Roy Germon
2023 featured artist August 14-September 10
Reception Saturday, August 26, 4-6 pm
In my paintings, I am more likely to rely on the strength of a broad brushstroke over a finely drawn detail of the landscape. Invented color relationships often win out over a more exact palate found in nature. Though many of the locations in my paintings have real and emotional significance to me, ultimately my paintings are ideas of those places, transformed by my systems of organization and mark making. My manipulation of “place” is both intentional and intuitive and the most successful works comprise equal parts observation, imagination and discovery.
Roy Germon
"Rocks and the View" acrylic on panel 24" x 48" $5,200
"Bluest Water" (Fraser Point) acrylic on panel 20" x 16" $2,300
"Grindstone Mirror II" acrylic on panel 24" x 30" $3,500
"Reflected Colors" acrylic on panel 19" x 15" $2,100
"Lakeside Notes" acrylic on panel 21" x 25" $2,800
"Hedgerow Winter" acrylic on panel 23" x 25" $3,000 sold
"February Overcast" acrylic on panel 25" x 27" $3,500
"April Pines" acrylic on panel 18" x 18" $2,300
"Sand Beach Sunday" acrylic on panel 20" x 24" $2,800
"June Greens" acrylic on panel 30" x 24" $3,500
"Spruce Shadows" acrylic on panel 16" x 20" $2,200 sold
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"Pleasant Pond" acrylic on panel 26" x 24" $3,400
"Winter Trail" acrylic on panel 14" x 16" $1,800
"Spring Ravine" acrylic on panel 24" x 20" $2,800
Germon is one of the top-notch notables of the new Maine painting. His works are marked by a boldly flickered brush that generally holds tight to the surface and an appreciable sense of sophistication and visual intelligence. Using a chalky palette, Germon’s marks are less about the writhing of the bristles through the paint than about the form of the mark on the surface. In other words, Germon’s marks aren’t dollops, dabs or daubs. They are shapes.
Daniel Kany