Gleason Fine Art in Boothbay Harbor has two new shows on display — Janice Anthony: At One With Nature and Tom Curry: New Work.

The opening reception for both shows is Sept. 1, from 5-7 p.m. The public is invited, and the two shows run through Oct. 3.

JANICE ANTHONY

A Jefferson resident, Anthony is a contemporary realist painter. A long-time member Tom Crotty’s Frost- Gully Gallery in Freeport, Anthony joined the Gleason roster of artists upon Crotty’s death two years ago. The gallery welcomed Anthony’s realist landscape paintings.

Anthony lives in rural Jefferson, where she and her husband raise cattle. Anthony’s resume includes numerous solo and group shows at several galleries. Her paintings hang in many public collections, including Unum, in Portland, and the McGraw-Hill Companies in New York City. Her paintings also appear in many books and magazines, including the Little/Skolnick series, Paintings of Maine, Paintings of Maine in Winter, and Paintings of Maine Islands.

For her solo show Janice Anthony: At One With Nature, Anthony has given the gallery a dozen new paintings.

TOM CURRY

Curry lives in Brooklin where he focuses on the tiny, uninhabited island of Chatto, which sits in Blue Hill Bay in sight of his studio. Curry paints Chatto at all times of day and in all types of weather.

His show’s centerpiece, a 48-by-57-inch oil painting titled “ Venus,” depicts a summer day in Maine. Puffy, white clouds float in the sky above Chatto and are reflected in the sea below, enveloping the green island.

When Curry can take his eyes off Chatto, Brooklin’s serrated coastline and dozens of islands offer the artist a number of possibilities to paint. In “The Meadow,” a striped sky fills the top half of the painting while the lower half takes the viewer from the mainland to a wooded island, and then to the distant hills beyond. The striped sky plays against spring greens and the reds and oranges of blueberry shrubs.

Both shows, Janice Anthony: At One With Nature and Tom Curry: New Work, may be viewed on the gallery’s website: gleasonfineart.com. For further information, call Gleason Fine Art at (207) 633- 6849, or send an email to info@gleasonfineart.com. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.