Missing Maine Landscapes

As we transition the blog from one (personal) account to another (specific for UMVA), the September show is on the website... This from Exhibit Organizer Mark Barnette:

The September UMVA Gallery show is online now at https://umvagallery.wixsite.com/exhibits

Missing Maine Landscapes features stellar work by 17 UMVA member artists in response to places or things that have been removed, obscured, replaced, or that disappear (and sometimes re-appear) in the landscape which Maine artists inhabit.

The photo above is by the remarkable Dave Wade and entitled: Portland's Fading Past.

If you'd like to to grace your home or office, this 2011 16 x 20" pigment print will set you back only $360!

Shoot us an email here at the blog and we will send you Dave's email so you can work out the details. And for that matter, any of the work in the exhibit is for sale, so if you see a piece you want to add to your collection, contact us here and we will put you in touch with the artist.

It's really a wonderful show .... so hop on over to https://umvagallery.wixsite.com/exhibits

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