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B. Portland, Maine, 1953
Education
1993 Vermont College, Montpelier, Vt, Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art
1977 Boston University College of Fine Art, Boston, Ma, Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting
Professional experience
1995-present Maine College of Art, Portland, Me. Associate Professor of Drawing and Foundation. (on leave 2011/2012)
1994 University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H. Lecturer in Drawing.
1992-93 Maine College of Art (formerly the Portland School of Art), Portland, Me. Instructor of Drawing.
1984-91 Portland School of Art, Portland, Me. Instructor of Drawing and Painting in Continuing Studies.
Selected solo exhibitions
2010 Eo Art Lab, “Hydrostatic Pressure,” Chester, CT
Walker Contemporary, The Back Room: “Paper. Works,” Boston, M
2009 Walker Contemporary, “Horizon,” Boston, MA
2008 Eo Art Lab, “Liquid Space,” Chester, CT
2007 June Fitzpatrick Gallery, “Prints from Anderson Ranch,” Portland, ME
2004 Barrington Center for the Arts at Gordon College, “Felt,” Beverly, MA
2002/04 Aucocisco Gallery, “To Sing the World,” Portland, ME
2001 Dana Hall School, Wellesley, MA
1989-97 Judith Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
Selected group exhibitions
2011 Ogunquit Museum of American Art, “Contemporaries: Artists of La Napoule Art Foundation”, Ogunquit ME
2010 Portsmouth Museum of Art, “Sacred and Profane: Eye of the Beholder,” Portsmouth, NH
Eo Art Lab, “Shared Response”, Chester, CT
Chapel Art Center, “Mirare,” St. Anselm College, Manchester, NH
2009 Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, “Archeology above Ground,” Portland, ME
Carroll and Sons, “The Boston Drawing Project: 10 years on and going strong,” Boston, MA
University of Maine Museum of Art,”Abstract New England: Six Perspectives,” Bangor, ME
2008 Walker Contemporary, Inaugural Exhibition, Boston, MA
George Marshall Store Gallery, “Road Trip,” York, ME
Courthouse Gallery, “Betwixt and Between: Color, Line and Texture,” Ellsworth, ME
2007 De Cordova Museum, “Big Bang! Abstract Painting for the 21st Century,” Lincoln, ME
Portland Museum of Art, “Graphite,” Portland, ME
Portland Museum of Art, “2007 Portland Museum of Art Biennial,” Portland, ME
2006 Center For Maine Contemporary Art, Biennial Juried Exhibition, Rockport, ME
Cooler Gallery, White River Junction, VT
2005 George Marshall Store Gallery, “Accord VI,” York, ME
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, “Water,” Rockport, ME
2004 Sharon Art Center, “A Natural Response: Artists from the Boston Drawing Project @ Bernard
Toale Gallery,” Peterborough, NH
2003 Contemporary Artist’s Center, “Drawing,” North Adams, MA
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, “Abstract Landscape,” Rockport, ME
2003-2008 New Art Center, “Icons and Altars,” Newton, MA
2002 Art Gallery at University of New England, “9/11: Prelude to an Apocalypse,” Portland, ME
2001 Bemidji Community Art Center, “Beyond Our Vision,” Bemidji, MN
The Chewonki Foundation, “A Sense of Place,” Wiscasset, ME (sculpture)
2000 Artworks at Dover Street, “Land, Sea, Sky,” New Bedford, MA
O’Farrell Gallery, “Winter,” Brunswick, ME
Art Gallery at University of New England, “Unbridled Eclecticism: Works from the Collection of Woody Dana,” Portland, ME
1999 Montserrat College of Art Gallery, “Inner Landscapes,” Beverly, MA
1998 Hillwood Art Museum, “Celebrating Diversity,” Brookville, NY
Maine Audubon Center: “Sanctuary,” Falmouth, ME (sculpture)
Maine Coast Artists, “Twentieth Annual Juried Exhibition,” Rockport, ME
1997 Robert Clements Gallery, “Summer Salon ‘97,” Portland, ME
1996 Between The Muse Gallery, Rockport, ME
1995 Hunter Art Museum, “1995 Artstravaganza,” Chattanooga, TN
Boston University Art Gallery, “B.U. Visual Arts Alumni Drawing Exhibition,” Boston, MA
1992 Gallery House, “Invitational to Benefit the Maine Women’s Lobby,” Nobleboro, ME
1991 York Historical Society, “Beyond the Mantle,” York Harbor, ME
Maine House, Nagoya, Japan
1990 Barn Gallery, “Color ‘90,” Ogunquit, ME
Boston University Sherman Union Gallery, “New Work for the Nineties,” Boston, MA
Awards
2009 Chateau de La Napoule, Artist in Residence, Mandelieu-La Napoule, France
2009 Monte Azul Print Studio, Artist in Residence, Chimirol, Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica
2008 Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, Co. One-Month Residency in Printmaking
2007 Maine Arts Commission. Good Ideas Grant
2004 Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, Co. Winter Residency in Printmaking,
2002 Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM. Residency, MECA Faculty Development Grant
1999 Vermont Studio Center, Johnston, Vt. Residency, fellowship award
1995 Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, Ma. Residency, commendation award
Collections
Portland Museum of Art. Portland ME
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln MA
Duke Energy
Neiman Marcus
L.L. Bean
Marriott Hotels
AstraZeneca
numerous private collections
Bibliography
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“Archeology Above Ground,” Exhibition Catalog, ICA@Meca, Portland, ME, 2009.
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Larmon, Annie. “Hot for teacher: Meca faculty re-imagine the natural world and play with nostalgia.” The Portland Phoenix, December 2, 2009.
McAvoy, Suzette. “Created Worlds: Sara Crisp, Meg Brown Payson & Penelope Jones.” Maine Home + Design, April 2010.
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