,900.
Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009, Cushing) Oliver’s Cap, 48" x 48", tempera on panel. Sold: Christie’s New York, 2019, $2,415,000.
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Andrew Wyeth Cow and Farm House, Port Clyde, Maine, 4" x 5.5", ballpoint ink on canary paper. Sold: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2019, $8,500.
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Richard Estes (1932–, Mount Desert Island) Broadway and 64th, Spring ’84, 40" x 72", oil on canvas. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 2020, $860,000.
N.C. Wyeth (1882–1945, Port Clyde) “Oh, Morgan’s men are out for you; and Blackbeard—buccaneer!...”, 50.25" x 35", oil on canvas. Sold: Christie’s New York, 2019, $2,295,000.
Charles Woodbury (1864–1940, Ogunquit) Untitled, 35.5" x 47.5", oil on canvas. Sold: Winter Associates, 2019, $17,000.
Charles Woodbury Untitled, 16.5" x 21", watercolor. Sold: Winter Associates, 2019, $350. Richard Estes Untitled, 11.02" x 8.66", gouache, ink and pencil on paper laid to paper. Sold: Rago Arts and Auction Center, 2020, $585.
N.C. Wyeth Children With Sleds On Snowy Hill (Kuerner’s Hill; Coasting), 16" x 26", oil on canvas. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 2020, $62,500.
Stephen Morgan Etnier (1903–1984, Harpswell) Swan Boats, Boston Public Garden, 16" x 20", oil on board. Sold: Grogan & Company, 2019, $6,710.
Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1893–1953, Ogunquit) Cafe No.2, 12.52" x 9.88", lithograph. Sold: Mainichi Auction, Tokyo, 2020, $4,144.
Alfred Thompson Bricher (1837–1908, Monhegan Island) Autumn Mist, Lake George, 13.75" x 24", oil on canvas. Sold: Christie’s New York, 2019, $106,250.
Stephen Morgan Etnier Boats Along the Shore, 16" x 24", oil on canvas. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2020, $1,220. Alfred Thompson Bricher A Quiet Cove, 5.625" x 11.5", oil on canvas. Sold: Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, 2020, $225. 22 p o r t l a n d magazine
Yasuo Kuniyoshi South Berwick, Maine, 9.02" x 12.52", lithograph. Sold: Mainichi Auction, Tokyo, 2019, $554.
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Monhegan Towel Warmer... Winslow Homer (1836–1910, Scarborough) Sounding Reveille, 13" x 19.5", oil on canvas. Sold: Christie’s New York, 2019, $1,815,000.
Winslow Homer Out on a Limb, 6" x 8", watercolor and pencil on paper. Sold: Christie’s New York, 2019, $62,500.
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Marguerite Zorach (1887–1968, Georgetown) Nu Allonge, 19" x 28", oil on canvas. Sold: Kapandji Morhange, 2020, $5,919. Marguerite Zorach Woman with Bull, 8" x 9", watercolor and colored pencil on paperboard. Sold: Christie’s Online, 2019, $4,000.
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Rockwell Kent (1882–1971, Monhegan Island) Campfire Girl (Northern Exposure), 14.75" by 18", oil on canvas board. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 2020, $20,000.
Marsden Hartley (1877–1943, Lewiston) Birch Grove, 12" x 12", oil on board. Sold: Bonhams New York, 2019, $500,075.
Rockwell Kent Hurdy Gurdy Man, 7" x 9", graphite on paper. Sold: Cars Auction Gallery, 2020, $1,000.
Marsden Hartley Study of Gattieres, France, 10.75" x 8", oil on board. Sold: Eldred's Auction and Appraisal Services, 2019, $14,400.
Inka Essenhigh (1969–, Tenants Harbor) Last Snow Before Spring, 68" x 74", oil on linen. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 2020, $15,000.
Robert Indiana (1928–2018, Vinalhaven) LOVE, 36" x 36", oil on canvas. Sold: Christie’s New York, 2020, $1,335,000. Inka Essenhigh Corset (from People Do Weird Things To Their Bodies), 18" x 24", oil on paper. Sold: Christie’s Online, 2020, $1,625.
Robert Indiana LOVE, 3.15" x 3.15", metal sculpture. Sold: Galleria Pananti, 2020, $533.
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Maurice Prendergast (1858–1924, Brooksville, Ogunquit) Beach At Cape Inn, 10.375", x 13.5", oil and pencil on paper. Sold: DuMouchelle’s, 2019, $145,000.
Alex Katz (1927–, Lincolnville) Blue Umbrella, 34.125" x 48", oil on canvas. Sold: Phillips London, 2019, $4,416,700.
Dahlov Ipcar (1917–2017, Georgetown) Still Life of flowers in an ironstone pitcher and two fabric decoys, 31" x 26.5", oil on canvas. Sold: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2019, $9,000. Alex Katz Stonington, ME, 7" x 10.5", ink and wask on paper. Sold: Clarke Auction, 2020, $850. Maurice Prendergast Untitled–The Garden Party, 10" x 11.47", oil on paper board. Sold: Levis Fine Art Auctions, 2019, $435.
Dahlov Ipcar Two Dalmatians, 12" x 15", lithograph on paper. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2020, $610.
William Stanley Haseltine (1835–1900, Mount Desert Island) Ironbound Island, 14.875" x 21.5", ink wash. Sold: Grogan & Company, 2019, $10,980.
William Stanley Haseltine Seascape with Rocks, 7" x 14", oil on panel. Sold: Kaminski Auctions, 2020, $1,400.
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Jonathan Borofsky (1942–, Ogunquit) Man with a Briefcase No. 3274682, 91.375" x 38.75", woodcut with collage on handmade paper. Sold: Los Angeles Modern Auctions, 2019, 10,000.
William Zorach (1887–1966, Bath) Vermont Autumn, 13" x 9.75", watercolor. Sold: Grogan & Company, 2019, $8,540.
William Zorach Jockey with Horse, 17.25" x 21.25", ink and colored pencil on paper. Sold: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2020, $600.
Jonathan Borofsky Stop Trying to Force the Answers, Stop Trying to Understand, Drink a Toast to Older Times…, 12.01" x 9.57", ink, felt-tip pen, pencil and crayon, gold paint and collage on thin perforated paper. Sold: Venator & Hanstein, 2020, $664.
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Harrison Bird Brown Coastal Storm, 8.5" x 13", oil on academy board. Sold: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2020, $750.
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Jamie Wyeth (1946–, Monhegan Island) Andy Warhol Sitting With Archie (No. 9), 16" x 13.25", watercolor, gouache and pencil on tan paperboard. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 2019, $87,500.
Unitarian Universalist Church of Kennebunk Oil, 16" x 20"
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Jamie Wyeth Pipe and Tree, 4" x 24", watercolor on paper. Sold: Christie’s Online, 2019, $23,750.
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Dozier Bell (1957–, Lewiston) Horizon, 13" x 22", oil on linen. Sold: Doyle New York, 2019, $1,500.
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Dozier Bell Two female figures walking with other people in the background, 3.25" x 2.375", charcoal on paper. Sold: Case Antiques, 2020, $544. (According to the artist: "This is a study from grad school circa 1986.")
Neil Welliver (1929–2005, Lincolnville) Study for Brigg’s Meadow, 11.75" x 13.875", oil on canvas. Sold: Freeman’s, 2020, $16,250.
Neil Welliver Two Uncles, 15.5" x 18", watercolor. Sold: Thomaston Place, 2020, $250. September 2020 29
Fine art from the Maine Waldo Peirce (1884–1970, Bangor) Christine’s Land, 31" x 43", oil on canvas. Sold: Bonham’s New York, 2019, $12,575.
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Waldo Peirce Brook Bathers, 16" x 20", oil on canvas. Sold: Blackwood Marsh, 2020, $500.
Leon Kroll (1884–1974, Monhegan Island) Lower Manhattan, 51.5" by 46", oil on canvas. Sold: Sotheby’s New York, 2020, $200,000.
Leon Kroll Nude On Couch, 10.5" x 14.5", oil on paper. Sold: A.N. Abell Auction Company, 2020, $1,300.
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Eric Hopkins (1951–, North Haven) Job’s Island, 11.14.92, 29" x 35.5", watercolor on paper. Sold: Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2020, $5,000.
Eric Hopkins Casco Bay Study, 20" x 17", watercolor on paper. Sold: Barridoff Galleries, 2020, $854.
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t’s like this. A struggling artist gets her first painting into an art gallery. An art critic approaches: –Would you like to hear my professional opinion on your painting? –Sure. –It’s pretty much worthless. –I don’t mind-you can tell me anyway. Yes! Sturm und drang! People’s feelings are raw in galleries, exposed. You’re directly confronted with beauty. Who can resist three-dimensional entertainment? In COVID context, you’re free to self-design a whirlwind tour or connect virtually. Either way, you’ll love the world beyond screensavers. It’s deeper than decorating. You’ll feel the impact of works of consequence. It’s energizing to be among paintings, silkscreens, sculptures, and signed prints you can actually buy and take home. Everyone gets a look. Art stars like the late, great David Driskell (1931–April 2020, a tragic loss due to complications from COVID-19) have shown their works in local Maine galleries. Or you may discover fresh efforts by your neighbor who’s painting in her studio next door. Look: The signpost is up ahead. You’ve just reached the streets of dream.
s Artemis Gallery
1 Old Firehouse Lane, Northeast Harbor. 276-3001. Mon.–Fri. 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; Sat.–Sun. 12–5 p.m.
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Sebastian Blanck, Isca in a Striped Hat, 2019, 12” x 16”, oil on linen. On view at Dowling Walsh Gallery, $5,500.
opened with my friend Cody van Heerden nine years ago in Bar Harbor. We spent two years there, quickly grew out of the space, then moved to our current location. Cody has since passed—she was diagnosed with ALS in spring 2018. What were your funniest 30 seconds at the gallery?
One time, Cody and I were laughing on the steps. Someone came by and thought we’d been drinking, but we were just in a
happy mood enjoying our coffee. Give us an insider’s tour.
Upstairs! Every so often you’ll hear someone saying to her friends, “Oh, you have to see the second floor, that’s where the best work is.” We rotate the work between the first and second floors constantly. People like the hunt. It feels like finding a treasure.
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Hara Harding, gallery member: People are painting from this place of isolation. You can see it directly in the art. Not just painting, but drawings too. It’s hard to say it’s a good thing, but it’s been inspiring people. What were your best 30 seconds involving a sale?
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About three years ago, I sold a portrait by Pamela duLong Williams for only $7,000. It was an extraordinary piece, and the gentleman had seen it beforehand. When it went on sale he came in and just bought it. No hemming and hawing.
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58 Maine Street, Brunswick. (800) 244-300. Tue.–Sat. 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
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Susan Robertson-Starr, co-owner: We’ve finally begun to receive new work for the season—delayed though it may be. I’m incorporating new paintings into our current exhibit, Anticipation. We installed it just before shutdown, so almost no one has seen it. Now, Anticipation has taken on a new and deeper meaning.
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12 Elm Street, Rockland. 594-5935. Wed.–Fr. 12–4 p.m.
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Cynthia Hyde, co-owner: Give yourself plenty of time to hang out with the work, relax, and take it in. When you see something and you have this special feeling, go for it. You learn to have that reaction but it takes time to develop that sense. What’s your top fun fact about your gallery?
Way back before my husband Jim bought the building, it was the residence of a local motorcycle gang-member’s girlfriend in the mid-seventies. They used to ride their motorcycles up and down the stairs. Also, Jim found a cannonball in the wall. We still have it.
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Are you seeing art trends emerging from quarantine?
Jen Swarts, owner: We’re seeing color, a sense of resilience. Even our artists who were experiencing creative blocks have emerged from their studios with joyful work full of color. What September exhibits excite you?
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71 Cove Street. 808-8911. Mon.–Fri. 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Tell us about your fall exhibits.
John Danos, co-owner: Starting the third week of September we’ve got Lisa Hunter curating a show called Flight. That’s a group show with multiple artists. There’s also a photography show called Distilled, curated by Bruce Brown, with John and Cynthia Orcutt. Lastly, we have another photography exhibit, John Ember Retrospective, which covers the late 1970s up until the year of his death.
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Are you seeing art emerging from quarantine?
In Lin Lisberger’s Gravity, there’s a piece depicting two handguns pointed at each other. Coming out of one of them is a COVID virus. A lot of artists during lock-
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fallen trees. It symbolizes and memorializes people who have passed from COVID.
Tell me your top “fun fact” about your gallery.
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We had our one-year anniversary this summer, the day we reopened after the lockdown.
s Dowling Walsh Gallery
briefly at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gallery. There were no museum jobs when I moved to Maine in 1997, so I had to open my own gallery.
What exhibits are you looking forward to this fall?
If you had to pick five artists whose work gives the gallery its personality, who would they be?
Cynthia Winings: Friends suggested that we look at the property of the former Leighton Gallery in 2013. As soon as I walked through the door to this big old barn, empty but ready for a gallery to reopen, I had a vision of myself as an older person running the gallery.
Anna Queen, curator: Scott Kelley from Peaks Island has an exhibition called Holdfast. It’s a series of paintings of nautical rope, inspired by trips on the ferry from Peaks Island. Greta Van Campen in Thomaston does super hard-edge contemporary landscapes and a few still life pieces as well. Sebastian Blanck has been painting in upstate New York during COVID. Most of his current paintings are of his wife and his two suns running around and spending time on the lake this spring.
Any trends emerging from quarantine?
s Elizabeth Moss Galleries
s Cynthia Winings Gallery 29 Parker Point Road, Blue Hill. (917) 204-4001. Thu.–Sat. 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
What was the spark that inspired the gallery to be created?
Almost everything in the gallery now was done during quarantine. There are artists dealing with it through bright yellows and beautiful color. Chris Doyle’s Newly Fallen is a series of drawings of the root systems of
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What was the spark that inspired the gallery to be created?
Elizabeth Moss Civiello: I grew up in the DC metropolitan area and worked
Can I do six? I never could follow directions. Frances Hynes, Richard Keen, Liz Hoag, Hunt Slonem, Anne Ireland, and Phoebe Porteous. The funniest 30 seconds at the gallery:
John Bisbee, with his green beard and hops over his ear, attending partner Emilie Stark-Menneg’s opening.
s Gleason Fine Art
31 Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor. 633-6849. Mon.–Sat. 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.–5 p.m.
What was the spark that inspired the gallery to be created?
Dennis Gleason, co-owner: My wife is from Boothbay. We were interested in antiques and were intrigued by Boothbay’s history in the early 20th century as an art
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colony. So many major American artists passed through here—Edward Hopper, Robert Henri, Rockwell Kent, to name a few. We specialize in contemporary Maine art but also cover late 19th and early 20thcentury art—largely artists associated with the state in their lifetime. We currently have two Andrew Wyeth watercolors.
one of them. I was delighted to find Leon Benn living in my backyard in Portland. Painters here tend to look at Alex Katz and Marsden Hartley. They’re not looking at 1930s German Expressionism or psycodelia, and Leon very much is. Inside tip to new collectors:
s Grant Wahlquist Gallery 30 City Center, 2nd Floor. 245-5732. Wed.–Sat. 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Which artists’ work gives the gallery its personality?
Grant Wahlquist: Diana Cherbuliez lives on Vinalhaven. She’s been shown around the state, but I would say she’s underknown in Maine. She’s been making steady art, but she’s lived an isolated life. She’s intensively creative and committed to making things that only she can do. At Diana’s first solo show she made this incredible work out of wasps’ and hornets’ nests. We were able to place it in the collection of the Worcester Art Museum. There are great people hiding under our noses, and Diana is definitely
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ook at as much work as you can, and have an open eye. Some pieces that hold my attention were things I hated but couldn’t stop thinking about. But the more I looked at them, the more I started to understand them. Be open to things that confuse you or scare you or seem hard. You may find you come back to them and one day it just clicks into place.
s Greenhut Galleries
146 Middle Street. 772-2693.Mon.–Fri. 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
fire [burning original Miros, Picassos, and Calders. The gallery reopened in 1986 at its current location on Middle Street]. Are you seeing art emerging from quarantine?
For a lot of artists, their way of processing everything was to get into the studio full time. In one of our shows, there’s two handguns pointed at each other and coming out of the handguns is a COVID virus ball. In Daniel Mintor’s States Of? recent events surrounding police brutality are directly referenced. In several pieces there’s a small repeating print of a police officer with his knee on the neck of black figure.
s Harbor Square Gallery 374 Main Street, Rockland. 594-8700. Mon.–Sat. 11 a.m.–5 p.m.
Five artists whose work gives the gallery its personality:
Most embarrassing 30 seconds or biggest disaster:
John Danos, co-owner: The pandemic. And back in 1985, when the gallery was in the Mariner’s Church building, it caught on
Thomas O’Donovan, owner: We represent about 70 people. It’s like a chorus here. Imero Gobbato is no longer living, but he’s been a core roster member since 1983. William Crosby has been a mem-
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ber for 30 years. Tacha A. Vosburgh is a wonderful new artist that we just brought in from France. Then there’s Russian artist Igor Galanin and Anna Sweeten, a painter from England.
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Include the unrestricted stories of all women. The female perspective should be reflected in aesthetics, values, spirituality and morality. I develop imagery that shows the natural beauty and intelligence In aspects of the multicultural life of Sisters, mothers, daughters, aunts, grandmothers all; And celebrate our commonality through time.”
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ne of our painters, Christopher Cart, did a beautiful charcoal portrait of George Floyd that I’ve been seeing in posters around the area. Emelene Russell is a sculptor who’s been doing figurative work in bronze showing black and white figures in alliance with arms interconnected. It has a Giacometti feel to it. It’s spare but moving. The basic genesis of all the work is the need to keep producing and to return to that source of beauty and truth and express it in these challenging times. The gallery is more active than I anticipated. The hunger for art in the world and the personal realm is greater than it was a year ago in the light of recent developments.
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144 Bristol Road, Damariscotta. 226-0974. Sun.–Sat. 10 a.m.–6:30 p.m.
What was the spark that inspired the gallery to be created?
Will Kefauver, owner: I wanted to display my own work, and then it mutated into group shows and displaying others’ works. Right now it’s “The Boat Show.” Tell me your top “fun fact” about your gallery.
We’re also a teaching studio. I’ve been running zoom teaching sessions since April. They’re a hit. It was a hybrid class with some people online and some in the studio wearing masks.
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What was the spark that inspired the gallery to be created?
Kiersten Wilcox, owner: I visited here in January of 2019. My husband and I had been thinking about leaving Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and we were walking around Dock Square. It was an atrocious day, just awful—and we loved it. We moved in October. There’s tons of amazing art in this area, but if someone wants something that’s not a beautiful seascape there aren’t a lot of options outside of Boston or Portsmouth. I felt there was an excellent opportunity here. We just opened the gallery June 1. It’s been
an amazing time to start the business in spite of the pandemic. Any trends emerging from quarantine?
People finally have the time to sit down and be in their home. I’ve had a lot of my clients reach out to me, saying, “I’m stuck in my house all day long. I want to look at something beautiful.”
s Mast Cove Galleries
2 Mast Cove Lane, Kennebunkport. 844-0921. Mon.–Sat. 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
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Bob Bryant, owner: Just having the doors open is an accomplishment. We’re doing something with Patrick Dempsey. We’re doing a run of giclée reproductions selling at $150 each, and 100 percent goes to the Dempsey Center. It’s the right thing to do and the right time to do it. Five artists whose work gives the gallery its personality:
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s Richard Boyd Gallery
15 Epps Street, Peaks Island. 712-1097. Open daily, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Any quarantine trends?
Pamela Williamson, co-owner: I haven’t personally seen any artists exhibit works that they created to speak to COVID-19 and how it impacted their livelihood, their lives, the lives of those
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around them. That said, I’m sure there are a lot of paintings and various works out there.
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48 Free Street. 576-7787. Tue.–Thu. 11 a.m.–7 p.m; Fri.–Sat. 11 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
dy, but she had the spirit of a young girl. 53 Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor. 633-2755. Sun.–Sat. 12–5 p.m.
What was the spark that inspired the gallery to be created?
Susan Roux, co-owner: You want to know the real answer? I got a calling from God to open an art gallery. My prayer was, “What can I do that will make people happy?” Best 30 seconds involving a sale:
How has COVID affected the gallery?
lady came up from New York after Hurricane Sandy. She lost everything and came up to visit a sister who lived nearby. She was doing better, had a new place on the ocean, and was in great spirits for someone who’d been through all this tragedy. She came in to get artwork for her house. She was so excited she started giggling and running between the paintings. She wasn’t a young la-
We’re both 73 and live in Seattle. This year I decided to drive to Maine and open. I went alone cross country for 3,300 miles and served the quarantine when I arrived. I’m now running it myself seven days a week. I rather enjoy doing it.
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Keith Oehmig, owner: Do your research but always buy what you love. Don’t buy for investment. Try to work with people in the art world who are knowledgeable and have a good background in the field because there’s a lot of fakes, especially in 19th and 20th century work. From what I see, 40 percent of the art out there is fake.
s Studio 53 Fine Art Gallery
Terry Seaman, co-owner: My wife and I have owned the place for 11 years. We consider ourselves to be good painters but terrible at promoting ourselves. We help artists in the same situation with our gallery. We look for good people who don’t have the exposure they need.
What was the spark that inspired the gallery to be created?
Inside tip to new collectors:
Best 30 seconds involving a sale:
Red’s Eats is just outside, and since the lines can be an hour or two, one spouse will sometimes come into the gallery while the other is waiting in line for lobster rolls–and walk out with an expensive painting. Once, a lady came in and saw a canvas she loved. She went to get her husband. He came in, went “Blah!” and walked out the door. When they left I thought that was the end of it. She called a week later. “My husband’s in a coma. I’ve decided to buy the painting.” n
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oger Vinton Snow, composer and lyricist of Maine’s official state song, “State of Maine,” (1937) was neither the first nor last musician to draw inspiration from the pulse and rhythm of this land when he wrote: “Oh, The home in Farmington where Lillian Nordica Pine Tree State / Your woods, fields was born in 1857 is now a museum. A front parlor features the stage jewelry worn by Nordica, and hills / Your lakes, streams and much of it made by Tiffany. rock-bound coast / Will ever fill our time the Kotzschmar Organ was hearts with thrills.” the second-largest pipe organ Long before Maine came to be in the world, with 5 keyboards known as Maine, her indigenous and over 7,000 pipes. Located people were the first to tune in. Tribin Merrill Auditorium, it’s now al historic preservation officer for one of only two municipal orthe Passamaquoddy tribe Donald gans in the country. Soctomah says, “A lot of our way Born Lillie Norton in Farmof life was communicated through ington, soprano Lillian Nordisong: wedding celebrations, storyca (1857–1914) became the first telling, re-enacting the hunt, war, American woman to gain intereven trading and commerce. We national fame during the golden had songs for different seasons. They age of opera, using her celebrity were a way of offering gratitude to to support the women’s suffrage nature and to one another.” Lillian Nordica was celebrated for her portrayal of Wagnerian heroines, including movement in protest at male singNow, from his home in Perry, the Brünnhilde in Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen. ers being paid more than female. youngest fluent-speaking PassamaShe was enough of a trendsetter to save the quoddy member, Dwayne Tomah, is keeper of large orchestral works and first music snowy egret from extinction by boycoting the music of his people alive by tranprofessor, establishing the first music deting the use of its feathers in fashion when scribing and interpreting a collection of partment in America at Harvard Univershe learned it was endangered, and she’s rare recordings of tribal songs made by ansity. On Appledore Island, Paine was a frethe only opera singer to have a Liberty Ship thropologist Jesse Walter Fewkes when he quent summer guest of poet Celia Thaxter, named after her, the SS Lillian Nordica, traveled to Calais in 1890. Today this colalong with fellow composers William Mabuilt in South Portland in 1944 and known lection—the first ever “in-the-field” recordson and Edward MacDowell, and literary as “The Lucky Lil” for its imperviousness to ings—is held in the Library of Congress. notables including Emerson, Hawthorne, U-boats. Her birthplace in Farmington is Longfellow, Whittier, and Orne Jewett. now the Nordica Homestead Museum. THE CLASSICS Paine, whose grandfather built the first Carrying the Nordica torch today are Portlander John Knowles Paine (1839pipe organ in Maine, studied composition world-renowned divas soprano Ashley Em1906) was America’s first famous composwith Hermann Kotzschmar, the organist erson (born in Bangor) and mezzo-sopraat Portland’s First Parish Church. The same Kings of Swing. From 1898, musino Kate Aldrich (born in Damariscotta), year as Kotzschmar’s death (1908), a fire cians performing at world-renowned who came home to sing Carmen at Opera razed Portland City Hall. Philadelphia pubOld Orchard Beach Pier influenced our state and beyond. Starry bands Maine in Portland before making her delishing magnate and Portland native Cyrus from Duke Ellington to Louis Armbut in the title role at New York City Opera. H. K. Curtis donated funds to build an orstrong, Xavier Cugat, Since 1995, Opera Maine (formerly PORgan for a new city auditorium on the condiBenny Goodman, and Topera) has fostered young operatic talent tion that the instrument be a memorial to Glenn Gray and the with one mainstage production each sumhis beloved music teacher and namesake. Casa Loma Orchestra thrilled crowds between mer in Portland and semistaged produc(Curtis’s double-barreled middle initials World War I and II. tions taken on the road throughout Maine, stand for Hermann Kotzschmar.) At the September 2020 45
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Things go better with Nordica. Talk about perfect pitch. Here she is on a 1904 Coca-Cola advertising sign.
“giving audiences memorable, even transformative, experiences,” says executive director Caroline Musica Koelker.
ballad of Maine by Governor Janet Mills in 2019. Eighty-three years before Portland’s own Anna Kendrick topped the charts with “Cups” (Pitch Perfect’s “When I’m Gone”) in 2012, America’s first celebrity teen idol exploded onto the scene with “The Stein Song” (also known as “The University of Maine Song”) in 1929. Hubert Prior Vallée (nicknamed “Rudy”) grew up in Westbrook and quickly became known as a “crooner” on account of his soft, subtle singing voice. But his crooning often failed to project sufficiently in sold-out theaters filled with screaming female fans, so Vallée fashioned his signature means of amplification—a megaphone. When he transitioned to radio, Vallée’s mellifluous vocal stylings in-
spired a generation of legendary crooners including Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Perry Como. In the Big Band era, band leaders scouted talent from Vacationland. Tommy Dorsey recruited pianist and arranger John Benson Brook from Houlton. Woody Herman called upon Don Doane from Portland. And Benny Goodman introduced Brad Terry to the clarinet. One of the great jazz albums was created by chance in October 1978 inside a Maine farmhouse, when clarinetist Terry and legendary guitarist Lenny Breau (born in Auburn) jammed without any rehearsal or second takes in Terry’s living room to create The Complete Living Room Tapes, hailed by music legend Chet Atkins as “the best Lenny Breau ever recorded.”
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MAINE IN DEMAND hen he wasn’t making snowshoes for Commodore Peary’s Arctic expeditions, Mellie Dunham (1853–1931) from Norway was such a popular grange-hall fiddler for contra dances that Henry Ford sent a Pullman car to fetch him and his wife Emma (known as “Gram”) to play at Ford’s home in Dearborn, Michigan. More recently Maine’s longstanding folkmusic tradition received official recognition when the Civil War “Ballad of the 20th Maine” by the Portland’s Ghost of Paul Revere was proclaimed the official 46 p o r t l a n d magazine
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Not only is Nordica featured on cooldeadwomen.com, this picture of her arriving in Sydney, Australia, just sold for $24,000 at Bonham’s in San Francisco.
Westbrook’s Rudy Vallée—singer, musician, actor, and radio host—was one of the first modern teen-idol pop stars.
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he “Midcoast Monster” Muriel Havenstein (1923-2009) of Damariscotta was such a whizz at improvisation that she made her professional debut as a jazz pianist at 16, after her childhood piano teacher refused to teach her on the grounds that “she keeps adding notes to Mozart,” according to her longtime driver and friend Ernie Card. Despite her sobriquet and flair onstage, Havenstein was so shy in person that the only way the Maine Legislature could lure her into the state house to be honored for her 80th birthday was by inviting her to play the national anthem for the opening of the Maine House of Representatives. Fort Fairfield native Dick Curless (1932– 1995), with his trademark eyepatch, put the Pine Tree State on the country music map singing “A Tombstone Every Mile.” Dan Fulkerson was living in Bangor when he wrote the 1965 hit song about hitching rides with potato truckers en route to Houlton: “It’s a stretch of road up north in Maine / That’s never, ever, ever, seen a smile / If they buried all the truckers lost in them [Haynesville] woods, there’d be a tombstone every mile.”
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Maestro Michael Jinbo is the music director of The Pierre Monteux School and has been the music director and conductor of the Nittany Valley Symphony for 30 years. 48 p o r t l a n d magazine
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Roads Music Festival in Belfast, the Bowdoin International Music Festival and Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival in Brunswick, the Ossipee Valley Music Festival in Hiram, the American Folk Festival in Bangor…the list goes on. Even if some of our celebrated festivals are postponed this year, like the Bar Harbor Music Festival, which has hosted some 2,200 aspiring and accomplished musicians and composers since violinist and conductor Francis Fortier founded it in 1967, we can still listen to the music of Maine that’s stirred musicians through the centuries. Take a walk in the woods to hear a chickadee sing its name-call. Go beachcombing, awash in the rhythmic ebb and flow of the waves. Or just absorb the most glorious musical sound that made composer John Cage famous: silence. As Katharine Hepburn advised, “Listen to the song of life!” You’ll be inspired. n
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the Kennebunkport oceanfront with Charles Shaughnessy in Buttons. The church has stained glass windows by Tiffany—they had to appeal to the designer in you.
It was absolutely beautiful. I’d never been to that part of the world before. Buttons is a really exciting, really cute, movie. Where else did you go in the Kennebunks while you were here?
I was invited to tea at Walker’s Point. I went there with Johnny Keach, my son. We were there at least a couple of hours. It was amazing. We had tea with four generations of Bushes.
Now that sounds like a movie. A documentary.
Among the four generations were George H.W. Bush (41) with Barbara Bush; George W. Bush (43) with Laura Bush; and Jenna Bush Hager, her husband, and her baby. What did you talk about?
Life and art. Because I paint, Barbara took me around and showed me her collection of paintings—including one done by 43. On the back of his oil, he’d written to his mom as a joke, “Please don’t sell this!” We all took a photograph together. It was so funny. They asked me if they could have their photograph taken with me! I’ve been looking for it to show you this morning, but I can’t find it.
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ence as a composer and then have the drive and talent to ‘just add directing’ to his repertoire.
They’d invited us socially. I don’t think we got political. We talked more about family. Later that day I went to somebody’s private home, and we had a beautiful dinner there.
Tim asked me to do something at Carnegie Hall in New York. So I was in that show. I was the narrator. I’ve known another musician who can [flex his talent from music to movie visuals]. I was also friends of John Barry, the famous composer [Out of Africa, Dances with Wolves, 11 James Bond scores], and I got to watch him score books all the time. He was there at Carnegie Hall when I worked with Tim, too.
As the star (with Christopher Reeve) of the movie Somewhere in Time, you know how to make magic places even more magical. So… where’s your Kennebunkport?
Do you ever return to Mackinac Island, the setting for Somewhere in Time? The movie is so fun: “Beyond fantasy. Beyond obsession. Beyond time itself…”
I had a place in England called St. Catherine’s. It’s unspoiled, in the Cotswolds. That was my place. I lived there for 26 years. The early part of the kitchen was built in 950 [A.D.]. My place now is where I live in Malibu. Very much like a compound. My Kennebunkport is definitely Malibu.
Yes. I appear at events for the International Network of Somewhere in Time. Fans repeat patterns they love very exactingly. They dress up. I dress up. It’s fun! The International Network has its own magazine.
They wanted a selfie—with you! Don’t you hate it when your world leader snapshot collection overflows like that? Did you get to discuss the events of the day?
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You shot some scenes in Portland for Buttons. The Victoria Mansion doubled as the mansion where you and Charles lived. How did Portland strike you?
It was beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. The house was stunning. How did you meet Tim Janus? It isn’t every person who can win a big audi-
Fabulous. More competition. What would it take to bring you back to Maine?
We’re all looking forward to moving about the country more easily. I do about 14 onewoman art shows around the country every year. So it might have to do with art. We’re all affected by COVID. I’ve also been doing a lot of painting by Zoom, recently with a lady in hospice with ALS. If you look at my Instagram or Facebook, you’ll see some of my recent work. n September 2020 51
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Fall Guide mails requesting information related to re-opening or postponed dates will not be returned,” writes the State Theatre. We’re hearing it over and over. When can we hope to next jostle our way through a mosh pit, or experience the gentle silence that washes over a crowd as the lights dim and the curtains rise to reveal the brightly lit stage? “It’s been a wacky ride,” says Anita Stewart, executive and artistic director at Portland Stage. “We’re anxious to be back producing and are making plans to be open in the fall, most likely in October
or November. We’re rethinking our entire process to safely support audiences attending–with socially distanced audiences of 50 people in a theater that seats 288. We’re also negotiating to provide video performances.”
Theater
Jelani Remy is bringing his musical feast, A Love Letter From Broadway, to the Playhouse Patio Cabaret at Ogunquit Playhouse on October 9, 10, and 11.
Lakewood Theater, 76 Theater Rd., Madison. Something Fishy, Sep. 3–12; But Why Bump Off Barnaby? Sep. 17–26. 474-7176. Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave., Stories from the Stage: weekly videos from artists and crew, portlandstage.org.
Bayside Bowl, 58 Alder St., That1Guy, Sep. 26. 791-2695. Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St., Songs for Hope, Sep. 18; The Clockworks Ensemble, Sep. 25. 236-7963. Frog & Turtle, 3 Bridge St., Westbrook. Moore Wild Lynch, Sep. 18; Jimmy Macisso Trio, Sep. 24; Juke Joint Devil Band, Sep. 25. 591-4185. Gracie Theatre, 1 College Cir., Bangor. Natural Wonder, Sep. 19. 941-7888.
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Jonathan’s Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Ln., David Wilcox, Sep. 19; Ellis Paul, Sep. 25. 646-4777. Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Bach Birthday Bash, Sep. 26. 842-0800. Ogunquit Performing Arts, 23 School St., Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festi-
temporary Art, 21 Winter St., Rockland. Skirting the Line, Question the Body, Unnamed for Decades, through Sep. 20. 701-5005. Cove Street Arts, 71 Cove St., Singular and Serial, through Sep. 19. 808-8911. Dowling Walsh Gallery, 365 Main St., Rockland. Scott Kelley, Sebastian Blanck, Greta Van Campen, through Sep. 26. 596-0084.
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Aura, 121 Center St., Lotus Land, Sep. 12; Trevor Hall, Sep. 20. 772-8274.
Waterville Opera House executive director Tamsen Brooke Warner says, “We’re getting creative, pulling together a couple of streaming music and theatre events, and quickly getting up-to-speed on the technological and staffing demands of transitioning from an in-person venue to one that serves a socially distant audience.” Stewart says, “The work we do is about connecting people to art. It’s wonderful to be thinking forward to a time when we’re going to be able to share stories with one another in a space together because that’s what helps us to heal.”
val, Oct. 2. 646-5139. Ogunquit Playhouse, 10 Main St., Carter Calvert, Sep. 11–13; Kurt Jenkins, Sep. 18–20; Andy Christopher, Sep. 25–27. 646-5511. Old Vines Wine Bar, 173 Port Rd., Kennebunk. Lisa Mills & Jim O’Neil, Sep. 9. 967-2310. One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland Jazz Orchestra, Sep. 17; Jonathan Edwards, Sep. 18; Peter Yarrow, Sep. 20. 761-1757. The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave., Livingston Taylor, Sep. 11; Dave Rowe, Sep. 18. 633-5159. The Porthole, 20 Custom House Wharf., Brazen Cane, Sep. 11; American Ride, Sep. 25. 773-4653. SPACE, 538 Congress St., Livestream: Aisha Burns, Sep.
15; Jeff Beam, Sep. 22; Miss Eaves, Sep 29. 828-5600. State Theatre, 609 Congress St. Postmodern Jukebox, Oct. 2. 956-6000. Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd., Brownfield. Don Campbell Band, Sep. 19. 935-7292. Sun Tiki Studios, 375 Forest Ave., The Worst, Bumbling Woohas, The Big Sway, & Lake Over Fire, Sep. 12. 329-5621.
Comedy
Jonathan’s Ogunquit, 92 Bourne Ln., Lenny Clarke, Sep. 26; Nick Di Paolo, Oct. 2. 646-4777. Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd., Brownfield. Bob Marley, Oct. 1. 935-7292.
Art
Center for Maine Con-
Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St., Tina Ingraham, Sep. 10–Oct. 3. 772-2693. Kittery Art Association, 8 Coleman Ave., Seacoast Moderns, Sep. 17–Oct. 18. 451-9384. KW Contemporary Art, 184 Port Rd., Kennebunk. Falling, Sep. 11– Nov. 11. 204-0480. Maine Art Hill, 10 Chase Hill Rd., Kennebunk. Claire Bigbee, Liz Hoag, Julie Houck, through Sep. 24. 204-2042. Ogunquit Museum of American Art, 543 Shore Rd., Andy Rosen: After Party, Kathleen Speranza: Vanitas Vita, Emily Nelligan: Nocturne, through Oct. 31. 646-4909. Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq., Mythmakers: The Art of Winslow Homer and Frederic Remington,
opens Sep. 25. 775-6148. Richard Boyd Art Gallery, 15 Epps St., Peaks Island. From a Woman’s Perspective, through Sep. 29. 712-1097. River Arts, 241 US-1, Damariscotta. Land & Sea, through Sep. 19; Abstraction, Sep. 19–Oct. 24. 563-1507. Speedwell Projects, 630 Forest Ave., Platform Projects/Walks, through Oct. 11. 805-1835.
Film
Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick. Virtual Discussion: Schooling the World, Sep. 9. 725-5242. Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq., Virtual Cinema: Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, The Fight, and House of Hummingbird, portlandmuseum.org/films.
Literary
Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick. Virtual Mystery Author: Carolyn Wilkins, Sep. 15; Edwin Hill, Sep. 29. 725-5242. Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Sq. Virtual Literary Lunch: Author Kerri Arsenault on Mill Town with Kate Christensen, Sep. 16. 871-1700. State Theatre, 609 Congress St. Show & Tell: A Literary Spectacular, Oct. 2. 956-6000.
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Barnacle Billy’s Luxury lobster, steamed clams, lusty drinks, BBQ chicken, homemade clam chowder, lobster rolls & stew. Indoor & sundeck seating to enjoy both the beautiful harbor & ocean beyond. Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, 646-5575, barnbilly.com Becky’s Diner has been serving comfort food at a reasonable price on Portland’s historic waterfront since 1991. Located at 390 Commercial Street, we offer all-day breakfast, locally sourced seafood, and diner classics such as our Roast Turkey Dinner. Featured on the Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives,” come see what all the fuss is about. Becky’s Diner, Nothin Finah! 773-7070.
BlueFin North Atlantic Seafood Chef Gil Plaster creates the quintessential Old Port dining experience: classic, contemporary dishes with fresh, locally caught seafood & seasonal ingredients. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, or your favorite cocktail in comfortable elegance or out on the patio w/ fire pit. 468 Fore St. 775-9090, bluefinportland.com.
Boone’s Fish House & Oyster Room Native seafood—fresh Maine lobster steamed over rockweed, a variety of oysters & wood-grilled fish, steaks & chops. Baked Stuffed Lobster invented here by Alexander Boone right on the Portland Waterfront in 1898. 86 Commercial St. 7745725, boonesfishhouse.com.
Bull Feeney’s Authentic hearty Irish fare: from-scratch sandwiches, steaks, & seafood. Local craft & premium imported brews. Maine’s most extensive selection of single malt Scotch & Irish whiskeys. Live music 5 nights. Open 7 days, 11:30-1. Kitchen till 10. 375 Fore St. 773-7210, bullfeeneys.com. eighteen95 A warm and intimate restaurant w/ a lovely fireplace in the historic Portland Regency Hotel and Spa. Offering Breakfast, Dinner, and Sunday brunch. Specializing in modern American dishes w/ a New England influence. Local seafood, pork, chicken, turkey, with beef & produce from our farm! 774-4200.
Flatbread Company Portland Tucked between two wharves with picturesque waterfront views. Family-friendly restaurant w/ signature pizzas, weekly carne & veggie specials. Made w/ local ingredients, baked in wood-fired, clay ovens. Everything’s homemade, organic, and nitrate-free. 24 local drafts & cocktails showcase all-local 5 8 por t l and maga z ine
Restaurant Review breweries & distilleries. 72 Commercial St., 772-8777, flatbreadcompany.com. Hurricane Restaurant New England cuisine with an international twist. Lobster & blueberry pie! Local produce and seafood, full bar, award-winning wine list, in-house dessert chef. Sunday brunch. Live music Wednesday nights. Lunch and dinner seven days a week. Bar menu always available. Good restaurants come and go. Great restaurants get better and better. Reservations suggested. 29 Dock Square, Kennebunkport. 967-9111, hurricanerestaurant.com Portland Lobster Company “Maine’s Best Lobster Roll,” lobster dinners, steamers, fried claims, chowder. Enjoy live music daily w/ ice-cold local beer or fine wine on our deck overlooking gorgeous Portland Harbor. 180 Commercial St., 775-2112, portlandlobstercompany.com. Rivalries Sports Pub & Grill Now with two fun, comfortable upscale sports bar locations. Known for great pub food, Rivalries’ menu has something for everyone. With 30+ HD TVs and every major pro and college sports package, you won’t miss a game! Located at 10 Cotton St. in Portland. (774-6044). And 2 Hat Trick Drive, just off I-295 in Falmouth. 7474020, rivalriesmaine.com. Sea Glass at Inn by the Sea Chef Chadwick’s seasonally sourced, innovative taste of Maine. Spectacular ocean views inside the intimate restaurant or on the decks. Creative vegan dishes w/produce & seafood from local farms & sea. (Wine Spectator “Best of” Award of Excellence) 40 Bowery Beach Rd., Cape Elizabeth. 7993134, innbythesea.com.
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Shay’s Pub & Grill Heart of Portland. Local favorite since 2005. Pub fare specialties: sweet & spicy chicken sandwich, fish & chips, seasonal salads. Famous $5 martini menu & daily specials. Outdoor seating. M-Tues. 11:30-9, W-Sat. 11:30-10, Sun. closed. Schedule your private event with us! 18 Monument Sq. 772-2626, shaysgrillpub.com.
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andaloop is having a blast pleasing hungry diners in its converted 18th-century barn on Route 1 in Arundel. We arrive during a rainstorm to find easy parking, a relaxed dining atmosphere, and stylish shelter. The décor is rustic, with warm tones. Right away you can see that everyone loves the huge open kitchen—a source of entertainment in itself. We order a glass of Cannonau ($10) from Argiolas, Sardinia, Italy (2016), and a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon ($10) from Lander Jenkins, California (2017). Following the restaurant’s inspiration for all things green, we order the Pan Seared Mousam Valley Lion’s Mane Mushrooms ($14) with maple winter squash puree and pepita gremolata. We guessed we’d love the mushrooms. But the taste is like waking up in a new country. The Wilted Spinach Salad ($12) “with a quick sauté of red onions, broccoli, artichoke hearts, and grape tomatoes” is scrumptious, too. We share. Because it’s a new location for the former landmark in Dock Square, Kennebunkport, we enjoy experiencing the thought behind the high and low chairs, the generous, wide-open but somehow intimate
spaces. Different dining areas (like separate neighborhoods) with different decorative themes make for a lively floor. Over there, someone’s having a birthday. Here are some young children, enjoying their visit to the fancy restaurant. A romantic couple talks softly in another area—all at once. There’s laughter and privacy. From the kitchen, I can hear “I’m Special” by the Pretenders. All of this is working. The portions are designed to linger over. The Grilled Maine Raised Salmon Fillet ($24) with “fingerlings, seasonal vegetable du jour, and lemon-herb aioli” is mouthwatering, as is the Scallop Special ($32) with risotto and broccolini. The scallops are the best I’ve had in ages—lightly toasted, memorable. We order an espresso ($3) and cappuccino ($4) with our Lemon Sour Cream Pound Cake ($8) and decide we don’t want to leave. Ever. It’s still raining. It’s so lovely in here… Bandaloop is going to be a mainstay in its new incarnation. For even more space, try the new outdoor patio! n Bandaloop, 1200 Portland Road, Western Avenue, Arundel. Tue.–Sat. 4:30 p.m.–9 p.m. 967-4994. S eptember 2 0 2 0 5 9
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Feis’s desk. Here, Walley penned No Commercial Potential: The Saga of Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention. Walley—an influential Cameron Crowe type—made
friends easily. He was arts editor of Los Angeles Free Press and a columnist with Jazz & Pop Magazine and the East Village Other. During his many summers here, Walley invited pals like Eric Clapton to rub this place for good luck during extended visits. A frequent guest was Kurt Vonnegut. “Kurt Vonnegut and my dad were close—they talked roughly once a week on the phone,” says David Walley’s son Sean, a jewelry designer. “During some of his visits, Vonnegut brought Mexican surrealist Pedro Friedeberg, also a family friend.” Sean opens a roll-top desk. It spills with hundreds of letters from Friedeberg—many of them stunning artworks themselves. Spooky fact: Walley (1945-2006) was a member of the Fortean Society. EarSeptember 2020 61
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ly members included Booth Tarkington, Dorothy Parker, Ben Hecht, and Alexander Woollcott. beginnings harles C. Goodrich (1871–1932), the son of tire magnate B.F. Goodrich, commissioned Guy Lowell (1870–1927) to design “The Orchards” in 1910. Lowell had just designed the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 1909. He also designed the residence for the president of Harvard University, and the luminous New York State Supreme Courthouse (remember Wall Street, with Charlie Sheen climbing all the stairs?). A tall set of stairs at 229 U.S. Route 1 grabs the eye, too, but it faces away from the river, obscured by overgrowth. If you look carefully, at the top of the stairs you’ll catch a glimpse of the onceglamorous facade, stunning in its symmetry, shrouded by leaves.
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We were driving the coast, so to speak, I think maybe in a station wagon. He fell in love with wherever we went, and now he’d fallen in love with Maine. We talked excitedly in the car. We were looking for a house on the water. We did examine the place! We kept driving north along the water until I don’t really remember the name of the town. We went quite a ways up, actually, because it was so beautiful. To John, each place was more beautiful than the last." —Interview with Yoko Ono by Colin W. Sargent, Summerguide 2003.
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mystic seasons By contrast, the river side couldn’t be more alive. “The river changes incredibly with the seasons, and they’re deeply felt,” Sean, who’s written a monograph about it, says. The estate’s vast porches have been glassed in to capture more views of the river. Cabinetry in the butler’s pantry survives, as do many of the house’s original heart-of-pine floors. Resplendent, an enormous room (43 feet x 24 feet) sparkles with reflections from the river. “This was what a great room was
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The surrealist artist Pedro Friedeberg has been a frequent visitor and family friend. He is 84 and works in Mexico City. Above: Friedeberg created the world-famous Hand Chair. This one sold at Rago Auctions for $18,750 in January 2020. Pictured left: One of his letters to the Walleys.
meant to be,” says Walley’s widow, Geli. Not a bad place to view 575 feet of water frontage. The house is 8,346 square feet, with six bedrooms and seven baths. The lot is 5.3 acres. There’s a three-car garage and a kayak/small boat dock. But best of all: Lowell’s Gatsby-esque terraces and piazzas transport you to the turn of the last century. The river changes colors depending on the tide; during our visit, it’s supermarine blue at high tide. Fall is mesmerizing. Walking along the shore, you hear the water talking. Nobody ever said a river couldn’t be a muse. David Walley’s daughter, artist Melissa Walley, grew up painting in the studio here, too. Not only do these walls talk, they launch vivid conversations. More books created here: Walley’s Nothing in Moderation: A Biography of Ernie Kovacs (1975) and Teenage Nervous Breakdown: Music and Politics in the Post-Elvis Age (1998). Price for the estate at 229 U.S. Route 1 is $2.195M. Taxes are: $22,447. n For more and a full list of Feis’s books, visit portlandmonthly. com/portmag/orchards. September 2020 63
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179 nortHPort aVe, Belfast Swanville Notably one of THE most reThe Nesmith-Read House • $350,000 markable properties on this desirable lake! Located close to Belfast’s downtown and waterfront, this historical Circa Custom built w/3314 sq.ft., Cathedral ceil1783 Cape is within walking distance to hospital, oceanfront parks and ing in Great Room will awe you. Access to waterfront. Front parlor and living room are adorned with fireplaces, a both levels & garage. Waterfront deck from formal dining room off custom designed kitchen featuring granite, built ins, and dock for the 1.5 Acres w/ 285’ frontage & woodstove; an office/family room with entranceboats! to studio, currently used Expansion Possible. SWAN LAKE SWANVILLE as a custom, interiorWINTERPORT design studio. MLS: 1304620 | $529,900 With 9 rooms, 3 baths, building flexiblethe floor plan, and zoning allows Lake House was built in 1999. Interior adorned Year-Round Nestled at the end of Pleasant St,offers overlooking Penobscot administrative center,this professional, clinical officefeatures space, uses are endless. with wide spruce & yellow pine. Living room & kitchen with 200’ waterfront, 4 bdrm, 2.5 bath home Renovated 2009 with attention to maintaindeck the original this historic house, theopen charm adorn every open flofoor plan; French Doors to and a 1stwarmth floor bedroom or lovely openinfloor plan with accessgiven to wrap-around from details room. room Commercial, ADA accessible Utilities, Central Mls# 1446059 ce; master suite on upper level. Beautiful views. Walkout living and sunroom. Vistas willw/City awe you. Detached 4 AC.offi Be agarage part ofw/loft. its history, one of Belfast’spaved oldest, existing houses, The Nesmith-Read House. $350,000 basement. 110’ waterfront, beach & dock. Rec room over bay Property is fenced, drive, sea wall; garage. MLS:1359899 $499,900 impeccable inside and out. MLS:1412774 $399,900
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Swan Lake Swanville Lovely Ranch home on 2.5 Acres w/ 515’ shorefront featuring many updates including new kitchen, waterfront deck, flooring, interior painting, paved drive, and more. 1500 sq. ft on one floor. Expansion possible to full 2nd floor; double lot! BELFAST MLS: 1287308 | $299,900 Contemporary home featuring 3 bedrooms and 2 baths with modern decor throughout. Well-appointed kitchen w/ breakfast bar; open to dining which in turn opens to the rear, private deck. Master En-Suite w/private bath. Attached 2-car garage. Downstairs media room. MLS:1410884 $275,000
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Beautifully Restored New England Cape on Pitcher Rd in Serenity, andintricate Tranquility on Cross Pond in Morrill… views across Belfast Sea Captain’s has been impeccably Built in 2003, folks! Custom built 3/2 home Peace, features Belfast Commanding Only vanities. 2Home milesthat toUpstairs downtown, thiswill lovely 1009 Greatnothing Moose spared Drive here | Exclusively Offered $785,000 with jetted tub, separate shower stall and double views take Belfast. Sunny &built open 1stevery floor w/spacious kitchen featuring describes thiswood amazing property. Nestled in the middle of maintained updated. Walking distance downtown BELFAST SWAN LAKE Exquisitely Chalet home showcases adetails Great Room with Cathedral ceiling your breath away inathe master suite,and featuring an of to closet space Captivating views from room, wrapthroughout. 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Master bdrm features jetted tub, family onapple lower level Waterfront. facingofscreened features tofeatures oceanfront from every makes this ideal home office, accounting, ing 14.46 acres, pastures for horses. Horse barn w/ swimming and fishing enjoyment. floors of living. Master spread over 44 acres with walking paths. Lovely, spacious den on&3one sun3room onMust the other, both also shop offers the room forprivate your hobbies &ornecessities. 5th Parking spot ing,Room den &1st bdrm, alaundry full end bath and all onlovely 1st floor. rooms, spacious kitchen with tin ceilings, This is the dream private bath. Central Air, full houseseparate generator, outdoor shower, walkout toencompasses thefloor shore! and spacious deck. SEE! room! City utilities, private development. legal medical facility. electric & water opens to paddock area. MLS:1401830 on overlooking 1st floor. Lovely views. Make this your summer or yeardeck. Master w/private bath. 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Ideal location on Route 3 in Belmont, offers easy commute to Augusta and Belfast. This is the perfect home occupation. The current owner has a barber shop on the first floor. Easily converted to a 2nd, first floor bedroom or alternate business. 2 Residential units with a 1 bdrm/1 bath unit up. Detached garage. MLS: 1460738 $250,000
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TURN KEY HOME, Completely updated inside and out. 5 miles to downtown Belfast. 5 Acres, 3 bays of garage space, finished basement, 3 bdrms, 3 baths, over 2,000 sq.ft. Enough room inside and out for any lifestyle. Rare offering in desirable small development. MLS: 1461030 $350,000
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Serenity, Peace and Tranquility…describes this amazing property. Nestled in the middle of a spacious 5+ Acres, this home is like none you will find. The owners spared no expense on the amenities. 284' waterfront. Finished basement, storage over 2+ car garage & shop. MLS: 1428706 $495,000
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Home occupation doesn’t get any nicer than this folks! Completely updated, 9 rooms, 3 baths, small office, retail or studio. Live where you work, sufficient space on 2 floors and 2 buildings to suit your needs well. MLS: 1446059 $350,000
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High Street Colonial with great room, studio, and 9 additional rooms for you to work into your lifestyle. Separate entrance for home office if that’s your need. Near the Belfast Rail Trail and downtown waterfront, enjoy all that Belfast has to offer. Nearly an acre of land! MLS: 1439701 $373,900
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Chamberlain Waterfront on Muscongus Bay Welcome to Salt Pond House where the sea’s drama continually unfolds. This is the best of “Bold Ocean:” First Light, Soaring Surf, Island Views, Brewing Storms, Sailing Ships and Fishing Boats. This home’s spacious comfort offers 5 bedrooms, multiple levels, separate guest quarters, observation decks and beach area abutting nature conservancy land! Exclusively offered at $970,000
Round Pond Waterfront on Muscongus Sound Welcome to sunrise: Character abounds in this traditional cottage-style, waterfront home designed with today’s conveniences and amenities: first floor master suite, traditional fireplace, separate dining, oversized guest bedrooms and baths, attic, wrap around porch, basement garage space, expansive water views of Loud’s Island and sailable Muscongus sound, deepwater dock. Very quiet with the exception of shorebirds, sounds of surf and the rumble of lobster boats ...exciting in all types of weather. Exclusively offered at $750,000
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Hiding in Maine. With Us. Excerpt from Red Hands, a novel by Colin W. Sargent.
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earching for the mother and son I had tried to know, I drove to the Old Orchard Beach library. I’ll never know if I would have been able to find the courage to do what they had done. If every assumption I’d ever had were ripped away from me—if I were in mourning for myself and my life—could I travel a world away and hide in plain sight the way they had? She told me she felt that everyone in the world was either watching her or watching for her. I tried to imagine Iordana walking in to register her son “David Daniels” for school. Think of what it took to accomplish that. Maybe Iordana walking in alone. That first day. Imagine her practicing being poised for their questions, Catalin coaching her: “You’re tensing up. Stop looking suspicious.” “Easy for you to say. I am!” Imagine her mind running wild. “Where is his birth certificate?” “What is your Social Security number? Are you a US citizen?” “Where does the father work?” “Where do you live?” “What school bus stop will he be using to board?” “Do you want to sign your son up for the lunch supplement?” Approaching the reference desk, I asked the librarian for the Old Orchard Beach High School yearbook for the Class of 2000. As I took it to a table in the corner, I felt her eyes following me. Now I was the one under suspicion. I expected to see nothing, or “Not Pictured”. But I was wrong. There was Dani, standing tall on the basketball team. Had Iordana ever blended into the crowds to watch him? For an instant I imagined Iordana’s story never being told–erased, like so many victims of conflict. She’d never come to Maine, never spoken to me, never gagged on my burned haddock, never shown her heart. Then I caught my breath. Feeling Iordana looking on, I slowly turned the page to David Daniels’s senior class photo. He stares out from it. “David Daniels. Dave.” His chosen inscription: “The truth is only what someone chooses to believe.” n 72 p o r t l a n d magazine
“Death to the Dracu grandson!” In terror, Iordana Ceausescu of Romania disappeared in secret to Old Orchard Beach with her son while the world searched for them. In secret, she lived among us for five years. Drawn from 800 hours of unique interviews with Iordana. Colin W. Sargent’s Red Hands—“an astounding account of the Romanian revolution in the voice of Ceausescu’s daughter-in-law.” –Martin Goodman in the Morning Star
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