Portland Art Gallery November Opening: Hoy, Dahmen, Simonds, Hopkins

An evening at the Portland Art Gallery with new work from four represented artists, hors d'oeuvres, and time to meet the artists in person. The November opening at the Portland Art Gallery features new work from four artists: Jill Hoy, Jane Dahmen, Nancy Simonds, and Eric Hopkins. Reception Thursday, November 5, from 5 to 7 p.m. at 154 Middle Street in Portland's Old Port, with hors d'oeuvres and time to meet the artists in person. The exhibition runs October 27 through November 23. Jill Hoy Maine painter whose vital landscapes include saturated plein air seascapes from Deer Isle alongside studio work drawn from memory and symbolic narrative, reflecting a life engaged with the coast. Listen on Radio Maine · Read in Off the Wall Jane Dahmen Maine painter whose large-scale works immerse viewers in the forests, rivers, and coastal landscapes of midcoast Maine, grown from walks near her Newcastle home and along the Damariscotta River. Listen on Radio Maine · Read in Off the Wall Nancy Simonds Boston-based painter whose large-scale abstract gouache paintings on paper and panel stack ovals and simple shapes into a feeling of calm, transcendent order. Eric Hopkins Maine artist raised on North Haven whose landscapes and seascapes explore the elemental exchange of earth, water, and sky, with work in the collections of the Farnsworth Art Museum and the Portland Museum of Art. Browse all of our represented artists.