Point of Schoodic Art Essay

At the Point of Schoodic with a Splash
Art Essay

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Basalt Reveal at Schoodic Point,
Acadia National Park, ME
Kim Mathews (1973- ), American
Oil on panel, 12" x 9" (w x h), 2022
Not For Sale

Source: Various, edited
Kim Mathews is an American painter and landscape architect. She paints plein air and in her sunlit studio in Brooklyn, NY. She received a BFA in Painting (1975) and the University of NC at Chapel Hill, NC and a Master of Landscape Architecture in 1983 at the University of Pennsylvania. Her award-winning design career and recognition as a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects stems from her work at a landscape architectural firm, MNLA, she co-founded in New York, NY. "I trained in the fine arts and practiced as a landscape architect for many years. I am inspired by water movement... Working primarily in oils, I paint both plein air and in my Brooklyn studio. All work is inspired by direct observation or from my own photography." The artist's website is HERE.

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Perpetual Interplay
Warren Harden (2002- ), American
Oil on canvas, 36" x 24" (w x h) 2025

Source: Artist Facebook and various, edited
Warren Harden, 23 years-old, lives in Winter Harbor, Maine, up the road from Schoodic. "With each Schoodic Point piece I find myself connecting more and more with this incredible place. I always find myself drawn to Schoodic scenes because it's a place that never changes. There is comfort found in things that never change. I find that out on Schoodic. You can always count on the waves that go out then crash right back in." His acrylic portrait of Joshua Chamberlain hangs in the State House, Augusta, Maine. What inspires him to paint? "Seeing my grandfather's paintings, he has a ton of paintings and they're incredible. My dad, too, would sit there and do these incredible pieces and drawings. And so, I've kind of always been motivated by them to try to do some good stuff and get some of my own stuff that I can show my kids someday," Harden said. The artist's website on Facebook is HERE.

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Schoodic Study
Daisy de Puthod (1954- ), American (born in France)
Oil

Source: Various, edited
Born in Paris, France, to an artistic family, Daisy de Puthod moved to the U.S. in the late 1960s. She graduated from the Colorado Institute of Art with a degree in Commercial Art. Originally an illustrator and portrait artist, Puthod works in watercolor, pastel and oil. After moving to New York, she expanded her work to include illustrations for advertising and book publishers, including Marvel Comics. She is a Signature member of the New York Plein Air Painters and a member of the Mid Atlantic Plein Air Painters. The artist's website is HERE.

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Surf, Ledges, Schoodic, Maine
Sarah Faragher (1967- ), American
Oil/panel, 14" x 11" (w x h), 2023

Source: Artist's website bio edited
Sarah Faragher (1967- ) was born in Bar Harbor, Maine, grew up in downeast Addison, studied art history and painting at Colby College, and the University of Maine, and now lives and work as a professional painter in mid-coastal Stockton Springs, Maine. In 2015 she was an artist in residence at Acadia National Park at Schoodic Point. Her distinctive style brings forth Maine islands, and the beauty of the Maine coast in a consistently unique way. Her art has appeared in books by Carl Little. "If I had to describe my work in five words, I would say: shadowy areas surrounded by light." She's represented by Landing Gallery, Rockland, Littlefield Gallery, Winter Harbor, and George Marshall Store Gallery, York, all in Maine. The artist's Facebook Page is HERE. The artist's website is HERE.