There are, of course, a lot more than two signs of spring in New England about now. But these are my favorites… After the various early signals of spring in New England — the Boston Flower Show, spotting a robin among snow patches on the lawn, and gathering pussy willows for the dining room table […]
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Back in 1990, I selected an image of “Rising Cairn” by sculptor Celeste Roberge for the cover of my book Maine Art Now because it perfectly embodied the point I wanted to make with the book – that Maine art was no longer just romantic landscapes and seascapes by artists from away attracted to the […]
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Roni Horn aka Roni Horn
Roni Horn is an androgynous artist. She wears horn-rimmed glasses and keeps her hair cropped short. She has said that her name is her destiny. Just as her name and her appearance defy easy gender identity, her art defies easy categorization. Though she majored in sculpture at the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA “75) […]
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In the Realm of Ideals
I’ve been hearing good things about what Fr. Iain MacLellan has been doing at the Chapel Art Center at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, so I was not all that surprised when two of Maine’s best painters turned up in the current three-artist show there. Mirare (through March 20) features geometric abstractions by […]
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The Sweet Smell of March
I went off on a bit of a chase for spring on Friday, without really knowing that was what I was doing. I was to write about a woman who lives in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, outside of Portland, about three hours from here. I left early to be able to arrive at 11. The hills […]
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This Is Still Life
The most intriguing object in the Objects of Wonder: Four Centuries of Still Life from the Norton Museum of Art at the Portland Museum of Art (through June 6) is not a still life painting at all. It is a sculpture entitled “Grouper,” the skeleton of a fish rendered in linden wood by Fumio Yoshimura, […]
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Outer Cape Cod in Spring
READ MORE: More Cape Cod articles MORE PHOTOS: Cape Cod Photos by Alison Shaw It’s a light that glows from within, like driving into an Edward Hopper painting. Bright, buttery, demanding, it glances off the water and sinks into the sand and sea-weathered shingles. Paint me, notice me, it whispers–I’m spring for your eyes and […]
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Early Spring | Mary’s Farm
At this time of year, when the ice is disappearing from the ponds and some fields are greening up, patches of snow or ice stay along the edges of shaded roads and in the north corners of fields. They’re a shock of white in a spring landscape. Sometimes, if it’s a warm day, I think […]
See More: Vermont Landscape Photography: Jon Olsen Photography One recent midwinter day, landscape photographer Jon Olsen found himself at a favorite spot: a narrow country road dominated by pastures just outside Hartford, Vermont’s village center. There, under the late daylight, Olsen parked his truck, strapped on a backpack stocked with lenses and a camera, and […]
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New England Passenger Trains
Riding the rails is as thrilling today as it was way back when. Here are Yankee’s picks for New England’s best passenger trips (check Web sites for seasonal schedules): 1. After a 36-year absence, passenger rail service has returned to Maine. Amtrak’s Downeaster connects Boston and Portland along a 114-mile rail corridor. 800-872-7245; amtrakdowneaster.com 2. […]
New England trains are part of this nation’s collective memory and in this train book review, a collection of midcentury images are waiting to be discovered.
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Spend a Winter Day in New England
7:30 A.M. WHERE THE SUN RISES FIRST Sunrise from Cadillac Mountain reveals a coastline carved with a crooked knife. From that famous vantage on Mount Desert Island, the coast of Maine comes out of the dark. It’s a complicated affair of peninsulas and coves, a jigsaw of rock and water, a play of motion and […]