Exhibition | STORY SUGGESTED
September 19 - October 11, 2024
DAVID GRAEME BAKER
SAL TAYLOR KYDD
HOLDEN WILLARD
5-7pm THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
Opening Reception and Camden Art Walk
Page Gallery is pleased to present STORY SUGGESTED, an exhibition of paintings from David Graeme Baker, Sal Taylor Kydd, and Holden Willard. The show highlights artists who use images to tell a story while also imparting emotional resonance to the subject. The exhibition will open with a public reception during the Camden Art Walk on Thursday, September 19 from 5-7 pm and will be on display through October 11.
All Sal Taylor Kydd pieces framed in vintage frames are one of a kind. Other standard sizes available as follows:
16 x 20 - $1500 edition of 5
20 x 30 - $ 2000 edition of 3
$1,200
David Graeme Baker
Migratory, Graphite Study
graphite on archival mat board, 16x40"
$12,000
David Graeme Baker
Tender
oil on linen mounted on panel, 22x40"
$5,000
David Graeme Baker
Morning at the Barnacle
oil on linen mounted on panel, 16x14"
$14,000
David Graeme Baker
Penelope
oil on linen mounted on panel, 28x32"
$16,000
David Graeme Baker
Migratory
oil on linen mounted on panel, 23x42"
$7,000
David Graeme Baker
Bellwether - Evening
oil on paper mounted on panel, 20x21"
SOLD
David Graeme Baker
Ivy and Winslow
oil on linen mounted on panel, 20x32"
SOLD
David Graeme Baker
Ivy and Winslow, Study
oil on linen mounted on panel, 16x16"
SOLD
David Graeme Baker
September Mailboat
oil on panel, 14x11"
$1,200
Sal Taylor Kydd
Birdhouse at the Farm
archive pigment print in vintage frame, 20x22.5"
$1,200
Sal Taylor Kydd
Apples Over the Barn
archival pigment print in vintage frame, 26x17"
$800
Sal Taylor Kydd
May Blossoms
archive pigment print in vintage frame, 13x18"
$1,800
Sal Taylor Kydd
Winter on Matinicus
archive pigment print in vintage frame, 21x26"
$1,600
Sal Taylor Kydd
Coriander Harvest
archive pigment print in vintage frame, 19x25"
$800
Sal Taylor Kydd
Rocky Outcrop
archive pigment print in vintage frame, 11.5x16"
$1,100
Sal Taylor Kydd
Stardust
archive pigment print in vintage frame, 16x18"
$1,200
Sal Taylor Kydd
Linda's Cove
archive pigment print in vintage frame, 22x15"
$1,200
Sal Taylor Kydd
Mac and the Schooner
archive pigment print in vintage frame, 14x22"
$1,600
Sal Taylor Kydd
Playtime
archive pigment print in vintage frame, 24.5x19"
$1,200
Sal Taylor Kydd
We Two
archive pigment print in vintage frame, 19x16"
$1,500
Sal Taylor Kydd
The Long Walk Home, edition of 5
archival pigment print, 20x16"
$1,500
Sal Taylor Kydd
Farm Morning, edition of 5
archival pigment print, 16x20"
$2,000
Sal Taylor Kydd
Misty Morning at Mariners, edition of 3
archival pigment print, 20x30"
$4,500
Holden Willard
When I Meet My Great Grandmother
oil on cotton bedsheet, 44x38"
$2,000
Holden Willard
Ferry Beach Birthday
oil on canvas, 18x24"
$1,000
Holden Willard
Taylor
oil on wood, 12x12"
$1,800
Holden Willard
Kat, Late Evening Cast
oil on canvas, 18x17.5"
$2,000
Holden Willard
Hannah
oil on paper, 25x20"
$2,000
Holden Willard
Meredith, and the Bathers
oil on canvas, 24x18"
Baker’s deliberate and exquisite use of light heightens the feeling of drama, of a scene on the stage of life. Brilliantly orchestrated, the canvases have gained him a place in the first rank of American realists. - Carl Little, MBHH
David Graeme Baker's paintings suggest stories and evoke deep feelings in response to the figures. With precise detail and atmospheric abstraction, Baker's subjects are perfectly rendered, but his images are made more interesting when the viewer observes where he has chosen to let edges become vague, and allowed color notes to suggest the space. Baker's paintings are contemplative and beautiful, capturing the essence of our inner life.
David Graeme Baker (b. 1968) is originally from South Africa. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. David's paintings exemplify his meticulous eye for detail. He gives heightened importance to mundane moments and emotional resonance through his long process of planning, doing studies, and taking his time to craft his assembled imagery and implied narratives. He lives with his wife, son, and daughter in Hancock, Maine.
In photographs that highlight solitary objects or figures, the use of soft and selective focus along with vignetted edges suggest a drift of thoughts, a slipping away of time, a whispering of distant memories. -Elin Spring, Passages, What Will You Remember
Sal Taylor Kydd's photographs draw on her connection to the landscape and natural world. The intimate coves, worn buildings, and the beauty of layers of stems, blossoms and foliage carry the weight of memory and accumulated intimacy. Kydd's images are striking for their quiet beauty and invite the viewer to bring their own interpretation while contemplating the depth of the scene. Page Gallery is exhibiting a selection of photographs from Crossing, Kydd's book set to be released by Down East Books in October 2024. Crossing, a book of photographs and poetry, takes us on a meditative journey, exploring the islands of the coast of Maine in Penobscot Bay.
Originally from the UK, artist Sal Taylor Kydd earned her BA in Modern Languages from Manchester University and has an MFA in Photography from Maine Media College. Sal Taylor Kydd is based in Rockport and Deer Isle, Maine. Her photographs have been exhibited across the world, including New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Mexico, and Spain. Sal is also a writer and poet, and she has published books combining these two art forms. Her books are in private and museum collections throughout the country, including the J. Paul Getty Museum, Bowdoin College, the Peabody Essex Museum, the Franklin Furnace Artist Books Collection and the Maine Women Writers Collection at the University of New England.
Though Holden paints portraits and landscapes that are mostly figurative, the figures are not always the point, “I try to get to a point where the whole image is analogous; where all parts of the image are worked up at the same amount, where there’s no interest on the figure.” … None of Holden’s paintings are direct portraits because none are actual representations of the subject; they are bent and twisted through color and Holden’s drawing so that they transform into something else. In his work, Holden is looking to capture a feeling of how we interpret memory in our dreams and his paintings are narratives about experiences like coming of age or longing and loss. He tells these stories through color. - Running with Scissors, Interview with Katie Bonadies
Holden Willard (b. 1999) is a painter based in Portland, Maine. Willard was born in Rockport, Maine, and graduated from Montserrat College of Art in 2021 with a BFA in painting. His paintings were selected to exhibit in the 2023 Biennial at Center for Maine Contemporary Art.