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Gleason Fine Art in Boothbay Harbor opens its 38th year with fresh Monhegan paintings from Kevin Beers. "Monhegan" opens Thursday, June 22, and runs through Tuesday, July 18, with a reception for Kevin on Friday, July 7, from 5 to 7 pm.

Perhaps as much as any other Maine artist, Kevin Beers' name is linked with the near-mythic artists' island, Monhegan, and its tiny sidekick, Manana. For decades, Beers drove from his condo in Brooklyn, New York, to Maine and spent long summers painting, living frugally, holed up on the top floor of the Monhegan House. Eight years ago, Beers fulfilled his life-long dream of moving from Brooklyn to midcoast Maine full-time.

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