Blue Raven Gallery

Join us next Friday, October 4th, between 12pm - 6:30pm, for a Tintype Portrait Session with Cole Caswell! ()

Tintype portrait participants will have their likeness made with the historic wet-plate collodion photographic process. Tintypes are a unique one of kind photograph on a thin sheet of metal. Each tintype is coated in light sensitive chemistry and placed in the camera while wet. The sitters likeness is then captured on the tintype with a few second long exposure. The resulting image and plate is visible to the sitter moments after the exposure and will be washed, dried and varnished so it is ready to take home the following morning.

Cole will be joining us throughout the afternoon and evening for Rockland's First Friday Art Walk, hope to see you then!

Join us tonight, Saturday, September 21st, at 6:00pm, for an artist talk and conversation with exhibiting artist Joan Hanley! ()

Visit the gallery to meet the artist and see her stunning large-scale works in gouache or oil paint, small oil paintings, and sketchbooks. The collection of pieces reveal the evolution of her ideas from brief intimate moments frozen in time, to fully realized, complex, beautiful scenes that explore intimacy and human connection in a contemporary, technology-focused society.

Hanley’s works offer viewers a Hopper-like, voyeuristic glance at some of humans’ most vulnerable moments: a man sleeping, a couple dining, a lone hiker, a person serenading an ill loved one, etc. Not only does Hanley display intimacy between the paintings’ subjects, but she also fosters an emotional connection between the viewer and the subject.

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Join us tonight, Tuesday, September 17th, at 5:30pm, for an artist talk and conversation with exhibiting artist Suzanne Theodora White! ()

"Trained as a painter, Suzanne studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University, and has an MFA from Maine Media College. She was a two-time winner of fellowships awarded by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. After receiving the first of these awards, she spent over a year on the road traveling alone, overland, through Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Far East. In the 1980’s and 90’s she made extended trips to South America to study birds in the Amazon basin and Central America. Suzanne has had many solo exhibitions and has been included in group shows over her long career including Yale University, New Haven, CT; Cove Street Arts, Portland, ME; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA; Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI; Art Institute of Boston; Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, MA; and Colby College, Waterville, ME. Suzanne lives in Maine with her two dogs and a large flock of chickens."

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Suzanne Theodora White's Dry Stone No Sound of Water will showcase a culmination of
stunning and thought-provoking pieces deeply layered with textured construct. White's latest
collection delves into the concept of how we perceive the landscape around us, inviting us to
look deeper. Each piece is a masterpiece in its own right, capturing the essence of nature while
cutting, tearing, twisting, drawing and arranging photographs with intricate and detailed
compositions. Her use of colors juxtapose with black backgrounds create a sense of depth that
draws viewers in, urging them to contemplate their surroundings.

Joan Hanley: Intimate Paradox
Join us for a reception and artist talk: Saturday, September 21st, 2024 5:30-7:30p.m.

Artist Joan Hanley is showing her paintings for the first time at Blue Raven Gallery in Rockland, Maine, but she feels like she is coming home. After all, Blue Raven exhibits the work of Fairfield Porter and Milton Avery, who are like north stars for her. Hanley says, "I was so moved to find Porter and Avery in the Blue Raven collection. Two of my absolute heroes! I love the quiet tenderness of Milton Avery. You will see his influence in my paintings: flattened planes, simple figures, and domestic scenes. When critics and artists visit my
studio, the conversation often turns to Fairfield Porter. Such an intelligent and brilliant painter focused on the people and places closest to him. A total inspiration. He loved the French Intimism painters, Edouard Vuillard and Pierre Bonnard, as I do. I’m humbled to share space with him!”

Hanley’s studio is currently in southern New Hampshire, but she spent her childhood in New
York City, where at MoMA she was inspired by Milton Avery, Fairfield Porter, Vuillard, and Bonnard. Alice Neel juried her into her first show, and Hanley works in Neel’s tradition of intimate American painting that also includes Fairfield Porter, Milton Avery and many other
Maine painters. Hanley’s paintings address intimacy and technology as it impacts our domestic spaces and relationships in our contemporary world.

The exhibition includes both large scale works in gouache or oil paint, and small oil paintings. Joan Hanley’s sketchbooks will also be on display, which provide a look into her drawings of intimate moments that are later developed in her canvases.

Hanley’s work is held in collections across the US, Canada and Europe. She has exhibited at the Fitchburg Art Museum, MA, Brattleboro Museum, VT, the Mariposa Museum, NH, the University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMass, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and the Attleboro Museum, MA among others.

Joan Hanley
“Dinner Before the Hopper Show”
Oil on linen canvas
30” x 40”
$3,000

Art from the Sea features new breathtaking large-scale cyanotypes by photographer Lisa Tyson Ennis that captures the essence of the deep sea.

Cyanotype is an alternative photographic printing method that produces unique and beautiful blue images when sensitized fabric is exposed to light. Ennis arranges seaweed on the sensitized fabric, leaving the piece outdoors exposing both fabric and seaweed. Later, when the seaweed was peeled back, their shapes create a shadow-like ghostly print onto the material. This contras between aquatic shapes and their blue background add dimension to Ennis’s pieces and evoke scenes of underwater flora and ocean’s natural beauty.

Like in her traditional photography, Ennis pays close attention to the light. In her cyanotypes, she meticulously measures the amount of sunlight that touches the sensitized paper in order to create her dimensional and captivating images.

Join us on Monday August 26th, from 9a.m. - 6p.m. for a cyanotype workshop instructed by interdisciplinary artist and educator Tommy Matthews!

During this one-day workshop, you will learn:
- How to precisely measure and mix the chemicals and coat the paper
- The basic principles for preparing a photo to make a cyanotype negative
- How to expose the paper using the negative (or other subjects, drawings, etc.)
- How to develop, dry, and assess the finished print
- Ways to experiment with cyanotypes using different objects

Participants will leave with the work they produce, and all materials are included in the $350 registrarion cost.

Registration closes tomorrow, Friday, August 22nd at 11:59p.m. Use the link in our bio to sign-up!

Flat File Friday!

Robert Dowling Jr. was born in Bangor, Maine, and is renowned for his evocative paintings and
masterful wood sculptures. His artistic journey is deeply person, with his paintings often
reflecting his dreams, feelings, and inner demons, creating semi-surrealistic and whimsical works
that captivate the viewer’s imagination.

Dowling’s sculptures, on the other hand, showcase his profound love for nature and animals,
particularly the wildlife of Maine. Using driftwood as his primary medium, he carves intricate
representations of animals and fish native to his home state, employing a mix of power carding
techniques, chisels, and various homemade tools. His exceptional skill in woodcarving has
earned him numerous awards in carving competitions throughout Maine, leading to his
recognition as a master woodcarver.

Currently, Dowling is exploring the fusion of his painting and sculptural practices, creating
works that harmoniously blend both mediums. His art is highly sought after by collectors and
dealers worldwide. In addition to his practice, Dowling has shared his expertise as a teacher and
has been featured in various publications.

Robert Dowling Jr.
“Waiting for Christina” (1/120), 2023
Pigment print
Signed, titled, and numbered along lower edge
18.5” x 22” unframed
$225

Carter Shappy’s screen print series “Ghost Gear” is a body of work highlighting the growing abundance
of littered and abandoned consumer and industry plastic waste in the ocean. The plastic bags,
films, ropes, and nets featured in these prints, became a focus not solely for their visual
characteristics but because they're uniquely so abundant, so commonplace, that they've become
(with extremely detrimental repercussions) part of the "natural" landscape. This series consists
mainly of screen prints, some with hand-colored elements.
Shappy is a prolific and multi-skilled visual artist based in Portland, ME. His work is inspired by
his ordinary, everyday experiences, as well as extraordinary natural phenomena, flora and fauna,
perception, and psychedelia. He says, "by embellishing and transforming mundane elements of
our lives, I strive to offer a reevaluation of peripheral or commonplace things and experiences."

Carter Shappy
“Untitled Ghost Gear (Orange and Cyan)” (1/1), 2024
Screen print on paper
Signed, dated, and numbered on bottom edge
30” x 20” unframed
$1,600

“A Mystical Journey of Charles Wilder Oakes” opening reception is tomorrow, Thursday August 8th 4-6:30 pm.

Charles Wilder Oakes spent his childhood in the rugged fishing village of Port Clyde. Growing up in such a picturesque town he was surrounded by the natural beauty of Maine, which greatly influenced his artistic style and choice of subjects.

A Mystical Journey is a retrospective featuring a carefully curated and diverse range of Oakes’ works, each piece telling a story and transporting viewers on a journey in search of visions and truths hidden within the lives of coastal Mainers. Oakes was always drawn to the beauty and rich history of his hometown. His work reflects his innermost thoughts, emotions, and experience in realms both mystical and mundane, masterfully blending reality with dreams.

Included in the exhibition will be several never-before-seen works for sale, including The Angel who introduced Charles to the world at age two-and-a-half and communed with him the rest of his life, helping him to overcome addiction and embrace the clarity that made his visions possible. This is a rare opportunity for art enthusiasts and collectors alike.

“We are honored to present this retrospective in memory of Charles Wilder Oakes ” said Director Jodie Willard

The show is currently on display through Saturday August 31st.

Join us Wednesday, August 7th, at 7:00p.m., for the third event in the Blue Raven Poetry Series. This reading features Tim Seibles and Adrian Blevins.

Tim Seibles was born in Philadelphia in 1955. He is the author of several poetry collections including Hurdy-Gurdy (1992), Buffalo Head Solos (2004), published by the Cleveland State University Poetry Center and Fast Animal, published by Etruscan Press, which was a finalist for the 2012 National Book Award and winner of the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize. Tim is a former NEA fellow and recipient of a fellowship from the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center. He completed a two-year appointment as Poet laureate of Virginia (2016-18). Voodoo Libretto, a collection of his new and selected poems was released by Etruscan in 2022

Adrian Blevins’s most recent book of poetry is Status Pending, out this fall from Four Way Books. Her other full-length collections are Appalachians Run Amok, Live from the Homesick Jamboree, and The Brass Girl Brouhaha. She also co-edited Walk Till the Dogs Get Mean, a collection of essays by new and emerging Appalachian writers, and is the recipient of many awards and honors including the Wilder Prize from Two Sylvias Press, a Kate Tufts Discovery Award, and a Rona Jaffe Writers’ Foundation Award. She is a professor of English at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, where she directs the Creative Writing Program.

Admission is free; seating is limited – must be registered.
RSVP following the link in our bio.

Kim and Philippe Villard work together to create color woodcut prints inspired by the natural beauty of Maine. As Franco-American artists, they have consciously based the images in an art and science fusion influenced by the environment that surrounds them. Their signature medium is a modern and American method of color printmaking: white-line woodcut prints. By continuing to create with this method, Kim and Philippe diligently preserve the history of this printing technique.

With influence and inspiration from the community, scientists, artists, and field experts, the vision of Villard Studio has been honed and refined to create a body of work of 100 prints spanning 15 years. These white-line woodcut prints masterfully display color, technique, and originality. Alongside the prints, Villard Studio teaches the technique and history, a catalogue raisonné, and an inventive timeline displaying the history of printmaking. Altogether the entire project combines vibrant imagery with historic cataloging.

Their work can be viewed at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Special Collections & Archives in New York, Provincetown Art Museum in Massachusetts, Musee d’art et d’Histoire de Bormes les Mimosas in France, as well as many private and public collections around the world. Come by Blue Raven Gallery to see the work of Kim and Philippe Villard, exclusive to Blue Raven Gallery, in person or visit our website for more information.

Villard Studios
“Osprey Landed” (framed) (40/40), 2014
Signed, dated, and numbered
White-Line Woodblock Print
15 x 15 in
$3,800

Note: this framed print is sold as a pair with its retired woodblock.

From the Vault!

Erich Heckel was a German artist and founding member of the influential German Expressionist group “Die Brücke.” His angular woodcuts and paintings analyzed both the chromatic world and the inner emotions of the artist.

Born on July 31st, 1883 in Döbeln, Germany and studied architecture in Dresden at the Technische Hochschule where he met other founding members of Die Brücke. In 1905, along with Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Fritz Bleyl, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Heckel established the Die Brücke movement by opening a collaborative workshop, which allowed for the cross-pollination of ideas through the shared production of paintings, prints, and sculptures. He was inspired by African sculpture, post-impressionist painters such as Paul Gaugin, and the use of color and distorted space to create emotion. In a protest against established forms of art and the popular aesthetics of their day, Die Brücke artists found inspiration from a wide range of sources, including Fauvism, Edvard Munch, indigenous art from Polynesia, Vincent van Gogh, and medieval German artists.

He died on January 27, 1970 in Radolfzell, Germany at the age of 86. Today, Heckel’s works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg, the Albertina in Vienna, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, among others.

Erich Heckel (b.1883 d. 1970)
“Elgernder Mann (Dube 74)” 1909
Signed and dated
Drypoint
11.62 x 14.12 in.
Framed 15.62 X 17.87 in.
$5,000

Brad Choyt is a Maine sculptor who makes sculptures of found material such as boats, wood, or machinery that have a relationship to the natural world by being cracked and pitted by wind, ocean, and time. His art has been a development of narratives and symbolism of traditional Tibetan painting to organic patterns and shapes of the natural world intertwined with the human. He captures an ambiguity of reference and association that leads viewers down their own path of interpretation. They may imagine walking through a canyon, beside a weathered barn, through a marine salvage yard, or past a stone house built into a cliff.

Brad earned his bachelors from Brown University majoring in studio art, art history, and religious studies while also taking classes at Rhode Island School of Design. Following this he spent two years on a fellowship to study traditional Tibetan thang-ka painting, while living in Tibetan communities in Nepal and India. He then earned a Masters in fine arts from University of Pennsylvania. After this he spent time as a Director of Education at a museum in New York City, was a school’s founding director in the Balinese jungle, had head of school positions in New York, Maine, and New Hampshire until eventually moving to Spruce Head and becoming a member of several boards including the Center for Maine Contemporary Art here in Rockland.

“This body of work is about reinterpreting landscape and natural surroundings with a range of tools and vocabularies to better understand how we look at the world, perceive its beauties, and form a new, heightened relationship to it.” - Brad Choyt

Be sure to visit Blue Raven Gallery to see the work of Brad Choyt or visit our website for more information on the artist and his work.

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Brad Choyt
“Riptide” 2024
Mixed-media, oil paint on fiberglass found objects
21 x 38.50 x 6 in
Price on request

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Brad Choyt
“Untitled 3” 2024
Mixed-media, oil paint on fiberglass found objects
35.50 x 23.50 x 1 in
Price on request

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Brad Choyt
“Untitled 9” 2024
Mixed-media, oil paint on fiberglass found objects
21 x 25 x 1.50 in
Price on request

One of America’s most highly respected living photographers, Annie Leibovitz has been making memorable portraits of well-known figures for fifty years: a naked John Lennon cradling a fully-clothed Yoko Ono; Whoopi Goldberg gleefully submerged in a bathtub full of milk; Bruce Springsteen’s blue-jeaned backside against a backdrop of the American flag. Working extensively in both color and black and white, Leibovitz is best known for using bold tones and inventive stagings to achieve intimate portraits of her familiar subjects.

Leibovitz was born on October 2, 1949, in Waterbury, Connecticut, to parents of Romanian and Estonian-Jewish heritage. She took her first pictures in the Philippines, where her father, an Air Force officer, was stationed during the Vietnam War. She attended the San Francisco Art Institute, studying both photography and painting. From 1973 to 1983, she was Rolling Stone’s chief photographer, shooting over 100 iconic covers, going on the road with the Rolling Stones during their extravagant Tour of the Americas, and collaborating with John Lennon in a portrait a few hours before he was killed. In 1983, Leibovitz became the first contributing photographer for the revived Vanity Fair and ten years later she also began working for Vogue. In 1991, she was the second living artist and first woman to hold a solo show at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

Stop by Blue Raven Gallery to see the work of Annie Leibovitz or visit our website for more information on the artist and her work.

Annie Leibovitz
“Laetitia Casta, Clifton Point, [Rhinebeck, New York (N**e #6)]” 1999
Original Archival Pigment Print
32.75 41 in
Framed 43 x 50 in
$15,000

Imero Gobbato was born in Milano Italy in 1923. His artistic talent was evident from a young age as he grew up surrounded by cultural richness. He studied painting in Milan and Venice which developed his association with the Italian Neo-Impressionists. Due to the lack of economic opportunity offered in Italy following the war, in 1945 Imero and his brother Armando left the country for a new start. After living in Argentina and Guatemala with his brother, Gobatto eventually stopped in New York City on his return home to Italy. There he met his future wife, Josette Ardouin.

In 1964, after 14 years and 31 moves, they settled permanently in Camden Maine. Here he established Two Harbors Studio and settled into his passion of making art. He eventually began a style of painting that would become recognized for years to come. He painted the scenes of his coastal surroundings, utilizing his training on Neo-Impressionist techniques he studied in Italy to create beautiful work that captured the light and energy of these landscapes.

Stop by Blue Raven Gallery to see the work of Imero Gobbato or visit our website for more information on the artist and his work.

Imero Gobbato (b.1923 - d.2010)
“Sailboats, Sunrise, in Maine” 1980
Original Oil on Canvas
Signed Upper Left
20.25 x 36.25 in
Framed 25.50 x 41.50 in
$25,000

Flat File Friday!

Jean-Gabriel Domergue was born in 1889 at the height of the French Belle Epoque which was the golden age of art technology and commercial prosperity. Domergue was heavily influenced by everything this period produced such as galleries, cafes, impressive shops, and fashion accessories in store fronts. He also found artistic inspiration in people watching. He was particularly inspired by “ladies of the evening” - attractive women from a lower income background who found a career in acting, singing, dancing or ballet, and achieved fame and status in society through wealthy art patrons. Emile Zola, Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec externalized this archetype in their roles as dancers at the Folies-Bergeres and Moulin Rouge. This left a lasting impression and source of artistic inspiration on Domergue. After his time at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts he took an interest in “ladies of the evening.” He perfected what he referred to as the modern “pin-up” - women with swan-like necks, wide eyes, and long thin bodies. To Domergue, they were depicted to embody the same airiness and sparkle as champagne.

Stop by Blue Raven Gallery to see the work of Jean-Gabriel Domergue or visit our website for more information on the artist and his work.

Jean-Gabriel Domergue (b.1889 - d.1962)
“Monte-Carlo - Art Deco,” 1937
Rare Vintage Poster
39 X 24.62 in
Framed 47 x 32.5 in
$3,950

Charles Reid was an artist, teacher, and author. He was born in Cambridge, New York and attended the University of Vermont and Art Students League of New York. His work beautifully captures light and color. He won many awards nationally and internationally for his watercolor and oil paintings including the Childe Hassam Purchase Prize at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the National Academy of Design and the American Watercolor Society. In 1980 he was elected to the National Academy of Design. He is considered a master of watercolor and he is the author of eleven books on the medium and taught workshops internationally on watercolor painting.

Visit Blue Raven Gallery to see the work of Charles Reid in person.

Charles Reid
“Breakfast Bacaro”
Oil on Canvas
Signature Bottom Right
18 x 22 in
Framed 25 x 29 in
$6,500

Lisa Tyson Ennis captures what the eye cannot. Using extended exposures, the film can collect the changing light. As light passes across the landscape, the film gathers a composite of light as it travels with time. It is this resulting quality of light that intrigues her, and which seems to suggest a certain timelessness. She works in large and medium format camera, black and white film, handmade toner and oil paints. When Lisa is in the field she would be in very low light, looking for that ethereal but brief unison of light and landscape. This appears to both representational and symbolic. Each piece is hand printed in the darkroom which allows her to paint with light to enhance and intensify the image collected on the film. By seeking subjects that are visually quiet, the quality of the light itself becomes a large part of the subject and the essence of the piece.

Plan a visit to the gallery to see Lisa Tyson Ennis’s work in-person or visit our website for more information on the artist and her work.

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Lisa Tyson Ennis
“We All Love the Same Moon” (16/40)
Limited Edition Toned Silver Gelatin Print
17.25 x 13.75 in
Framed 26.75 x 22 in
$1,600

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Lisa Tyson Ennis
“Fishing Weir, Study 1” (4/40)
Limited Edition Toned Silver Gelatin Print
13.75 x 13.75 in
Framed 26.25 x 22 in
$1,500

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Lisa Tyson Ennis
“Fishing Weir, XXII, The Intruder” (6/40)
Limited Edition Toned Silver Gelatin Print
13.75 x 13.75 in
Framed 26.25 x 22 in
$1,500

Shane Fero, born in Chicago Illinois in 1953, has been a flameworker creating glass works for 50 years and maintains a studio next to Penland School in North Carolina. He creates beautiful birds made of glass in stunning variations. He participates in international symposia and conferences through lectures and demonstration. Fero is an accomplished educator and has taught nationally and internationally. His work can be found in private and public institutions worldwide. He has had over 33 solo exhibitions since 1992 and has participated in over 400 group exhibitions during his career. He is the Past-President of the Board of Directors of the Glass Art Society and received the Lifetime Membership Award from GAS in Chicago in 2014, honored in 2009 for Extraordinary Contribution to the Glass Art World, Salem Community College, Carney’s Point, NJ, and Award for Significant Contributions to the Chinese Glass Community from the Hejian Government, Hejian, China in 2017.

Visit Blue Raven Gallery to see the gorgeous glass birds from Shane Fero or visit our website for more information on the artist and his work.

Shane Fero
Red Wave, 2023
Flameworked Glass & Acid-Etched
4 x 6.75 x 3 in
$680

Shane Fero
Penland Autumn, 2023
Flameworked Glass & Acid-Etched
3.70 x 5.50 x 2.60 in
$680

Shane Fero
Cobalt Striper, 2023
Flameworked Glass & Acid-Etched
3.75 x 5.90 x 3 in
$680

Shane Fero
Quincy Quail, 2023
Flameworked Glass & Acid-Etched
4.40 x 6 x 3 in
$680

American painter and sculptor Robert Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana in 1928. He is a prominent figure in American art since the 1960s and was an essential artist to the development of assemblage art, hard-edge painting, and Pop art. He was a self-proclaimed “American painter of signs” and created an extremely original body of work delving into the American identity, his personal life, and the powerful impact of abstraction and language.

In 1965, the Museum of Modern Art commissioned Indiana to design a Christmas card, for which he created a motif with the word “love,” and the following year he translated the work onto canvas; this would come to be the template for undoubtedly his most iconic work, LOVE (1966), an aluminum sculpture of the word with a tilted “O.” The work catapulted the artist to fame, and iterations of the sculpture have been installed worldwide—and even came to be a United States postage stamp design. Their work would grow to include a myriad of popular expansions upon LOVE and its predecessor Hope, all in Indiana’s Clarendon font. Following the reveal of these works, Indiana’s career continued to be a critical success, and he continued to make works, both with personal and political imperatives, until his death in 2018. Indiana’s legacy is unique in that in many ways it has been difficult to categorize. Although he never identified with the movement, his stylistic similarities with Pop art had a distinct effect on the movement.

Visit Blue Raven Gallery to see the work of Robert Indiana on display or visit our website for more information on the artist and his work.

Robert Indiana (b.1928 – d.2018)
LOVE (Blue, Red) (180/225), 1978
Limited Lithograph
Signature on the Plate
33 cm x 33 cm
$800


Robert Indiana (b.1928 – d.2018)
LOVE (Green, Pink, Blue) (166/225), 1978
Limited Lithograph
Signature on the Plate
33 cm x 33 cm
$800

Robert Indiana (b.1928 – d.2018)
LOVE (484/500), 2018
Painted Polystone
6 x 6 x 2.80 in
$850

Flat File Friday!

Jp Gibson is a 25-year-old photographer from San Antonio, Texas, currently working at Maine Media Workshops + College. He received his MFA from Lesley University in May of 2024, and his undergraduate degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2022.

Jp has extensive experience in both digital and analogue processes, and has operated Canham, Hasselblad, and Canon systems. His work has been published in a multitude of different magazines and exhibited in both group and solo shows.

“From the age of 10, I was tasked with being the “man of the house.” I wore the hat awkwardly, like most kids would, and it never sat comfortably on my head. I played the roles of victim and abuser, actively participating in the continuous family dysfunction. For most of my life, the things I’ve said have weighed heavily on me. Until now, I’ve never had the right words to say—or the courage to find them. The language of these photographs is a part of my effort to bridge the gap that exists between me and my family. They exist at the intersection of love and pain, past and present, and are meant to show the beauty of these people who I care for so deeply and have hurt so much.”

BRG currently holds five prints of Jp’s body of work “In the Shadow of this Mountain.”

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Jp Gibson
In the Shadow of this Mountain #1, 2024
Platinum Palladium
9.50 x 7 in
$500

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Jp Gibson
In the Shadow of this Mountain #2, 2024
Platinum Palladium
10 x 8 in
$500

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Jp Gibson
In the Shadow of this Mountain #4, 2024
Platinum Palladium
9.75 x 7.5 in
$500