Creating the show schedule each year is a big task. It is an all-hands-on-deck decision-making process for Maine Art Hill and our staff. It involves finding artists who complement but do not compete, figuring out who can create a solo show and who is better in a group, and working around the promises our artists have made with other galleries.
Then, some decisions are just as easy as they are apparent. So, who opens up for Maine Art Hill in the Summer Show Schedule of 2022?
May 21 - June 9
THE GALLERY
14 Western Avenue, Kennebunk
Gerding has called Kennebunkport home for several years now. A tourist turned local, she has no regrets about making the Maine marshes her backyard. In the summer of 2016, she joined the gallery, and by September, she had her first solo show with us.
"Margaret has been successful since we hung her first piece on our walls," says gallery owner John Spain. "She was accomplished when she came here. We knew she wasn't a risk. However, even I didn't know what a powerhouse she would become."
Gerding is a great fit, no matter where we place her in the summer schedule. She is incredibly humble and kind and is well-loved by clients and fellow artists. These are traits second only to her abundance of talent. A graduate of UMass, Dartmouth, she had her first major show at age twenty-five on Newbury Street in Boston. Her early success and continued hard work led to her paintings being included in the book 100 Artists of New England by E. Ashley Rooney and New England Paintings (14th ed.), published by The Open Press. Many private and corporate collections also contain her work, including L.L. Bean in Freeport, Maine Medical Center in Portland, Fidelity Investments in Boston, and the Westin Hotel in Boston.
She is known for her local marsh scenes but always tries new subjects to keep herself and her work fresh. We expect no difference in May as she fills the walls of The Gallery for her solo show. You can stay in touch to hear and see the details of this fantastic first show.
To see our complete collection of Gerding's works, click below
Margaret Gerding – Artist Page