Caren-Marie Michel and Dan West
Maine's Four Seasons
September 14-October 12
"Grindstone Sunset 4" acrylic on canvas 24" x 24"
I travel around Maine to paint what I see and experience in the landscape: to see color and to paint it.
Caren-Marie Michel's Painting Edges 20 was created on the Schoodic Peninsula section of Acadia National Park in Winter Harbor. Unlike other Painting Edges paintings that are taken from the edges of completed works, this piece was created at nine different locations, each a unique painting unto itself. Caren-Marie moved her easel around the area, selecting locations that depict and highlight the beauty of this "quiet side" of Acadia. The pink lines reveal the canvas's under-painting: Caren Marie's signature for all her work.
"Painting Edges #20: A Panorama of the Schoodic Peninsula" acrylic on canvas 18 x 36 inches
"Schoodic Point Acadia" 3 acrylic on canvas 12" x 12"
"Breakwater Farm Beach 5" acrylic on canvas 18" x 36"
Grindstone Point #2 acrylic on canvas 12" x 36"
"Grindstone Sunset" 3 acrylic on canvas 20" x 16" sold
"Grindstone Neck, Dixon Point" acrylic on canvas 24" x 24" sold
Grindstone Neck #3, Dixon Point" acrylic on canvas 8" x 16" sold
"Cranberry Point, Corea" 5 acrylic on canvas 8" x 16"
"Kettle Cove 32" acrylic on canvas 20" x 24"
"Schoodic Peninsula #1" acrylic on canvas sold
"Two Lights #16" acrylic on canvas 24" x 24"
"Monhegan #23" acrylic on archival paper 6" x 18"
Grindstone Point #3 acrylic on canvas 16" x 12"
"Corea Causeway" acrylic on canvas 12" x 16"
"Painting Edges 19" acrylic on archival paper 6 x 18
"Seawall Beach Acadia" acrylic on canvas 10" x 30"
"Schoodic, Fraser Point" acrylic on canvas 8" x 16"
"Seawall Beach 9" acrylic on canvas 24 x 24
"Grindstone Point #5 acrylic on canvas 12 x 38
"Sewall Beach Acadia 12" acrylic on canvas 10" x 30"
"Schoodic, Fraser Point" pastel on board 24" x 24"
"Schoodic Point #1 pastel on archival paper 8 x 18
"Seawall Beach, Acadia 14" acrylic on canvas 12" x 36"
Caren-Marie Sargent Michel was born in Portland, Maine, and is a lifelong Maine resident. Her work explores the urban, industrial, and pastoral images of Maine and documents the ever-changing landscape in paint. Michel is a devoted plein air painter working in acrylic and pastel on locations all over Maine and New Brunswick, Canada. Michel often portrays a location through series capturing different seasons or times of day with changing light and color. Michel is Past President of the Pastel Painters of Maine and past Treasurer of the Union of Maine Visual Artists.