Shanna Compton

Dreaming at Dawn runs August 1 through September 30 in Bangor. We had more than 100 people show up for the opening night on August 6! Please stop by to check out the show before it comes down. Peter Walls curated an incredible range of work—70 pieces from more than 50 Maine artists. You can also browse the catalog and purchase art directly from the Union of Maine Visual Artists website. (Sales also benefit the artist union and the public library, two of my favorite cultural orgs.) I have two small paintings in the show, from my Dream Shapes series.

I’ve been painting all summer, but also getting out to see as much art by other people as I can. The biggest news from the studio is practical yet exciting—in July I finally finished installing my 10-foot x 8-foot  painting wall! So now I have the space to work much bigger, and it’s much easier to work on several things at once. The wall and studio in general (still a WIP) are dreams that took a long while to make reality. “Creating the conditions” has been instantly inspiring—I’ve already got a whole new series of paintings I’m finishing up and hope to show soon.

My next exhibition will be WORD.ART at Cynthia Winings Gallery. WORD.ART is the visual art exhibition component of the WORD Festival held annually in Blue Hill—the opening will be October 22, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., and the show will be open to visitors every day during the festival, October 22–25. Details about that in the next issue of INKY.

My book of collages, Deep Whoosh, is available here on my website, or locally at Anodyne Bookshop in Searsport, and Makers’ Market Shop & Studio in Sargentville, or Blue Hill Books in Blue Hill. Your favorite indie bookstore can order it too (from Asterism). As always, if you’re in the Blue Hill area you can find some of my original prints and greeting cards at Makers’ Market Shop & Studio in Sargentville.

Thanks for stopping by.