Gleason Fine Art Adds Color to Latest Portland Dining Experience

Take a handsome bed and breakfast in Portland’s historic Spring Street district, add a celebrity chef, mix well with artwork from one of Maine’s best-known galleries, and what have you got?—Carmen at the Danforth, Portland’s hot new restaurant.

Joellyn Duesberry: Artist Talk

Please join us on Thursday, August 16, starting at 5:30 to listen to artist Joellyn Duesberry talk about her 40 years of celebrating Maine.  Refreshments will be served. 

Last Week for Kevin Beers: New Paintings Show

Stop by the Boothbay Harbor gallery to see Kevin Beers: New Paintings hanging through Saturday, July 28.  Beautiful sun-speckled scenes from Monhegan Island with a focus on Kevin's favorite building--the assistant lightkeeper's house. 

Tim Christensen: Animals! Opens in Portland

Friday, June 1, was the opening reception for the gallery's newest exhibit, Tim Christensen: Animals!, at its Portland location. The public was awed by Christensen's amazing black and white porcelain vessels and sculptures. This stunning installation runs through July 28.

Palm Beach Jewelry, Art, and Antiques Show

We are exhibiting at the Palm Beach Jewelry, ARt, and Antiques Show in Palm Beach, Florida, starting February 17th with the gala opening reception and running through Tuesday, February 21.  If you find yourself in Florida, come on by!  It's a great show and you'll see beautiful art, amazing jewelry and fine antiques.  We're in booth #204.  Currently hanging are paintings by Fairfield Porter, Clarence Chatterton, Abraham Bogdanove, Jane Dahmen, Karen Tusinski, Henry Isaacs, and Andrea Peters. 

Kevin Beers's Show Reviewed

The recent opening of Kevin Beers's show "Paintings of Landscapes and Trucks" has been met with a rave review in the Maine Sunday Telegram, February 12.  Thank you to Dan Kany for such a great review!  You can see the show at our Portland gallery, 545 Congress Street, through March 31, 2012.  Be sure to come hear Kevin talk on Thursday, March 8, starting at 5:30 PM.

Merry Christmas!

From all of us here at Gleason Fine Art, we wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year.  The galleries will be open normal hours between Christmas and New Year's Eve.  Stop on by!

Holiday Party

It's that time of year again--holiday parties and receptions.  Please join us in Boothbay Harbor on Saturday, December 10, from 5 to 7 pm to celebrate "Eye Catchers: Artwork to Please the Eye and Tickle the Senses."  Our artists have given us some wonderful work for holiday giving. 

Sara Gray : Transitions Through November 30

Be sure to stop by the Portland gallery to see Sara Gray's remarkable photographs.  The show runs through Wednesday, November 30. 

John Sideli Show Review in Portland Press Herald

On Sunday, October 9th, the Maine Sunday Telegram's reviewer Phil Isaacson wrote about John Sideli's current show The Sum of the Parts, featured at the Boothbay Harbor gallery.  Here's what Phil writes:

CLEVERNESS TRANSCENDED

There is a boundary between cleverness and art. This is often seen in what was once (and perhaps still is) called assemblage. Simply put, it means a bringing together of articles that are not in themselves objects of art and creating a work of art from them. Skillful people often approach the boundary, but most don't make it across.