Amy Pollien
Amy Pollien studied printmaking and industrial design at the Philadelphia College of Art with Michael Lasuchin and William Daley. “Her drawings are subtle, but if you spend a little time with them, they begin to reveal their character. Some of the most striking pieces . . .portray houses, some abandoned, some seasonal, that are being swallowed up by the land and the trees around them.
.They’re a visual record of nature and neglect that is at once wistful and breathtakingly beautiful,” writes Kristen Andresen of the Bangor Daily News. Since 1978 she has exhibited at the Philadelphia Sketch Club, Rutgers University, and the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, among others. Her work is included in The Art of Maine Winter by Carl Little and Arnold Skolnick.
The three colors in her palette are permanent yellow light, quinacridone rose, and phthalo blue red, plus ivory black and titanium white. The images are first drawn with a unique charcoal "twig" imported from Italy and then painted with various mixtures of her three-palette colors. All pieces use Rembrandt oil colors on Ampersand Museum panels; frames are maple with water-based lacquer finish by Metropolitan Frames.
.They’re a visual record of nature and neglect that is at once wistful and breathtakingly beautiful,” writes Kristen Andresen of the Bangor Daily News. Since 1978 she has exhibited at the Philadelphia Sketch Club, Rutgers University, and the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, among others. Her work is included in The Art of Maine Winter by Carl Little and Arnold Skolnick.
The three colors in her palette are permanent yellow light, quinacridone rose, and phthalo blue red, plus ivory black and titanium white. The images are first drawn with a unique charcoal "twig" imported from Italy and then painted with various mixtures of her three-palette colors. All pieces use Rembrandt oil colors on Ampersand Museum panels; frames are maple with water-based lacquer finish by Metropolitan Frames.
"The Town Hill Bear and Turnips Under the Full Moon" oil on panel 18" x 24" $4,000
"Bluebirds with Dahlias and Apples". oil on panel 24" x 18". sold
"Waterlily Dahlias and Sunfish". oil on panel 18" x 24". $4,000
"Purple Finch with Ornamental Quince" oil on panel 18" x 24". sold
"Roses and iris with Pine Warbler" oil on panel 24" x 18" $4,000
"Rabbit and Grapes" oil on panel 24" x 18" $4,000 sold
Quince with Mushrooms" oil on panel 24" x 18" $4,000 sold
"Box Turtle with Hummingbird and Bullfrog Tadpoles" oil on panel 18" x 24" $4,000 sold
"Quince Blossoms with American Robin" oil on panel 24" x 18" $4,000.
sold
"Porcupine with Tomatoes, Peaches, and Apples" oil on panel 18" x 24" $4,000 sold
"Hollyhocks, Peaches, and Trout" oil on panel 24" x 18" $4,000 sold
"Turkey Tom with Apples and Acorns" oil on panel 24" x 18" $4,000
"Milkweed, Monarchs, and Day Lilies" oil on panel 24" x 18" sold
"Hollyhocks with Blue Headed Vireos" oil on panel 24" x 18" sold
"Flickers, Lupine
and Menhaden" oil on panel 18" x 36" sold
"Hare in a Meadow" oil on panel 24" x 18" sold
"Blue Jays with Winterberries" oil on panel 24" x 18" sold
"Wood Duck With Cephalanthus And Fireflies" oil on panel 24" x 18" sold
"Dandelions with Hishinohana Print of Water Caltrops" oil on panel 24" x 18"
"Heron with Zinnias and Marine Algae" oil on panel 24" x 18" SOLD
"Trout with Dahlias" oil on panel 36" x 24" sold
"Cosmos and Zinnias in Majolica Jardiniere with Turtles on Eagle Lake" oil on panel 30" x 30" sold
click here for Amy's narrative about Cosmos and Zinnias with Turtles
"Azaleas with Chipmunks" oil on panel 36" x 24" sold
click here for Amy's narrative about Azaleas with Chipmunks
Featured in the latest edition of Art New England!
Carl Little's interview with Amy Pollien
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Carl Little's interview with Amy Pollien
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Amy Pollien is being featured in the June issue of "Maine Homes by Down East." It will be on newsstands May 21.