Art Guild members participated in a
cold wax workshop on June 6, 2023
AGK members (left to right):
Susan Mesick, Richard Winslow, Linda Van Tassell, Nancy Van Tassell, Ellen Pelletier, and Hillary Zayed.
Photo by Michael Fillyaw
Art Guild members partcipated in a plein air painting event in
Kennebunkport at the Captain Fairfield Inn, Capttain Jeffords Inn, and the Captain Lords Mansion on July 18, 2023.
AGK Awards Show Winners 2023
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An acrylic painting by Joseph Cousins of Freeport, titled “The Hoodlums of Dirty Cow Farm” won Best-in-Show in the annual Awards Show of the Art Guild of the Kennebunks held in Late August.
Guild President Linda Van Tassell described the event as “spectacular. Top to bottom, the work was first rate. All of our artists have reason to be proud.”
Cousins was among 30 artists from Southern Maine and neighboring New Hampshire, all members of the Guild, to enter work in the competition. His piece was described by judges as “evocative of Maxfield Parrish's magical use of light and color, it pulls the viewer across the room, tempting us to step in.”
Speaking of the piece himself, Cousins pointed to the crows, prominent in the foreground. “They are marvelous subjects to paint,” he said, “but they have the look and frequently the behavior of Hoodlums.” As for the farm, “I saw a farm like this once, just bogged down in mud...and the cows...well, they were bogged down, Too. Hence the name: Dirty Cow Farm. It just felt right.:
Judges Mary Ledue-Bell and Jeffrey Bell considered six categories of media. First place winners included Robert Milashewski (acrylic), Mike Maron (oil), Ellen Pelletier (pastel), Jan Van Tassell (watercolor), Carol McLeod (Photog- raphy) and Susan Colburn Motta (mixed media).
Both judges are artists in their own right, graduates of the University of Southern Maine and hold teaching positions at the University of Southern Maine. Mr. Ledue’s principal interest is sculpture and ceramics; Ms. Ledue has concentrated on painting.
Also on display during the three-day show was an acrylic piece by Dee Burdick entitled “Along the Shore”. It was raffled to support the Guild’s annual scholarship which goes to a Kennebunk High School senior with a demonstrat- ed interest and ability in the arts. The winner of that painting was Donna Cote of Dayton. The scholarship will be presented to a 2024 graduate of Kennebunk High School.