Sally Loughridge Gallery

From early childhood, I have been drawns to artistic pursuits, whether a crayon sketch of seashells, a mobile made from driftwood and coral, or a watercolor image of my Baltimore neighborhood.  I have painted throughout my life, but have had no formal art education beyond occasional workshops and classes.

As my children grew older, I became able to pursue my art interests more fully,  In 1999, I moved permanently to Maine.  I now paint almost daily and think about art in virtually all my conscious hours.  I have been fortunate to study with excellent painters and teachers through area classes and workshops, particularly at Round Top Center for the Arts in Damariscotta. 

Visual art provides an invigorating and challenging focus in my life.  The complex and mysterious interplay of form, color, texture, light and movement in ocean, sky, forest, or garden is a compelling stimulus for my painting.  Working in pastel, watercolor and oil, I specialize in land and seascapes, both real and imagined.  I am particularly drawn to scenes when change is underway - such as an approaching storm, the edge of spring, or the rising moon.  I hope to stir the viewer emotionally, whether in memory or anticipation.

The spring 2007 closing of Round Top Center for the Arts, where I  taught for five years, has saddened many regional artists and art supporters alike.  Fortunately, River Arts  and several other arts organizations are under development to broaden the arts opportunities in mid-coast Maine in a financially sustainable manner.   I  am enriched by interaction with many fine and diverse artists in a variety of volunteer capacities.

I continue to paint with pastels and increasingly with oils.  I am exploring figure painting as well as the land and seascapes that abound in Maine.  I remain drawn to the juncture of natural elements -- sea, sky, land -- as light and shadow play upon them.  

Address/Communications                                Education       
South Bristol, Maine                                          B.A., Smith College 1966
207 644 1835/fax 207 644 1836                          Ph.D., Cornell University 1977
www.sallyloughridge.com
 
Art Training and Study            
Vermont Artists’ Week, Johnson Studio Center 1995
Classes: Maryland Institute of Art, New York School of Visual Arts,
Round Top Center for the Arts, Shelburne Craft School
Workshops or classes with: Ted Arnold, Anne Ayvaliotis, Thomas Curry, Doug Dawson, Christina Debarry, Frank Federico, Kathleen Galligan, Roberta Goschke, Albert Handell, Anne Heywood, Marlene Loznicka, Terry Ludwig, Kathleen Mack, Richard McKinley, Don Meserve, Susan Ogilvie, Robert Spring, Susan Swinand, Lorraine Trenholm, John Whalley, Whittier Wright
 
Individual Exhibitions             
Field Work, Tidemark Gallery, Waldoboro, ME 9/29 - 10/29/11
Miles Memorial Hospital, Damariscotta, ME 9/26 - 11/12/09
Along the Kennebec Estuary, Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, ME 9/10 - 12/21/09
Along the Kennebec Estuary, Mae's Cafe, Bath, ME 6/7 - 9/2/09
Anticipations, Tidemark Gallery, Waldoboro, ME 4/1 - 25/09
Coastal Edges, Archipelago Fine Arts, Rockland, ME 3/21 – 6/28/08
Earth Sky Water, Round Top Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, ME 2006
Bristol Area Library, Bristol, ME 2005
Recent Paintings, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 2005
Coastal Reflections, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 2004
First National Bank of Damariscotta, Damariscotta, ME 2004
Vestibule Gallery, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME 2002
Earth, Sky, and Water, Miles Hospital, Damariscotta, ME 2001
Isabel’s on the Waterfront, Burlington, VT 1998, 1997 (2), 1996, 1995, 1989
Chapters Café and Bookstore, Shelburne, VT 1996
Daily Planet Restaurant, Burlington, VT 1989
The Lazy Dog Café, Burlington, VT 1989

Juried and Invitational Exhibitions
Midwinters Night Dream, Chocolate Church Art Gallery, Bath, ME 2012
Color and Light, River Arts, Damariscotta, ME 12/9/11-1/12/12 (Jacques Vesrey juror)
Local Color,Bayview Gallery (five person show), Brunswick, ME 2011
Her Mark – Paintings by our Women Artists, Bayview Gallery, Brunswick, ME 2009
Still Life, River Arts, Damariscotta, ME 2009
Flowers, River Arts, Damariscotta, ME 2009
A Collection from the Sea and Shore, Archipelago Fine Arts, Rockland, ME 2009
Art2008, 13^th Annual Juried Show, Kennebec Valley Art Association, Hallowell, ME 2008
O Wind, If Winter Comes. . . , Jonathan Frost Gallery (small group show), Rockland, ME  
            2/15 – 3/28/08
Winter Works, Bayview Gallery, Brunswick, ME 2008 - 2009
Annual Holiday Exhibit, Bayview Gallery, Brunswick, ME 2007, 2008, 2009
On the Surface: Works on Paper, Bayview Gallery (small group show), Brunswick, ME 2007
On the Rocks, Gallery 5, Lewiston, ME 2007
Art2007, 12^th Annual Juried Show, Kennebec Valley Art Association, Hallowell, ME 2007
Studio Connections:  Artists supporting MPBN, Gallery 5, Lewiston, ME 2007
44 Degrees Latitude, Atlantic Challenge, Rockland, ME 2007
Whalesback to Breakneck Hill – a Painter’s Journey (two person show), Maine Art Gallery,
            Wiscasset, ME 2006
Local Color, Bayview Gallery (four person show), Brunswick, ME 2006
Migrations, Archipelago, Rockland, ME 2006
Diminutive Masterworks, Firehouse Gallery, Damariscotta, ME 2005 – 2006
Festivo Project, Phoenix Loft Gallery, Belfast, ME 2005
For Pastels Only, on Cape Cod, Annual International Exhibition,
            Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, Chatham, MA 2005, 2007
For Pastels Only, Pastel Painters of Maine Juried International Exhibition,
Kennebunk, ME 2000 – 2003, 2005 – 2007
Eleven Pleasant Street Gallery Juried Exhibition, Brunswick, ME 2005
Maine Art Gallery Juried Show, Wiscasset, ME 2000, 2003 – 2006, 2010
Inaugural, Autumn Hues, and Small Works Shows, Camden Falls Gallery, Camden, ME
            2002
Hay Gallery, Portland, ME 2002
Chocolate Church Arts Center Juried Show, Bath, ME 1999, 2001, 2002 (2)
A Splash of Color, SONO Arts Festival, Marshall Street Gallery, South Norwalk, CT 1999

Selected Group Exhibitions    
The Art of Giving, Damariscotta River Grill, Damariscotta, ME 2011-2012
Monhegan Perspectives IV, Mae's Cafe & Bakery, Bath, ME 2011
Painting Maine II, Damariscotta River Grill, Damariscotta, ME 2011
In Celebration, River Arts Gallery II, Damariscotta, ME 2010
Monhegan Perspectives III, Archipelago Fine Arts, Rockland, ME 2010-2011
Painting Maine, Damariscotta River Grill, Damariscotta, ME 2010
Monhegan Perspectives II, Damariscotta River Grill, Damariscotta, ME 2009
Monhegan Perspectives, Damariscotta River Grill, Damariscotta, ME 2008
Summer Member’s Exhibition, Kennebec Valley Art Association, Hallowell, ME 2007
The Color of Light, Mae’s Café (four person show), Bath, ME 2006
6, Eleven Pleasant Street Gallery (six person show), Brunswick, ME 2005
Seasons, Pastel Painters of Maine, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 2005
Maine Horizons, Sea Studio Gallery (three person), Tenant’s Harbor, ME 2003, 2004
Faculty Show, Round Top Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, ME 2003, 2005, 2007
Members’ Show, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME 2000 – 2007
Members’ Show, Round Top Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, ME 1999 – 2006
Pastel Painters of Maine Holiday Exhibition, Kennebunk, ME 2003 – 2004  

Awards                        
Terry Ludwig Silver Award, For Pastels Only, Pastel Painters of Maine Juried International
            Exhibition 2007
Best Pastel, Art2007, 12^th Annual Juried Show, Kennebec Valley Art Association 2007
Crystal Productions Award, For Pastels Only, Pastel Painters of Maine Juried International
            Exhibition 2005
Art Mart Award, For Pastels Only, Pastel Painters of Maine Juried International Exhibition
            2002
Raymond Cote Memorial Prize, For Pastels Only, Pastel Painters of Maine Juried
            International Exhibition 2000

Publications
Loughridge, Sally, "Get Art Smart" in The Pastel Journal (Cincinnati, OH:
           F+W Publications Inc., December 2010)
Loughridge, Sally and Jeannie Fine, “The Maine Event” in The Pastel Journal
          (Cincinnati, OH: F+W Publications Inc., October 2008)
Loughridge, Sally, “Monhegan Perspectives – six artists ◦ two weeks ◦ on island” in
            Lincoln  County Magazine (Newcastle, ME:  Lincoln County Publishing, June 2008)
Fine, Jeannie and Sally Loughridge, “From Whalesback to Breakneck Hill – A Painter’s
            Journey” in Pastelink (Barnstable, MA: The Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod,
            Summer 2006)

Affiliations                              
Maine Art Gallery
Pastel Painters of Maine, Signature Member
Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod
Pastel Society of America, Juried Associate Member
Pemaquid Group of Artists
Tidemark Gallery

Related Experience
Instructor, soft pastel painting workshops, Farnsworth Museum 2008 -- 2009
Gallery talk and demonstration, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME 2008
Instructor, soft pastel private painting classes and workshops 2007 --
Faculty, Round Top Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, ME 2002 – 2007
Co-Chair, Gallery Committee, Round Top Center for the Arts, 2006 – 2007
Instructor, Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath, ME 2005
President, Board of Trustees, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME 2003 – 2005
Member, Board of Trustees, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME 2002 – 2006
President, Board of Directors, Pemaquid Group of Artists 10/11 -
Recording Secretary, Board of Trustees, Pemaquid Group of Artists 2002 – 2010
Co-Curator, Fin, Feather, and Fur, Maine Art Gallery 2004
Curator, Blossoms – Real and Represented, Maine Art Gallery 2003
Curator, Pastel Perspectives, Maine Art Gallery 2002

2012 Representation
Archipelago, Rockland, ME; Pemaquid Art Gallery, Pemaquid Point, ME, Tidemark Gallery, Waldoboro, ME