September 14 – October 30, 2026

Rooted In Art:
Celebrating Our Coastal Region

RECEPTION & POETRY READING
Wednesday, September 16, 5–7pm
(Poetry Reading begins at 6pm)

Rooted In Art  This special fall exhibition concludes a season of events marking Courthouse Gallery’s 20th anniversary. While the spring exhibition, “Ellsworth As Muse,” honored the gallery’s hometown, “Rooted In Art” turns its attention to the broad network of coastal communities surrounding the gallery and the deep connection to place shared by the individuals who form the gallery’s extended artistic family. Rooted In Art brings together visual artists and poets to create personal interpretations of a “sense of place” within the region. Here, water, weather, and light continually shape the landscape, giving this beloved stretch of the Maine coast its quiet, enduring beauty. An exhibition catalog is available on request.

Exhibition Catalog
Rooted In Art
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Rooted In Art Participating Poets
Hollie Adams: Schoodic
Ron Beard: Bar Harbor / Bass Harbor
William Carpenter: Bucksport
Brian Francis: Blue Hill
Beatrix Gates: Brooksville
Annaliese Jakimides: Winter Harbor
Stuart Kestenbaum: Penobscot
Carl Little: Somesville / Stonington
Welsea Sidon: Seal Cove
Georgia Williamina Zildjian: Castine
Rooted In Art Participating Artists
Berenice Abbott (1898–1991): Prospect Harbor
Janice Anthony: Corea
Philip Barter (1939–2024): Sullivan
Jeffery Becton: Bar Harbor
Siri Beckman: Otter Cove
Judy Belasco: Schoodic
Ard Berge: Winter Harbor
Carroll Thayer Berry ( 18861978): Bass Harbor
Ragna Bruno (1935–2026): Hancock
Gretna Campbell: Great Cranberry Island
Tom Curry: Deer Isle Thorofare
Heidi Daub: Blue Hill
Gregory Dunham: Castine
Lisa Tyson Ennis: East Blue Hill
Philip Frey: Prospect Harbor
Rick Fox: Seal Harbor
Chenoweth Hall (1908–1999): The Sands, Cape Split
Kate Hanlon: Stonington
William Irvine: Harriman Point
Richard Keen: Echo Lake / Surry
Joseph Keiffer: Brooksville / Somesville
Holly Meade (1956–2013): Sedgwick
Alison Rector: Bucksport
Robert Shillady: Brooklin
ROBERT SHILLADY
BROOKLIN
Brooklin, Maine: An Allegory, Circa 2025
acrylic on panel, 48 x 64 inches
$30,000 PHILIP FREY
PROSPECT HARBOR
Late Afternoon, Low Tide
oil on linen, 36 x 48 inches
$10,000 JOSEPH KEIFFER
SURRY
Purple Tree No. 13: Surry
acrylic, oil, and vinyl paint on canvas
28 x 30 inches
$3600 KATE HANLON
STONINGTON
Lobster Fisherwoman
while-line woodblock
12 x 16 inches, edition of 25
$1500 unframed
$1850 framed RICK FOX
SEAL COVE
Afternoon, Bracy Cove
oil on canvas,
30 x 40 inches
$5500 GRETNA CAMPBELL (1922–1987)
GREAT CRANBERRY ISLAND
Back Shore Sunset
1984
oil on canvas, 38 x 42 inches
$18,000 RAGNA BRUNO
HANCOCK
Wave
oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches
$8000
JEFFERY BECTON
Watermark
photomontage, 20 x 30 inches
edition of 12
$4000
JUDY BELASCO
SCHOODIC
Schoodic Changing Weather
oil on canvas, 15 x 22 inches
SOLD
LISA TYSON ENNIS
EAST BLUE HILL
Liminal, Curtis Cove
archival pigment print
14 x 14 inches, edition of 20
$1500
$1800 (framed) WILLIAM IRVINE
HARRIMAN POINT
Day Moon Over Harriman Point
oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches
$5400 JANICE ANTHONY
COREA
Corea Ledges
acrylic on linen, 10 x 14 inches
$2300 HEIDI DAUB
BLUE HILL
High On The Mountain
acrylic on paper, 22 x 26 inches
$2600 HEIDI DAUB
BLUE HILL
The Long View
acrylic on paper, 15.5 x 12 inches
$1800 ARD BERGE
WINTER HARBOR
Habitat (Sea Turtle, Seal, Seabird)
oil on linen, 16 x 16 inches
$2200 RICHARD KEEN
ECHO LAKE
Echo Lake, Acadia
acrylic and oil on canvas
30 x 30 inches
$3800 GREGORY DUNHAM
CASTINE
Evening Glow
watercolor, 11 x 15 inches
$4400 ALISON RECTOR
BUCKSPORT
Buck Memorial Library
oil on linen, 24 x 24 inches
$4800 JOSEPH KEIFFER
BROOSVILLE
Brooksville Harbor
oil on canvas, 18 x 20 inches
$3500 JOSEPH KEIFFER
SOMESVILLE
Impending Shower
oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches
$3600 TOM CURRY
DEET ISLE THOROFARE
Yellow House
oil on panel, 24 x 60 inches
$14,000 RICK FOX
SEAL COVE
Bracy Cove, Mt. Desert
oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches
$3300 PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024)
SULLIVAN
Sullivan Harbor
2022
acrylic on board, 24 x 30 inches
$8000 CHENOWETH HALL (1908–1999)
THE SANDS, CAPE SPLIT
Plowed Grounds at the Sands
watercolor, 15 x 20 inches
$1800 ARD BERGE
View Toward Ironbound and Mount Desert Island
oil on canvas, 5 x 10 inches
$550 ARD BERGE
Summer Flowers Haul
oil on canvas, 14 x 11 inches
$600 BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991)
PROSPECT HARBOR
Prospect Harbor, Union Church
c. 1966
vintage silver gelatin photograph, 6 x 10 inches
$1800 BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991)
PROSPECT HARBOR
Flats in Prospect Harbor
c. 1966
vintage silver gelatin photograph, 10 x 10 inches
$1800 CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886–1978)
BASS HARBOR
Bass Harbor Light
1964
chiaroscuro wood engraving, 10.5 x 12.5 inches
$900 HOLLY MEADE (1956–2013)
SEDGWICK
On the Dock
woodblock print, 11 x 10 inches
edition of 7
$700 RICK FOX
SEAL COVE
Spring, Bracy Cove
oil on canvas, 11 x 14 inches
$2500 PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024)
Blueberry Ground
1972
oil on board, 16 x 20 inches
SOLD JEFFERY BECTON
Passing Green Ledge
photomontage, 16 x 36 inches
edition of 9
$3800
ROBERT SHILLADY BROOKLIN Brooklin, Maine: An Allegory, Circa 2025 acrylic on panel, 48 x 64 inches $30,000
Inquire
PHILIP FREY PROSPECT HARBOR Late Afternoon, Low Tide oil on linen, 36 x 48 inches $10,000
Inquire
JOSEPH KEIFFER SURRY Purple Tree No. 13: Surry acrylic, oil, and vinyl paint on canvas 28 x 30 inches $3600
Inquire
KATE HANLON STONINGTON Lobster Fisherwoman while-line woodblock 12 x 16 inches, edition of 25 $1500 unframed $1850 framed
Inquire
RICK FOX SEAL COVE Afternoon, Bracy Cove oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches $5500
Inquire
GRETNA CAMPBELL (1922–1987) GREAT CRANBERRY ISLAND Back Shore Sunset 1984 oil on canvas, 38 x 42 inches $18,000
Inquire
RAGNA BRUNO HANCOCK Wave oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches $8000
Inquire
JEFFERY BECTON Watermark photomontage, 20 x 30 inches edition of 12 $4000
Inquire
JUDY BELASCO SCHOODIC Schoodic Changing Weather oil on canvas, 15 x 22 inches SOLD
Inquire
LISA TYSON ENNIS EAST BLUE HILL Liminal, Curtis Cove archival pigment print 14 x 14 inches, edition of 20 $1500 $1800 (framed)
Inquire
WILLIAM IRVINE HARRIMAN POINT Day Moon Over Harriman Point oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches $5400
Inquire
JANICE ANTHONY COREA Corea Ledges acrylic on linen, 10 x 14 inches $2300
Inquire
HEIDI DAUB BLUE HILL High On The Mountain acrylic on paper, 22 x 26 inches $2600
Inquire
HEIDI DAUB BLUE HILL The Long View acrylic on paper, 15.5 x 12 inches $1800
Inquire
ARD BERGE WINTER HARBOR Habitat (Sea Turtle, Seal, Seabird) oil on linen, 16 x 16 inches $2200
Inquire
RICHARD KEEN ECHO LAKE Echo Lake, Acadia acrylic and oil on canvas 30 x 30 inches $3800
Inquire
GREGORY DUNHAM CASTINE Evening Glow watercolor, 11 x 15 inches $4400
Inquire
ALISON RECTOR BUCKSPORT Buck Memorial Library oil on linen, 24 x 24 inches $4800
Inquire
JOSEPH KEIFFER BROOSVILLE Brooksville Harbor oil on canvas, 18 x 20 inches $3500
Inquire
JOSEPH KEIFFER SOMESVILLE Impending Shower oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches $3600
Inquire
TOM CURRY DEET ISLE THOROFARE Yellow House oil on panel, 24 x 60 inches $14,000
Inquire
RICK FOX SEAL COVE Bracy Cove, Mt. Desert oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches $3300
Inquire
PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) SULLIVAN Sullivan Harbor 2022 acrylic on board, 24 x 30 inches $8000
Inquire
CHENOWETH HALL (1908–1999) THE SANDS, CAPE SPLIT Plowed Grounds at the Sands watercolor, 15 x 20 inches $1800
Inquire
ARD BERGE View Toward Ironbound and Mount Desert Island oil on canvas, 5 x 10 inches $550
Inquire
ARD BERGE Summer Flowers Haul oil on canvas, 14 x 11 inches $600
Inquire
BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991) PROSPECT HARBOR Prospect Harbor, Union Church c. 1966 vintage silver gelatin photograph, 6 x 10 inches $1800
Inquire
BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991) PROSPECT HARBOR Flats in Prospect Harbor c. 1966 vintage silver gelatin photograph, 10 x 10 inches $1800
Inquire
CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886–1978) BASS HARBOR Bass Harbor Light 1964 chiaroscuro wood engraving, 10.5 x 12.5 inches $900
Inquire
HOLLY MEADE (1956–2013) SEDGWICK On the Dock woodblock print, 11 x 10 inches edition of 7 $700
Inquire
RICK FOX SEAL COVE Spring, Bracy Cove oil on canvas, 11 x 14 inches $2500
Inquire
PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024) Blueberry Ground 1972 oil on board, 16 x 20 inches SOLD
Inquire
JEFFERY BECTON Passing Green Ledge photomontage, 16 x 36 inches edition of 9 $3800
Inquire