Old Salts Gallery

09/05/2012

Dina Petrillo

September 2012 Show

09/04/2012

September 2012 Show

09/04/2012

Old Salts Gallery is gearing up for the last show of the summer season, Rock Paper Scissors. It opens THIS FRIDAY September 7 from 6-8, and runs until September 27. It will be a grande finale to the gallery's summer.

We are featuring works of art on paper by Christine Higgins, who makes her paper from a variety of organic materials, some collected from a CSA farm in Winthrop; computer generated art of paper by the Rockport sculptor David Cadbury; eight selected photographs from JP Fecteau's one-year collection of daily photos; and works by the Belfast artist Dina Petrillo.

Glass artist David Jacobson has contributed eight of his cartoons done for Down East Magazine.

Ceramic artists Randy Fein,, well-known Lincolnville artist, and Alison Eads of Portland represent two of many interpretations with clay. Randy has put voluptuous semi-mythical female forms into this show. Alison works in extremely refined styles and a multitude of firing methods...her work is a pure zen experience for me. She also makes beautiful pendants with vibrant glazes.

One of the most fun sets of works this time is a trio of fabric hangings by Joan Berger Siem from Camden. She pointed out to me that the thousands of strips of fabrics and yarns in her hangings were hand-dyed, hand cut (with scissors, hence they are in the show) repurposed fabrics and yarns. We will also have paintings and small shrines by Joan, whose work glows with color, and often is a paean to female images and forms.

Along with diptych paintings on canvas of some of our favorite fish, the usual suspects Debra Thuss and Penny Gentle will have work in Rock Paper Scissors.

Old Salts Gallery has been generously underwritten for the last nine months by the law firm of Markham and Read.
They have made possible an opportunity for contemporary art to be shown in a lovely space at Mechanic and Washington Streets in Camden. We have drawn on many local Maine artists as well as a few who live further south or north of us, and many people have expressed their gratitude for being able to have this venue in Camden.

So come and enjoy Rock Paper Scissors, and always, support our amazing local artists!

08/02/2012

Don't forget to stop by "Terra Cognita" tonight for the opening! It starts at 6p and runs until 8p. Come visit, have a glass of wine, some donated Duck Trap smoked salmon and enjoy the new show!

08/01/2012

A woven wire necklace with steel wire, copper wireglass flowers, and sterling silver ends, by Penny Gentle, at Terra Cognita August 2.

08/01/2012

Earrings by Suzanne Anderson, in polymer clay and sterling silver, as seen at Terra Cognita, Old Salts Gallery.

08/01/2012

At Terra Cognita two exquisite jewelry makers will be featured. Mary Jane Doubleday captures a zen-like essence in every organic shape she creates in sterling silver. Mary Jane works at her studio in Hope, ME.

Suzanne Anderson, from Dedham, ME, works with polymer clay, metals, enameled copper, and no shortage of bright colors and shapes.

There will be several necklaces by Joan Burger Siem and Penny Gentle as well.

07/31/2012

Joan Burger Siem, a Camden/Down East artist has contributed some amazingly beautiful multi-media pieces to the Terra Cognita show. Joan has shown her work world-wide and has taught in many countries. Her work is delightfully textured, painted, built upon with other materials. Each piece grabs the viewer in such a way that one sinks directly into the scene.

Joan will be at the opening of Terra Cognita Thursday August 2, from 6-8pm.

07/30/2012

Terra Cognita, opening This week at Old Salts Gallery in Camden, will feature several new paintings and water colors by the Hope artist Elizabeth O'Haverty. In these land- and seascapes she captures "the dynamic of the arrested moment...kinetic and potential energy much the way photographers work.
These small paintings are in great contrast to work Elizabeth and James O'Haverty did through their business, Environmental Design Associates, painting huge murals on the walls of buildings all over the United States. They are juxtaposed to photographs by Clare Mohs of scenes at Popham Beach, and encaustic paintings by Victoria Pittman that suggest ocean, forests and desert landscapes.
Terra Cognita opens this Thursday, August 2 from 6-9pm and runs through labor Day. Support Contemporary art in Camden!

07/29/2012

David Jacobson is a glass artist of many talents and is known for his blown Loon pieces as seen at CMCA's Art of the Hand, and in numerous galleries across the country. His word balloons, white bubbles of glass that can be written on, are accompanying the Roy Lichtenstein Pop Art show this summer at The Art Institute of Chicago. When that exhibit moves to The Tate Gallery, the premium Contemporary Art Gallery in London, Jacobson's word balloons will go with it.
Old Salts Gallery will feature new fused, slumped and blown glass by Jacobson in its Terra Cognita show opening this Thursday August 2, 6-8. The show will run through September 3. And yes, there will be word balloons on the wall!

07/27/2012

David Jacobson
Artist Statement

I first saw glassblowing during an outdoor demonstration on campus my freshman year in college. While watching the glassblowers pull cane and make several vases, I knew this was the medium I wanted to work in.

I have studied the Venetian style of glassblowing with various glass artists at several schools and studios around the country. Each new technique I learn opens up exciting possibilities for me to explore.

I employ contemporary colors with classical forms to bring a unique expression to each fundamental piece of glass I create.

In my murrine work, I often explore texture with colors. The uneven surface I get is intentional. And for me, the tactile experience is as important as the visual experience – my pieces are supposed to be touched.

The patterns and colors I choose for all my work are influenced by textile designs, animal markings, and geometric patterns.

Working with glass is an honor.