Glory of the Flower
Jean Kigel Studio/Gallery
1396 Back Cove Road, Waldoboro,ME
Watercolors and Asian Brush Florals
June 2021
This June
Jean Kigel Gallery in Waldoboro is featuring watercolors and Asian brush florals
inspired by Maine’s bulbs, tubers and trees. The “hosts of daffodils” that
ushered in the season, have now been followed by columbine, dogwood, lupine and
apple blossoms. As usual, seasonal
blooms, like iris, and rhododendrons direct her palette and her hand.
She finds the speed and rate of growth of flowers in Maine to be
something extraordinary. Seasons
creep up and just explode. Now
Kigel’s brush flies to keep up, but it can’t.
Watercolors are currently her favorite genre, and she paints directly
without preliminary drawings, pairing species and colors, and
leaving negative space.
Visitors are
welcome to explore the artist’s surrounding perennial gardens, and glimpse the
Muscongus Bay shoreline. Kigel states,
“For me observation is the key –drops of dew, and bug-eaten leaves are as
important to me as color and shape when I paint.”
Kigel is a
member of the Union of Maine Visual Artists and the Sumi-e Society of America.
This show can be seen in person at Jean Kigel Gallery, 1396 Back Cove
Road, and on line at
www.jeankigel.com.
The gallery is open daily by chance or by appointment.
For FMI call 832-5152.