Art and Culture

Good Reads — Issue 155
More favorites from the bookshelf.

New Murals Bring Life to Old Walls
New murals add color to Maine’s public art movement.

Impressions of Newfoundland
Flower pressings and a poem, inspired by Newfoundland’s environs.

Animal Visions
Artist Dan Falt is known for his beguiling wooden animal sculptures.

James Fitzgerald: Monhegan Modernist
Monhegan has inspired many painters, including James Fitzgerald. This year the island’s art museum turns 50 and a new book celebrates Fitzgerald’s work.

Good Reads — Issue 152
Summer reading ideas

Granite Companions
Sculptors Kazumi Hoshino and Jesse Salisbury work from the local to the international—from the coast of Maine to an island in Japan’s inland sea—turning granite into works of art.

The Art of the Commission
Yes, you can do it: you can order up a special work of art—and contribute significantly to its creation.

The Artist and the Ardent Admirer
The complex relationship between an artist and an ardent admirer: collector Susan Myers and painter Paul Rickert.

Fitz Henry Lane Painting in Searsport Museum
A Fitz Henry Lane painting joins the PMM collection