September 8, 2019 | Leave a Comment |
There ‘s lots of great art in Maine!
Experience it by visiting these six museums (north to south).
Waterville
Colby Museum of Art
A collecting and teaching museum focussing on American art. It houses and displays the largest collection of John Marin and Alex Katz’ paintings as well as Richard Serra’s works on paper.
Rockland
Farnsworth Museum
There’s always something new and old on view at the Farnsworth. The museum has one of the nation’s largest collections of works by sculptor Louise Nevelson. Its Wyeth Center features works of Andrew, N.C. and Jamie Wyeth, which is extended by the Olson House (Christina’s World) in nearby Cushing.
Center For Maine Contemporary Art
A contemporary arts institution, presenting a year-round program of changing exhibitions featuring the work of emerging and established artists with ties to Maine.
Brunswick
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Assyrian reliefs in Maine? And much more! The Bowdoin art collection includes Antiquities, European,and American collections including memorabilia from Winslow Homer’s nearby studio.
Portland
Portland Museum of Art
Significant holdings of American, European, and contemporary art, as well as iconic works from Maine, the museum brings it all to life with unparalleled programming, from special events, family activities, and community conversations to PMA Films, curator talks, and tours of the Winslow Homer Studio—it’s all happening at the PMA.
Ogunquit
Ogunquit Museum of American Art
Celebrating its origins in Ogunquit’s art colonies it acquires, preserves, exhibits, and interprets American art.
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Looking for more fun things to do?
Maine Lighthouse Museum
One of the largest lighthouse museums in the United States.
Thomaston
Owl’s Head Transportation Museum
Its mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit and operate pre-1940 aircraft, ground vehicles, engines and related technologies significant to the evolution of transportation for the purpose of education. Special events offer car rallies and air shows.
Bath
Maine Maritime Museum
It sits on a 20-acre campus on the banks of the Kennebec River in “The City of Ships”. Daily cruises visit some of Maine’s most iconic lighthouses from the water and get an up-close look at Navy vessels under construction at Bath Iron Works.
– Find more museums in Maine here.
Category: Destination - Maine, Maine Tags: art, bowdoin, center for maine contemporary art, colby, farnsworth, lighthouse, maine, maritime, museums, ogunquit, owlshead transportation, portland
September 23, 2018 | Leave a Comment |
Find out about my Maine Fall Foliage Photography Workshop here.
Maine is beautiful! And it’s never more beautiful than in the autumn during harvest season. The air is crisp and the place comes alive with color. It’s extraordinarily picturesque. Here are a few highlights to look for this fall.
Mountains of color
Color on the water
Color in the air
Color on the ground
Fields of late season wildflowers
Blueberry fields so red they look like they’re on fire.
Sometimes they actually set the fields on fire.
Rocky quarries
Tumbled beach stones
Playful cairns
Quaint lighthouses
Working harbors
Rugged island life
Mysterious misty mornings
Rich evening after glow
And this is just the beginning. There are so many more reasons to visit Maine in autumn! Who knows what you’ll find.
Find out more about my Acadia Maine Fall Foliage Photography Workshop here.
Category: Destination - Maine Tags: autumn, beautiful, Color, fall, foliage, harvest, maine, season
September 9, 2015 | Leave a Comment |
I find making images with my iPhone extremely stimulating. For me, the device implicitly offers an invitation to play, reminding myself how important spontaneity is in making good images, and to experiment, growth and innovation require risk. Doing this offers me an opportunity to make images in situations, of things, in ways I ordinarily wouldn’t. It also raises very important questions, “When should I use a more professional tool?”, “When should I return to my standard practices?”, “What’s gained and what’s lost?” I haven’t found a single easy answer. I’ve found many hard ones – and more questions. Simply engaging this process has made me see in more versatile ways and make stronger images, both studies and finished works.
Here are a few of my recent experiments.
Use standard tools as props.
Bring new props.
Make postcards.
Combine photographs and drawings.
Make double exposures.
Create composites.
When I start making images with my iPhone that I would ordinarily make with a DSLR it’s probably time for me to switch tools – again.
Find out more about my Acadia Maine Fall Foliage Workshop.
Learn more about iPhone photography here.
Category: Destination - Maine, Images - iPhone, iPhone Tags: experiments, iPhone, maine
September 6, 2015 | Leave a Comment |
Every year, during my Acadia Maine Fall Foliage Workshop my assistant Charles Adams and I explore making photographs with our iPhones.
Charles talks about his experience.
“Making images with an iPhone can be a terrific creative exercise. If you regularly shoot with a DSLR, the iPhone can simplify things and offer a new experience. I find this to be the case during every fall foliage workshop. I leave my Canon in the car along with all of the photographic requirements and responsibilities that I usually attach to it. It’s a freeing experience. Suddenly the pressure to make the best photographs of my life is no longer there. I’m free to play.
Being able to process your images seconds after shooting them is also key to the iPhone experience. The many apps available make it possible to shoot, edit, share, and get feedback before even getting back in the car. In my case, apps have a direct effect on which pictures I chose to make. If I know I’m going to apply water color and oil painting filters to my images, I try to shoot accordingly. I set out to find good compositions with strong “bones” or solid structures that can benefit from the addition of dramatic effects.
The resulting images are fun to create. Changing the tools you use to make your images can offer new insights into your own photography. I strongly recommend allowing yourself to play.”
Visit Charles’ website here.
Find out about my Acadia Maine Fall Foliage workshop here.
Category: Alumni, Destination - Maine Tags: acadia national park, fall colors, fall foliage, iPhone, iphonography, maine, Photography, workshop
October 31, 2014 | Leave a Comment |
Jose Senna
While Maine’s Acadia National Park is one of the most visited parks in the nation, most visitors don’t make it up to the lesser known Schoodic peninsula (about an hour and half away from Bar Harbor by road, less by boat).
During my Fall Foliage workshop we immersed ourselves in this enchanting location for two days, staying at the Schoodic Institute.
Balachandar Venkatesan
Woody Stone
Scott Tansey
Thomas Barothy
Kathy Bristor
Al DeValle
Barbara Wrubel
Mike Buffis
Sherry Teefey
Bill Mauzy
Now that you’ve seen participants’ impressions in images read what they shared in words.
Read more
Category: Destination - Maine Tags: acadia national park, maine, Schoodic Institute, schoodic peninsula
October 20, 2014 | Leave a Comment |
During my recent Fall Foliage / Acadia Maine Workshop we explored many of the highlights of Acadia National Park; Cadillac Mountain, Sand Beach, Thunder Hole, Monument Beach, Sieur de Monts, Wonderland and more … including an overnight stay on the Schoodic Peninsula at The Schoodic Institute).
We had great color, great weather, and great light. Great weather means a little bit of everything; clear sunny days with direct light, overcast days with soft indirect light, fog and mist, even a little rain (perfectly timed, mostly over night). It was an almost perfect study of weather, the many lights it brings, and the many moods it creates. We oscillated between two powerfully magnetic poles, the colorful forests and dramatic seacoast.
People ask me if it’s challenging to make images in a place I’ve visited so many times. I tell them its like reconnecting with an old friend; the relationship gets deeper. What’s most challenging is that many of the subjects don’t complement and even challenge key aspects of my life’s work, so I take a lighter more personal approach and rather than rushing to finished professional results I engage in deep play, asking many questions and trying many things, both new and old, to find more clarity in my creative life.
Here are a few of the sketches I produced on sight with my iPhone.
You can enjoy many more images on Google+.
Find out about my next Fall Foliage / Acadia Maine Workshop here.
Email info@johnpaulcaponigro.com to receive advance notice on our next Acadia Maine Fall Foliage Workshop.
Category: Destination - Maine, Images - iPhone, Images - Studies Tags: acadia national park, autumn, fall foliage, iPhone, maine, schoodic peninsula
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