Don Best
featured with
Joseph Haroutunian and Sarah Lightfoot Brundage
June 22 -July 19 Reception Saturday, July 25, 4-6
Don Best is a Maine artist who received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting, with a minor in sculpture from Maine College of Art. Since graduating, Don has continued studying and working with a variety of mediums. This has allowed him to develop his own unique style as a sculptor. His work is focused on reliefs, an art form that has been around for 6,000 years. This approach allows him to integrate painting, drawing, and sculpture. He takes advantage of combining these skills, creating visual narratives that are told through his passion for animal. Each piece is unique and brings life to wood. (see below) Don’s passion for animals, especially cats and dogs, depicting their love for their human family, is a continuing theme and inspiration for his sculpture.
Allegory: the representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form.
One of the powerful aspects of relief is its relationship to narrative. Combining the best of painting, drawing and sculpture, the artist can choose, compose, and balance these elements.
~Eugene Daub, Sculpture Review, Spring 2016
"I'm really not one for making small talk." Basswood wall sculpture 20" x 12" x 4". $1,200
"Why do the two of them hang out with those guys?" Basswood wall sculpture " 14" x 21" x 2". $2,200
"I wonder why they call it Sheep Island...?" Basswood wall sculpture17" x 17" x 4" $2,000
Basswood wall sculpture. 9" x 17" x 2". $900
"Get down! You're not going to fool them! Basswood wall sculpture 20" x 11"x 2" $2,000
"I wasn't cut out for Bobsled" Basswood wall sculpture 15 x 13 x 2 $600
"Porcupine? Nah! No relation." Basswood wall sculpture 10" x 10" x 4"
$1,000
"On Golden Pond". Basswood wall sculpture 17" x 12" x 3". $1,400 sold
"I've always been small for my age." Basswood wall sculpture 6 "x 16" x 2" $800
"No amount of makeup is going to fix this!" Basswood wall sculpture 15" x 15" x 6" $1,600
"I don't know...Do I appear tentative to you?" 36" x 20" x 3". $2,800
"Goat Island? The same reason they call the other one Sheep Island!" 16" x 12" x 2". $1,600
"Wise owl?!! Does he realize we are LOST?!" Basswood wall sculpture" 17" x 17" x 3" $1,600
"Keep flapping! I told you we'd need a sail!" Basswood wall sculpture 12" x 8" x 2" $800
Jerry,Gallery Social Director
Basswood wall sculpture 11" x 9"
$700
Contact the gallery if you are interested in a similar piece.
Basswood wall sculpture 11" x 9"
$700
Contact the gallery if you are interested in a similar piece.
Jerry, the gallery's social director, poses with Kelly for Francois Gagne, distinguished Maine photographer. In the background are Don Best's creations. The photo will appear in "Decor Magazine," accompanied by Kim Swan's narrative about the Schoodic Peninsula!