Art

Art on the Edge

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A small group of installation artists has created quite a buzz on the Maine art scene in recent years By producing adventurous new art that is designed to disappear.

Summer by the Sea

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A new book by Loretta Krupinski offers an artistic view of vacations along the Maine coast a century ago.

Summer on the Lakes

High summer on Maine’s inland waterways means it’s time to break out the classics

Winslow Homer’s Odyssey

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In the centennial year of the painter’s death, few historians would argue that he wasn’t one of the great realists of the nineteenth century. But Homer would not be regarded as the greatest American artist of his age had he not moved to Maine.

Bold Strokes

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Over ten years, Andres A. Verzosa, owner of Aucocisco Galleries, has created a thriving business while working to radically transform Portland’s arts scene.

The Axeman Cometh

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Literary logger John S. Springer was, in many ways, the opposite of his contemporary, Henry David Thoreau. It’s a shame the two authors never met.

Knitting a Life in Bath

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A conversation with Halcyon Blake, owner and founder of Halcyon Yarn.

A Knowing Sense of Wonder

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Painter William Irvine explores the transience of our lives passing through the monumentality of nature.

The Blue Snows of East Boothbay

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Andrea Peters paints all the colors of a Maine winter.

Homer's Window

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The newly restored Prouts Neck studio of Winslow Homer reveals secrets of the life and work of one of America’s greatest artists. By Deborah Weisgall

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