“ A FLINTSTONE AUTUMN,” by Hilmar Gottesthal. IMAGE PROVIDED BY HARPSWELL AGING AT HOME
HARPSWELL
International artist Hilmar Gottesthal will host an exhibition and art sale to benefit Harpswell Aging at Home this month.
The exhibition and sale will take place from 1-7 p.m. Friday, June 22, and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 23, at the Orr’s Island Schoolhouse. At 5:30 p.m. both days, the artist will talk about his work, and wine and cheese will be served.
Gottesthal — known for his painting, sculpture, and stained glass — will display a variety of his works. He drew international attention with his squid ink drawings, using sepia ink he developed from the cuttlefish squid; some of these unique quill-drawn pieces will be included at the exhibition.
Gottesthal’s painting style can be described as pointillistic and sometimes mosaic-like. A reviewer in Le Progres, a newspaper in Lyons, France, describes his watercolor technique as “delicate and fluid” and comments he “passes on his message like a poet philosopher.”
He has had solo exhibitions in Austria, Turkey, Greece, England, France, Germany, Mexico, and numerous states in the U.S., and his work is included in numerous private collections. In 2002, Gottesthal was invited to the artists’ reception at the White House for the stained glass Christmas ornament he made for the National Tree; this ornament has become part of the permanent collection.
He resides in Western Maryland, with his photographer wife, Penny Knobel-Besa.
Gottesthal will donate 30 percent of the proceeds of the sale of his art to Harpswell Aging at Home, a community organization helping older adults address the challenges of aging at home.
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