Celene Farris
Resume
Education
Basically self taught.
Certificate in Advanced Oil Painting, North Light Art School, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Attended 3-day and 7-day workshops with Barbara Applegate and David Curtis, among others.
Gallery Representations
The Prescott Gallery, McKinney, Texas
The Art Gallery, Stowe, Vermont
Allan David Gallery, Boothbay Harbor, Maine
Orison’s Gallery of Fine Art, McKinney, Texas
The Working Art Gallery, Belfast, Maine
The Ocean’s Edge Gallery at The Comfort Inn, Belfast, Maine
PS Gallery, Litchfield, Connecticut
Red Roof Gallery, Enfield, New Hampshire
Bucks County Gallery of Fine Art, New Hope, Pennsylvania
Magnolia Art Gallery, Greensboro, Georgia
Sea Fine Art Gallery, Calabash, North Carolina
Uptown Gallery, McKinney, Texas
Awards
Republican Journal’s “Best of the Best" People’s Choice Awards, artist category, 2008-2010.
Front cover of the Maine Travel Guide, Captain D Downeast.
Front cover of The 2003 Belfast Chamber of Commerce Guide.
Memberships
Plein Air Painters of Maine
Maine Arts Commission
The Maine Art Scene
Current
Artist.
Co-founder, co-owner The Working Art Gallery, Belfast, Maine.
Oil painting instructor.
Website design and maintenance.
History
October 2003 – Implemented the addition of a Visiting Artist’s Gallery on the second floor.
September 2003 - Gallery purchased building at 65 Main Street, Belfast, Maine, expanding to two floors.
2000- 2004 - Co-founder, coordinator and financial manager, Belfast Art Galleries Association, Belfast, Maine.
January 1999 - Oil painting instructor at the gallery.
January 1999 - Co-founder/owner, general manager and participating artist, The Working Art Gallery, Belfast, Maine.
The Working Art Gallery voted one of the best art galleries in Waldo County, Maine, by The Republican Journal’s
"Best of the Best" People’s Choice Awards 2007-2010
Shows and Events
September 2011 - “Great American Paint Out", Oil Painters of America, Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
July 2011 - Featured artist, Allen David Gallery, Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
May 2011 - Senior College Festival of Art, University of Maine, Hutchinson Center, Belfast, Maine.
October 2010 - Featured Artist, Uptown Gallery, McKinney, Texas
September 2010 - Plein Air Painters of Maine Show, Allen David Gallery, Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
September 2010 - “Great American Paint Out”, Oil Painters of America, Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
July 2010 - “Friendship Day’s Paint Out and Art Auction”, Friendship, Maine
May 2010 - Senior College Festival of Art, University of Maine, Hutchinson Center, Belfast, Maine.
October 2009 - First Annual Art Show & Auction, Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine
September 2009 - “Great American Paint Out", Oil Painters of America, Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
May 2009 - Senior College Festival of Art, University of Maine, Hutchinson Center, Belfast, Maine.
May 2008 - Senior College Festival of Art, University of Maine, Hutchinson Center, Belfast, Maine.
March 2008 - Matanzas Beach Art Show, Summer Haven, Florida.
September 2007 - Juried Art Show, P.S. Gallery, Litchfield, Connecticut.
August 2007 - Aldermere Farm Art Show, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Rockport, Maine.
May 2007 - Senior College Festival of Art, University of Maine, Hutchinson Center, Belfast, Maine.
April 2007 - 32nd Annual Juried Art Show, Anderson Art Center, Anderson, South Carolina.
March 2007 - Matanzas Beach Art Show, Summer Haven, Florida.
August 2006 - Aldermere Farm Art Show, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Rockport, Maine..
May 2006 - 26th Annual Juried Art Show, Bangor Art Society, Bangor Maine.
May 2006 - Senior College Festival of Art, University of Maine, Hutchinson Center, Belfast, Maine.
March 2006 - The Florida Artisans Show, Gainesville, Florida.
August 2005 - Aldermere Farm Art Show, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Rockport, Maine.
May 2005 - Juried Art Show, St. Augustine Art Association, Florida.
May 2005 - Senior College Festival of Art, University of Maine, Hutchinson Center, Belfast, Maine.
March 2005 - Juried Art Show, St. Augustine Art Association, Florida..
November 2004 - Passy-Greenway Art Show, Coastal Mountains Land Trust, Belfast, Maine,.
August 2004 - Aldermere Farm Art Show, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Rockport, Maine.
May 2004 - Senior College Festival of Art, University of Maine, Hutchinson Center, Belfast, Maine.
September 2003 - Art at the Boathouse, Belfast, Maine.
August 2003 - Aldermere Farm Art Show, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Rockport, Maine.
June 2003 - Belfast Paint-Off, Belfast Sesquicentennial Council, Belfast, Maine,
May 2003 - Senior College Festival of Art, University of Maine, Hutchinson Center, Belfast, Maine.
August 2002 - Summer With the Arts, Topsfield, Massachusetts.
July 2002 - Art Show by the Sea, Charleston, South Carolina.
July 2001 - Beautiful Walls Art Show, Waldo County General Hospital, Belfast, Maine,
July 2001 - Art at the Farm Paint-Off, Kelmscott Rare Breeds Farm, Lincolnville, Maine.
September 2000 - Art in the Mountains, Conway, New Hampshire.
August 2000 - Oil painting instructor at The Summer Alpha Omega Program, Belfast, Maine.
July 2000 - Oil painting instructor at The Summer Alpha Omega Program, Belfast, Maine.
July 2000 - Manchester Art Show, Manchester, New Hampshire.
September 1999 - College of The Atlantic Art Show, Bar Harbor, Maine.
August 1999 - Art at the Beach, Lincolnville, Maine.
July 1999 - Arts in the Park, Belfast, Maine.
June 1999 – Art Show, Marsh River Theatre, Brooks, Maine.
March 1999 - State of Maine Sportsman Show, Augusta, Maine.
December 1998 - Art Show and Sale, Harbor Hill, Belfast, Maine.
August 1998- Art Show, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
August 1997 - Juried Art Show, Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine.
July 1996 - Juried Art Show, Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine.
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