San Miguel Artist Angus Macaulay

Seacoastonline.com tells us about "An exhibition entitled “Mostly Maine” by Angus Macaulay will be on display at the Kennebunk Free Library in the Speers Gallery through Monday, June 22. The public is invited to view the exhibit during regular library hours (Monday and Tuesday 9:30 a.m. - 8 p.m., Wednesday 12:30 - 8 p.m., Thursday, Friday and Saturday 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.)"

(Note: The first picture here is on Zacatero, and the second sure looks like our front door on Umaran.)

Umaran #66???

“The exhibit Mostly Maine features work I have completed over the past two decades-most of which includes scenes of the rural lake region that surround Moosehead Lake as well as a bit of our coast," said Macaulay. "Three pieces were painted in Mexico, including two painted this past March while I concentrated on working with a pallet knife.

"Like most artists, my work continues to evolve, however, what interests me most and is likely to remain consistent in my work is the use of intense colors and the implication that light has on those colors. That’s why so much of my work will generally include bold colors and value changes in those colors as a result of direct sun, shadows or reflections of ambient light. I try to keep my subjects relatively simple while attempting to blend a degree of impressionism with photorealism.”

Macaulay is a lifelong cartoonist with some secondary school training. In 1995 he began to study on a weekly basis with Robert Scott Jackson, a Master of the Copley Society. He continues to spend two hours each week, eight months a year under Jackson’s guidance. From 2004 to 2009, while in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico for the winter, he worked with Keith Keller. For the last two years has been with Donna Dickson. “Besides being superb teachers, all three are successful working artists. I don’t think I could ever stop working with another artist simply because they offer great advice and are unvarnished critics of my work,” said Macaulay.

“Mostly Maine” will be highlighted in the first ArtWalk Kennebunk of the season on Friday, June 19, from 5 to 8 p.m. The Kennebunk Free Library is pleased and honored to be able to present the works of this talented artist.