The Thos. Moser Freeport Showroom in Freeport will feature contemporary artist Neil Welliver — known for his large-scale landscape paintings of the Maine woods — as well as works by his students and pieces depicting Acadia National Park and Mt. Desert Island beginning Saturday and running through Oct. 10.
Approximately 40 works by Welliver, spanning almost 40 years, will include oil and watercolor paintings, woodcut prints, linear and aquatint etchings, hand-colored etchings, silkscreens, lithographs, graphite drawings and graphite and watercolor drawings.
“The Neil Welliver show is extensive in size and medium, perhaps one of the largest installations of his work since his death in 2005,” said Laurie Perzley, art curator of the Thos. Moser Freeport Showroom.
All of Welliver’s students featured in the exhibit currently reside in Maine and were either taught by Welliver at University of Pennsylvania or locally in Lincolnville.
In celebration of Acadia National Park’s upcoming centennial, the Thos. Moser Freeport showroom will also feature artwork of Mt. Desert Island, the home of Acadia National Park’s 47,000 plus acres, by Maine artists including Linda Bail, Louise Bourne, Tom Curry, Kate Emlen, Gifford Ewing, Jim Kucheman, Marguerite Robichaux and Judy Taylor.
An opening reception will be held June 23 from 6-8 p.m. at the Thos. Moser Freeport Showroom, located at 149 Main St. in Freeport. Showroom hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call the showroom at (207) 865-4519 or visit thosmoser.com/freeport.
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