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.
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Address/CommunicationsEducation South Bristol, Maine B.A., Smith College 1966 207 644 1835/fax 207 644 1836Ph.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 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 - 9/2/90 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 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, 13th 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, 12th 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 In Celebration, River Arts Gallery II, Damariscotta, ME 2010 Monhegan Perspectives III, Archipelago Fine Arts, Rockland, ME 2010 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, 12th 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 LincolnCounty 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 Related Experience Instructor, soft pastel painting workshops, Farnsworth Museum 2008 -- 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 Recording Secretary, Board of Trustees, Pemaquid Group of Artists 2002 – 2010 Member, Board of Trustees, Pemaquid Group of Artists 2002 - 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 2010 Representation Archipelago, Rockland, ME; Ingram Art & Antiques, Wiscasset, ME; Pemaquid Art Gallery, Pemaquid Point, ME
