Paintings on exhibit

The Shaw Gallery presents paintings and works on paper throughout the year. Contemporary artists from Maine and those inspired by Maine subjects rotate month-long shows. Shaw Gallery also has a strong history of collecting modernist regional paintings from the post World War II period. There is strong support for local artists with the “MDI Open" which is an annual nonjuried exposition of fresh ideas. You will find a variety of show themes and objects including: intimate oils, photographs, sculpture, watercolors, nudes and landscapes. Exhibits change every two weeks during the summer season.

Represented Painters

Berenice Abbott Matthew Barter Phil Barter Kristina Beal Tom Blagden Lydia Cassatt Heidi Daub Gifford Ewing Maurice Freedman Phillip Frey Francis Hamabe Ed Heins Eric Hopkins Bill Irvine Michael Kahn Eliot Markell Claire Neves Sara Peabody Robert Shetterly Pel Stockwell Judy Taylor Arthur Thompson Barbara Trimble Rufus and Susan Williams

 

 

 

 

 

Phil Barter

Left: Moonrise, Blue Hill Bay, oil on board, 1998

Right: Untitled, oil on board, 1999

 

 

 

Kristina Beal

Top: Clark Point, Southwest Harbor, oil pastel on paper, 2004

Right: Bar Harbor Bar, oil pastel on paper, 2004

 

 

 

Tom Blagden

Left: Moss Slopes on Beech Mountain, Mount Desert Island, photograph, 2002

Right: Dawn Mist on Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island, photograph, 2002

 

 

 

Lydia Cassatt

Left: Untitled, pastel on paper, 2003

Right: Untitled, pastel on paper

 

 

 

Heidi Daub

Left: She is There, acrylic on paper, 28x23

Right: What Takes the Place, acrylic on paper, 31x43.59

 

 

 

 

Gifford Ewing

Left: Acadia Mountains, Ingalls Island Bar, Sorrento, Maine

Right:

 

 

 

Maurice Freedman

Left: Morning Catch, oil on canvas, 1958

Right: Eagle Lake, oil on canvas, 1952

 

 

 

 

Phillip Frey

Left: Spring Wind—Sargent Drive, acrylic on canvas, 2003

Right: Frozen In–Prospect Harbor, acrylic on board, 2004

 

 

 

Francis Hamabe

Left: Girl with Schooner, oil on canvas, c.1958

Right: Fishing Shack , oil on canvas, c.1955

 

 

 

Eric Hopkins

Left: Thorofare Islands with Purple Hills, watercolor, 1995

Right: Looking Past Schoodic Point #2, graphite, watercolor and crayon on paper, 2004

 

 

 

Bill Irvine

Left: Small Cove Maine, oil on wood

Right: High Tide Downeast Maine, oil on canvas

 

 

 

Michael Kahn

Left: Dory at Dawn, black and white photograph, 2001

Right: Summer Afternoon, black and white photograph, 2002

 

 

 

Claire Neves

Left: Untitled, silver leaf and acrylic on canvas, 2003

Right: Monhegan Cliffs #4, silver leaf and acrylic on canvas, 2001

 

 

 

Pel Stockwell

Left: Resting Dory, oil on canvas, 2003

Right: Four Dories, oil on canvas, 2004

 

 

 

Arthur Thompson

Left: West Side Walk, 1969

Right: Firehouse, 1966