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EXHIBITIONS
Each summer we present up to fifteen exhibitions
including new work by established and emerging
jewelry artists working in materials from precious to
alternative. You may also find: estate jewelry, modernist
painters, Inuit sculpture, abstracted landscapes, tiaras,
marine-inspired pieces, jewelry of the maharajahs,
regional artists, Tahitian pearls, kinetic jewelry, figurative
drawing, big precocious jewelry, rings made with rusted
iron and diamonds. Come explore our gallery. |
PUBLICATIONS
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Summer 2012 |
June 14–July 4
Diana Young and Kayo BregyVibrant regional paintings with a Modernist sense.
July 5–18
For the Love of Boats Photographs and paintings that convey the inherent familiar beauty and mystical essence of what it means to live in an island community.Heather Thayer Mike Rindler Michael Kahn Linda Wolcott
Jewelry from the Animal KingdomLong a subject for jewelers and artists, the allure of the animal kingdom is irresistible due the kinship and appeal of our animal friends.Lisa and Scott Cylinder Christina Goodman
Felieke van der Leest Gabrielle Goodman
Manya and Roumen Mi-Sook Hur Julia Groos
July 19–August 1
Body Parts Reconfigured:
Recent Work by Sam ShawDuring a jewelry-making hiatus in New Orleans, Sam
indulged in a manic new direction of abstracting the human form by recombining 19th-century porcelain doll parts into slightly disturbing and marginally perverse figurines.
Figurative JewelryRepresentation of the human form is one of the oldest
and most recurring themes in art. It is underrepresented in the jewelry world, but these artists offer a fresh and distinctive perspective. Carolyn Morris Bach Arthur Hash Sam Shaw
Tom Mann Mary Hallam Pearse Laurie Leonard
Emily Watson
August 2–15 Tidal: waters from New York to MaineThis exhibition from a collective of artists illustrates the qualities of water in an ever-changing environment. All four artists, living in Maine and New York City, produce their art with a unique sensitivity to the natural world. Their work has been an ongoing exploration of nature in a variety of media and styles.Nancy Manter Avy Claire adele ursonE Barbara andrus
hughes-bosca extravaganzaAstonishingly bold and sumptuous jewelry that is known
for inventive use of unusual gemstones and antiquities set in exuberant 18k gold and oxidized sterling. You will be wowed by the work of Mary Hughes and Caro-Gray Bosca.
August 16–September 12
figurative landscapesFigures seen through the voyeuristic eyes of the artist as they appear connected to their setting in the landscape. Chris French Matthew Barter Aaron Mitchell
Diana Young
Nelson Rarities Estate JewelryAugust 16–18 ONLY (Thursday–Saturday) Our seventeenth year of presenting extremely wonderful, high quality estate jewelry from one of the world’s leading estate jewelry dealers. They have diamond deco bracelets,
Edwardian solitaires, and 1940s gem brooches.
September 13–October 31
Surrealistic InteriorsDigital montage images by Blue Hill artist Jeff Becton
are dreamlike as they bend and distort reality.
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Summer 2011 |
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June 16–July 6
Real Maine Revealed Two of my favorite artists who have shown with us before and who are well represented in my personal collection. Both have painted Maine for decades and have distinctive, original and compelling visions of our magnificent state.Phil Barter William Irvine
July 7–20
RingsEARRINGS Some of our favorite jewelers present rings and earrings to delight you. One can never have too many of these fundamental jewelry items. These are not necessarily intended to be worn together, but are a dizzyingly exciting, splendiferous collection of the fabulous. Jessica Fields Melle Finelli Barbara Heinrich
Susan Hoge Atelier Janiye Todd Pownell Rebecca Straus
Three FriendsThese three artists have been in each other’s orbit for many decades. Despite their work being completely different, it is a special relationship in which everyone benefits.Nancy McCormick Philip Heckscher Casey Mallinckrodt
July 21–August 3
ipad paintingsThese artists use an iPad as their palette and brush as they create original paintings electronically. They are then laser printed. You may have seen an example of this new painting medium on the cover of the New Yorker magazine. Now come to see it in the flesh. John Bavaro Corliss Blakely Rita Flores
David Scott Liebowitz Douglas Wittnebel
SetsOccasionally one finds a worn velvet box with a beautiful necklace, bracelet, earrings and ring–a complete ensemble of estate jewelry. This exhibition presents jewelers who have also created a story, an aesthetic, or an idea through a collection of similar pieces. See how this concept is expressed through different types of jewelry. Susan Beallor Susan Chin Jennifer Dawes JEANNETTE FOSSAS
Terri Logan So Young Park Sarah Richardson
Genevieve Yang David and Roberta williaMson
August 4–17
Kind of BlueAre you thinking of Miles Davis’ seminal album, or…
aquamarine, azure, cobalt, icy, cornflower, midnight, light, navy, baby, turquoise, ultramarine, indigo, sky, caribbean or Duke University? This show is jewelers who love the blue palette. And blue looks good on almost everyone. Whitney Abrams Petra Class Devta Doolan
Joanna Gollberg Hughes-Bosca Emma Villedrouin
Jeff and Susan Wise Natasha Wozniak
Peninsula PaintersThere is awesome talent right around the corner on the
Blue Hill Peninsula, way more than is possible to present here. These are some of my favorites. Mary Barnes Lydia Cassatt Heidi Daub
August 18–September 14
Methematic PurityProportions, symmetry, order, and repetition are on one
level mathematic terms. can these concepts be applied to jewelry? These jewelers blend art and math into objects of beauty. Seung-hea Lee Hong Sock Lee Patrica Madeja
Liaung-chung Yen Emily Watson
Science Art IntersectionImages from the laboratory are not typically generated
for their aesthetic appeal. However there is an undeniable beauty in our physical world as it presents itself in our subatomic landscapes or peering through the cosmos. These are ScientistArtists. Imagine the real, see the unseen, MicroMacro on paper. Felicia Denton Stefan Elliott Fran Forman John Guthrie
Nelson Rarities Estate JewelryAugust 18–20 (Three Days Only) Our sixteenth year of presenting extremely wonderful, high quality estate jewelry from one of the world’s leading estate jewelry dealers. They have diamond deco bracelets, Edwardian solitaires, and 1940s gem brooches.
September 15–October 31
Freshness in Fall
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June/July 2010
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June 17 Night Painting
Paintings and photographs of our world at night. Lois Dodd Jeff Epstein Fred Kellog Heather Thayer
Ed Heins Jean Liberte Charles Woodbury Kevin Beers
July 1 Rings: Circle ’Round Your Finger
The most potent of jewelry objects in a dizzying array by talented artists, each with a different concept of how to adorn our digits. Petra Class Lisa Crowder Joanna Goldberg Dahlia Kanner Ayesha Mayadas Manya & Rouman Julie Shaw Biba Shutz
Beth Solomon Talya Baharal Donna Veverka Liaung Yen
July 8 Human Form
Artists honoring and glorifying the sensuous forms of the human body in painting, drawing and photography.Jack Ledbetter Michael Seif Robert Shetterly Ted Davis
Karin Rosenthal Robert Neuman Alex Minewski
July 15 Korean Jewelers
In my travels around to various shows, I have found that many of the artists whose work I absolutely love are of Korean descent. Perhaps it is their education or cultural perspective, I do not know. I do know that this collection is refreshing, challenging, flawless. Youn Joo Kim Hongsook Lee Jimin Park So Young Park
Myung Urso Kiwon Wang
July 22 Double Vision
Two artists with similar conceptual motivations working in different media. Both offer a play of reflection and translucency. Both play with perspective planes, double exposure and complex, overlapping visual and contextual imagery. Jeff Carpenter Karin Rosenthal
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July/August 2010
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July 29 oro y negro
The inky black of a natural black diamond or patinated surface absorbs light. The luminous depth of gold explodes with light. The two together make for visually compelling pieces. Susan Chin Constance Gildea Hughes/Bosca
Biba Schutz Sydney Lynch Todd Pownell
Suzanne Linquist Jaclyn Davidson
August 5 Nature vs. industry
From abandoned steel mills and functioning paper mills to details of precision machinery, the forms designed to function are revealed from an aesthetic viewpoint and paired with what we often find pleasing in pastoral landscapes.Dennis Pinette Robert Solotaire surprise guests
August 5-7 Alex sepkus(Three days only) Our third year of mysterious and meticulous gold work. Made in New York, but reflective of the past
August 19 A conversation in paintRobert Shetterly and Gail Page are artists who live together and paint together, both with their individual style, voice and aesthetic. In this show, they make a sequence of paintings as in a dialog. Robert Shetterly Gail Page
August 19-21
Nelson Rarities Estate Jewelry(Three days only) Our fifteenth year of presenting extremely wonderful, high quality estate jewelry from one of the world’s leading estate jewelry dealers. They have diamond deco bracelets, Edwardian solitaires and 1940s gem brooches.
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summer 2009
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July 9–22
Portrait/self Portrait
Up close and personal
Aviation/Entomology
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July 23–
August 5
Hughes-Bosca/
Carolyn Morris Bach
Digital Collage
Estate Jewelry
from New Orleans
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August 6–19
Maharaja Jewels
Maine Modernism/
Fifties Revisited
Vintage Photography
and Techniques
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August 20–
September 9
What to Do with Money
Robert S. Neuman:
Works on Paper
Nelson Rarities
Estate Jewelry
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summer 2008
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July 3–16
Set in Concrete
Artists’ Notebooks
Water/Light Interface
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July 17–30
Anti-War Medals
spoils
Estate Jewelry
from New Orleans
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July 31–
August 13
Pop Culture Collision
Bay Area Jewelers
Thom Heyer
and Bill Jordan
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August 14–
September 3
Alex Sepkus
Nelson Rarities
Estate Jewelry
Eric Hopkins
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summer 2007
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July 5–18
Roy G. Biv
Heather Thayer:
Post and Pile
Pop-Art:
Champagne Uncorked
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July 19–
August 1
body parts
The Human Form
Estate Jewelry
from New Orleans
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August 2–15
Sticks and Stones
Thomas Blagden
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August 16– September 12
Nelson Rarities
Estate Jewelry
Jack Gescheidt:
The Tree Project
Hannah Shaw:
In Rare Form
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summer 2006
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July 6–19
Inner Space/
Outer Space: Jewelry
Everyday Objects
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July 20–
August 2
Black and Gold
Jewelry
Wellington & Company
Estate Jewelry
Peter Ralston:
Sightings and Beyond
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August 3–16
Jewelry with Words
Artist Made Books
Paintings with Words
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August 17–
September 13
Caged
Nelson Rarities
Estate Jewelry
Judith Larsen:
Layered Photographic Imagery
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summer 2005
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July 7–20
spiral Forms
Study of Squares
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July 21–
August 3
Beachstone Dispersal
Monhegan Painters
Alex Sepkus
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August 4–17
200 Rings
Windows to the Past
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August 18–31
Black Diamonds
Nelson Rarities
Estate Jewelry
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summer 2004
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July 8–21
Modernist Jewelry
The Naked Form
Erotica in Jewelry
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July 22–August 4
Fresh Air from Korea
A Sense of Place:
Peabody, Markell and Pogany
Vintage Watches
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August 5–18
First Light: Tom Blagden
The Blue and Green Palette
Beadwork Jewelry
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August 19–September 16
Vessel Forms in Jewelry
Nelson Rarities Estate Jewelry
Yawls, Sloops, Schooners and Dories
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summer 2003
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July 10–23
Jewels from the Garden
The Art of Time
Gifford Ewing and Kim Weston
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July 24–August 6
Working the Surface: Texture in Jewelry
Three Views of Mount Desert Island:
Realism, Interpretive and Abstract
Artist Made Books
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August 7–20
Not Your Typical Diamonds
Bill Irvine
Kept in Chains
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August 21–September 17
Volume and Space:
A New Dimension for Jewelry
Nelson Rarities Fine Estate Jewelry
Carl Gordon Cutler
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summer 2002
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July 11–24
Fe Au C
Mikio Wanatabe
Fetishes and Talismans
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July 25–August 7
Niessing
Maine Painting, Circa 1950–1959
Artist made Books
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August 8–21
The Luscious Pearl
Ben Lincoln and Claire Neves
Trillian
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August 22–September 12
RISD on the Road
Portraits
Nelson Rarities
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