A multi-genre Maine artist who discovered new creative possibilities with neon sculpture in recent years is going all in on the medium with the establishment of a dedicated studio in Portland.
Charlie Hewitt bought 67 Brentwood St., in Portland’s Deering Center neighborhood, from Gail Diamon for $425,000.
Loren Ayer of Harborview Properties and Kate Carey of Vitalius Real Estate Group brokered the deal, which closed July 1.
The property comprises a one-story, 6,240-square-foot retail building dating to 1930. The building has an attached greenhouse and there’s also a separate three-bedroom apartment and 10 parking spaces.
Former florist shop
The property was previously occupied by Dodge the Florist Inc., which was established in 1890, according to its website.
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Abstract artistâs career has taken twists and turns
SURRY â An artistâs life can bend and twist in ways that often only make sense from a distance. For Jodi Edwards, now in her mid-50s and living an artistâs life in a rebuilt farmhouse, the journey was as important as where she landed in late middle age. And like many journeys of self-discovery, hers cannot easily be sorted into a beginning, middle and end.
âI started out as an artistâs model,â she said. âAnd I got really good at it.â
Raised in a home where the arts were heavily promoted â âMy parents were both frustrated artists,â Edwards said â she painted a mural on her bedroom wall as a middle-schooler. Fast forward 10 years or so, and with a bachelorâs degree in liberal arts behind her, she began modeling for New York City art colleges and transitioned to a professional art modeling career, which she continued into her late 30s.
Maine Jewish Museum hosts online art auction
Another virtual auction will benefit Partners for World Health.
Courtesy of Maine Jewish Museum
Recently reopened after a destructive fire, the Maine Jewish Museum in Portland is hosting an online art auction curated by Barridoff Galleries founders and former owners Annette and Rob Elowitch. More than 75 artists offered work for the auction, including many of Maine’s leading contemporary artists.
A preview of the artwork available in the auction is open on the Maine Jewish Museum website, and the auction will run online for two weeks, beginning at noon Sunday, through May 9. Proceeds will benefit the museum’s mission of supporting and honoring Maine’s Jewish community and building “bridges of appreciation and understanding with people of all backgrounds,” according to a press release.
In photos: A sign of hope at Curtis Memorial Library
Artist Charlie Hewitt recently donated one of his HOPEFUL electric signs to the Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick.
Curtis Memorial Library s HOPEFUL sign with newly replaced, colored lights. C. Thacher Carter / The Times Record
After loaning his work to the library, artist Charlie Hewitt recently decided to permanently donate one of his “HOPEFUL” electric signs to the Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick.
The sign now hangs inside the library, right after the entrance on the left-hand side.
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