DAMARISCOTTA — River Arts invites the public to join Kendra Denny of Camden on Saturday, November 22nd at River Arts West Gallery for an opening reception from 3-5pm of her solo encaustics show. This show runs through December 3 and will feature all of her recent encaustic work as well as pieces from her residency at the Burren College of Art in Ireland last Spring.
Kendra has been a painter for much of her life, however she only started working with encaustics after taking a workshop at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in 2011. Both the history of the medium and the wonderful versatility of working with wax had an immediate appeal. Having grown up in the Midcoast region of Maine, her art has always been influenced by the rich tradition of craft in this area. She has often dabbled with themes of history and cultural heritage, while always remaining tied to the sheer physical beauty of the region she calls home.
Kendra Denny studied sculpture and painting at Hampshire College and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She has received several awards for her work including a grant from the Reger Arts Foundation and two partial fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center. Her paintings have been exhibited in galleries throughout Maine, Maryland, Ohio and Washington DC. In 2008 and 2010 The Smithsonian Institution commissioned her to paint two murals for their annual Folklife Festival. Additionally in 2010, her painting “The Model School” was featured on the cover of The New Guard Review (a literary review published in Portland, Maine).
River Arts is located at 241 US Route 1 in Damariscotta and is open Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 4 pm and Sunday 10-2pm. For inquiries call 207-563-1507, email info@riverartsme.org or visit the website www.riverartsme.org
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