THE CANVAS-  March 2010 | by Suzette McAvoy Joellyn Duesberry, Jessica Stammen & Kristin Malin “You have the sky overhead giving one light; then the reflected light from whatever reflects; then the direct light of the sun; so that, … Continue reading →

  THE CANVAS-Jan/Feb 2010 by Suzette McAvoy Tom Paiement, Stew Henderson & William Manning “In a successful painting everything is integral…all the parts belong to the whole. If you remove an aspect or element you are removing its wholeness.” -Richard … Continue reading →

  THE CANVAS-Nov/Dec 2009 | by Suzette McAvoy Richard Keen, Dudley Zopp & Hannah Bureau “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” -Albert Einstein Geologics XIV, 2006, oil on canvas, 40” x 24” | Dudley Zopp … Continue reading →

THE CANVAS-October 2009 by Suzette McAvoy George Bayliss, Jennifer Whiting & Henry Isaacs “Color is the key. The eye is the hammer. The soul is the piano with its many chords. The artist is the hand that, by touching this … Continue reading →

THE CANVAS-September 2009 by Suzette McAvoy Janice Anthony, R. Scott Baltz & Jane Dahmen

THE CANVAS-August 2009 by Suzette McAvoy Alexandra Tyng, Louise Bourne & Thomas Paquette  

THE CANVAS-June 2009 by Suzette McAvoy Joshua Ferry, Mark Wethli & Grace DeGennaro Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot physically see with his eyes…to perceive beyond the tangible, to extract the infinite out of the … Continue reading →

THE CANVAS-May 2009 by Suzette McAvoy Among the changing months,  May stands confest The Sweetest, And in fairest colors dressed. -James Thomson Dynamic TensionOur human collaboration with nature is at the core of Avy Claire’s art. As a professional landscape … Continue reading →

THE CANVAS-April 2009 by Carl Little Mary Aro, Eric Aho & Dozier Bell Supported in part by a bequest from the painter William Thon and his wife Helen, late of Port Clyde, the Portland Museum of Art’s juried biennial has … Continue reading →

THE CANVAS-March 2009 by Suzette McAvoy Susan Headley van Campen, Monica Kelly & T. Allen Lawson A Light exists in SpringNot present on the YearAt any other period—When March is scarcely here-Emily Dickinson