Beth Lambert

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Artist’s Statement

What I sense and feel about what I see is very important when I paint. I am a plein air painter and when I decide on a subject, I pay careful attention to the first moment of attraction. Why am I drawn to this? What is it that I love? What shapes and colors strike me? I make a quick color-crayon sketch to catch the moment. I do this before my mind clutters the image with insignificant detail, advising me what’s “right and wrong.” Then, keeping true to my gut reaction, I develop the painting. I may be initially attracted, for instance, to a line of pointed conifers atop a yellow hill under a cloud-crazed sky. These are the essential images that grab me. I hold on to these perceptions even if later I observe that the field is really not so yellow or the trees so pointed. I believe that my first, honest, heart-felt response is what I have to contribute as an artist. It is not realism, then, that I am after, but rather an expression of Nature, which reflects my inner self. Nature offers us a mirror reflection of who we are. Just as She is beautiful, abundant, expansive and vibrant, we are too. By keeping true to my initial perceptions, I strive to paint this mirror reflection.

Education

2008 Fellowship, Johnson Studio School, Johnson, Vermont

2007 Scholarship, Great Spruce Island Artweek

University of Texas at Austin (1979) BFA in Studio Art, with Honors

Exhibitions

2008 “Upcountry Landscapes” Courthouse Gallery, Ellsworth, Me.

2008 Group Exhibition, Courthouse Gallery, Ellsworth, Me.

2007 - 08 Group Exhibitions, Susan Maasch Fine Art, Portland Me.

2008 Great Spruce Island Group Show, Handworks Gallery, Blue Hill, Me.

2005 - 06 Gallery Artist, Clark House Gallery, Bangor, Me.

2004 Waterville Art Society Juried Show, Second Place for Oils

2003 “Scenes Close To Home” Solo Show, Clark House Gallery, Bangor Me.

2002 “Small Landscapes” Carl Little Juried Show, Clark House Gallery

2001 Bangor Art Society Juried Show - “Best of Show,” (First Place for Pastels, Second Place for Oils)

Gallery Representation

Clark House Gallery, Bangor, Me

Susan Maasch Fine Art, Portland, Me

Courthouse Gallery, Ellsworth, Me.

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