Caren-Marie Michel and Dan West
Maine's Four Seasons
September 14-October 12
Reception Saturday, September 19, 4-6 pm
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
"Abol Falls 2" Katahdin acrylic on canvas 12" x 24"
"Cranberry Point, Corea" 5 acrylic on canvas 8" x 16"
"Golden Road Marsh" 6 acrylic on canvas 18" x 36"
"Breakwater Farm Beach 5" acrylic on canvas 18" x 36"
"John's Bay 1" pastel on board 12" x 16"
"Kettle Cove 12" pastel 9" x 24"
"Millinocket Lake 2" pastel 12" x 24"
"Fir Point 3 Swan's Island" acrylic on archival paper 6" x 18"
"Monhegan 23" acrylic on archival paper 6 x 18
"Maine Fall Landscape" acrylic on canvas 36 x 36 sold
"Painting Edges 19" acrylic on archival paper 6 x 18
"Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens" acrylic on canvas 12 x 30
"Seawall Beach 9" acrylic on canvas 24 x 24
"Grindstone Point #5 acrylic on canvas 12 x 38
"John's Bay 3" pastel on board 12 x 24 inches
"Two Lights 16" acrylic on canvas 24 x 24
"Riverside Road" acrylic on canvas 12 x 30 inches
"Monheghan 16" acrylic on canvas 6 x 18
"Schoodic Point #1 pastel on archival paper 8 x 18
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.