About
Hello, I'm June
I'm June, an abstract painter working out of a converted sail loft on the Portland waterfront.
Artist statement
I paint what a place feels like after you have stopped looking at it. The harbor in fog, a field in August, a hallway at the end of the day.
Most paintings start outside, with a pencil sketch and a few notes about color. Back in the studio I build them up in thin layers of oil and cold wax, then scrape and sand back into them until something true shows up.
I want the paintings to be quiet enough to live with and strange enough to keep looking at.
Bio
I grew up on the coast of Maine, studied printmaking in Boston and spent ten years as a scenic painter for theaters before going full time in my own studio in 2021.
When I am not painting I am usually walking the Eastern Promenade with a sketchbook, or teaching a small cold wax workshop in the studio.
- Studio
- The Sail Loft, Portland, Maine
- Works in
- Oil, cold wax, acrylic and oil pastel
- Painting full time since
- 2021
- Visits
- By appointment, most Saturdays
CV
Shows and study
Solo shows
- 2027Tidewater, Fore Street Gallery, Portland, ME (upcoming)
- 2024Quiet Rooms, The Sail Loft Studios, Portland, ME
Group shows
- 2025Small Works, Harbor Arts Center, Rockland, ME
- 2023New Members, Maine Painters Guild, Brunswick, ME
Education
- 2011BFA in Printmaking, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
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