résumé

exhibits:

July 2021 Local Color: an almanac of Maine painting, solo show, Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
October 2020 Trouble in Paradise, Pop-Up Gallery, Monson Arts, Monson, Maine
August 2020 Reflections, group show, Blue Hill Public Library, Blue Hill, Maine
July 2020 Surpassing the Ordinary, group show, Littlefield Gallery, Winter Harbor, Maine
June 2020 At Sea: new paintings of the Maine coast, solo show, Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
October – November 2019 Framing Maine, group show, Lord Hall Galleries, University of Maine, Orono, Maine
August – September 2019 H2O, group show, Betts Gallery, Belfast, Maine
August 2019 Long Ledge Artists' Retreat, group show, Dark Harbor Studio and Gallery, Islesboro, Maine
August 2019 Vacationland, group show, Blue Hill Public Library, Blue Hill, Maine
June 2019 Wild Life, solo show, Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
August 2018 View Points, group show, Blue Hill Public Library, Blue Hill, Maine
October – November 2018 Trees, group show, Betts Gallery, Belfast, Maine
June 2018 Tree and Cloud, solo show, Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
August 2017 Recent Work, two-person show, Northeast Harbor Library, Northeast Harbor, Maine
August 2017 Island Light, group show, Blue Hill Public Library, Blue Hill, Maine
June 2017 Water and Stone: Schoodic and Mount Desert Island, solo show, Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
May 2017 2017 Invitational, group show, Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
May – October 2017 Maine Wood(s), group show, L.C. Bates Museum, Hinckley, Maine
November – December 2016    Long Ledge Artists' Retreat, group show, Elizabeth Moss Galleries, Falmouth, Maine
October 2016 Art of Acadia, group show, Northeast Harbor Library, Northeast Harbor, Maine
May – June 2016 Postcards from Home, solo show, Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
May – October 2016 Open Spaces: Reimagining Pastoral Maine, group show, L.C. Bates Museum, Hinckley, Maine
November – December 2015 Still Life, group show, Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
November – December 2015 Small Works Holiday Show, Stockton Springs Community Library, Stockton Springs, Maine
August 2015 Maine Icons, group show, Islesboro Historical Society, Islesboro, Maine
June – August 2015 Horizons, solo show, Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
May – October 2015 Artists on Site, group show, Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton, Connecticut
November – December 2014     Extravaganza 2014, group show, Åarhūs Gallery, Belfast, Maine
October 2014                                New Work and New Artists, group show, Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
August 2014                                  Penobscot Potluck, group show, Islesboro Historical Society, Islesboro, Maine
June – July 2014                          Sea Level, solo show, Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
May – June 2014                         2014 Invitational, group show, Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
May 2014 Sky, group show, Åarhūs Gallery, Belfast, Maine
February 2014 Close to Home, solo show, Belfast Co-op Café, Belfast, Maine
November 2013 Art in Maine, group show, Boothbay Region Art Foundation, Boothbay Harbor, Maine
August 2013                                  Long Ledge Artists’ Retreat, group show, Islesboro Historical Society, Islesboro, Maine
July 2013                                       Around Penobscot Bay, solo show, The Juice Cellar, Belfast, Maine
June – July 2013                          Maine Landscape Painters, group show, Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
May – June 2013                          2013 Invitational, group show, Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
May – June 2013                          New Work, group show, Handworks Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine
March 2013                                   44N 69W: Radius Belfast, group show, Åarhūs Gallery, Belfast, Maine
May – June 2012                          2012 Invitational, group show, Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
May – June 2012                          Island Memories, group show, Handworks Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine
March 2012                                    44N 69W: Radius Belfast, group show, Åarhūs Gallery, Belfast, Maine
October 2011                                  Horizons, solo show, Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library, Boothbay Harbor, Maine
August 2011                                    Home and Away, group show, Blue Hill Library, Blue Hill, Maine
July 2011                                         Art Under the Eaves, group show, Seal Harbor Library, Seal Harbor, Maine
July 2011                                         Long Ledge Artists’ Retreat, group show, Islesboro Historical Society, Islesboro, Maine
July – August 2011                        Inside/Outside the Maine Coast, group show, Couleur Collection, Falmouth, Maine
May – June 2011                           2011 Invitational, group show, Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
April – June 2011                          2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial, group show, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
March 2011                                     44N 69W: Radius Belfast, group show, Åarhūs Gallery, Belfast, Maine
August – September 2010           Tidelines, solo show, Edna & Lucy’s Café, Pownal, Maine
July 2010                                        New Work, solo show, Handworks Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine
July 2010                                        Art for land's Sake, group show, Vinalhaven Land Trust, Vinalhaven, Maine
June – July 2010                           Pleased to Meet You, group show, George Marshall Store Gallery, York, Maine
March 2010                                    44N 69W: Radius Belfast, group show, Åarhūs Gallery, Belfast, Maine
February – March 2010               Margins of Safety, solo show, Art Galleries of the University of Maine, Machias, Maine
August 2009                                   Night and Day, group show, Blue Hill Library, Blue Hill, Maine
July 2009                                        Long Ledge Artists’ Retreat, group show, Islesboro Historical Society, Islesboro, Maine
June – July 2009                           Island Artists, group show, Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, Ellsworth, Maine
March 2009                                    44N 69W: Radius Belfast, group show, Åarhūs Gallery, Belfast, Maine
August 2008                                   Art Under the Eaves, group show, Seal Harbor Library, Seal Harbor, Maine
August 2008                                  Waterline to Watermark, group show, Blue Hill Library, Blue Hill, Maine
June – August 2008                      Home Truth, two-person show, Lord Hall Galleries, University of Maine, Orono, Maine
April – August 2008                      Recent Work, group show, Earth First Gallery, Bangor, Maine
October – December 2007            Recent Work, solo show, CancerCare of Maine, Bangor, Maine
August – September 2007            Pattern & Light, group show, Blue Hill Library, Blue Hill, Maine
June – July, 2007                           New Work, group show, Handworks Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine
May – June 2006                           Artists of Great Spruce Head Island, group show, Handworks Gallery, Blue Hill, Maine

education and professional development:

September – October 2020 Artist-in-Residence, Monson Arts, Monson, Maine
July 2018 Slow Art, workshop, Monson Arts, Monson, Maine
October – November 2015           Artist-in-Residence, Acadia National Park, Schoodic, Maine
June 2012                                        Art Week, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine
October 2008                                  Artist-in-Residence, Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton, Connecticut
2006 – present                               Annual painting retreats, Bear Island and Islesboro, Maine
June 2005                                        Art Week, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine
1998 – 2001                                    Continuing education classes, book-making, University of Maine, Orono, Maine
1997                                                  Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, University of Maine, Orono, Maine
1990                                                  Bachelor of Arts in Art History, concentration in Studio Art, Magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa,
                                                           Colby College, Waterville, Maine

publications:

2021 Local Color: an almanac of Maine painting, solo show catalogue, Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
2020 At Sea: new paintings of the Maine coast, solo show catalogue, Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
Sarah Faragher: a painter in alignment with nature, article by Carl Little,
Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors magazine January/February 2020
Voices from the Coast / Maine Coast Heritage Trust / Celebrating 50 Years,
edited by Alix Hopkins and Sophie Nelson, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Brunswick, Maine
2019 Wild Life, solo show catalogue, Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
2018 Coastal Maine: A Keepsake, Antelo Devereux, Jr., Schiffer Books, page 49
2018 Tree and Cloud, solo show catalogue, Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
2017 Water and Stone: paintings of Schoodic and Mount Desert Island, solo show catalogue,
Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
2016                                                  Art of Acadia, David Little and Carl Little, Down East Books
2016                                                  Postcards from Home, solo show catalogue, Landing Gallery, Rockland, Maine
2012                                                  Maine Home + Design April 2012, page 54
2011                                                  ARTnews September 2011, Volume 110/Number 8, page 120
2011                                                  2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial Catalogue, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
2009                                                 Island Artists, Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, Ellsworth, Maine
2009                                                 Drawing New Audiences, Expanding Interpretive Possibilities: Artist-in-Residence Programs
                                                           of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.

late-day radiance, from bear island, maine - oil/panel, 12" x 9", 2017