Abstract Photograpy A nine-artist exhibit presented by the Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA)  featuring: J im Kelly, Ann Tracy, John Ripton, Dave Wade, Mark Barnette, CE Morse, Lesley MacVane, Greg Mason Burns, and  Jan Pieter van Voorst van Beest . Curated by Greg Mason Burns. For this exhibit, abstract photography is defined as digitally or otherwise manipulated such that the subject is obscured enough to not be considered realist or documentary photography, for example. Photography outside the “realist” or “object” world, so to speak. To learn more about the UMVA and to join, please visit out website at TheUMVA.org . If you would like to purchase a piece from this exhibit, please contact the artist first. Alternatively, you can email Greg Mason Burns at gmburns@gregmasonburns.com and he will inform the artist of your interest. Mark Barnette Website Instagram Photography is my preferred method for skirting despair. Beauty without sentimentality is a primary goal of all my work.

 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 t

Ok...  so you know that we have this show opening tomorrow at the UMVA Gallery in the Portland Media Center.... August Weekends 2019.   Show Opening: Friday, 8/2, 5 – 8pm   @ Portland Media Center - Gallery - 516 Congress Street - Portland, ME “Do-gooder” celebrations: live portrait paintings of  good Mainers in gallery window With formidable, illustration skills, Julia Durgee paints the activity, buzz, and beauty of Maine. BUT, just right across the street, there's another First Friday opening of an exhibit of photography by Joanne Arnold, CE Morse and Dave Wade (UMVA member) at Trueline Gallery, (formerly the Salt Institute), 561 Congress St., Portland. Aug. 2nd, 5-7:30 PM.

Although the Members Open show is still up until June 28th, UMVA artists are busying preparing for the next show.  Gallery hours are generally 1 to 4 pm on Sat & Sun, so go check out the show before it's too late... and start looking forward to  We are located inside the Portland Media Center, 516 Congress St., just to the east (or left if you're facing it) of MECA.