62) Library Blocks - Exhibition

Watercolor Sketches Exhibition

62) Library Blocks

(Gift to the Library)
at the Springvale Public Library
on June 20, 2013, sketched on June 27, 2013

Watercolor on 140 lb. acid free Strathmore paper,
6"x 4" unframed, 8.375" x 6.375" framed, gifted framed

NFS

 selections from my daily sketching over the past year

June 27 to September 2, 2013
at the Springvale Public Library, 443 Main Street, Springvale, Maine
Library hours: Monday - Wednesday 9:30-7:00 pm,
Thursday 9:30-5:00 pm and Saturday 9:00-2:00 pm

Purchasing Paintings:

All watercolors (except 62, Library Blocks, a gift to the library) are for sale. The solid teak frames are included and may be hung or stand on a surface. The price is $100 plus $5.00 sales tax. For paintings sold during the exhibition I'll be donating half of all sales to the library's children's room. You may purchase online by emailing me at bruce@brucemcmillan.com or at the library's circulation desk, payment in check or cash at the library or check by mail to me, the painting marked sold upon receipt of the check. Once you've paid for your selection a silver star will be placed on the painting's title tag to indicate it's sold. However, paintings can not be picked up until after the exhibition closes on Labor Day, September 2nd. If you can not pick yours up, include $10.00 for shipping and I'll ship it to you.

No paintings are signed yet. All sold paintings will be signed on their back at the conclusion of the exhibition. Like Georgia O'Keeffe, I sign on the back to avoid the visual distraction of a signature.

The Exhibition Opening

June 27, 2013

Thank you Chip Schrader, Library Director, for enthusiastically hosting the exhibition opening event. It was great to see our librarians, Sheila Dube and Marie Plouffe, along with Pat McDougal, and Jack and Ellen McAdam, of McDougal Orchards where I photographed Apples How they Grow so long ago, Peter Goffin of Falmouth, my broker, and his wife Marsha Clark, Lynn Sudlow, retired Falmouth librarian, and her guest, Portsmouth attorney Stephanie, and my former UNH student Steve Gannaway, among others. -Bruce

Posted by retired Falmouth, Maine librarian Lynda Sudlow on the Maine Librarians On-line Bulletin Board, MELIBs, on July 2, 2013 were these kind comments: 

"The Springvale Public Library hosted an opening reception last Thursday for an exhibit by noted Maine children's book author/illustrator Bruce McMillan. No, it wasn't an exhibit of photographs, but a sizeable collection of delightful watercolors. Bruce has been exploring his creativity in other media and the result is proof that he is multi-talented . . . If you are in the area, I recommend stopping in and taking a look. Check the library's web page for details, www.springvalelibrary.org." -Lyn Sudlow