Houlton’s Blue Moon Gallery displays Duncan’s paintings

by Staff Pioneer Times
14 years ago

    HOULTON — “My work is neither photograph, nor painting, but is somehow both at the same time,” said Bill Duncan during his gallery talk on Friday evening to a group of about 24 guests and friends of SACAP’s Blue Moon Gallery.
    The exhibit of paintings by William Lloyd Duncan of Madawaska Lake, Maine, is now showing at Blue Moon Gallery at Visions, 66 Main St. The show, entitled Wandering Maine and New Brunswick: Landscape and Community, is a collection of oil pastel paintings on photographs taken around the state and province. The public reception and gallery talk was Jan. 6.
    Duncan gives details of his technique, “Painting becomes both a subtractive process: covering the detailed texture of the photographic image, and an additive process: painting with hand-drawn lines and textures.”
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FS-Gallery-dcx1-pt-3ATTEND OPENING — The opening reception for artist William Duncan at Visions on Main Street in Houlton was attended by a group of about 30. Participating are, from left, Marge Melvin, Lani Lemerise, Gary Richards, Debra Bone Garibotto, Mary Etta Richards, William (Bill) Duncan, Jean Duncan, Iva Sussman. Bill is the nephew of Mary Etta and Gary Richards of Mapleton.
    Duncan lives and works in his home on Madawaska Lake with his wife, Jean who is a life-long fiber artist. He is a full time artist and freelance graphic designer. Duncan is from Caribou and worked at the University of Maine at Presque Isle for 20 years. He received a master of fine art in visual art from Vermont College of Fine Art in 2002. His paternal grandmother’s family is from Houlton. He is also learning to fiddle. Some of his work can be seen online at www.WilliamLDuncan.com.
    The exhibit is open through Feb. 24. The gallery hours are: Tuesday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
    For more information contact Visions Art Gallery at 532-9119, e-mail SACAP at SACAP@pioneercable.net or visit www.sacap.us.
    Southern Aroostook Cultural Arts Project, a non-profit, volunteer organization was founded in 1999. (Our) mission is to foster a flourishing arts community in northern Maine, creating an exciting cultural environment and a voice for art and artists.