EXHIBIT RECEPTION: "Capturing Maine" with works by Rozanna Patane, Martha Hesse, and Lewis Woodaman

York Public Library’s November and December art exhibit, “Capturing Maine” features the work of painters Rozanna Patane and Martha Hesse and sculptor Lewis Woodaman. The show will be on display November 1 through December 27, with an artists reception on Tuesday, November 12 from 5-7 PM.

The three artists have over a half century of combined years in York. They each love the natural world and all Maine has to offer. That love is reflected in their art.

ROZANNA PATANE paints with both acrylics and oils and also likes to sketch. Although she attended the Art Institute of Boston, she took time off to raise a daughter and to pursue a career in finance. She returned to painting and is now building a studio in her home in York. In her own words: “I grew up in Maine so, of course, the natural world has always infused my work. I’m especially interested in the elusive intersection of nature’s beauty and the abstract form in painting. Recently I have focused on how color and light unfold in the natural forms we’re lucky enough to see around us every day.”

MARTHA HESSE paints with both oils and pastels. After attending the Rhode Island School of Design, she spent over 25 years as Art Director in Denver and Miami. She was always interested in painting but it wasn’t until she moved to York 20 years ago that she pursued it seriously, inspired by the beauty all around her. In her own words: “Painting gives me a feeling of personal expression. I love the whole process – from composing the image and mixing the right color to ensuring my brushstroke conveys the right feel for what I am seeing. I started experimenting with pastels and found them to be fun and evocative in a different way than oils.”

LEWIS WOODAMAN is a sculptor. He began carving when he was a boy growing up on Lake Winnipesaukee. He majored in Botany in college but spent a great deal of time in the Art department. He moved to Maine in the early seventies and took full advantage of the amazing resource of wood and stone all around him. From cutting down the tree to the finished product, he uses hammer, chisel and sandpaper to find the form that lives inside. In his own words: “Anything that’s three dimensional, you have to deal with the space around it and create a positive and negative space at the same time. I don’t know what’s behind my pieces. I guess it’s hard to describe it. If I could, I’d be poet.”

"Capturing Maine" will be on display during the months of November and December in the library's upper level, lobby, and display cases.  

York Public Library is located at 15 Long Sands Road, York, Maine, and is open Monday-Thursday 10am-7pm, Friday 10am-5pm, and Saturday 10am-2pm. 

Learn more about this exhibit at yorkpubliclibrary.org/art.

Coming in January:  Roz Fedeli - A "Community Collects" Exhibit