"Louise Bourne's paintings offer a visceral response to the physical world.  They are deeply emotive, felt responses to the artist's immediate surroundings.  Light, atmosphere, elements of the landscape, corners of sunny porches, the interior of the studio- wherever she turns her keen eye and probing brush, we are rewarded with paintings that reflect her deep intelligence and curiosity about the world.  Like the paintings of Fairfield Porter, Bourne's paintings make us care about the most humble and yet most universal of subjects, our everyday lives."  Suzette McAvoy, Director, Center for Maine Contemporary Art.

 

Bio

I hold a BFA from Portland School of Art (now Maine College of Art), and an MFA from the University of Michigan. My work is in collections throughout this country and in the UK. I teach at the college and elementary school levels, as well as privately. 

2011

Gallery 61 Black and White: Extreme Value, New York

Grant to study in Rome

Newton Free Library, One person show, June, Newton

George Marshall Store Gallery, Garden to the Kitchen, York

Ten High Street, Camden

Leighton Gallery,  Holly Meade and Friends, Blue Hill

Blue Hill Library Gallery, Home and Away, curated by Jennifer Mitchell

Cape Elizabeth Land Trust, Wet Paint Auction

Tarratine Gallery, Castine

Aarhus Gallery, Furniture Show, Belfast

Bourne Studio Gallery for studio visits

2010

Gallery 61, Winter Warmth, New York

George Marshall Store Gallery, Pleased to Meet You, York

Blue Hill Library Gallery, Inside Outside, curated by Marion Dillon Morris and Alice Dillon

Elizabeth Moss Gallery, solo show, Falmouth

Heliker LaHotan Foundation, Artist in Residence

Tarrantine Gallery, Castine

Blue Hill Wine Shop, Blue Hill

2009

Owen Art Gallery, Artist in Residence Exhibit, Gould Academy, Bethel

Broome Street Gallery, Shades of Italy, New York

Elizabeth Moss Galleries, Falmouth

Courthouse Gallery, Fairfield Porter and The Art of Great Spruce Head Island, Ellsworth

Courthouse Gallery, Maine Artists and the Figure, Ellsworth

Blue Hill Library Gallery, Night and Day, Curated by Jennifer Mitchell
 

2008

Moss Gallery, Northeast Harbor

Courthouse Gallery, Ellsworth

Blue Hill Library Gallery, Waterline, Curated by Jennifer Mitchell
Galeyrie Fine Art, Falmouth, Maine
Artist in Residence, Fall Semester, Gould Academy, Bethel, Maine

2007

Smith Killian Fine Art, The Kitchen Show, Charleston

Anne Irwin Fine Art, Invitational Show, Atlanta

Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill

Galeyrie Fine Art, Falmouth

Moss Gallery, Northeast Harbor

Flanagan Fine Art, Strong Elements, Portland
Elan Fine Art, Contours, Invitational,Rockport

2006

Smith Killian Fine Art, The Maine Show, Charleston

Paintings of Maine, a New Collection, by Carl Little, Down East Books

Courthouse Gallery, show curated by Carl Little, Ellsworth

Galeyrie Fine Art, Figurative Show, Falmouth

Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill

gWatson Gallery,  Stonington

Four Winds Gallery, Bristol, RI

Collectors

Public and Private Collections throughout the United States and London

One Person Shows

2011 Newton Free Library Gallery, Newton, Ma.

2005 Husson College Gallery, Bangor, Maine

1985-2003 The Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine

2003 Owen Art Gallery, Gould Academy, Bethel, Maine

2003 Elan Fine Art, Rockland, Maine

1999 Clark House Gallery, Bangor, Maine

1999 NTWH Gallery, Belfast, Maine

Education

1992 MFA, University of Michigan School of Art, Ann Arbor

1988 BFA, Portland School of Art (now Maine College of Art)

Selected Group Shows

1985-2007 Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine

2003-2007 gWatson Gallery, Stonington, Maine

2005-2007 Galeyrie, Falmouth, Maine

2005 Blaine House, Governor’s Residence, Augusta, Maine

2005 “Surviving Winter in Maine” juried by Bruce Brown

Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine

2003-2005 Elan Fine Art, Rockland, Maine

1989-2005 McGrath Dunham Gallery, Castine, Maine

1999-2000 Davidson and Daughters, Portland, Maine

1997 Wendell Gilley Museum, Southwest harbor, Maine

1996 Aitken Bicentennial Exhibition, St. John, New Brunswick

1995 “Makers 95” juried show, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME

1994 The Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME

1993 Annual Invitational Exhibition, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan

Awards, Honors

2011 Travel to Rome, under a faculty grant from the Maine Maritime Academy

2005 Good Idea Grant, Maine Arts Commission, Augusta, Maine

2004 Colby College Board of Trustees, Gift Purchase, Waterville, Maine

2004 Full Scholarship, Artists on Great Spruce Head Island Residency

2001 Presenter,16th Annual Women’s Studies Conference, Colby College

1994 Maine Community Foundation Grant for Annunciation Collaboration

1990-1992 Fellowship, University of Michigan School of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1992 Grant for Study in Italy, Rackham School of Graduate Studies

1991 Scholar, Center for the Education of Woman, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1991 Redstone Award, University of Michigan School of Art

Teaching

1999 - 2011 Adjunct Faculty, Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, Maine

2003 - 2010 Visiting Artist, Gould Academy, Bethel, Maine

1988 - 2010 Private Workshops in painting and drawing

1997 - 2010 Painting and Art, The Bay School, Blue Hill, Maine

1992 - 1999 Adjunct Faculty, University of Maine, Augusta

1990 - 1993 Instructor and Visiting Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor