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"Deertrees has made a sincere effort to reach beyond the commonplace of scenic tourist landscapes to cultivate a more diverse and perhaps more cosmopolitan perspective in the visual arts which they choose to exhibit here."
Ken Westhaver, from his review of the CAC exhibit, June 200 |
The BackStage
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| The backstage area of an old theatre is a magical and mystical place. There are lights and curtains and props and theatrical things, usually with names totally unfamiliar to most of us. There is, and it is not just a cliché, the lingering smell of the grease paint and the echoes of the roar of the crowd. And there is the size of the space itself - massively tall, unbelievably open and yet cluttered at the same time; an intimate artisan's workshop with cathedral-like dimensions. When you suddenly fill this place with paintings and sculptures created by some of America's finest artists you have more than a back-stage, you have a significant contribution to the arts. | ![]() |
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The BackStage Gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday |
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2010 Exhibition Schedule |
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July 6- July 24 Opening Reception Tuesday, July 6 at 6:30 pm |
Paul Winterman |
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Paul Winterman Paul Winterman has known from the time he was a very small boy that the outdoors was for him. From the time he was 10 years old, he has spent as much time as possible in the wilderness, living off the land and discovering the world of wildlife. An Eagle Scout by his mid-teens, his love of nature has become his vocation. The quality of his work is evidenced by the national awards he has won for his photographs of wildlife. |
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July 27 - August 10 Opening Reception Tuesday, July 27 at 6:30 pm |
Moments and Places |
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Jon Allan Marshall Jon Allan Marshall, 46, born in Quincy, Massachusetts, earned a BFA from The Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, studied in Holland, and paints in a highly traditional style of 17th century Dutch-Flemish oil painters. Many of his works are on panel or canvass, framed in exquisitely ornate wood given the appearance of age by Jon’s carefully administered abuse. His oils lush in texture - both brilliant and subtle in their depiction of light’s dance – direct our eyes through a chiaroscuro treasure map. We cannot fail to find Jon’s gold in great nature’s garden; we need merely follow the light. He lives in Denmark, Maine with his wife, Kristi, and their three children. |
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Misha Tomić Vladimir (Misha) Tomić, 58, born in Belgrade, Serbia (Yugoslavia when he was born), trained as an artist in Belgrade, started his career in paint, migrating in recent years into photographic images and mixed media. His images tend toward the clean, the contemporary, often unframed, moving in and out of the real world, testing the viewer, often with playful delight, to find and then lose the objective source of the artist’s subject. In 1998 he came to Waterford, Maine, where he lives from May to November, with his wife, the artist Lori Christmastree, moving with the birds to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico during the winter months |
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August 12 - September 4 Opening Reception Thursday, August 12 at 6:30 pm |
Terence Harper and Daniel Minter |
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Terence Harper text |
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Daniel Minter text |
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