FREEPORT
Artist Polly Smith’s take on the local landscape is on display this month at Freeport Community Library.
Her exhibit — “Around Freeport” — highlights her ability to manipulate layers of watercolors to get rich and interesting colors. According to a press release from the library, Smith “works to express what she feels at the spot using the endless possibilities of watercolor, remaining true to reality but unbound to it.”
A working member of the Stable Gallery in Damariscotta, Smith is a Freeport resident. Additionally, she has participated in art shows at Bucksport Along the Shore, Maine Coffee
Roasters, Clayton’s, Tao Yuan, Brunswick’s Art Walk, Edna and Lucy’s restaurant, Gallery Hair and various holiday sales since 2013.
Smith has painted in watercolors exclusively for the past decade, and her teachers have included Dewitt Hardy, Alvaro Castagnet, Mick Watson, Marguerite Lawler, Diana Johnson and Russell Whitten. She paints weekly with the Yarmouth Community House Artists in Yarmouth, and is a member of Maine Made Products.
For more information about the artist, visit pollydsmith.com; for more information about the library, call (207) 865-3307 or freeportlibrary.com.
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