September Artist:
Kathleen Fox:
St. George People and Places
On Display:
The show is on display from through Wednesday, September 23rd.
Opening Reception
Join the artist from 4:00 to 6:00pm on Friday, September 4th. Light refreshments will be served.
Kathleen Fox’s September show, St. George People and Places, features paintings of fishermen of all ages in St. George, along with the places their families live and play.
“I only paint what is fun and interesting to me,” explains Fox, “so, for example, Ellie Mae, portrayed in ‘Bound by Tradition,’ is a 6th generation fisherchild bound by her family to the boats and to the sea. ‘Jimmy's House’ is left in the winter cold by the passing of our beloved former state legislator, historian, and raconteur, Jimmy Skoglund. The ‘Littlest Lobsterman,’ James, is determined to join the daunting lobstermen in Port Clyde, where the older guys end up giving him advice and watching out for him. And ‘Lobster Boys’ Dave and Lewis (who has passed away) fish the Atlantic for lobsters off Tenants Harbor on a lazy summer day sometime in the past.”
“Who can say,” continues Fox, “that Village Ice Cream is not the perfect place to find yourself on a Port Clyde summer afternoon? The four little girls in this painting are me and my three sisters, who never got to visit Village Ice Cream in real life. These are all real places and people, and all are meaningful to me and, I hope, to residents and visitors to the St, George peninsula.”
The show will be on display through Wednesday, September 23rd.
Would you like to see your work displayed at the Jackson Memorial Library?
We are still taking applications for the second half of 2027. See the application form below.
PHOTO: avis turner’s 2025 show at the library