Summer is in full swing at Joy to The Wind Gallery. John’s busy doing custom picture framing for our customers and for our art. Mornings and evenings find him tending the gardens, picking raspberries and lettuce greens which he loves to share with our neighbors. Sometimes he will squeeze in a little time for painting in the studio.

Lynne begins each day by enjoying summer’s early mornings. A long walk with a friend is followed by selecting fresh blooms from the flower garden and making bouquets for the house and gallery. Then, every day, at 10 am she opens the shop. Tending the gallery is a joy. Greeting new faces- excited to view our art  and to explore the Harbor. Often welcoming returning friends and catching up on their lives. Because Boothbay Harbor’s beauty draws people from all over the nation and even farther reaches of the world-Every day is new! And, as anyone who summers here can attest, summertime moves very very fast. We are already on the cusp of August! 

The gallery is filling with more new paintings, framed and ready for display. Currently John has put the final touches on some of his ongoing “Glyph” series. These Zen like abstracts feature intriguing, bold characters (graphic symbols) placed over vivid fields of color.  In other directions, new abstract pieces playfully push and pull multiple colors and patterns. Some are heavily layered, creating rich textures. Some are light and airy, the colors swept spontaneously over the canvas. It is exciting to see them up on the walls!

Friday, August 2 Joy To The Wind Gallery will celebrate the fleeting summer with “Musings & Abstractions,” and a Wine and Chocolate Reception from 5-7 p.m. Please stop by and check out the work. This celebration coincides with the First Friday Art Tour which is happening at several wonderful galleries around the harbor. So make an evening of it!  Look for the full First Friday line up in the Boothbay Register. This exhibit will be on view for the month of August.

Joy To The Wind  Gallery is located at 34 Atlantic Ave., Boothbay Harbor. (Just over the historic footbridge if you are on walking and around the inner harbor by car)  Open 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily and extended hours for the First Friday Art Tour. Call  207-633-7025 for more information.  Also at joytothewind.com