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 "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, Curator, Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine Louise Bourne35 Matchebiguatus Rd, Sedgwick, Maine 04676 2008Moss Gallery, Northeast Harbor, Maine 2007The Kitchen Show, Smith Killian Fine Art, Charleston, South Carolina Invitational Show, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia Galeyrie Fine Art, Falmouth, Maine Moss Gallery, Northeast Harbor, Maine Strong Elements, Flanagan Fine Art, Portland, Maine Bourne Studio Gallery, for studio visits 2006The Maine Show, Smith Killian Fine Art, Charleston, South Carolina Paintings of Maine, a New Collection, by Carl Little, Down East Books Features the painting, “From Schoodic”, above Courthouse Gallery, show curated by Carl Little, Ellsworth, Maine Figurative Show, Galeyrie Fine Art, Falmouth, Maine Group shows, Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill and gWatson Gallery, Stonington, Maine Four Winds Gallery, Bristol, Rhode Island Bourne Studio Gallery, for studio visits EDUCATION1992 MFA, University of Michigan School of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1988 BFA, Portland School of Art (now Maine College of Art), Maine ONE PERSON SHOWS2005 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 SELECTED GROUP SHOWS1985-2007 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, HONORS2005 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 COLLECTORSColby College Board of Trustees, Gift Purchase, Waterville, Maine Patricia McCurdy, Philadelphia Beth Gutcheon and Robin Clements, New York James Ryan, London Jim and Betsy Litton, Boston Judith Leighton, Blue Hill, Maine Jill Hoy, Somerville, Massachusetts Sarah and Dick Paget, Baltimore Ginger and David Peabody, Alexandria, Virginia Jean Messex, Vero Beach, Florida Bo and Barbara McCrum, Tiburon, California Patricia Bacon, Sausalito Peggy Stewart, South Portland Mary Cropp, Seattle Cynthia Norvelle, Beaumont, Texas SELECTED PAINTING COMMISSIONS2005 Mara and Peter Kruz, Georgetown, Maine 2005 Nancy and Dale Allum, Stonington, Maine 2004 Teresa Rankin, Washington, D.C. 2004 Brennan and Pat Starkey, Galena, Maryland 2003 Roxanne Quimby, Winter Harbor, Maine 2001 Children’s Hospital, Boston 1996 Center for Study of the Performing Arts, University of Maine at Orono SELECTED CERAMIC TILE COMMISSIONS2003 Richard Paget, Stonington, Maine 2002 Maine Public Safety Building, Houlton, Maine 1998 Bay State Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts 1997 Wales Central School, Wales, Maine 1996 Helen Thompson Elementary School, West Gardiner, Maine 1995 Madawaska Elementary School, Madawaska, Maine 1995 Eastport Elementary School, Eastport, Maine 1994 James Lowry 1994 William Harley and Deborah Block, Seaconk, Massachusetts 1994 Reeds Brook Middle School, Hampden, Maine 1991 The Sedgwick Elementary School, Sedgwick, Maine 1990 Paul Sullivan and Jill Knowles, Brooklin, Maine TEACHING1999 - 2008 Adjunct Faculty, Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, Maine 2003 - 2008 Visiting Artist, Gould Academy, Bethel, Maine 1988 - 2008 Private Workshops in painting and drawing 1997 - 2008 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 |