If you took all the artists on the Maine coast and inland and put them in one place, you would have a hotspot of art second to none. But here we are spread out without a centering geographical focus. Much of the art is in traditional categories which my husband categorizes as lobster boats and lighthouse, field and stream, and house and garden. But that would not be fair to the scores of artists who have cutting edge ideas, creativity, talent and exquisite skills.
That is why I was sad to see the Stable Gallery in Damariscotta closed for the season. It is a gallery that exhibits forty artists of all kinds – painters, potters, sculptors, weavers, fabric art, metal work, furniture makers during the summer and shoulder seasons. For about a decade, I exhibited my assemblages there as one of many featured artists. I hope that this is just a pandemic break and that the Stable Gallery will reopen in 2021 and show an eclectic variety of quality work that is rarely seen in one place along the Maine coast. Take a look at the Stable’s stable of artists.