Maine painters highlight new Stadler show

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Michael Branca’s ‘Reclining Branch’

The Stadler Gallery will close this year’s summer season with an exhibition of two Maine painters, Michael Branca of Bath and Forrest Meader of Skowhegan. Both exhibitions will be on view from Sept. 1 through Oct. 13.

Branca will show selections from three bodies of recent work. The Bouquet Series presents unusual variations on traditional genres of painting, such as bouquet still lifes and reclining figures. One may find a paper bag full of newspapers, an arrangement of clip lights in a vase, or van Gogh’s sunflowers transplanted into a blender.

Plein Air oil paintings are painted on site in locations throughout Maine, including works from a two week painting expedition in the Maine mountains. And finally, in Narrative Paintings Branca addresses the relationship between humans and nature in fantastical and conceptual pieces of work.


A painting in Forrest Meader’s “Homage and Exploration.”

In his exhibition “Homage and Exploration,” Meader explores his educational background in anthropology at the University of Maine and Arizona. He identifies with the South Pacific wood carver whose mind set is to work in partnership with his materials and create something together.

There will be a reception for the artists on Saturday, Sept. 27, from 2 to 4 pm.

The Stadler Gallery is open daily from noon to 4 pm and by appointment. Please view www.stadlergallery.com for more information.

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