For today's Artist Spotlight, we're going over Diane Scott. Diane Scott is a local Maine painter who specializes in beautiful oil paintings depicting, primarily, scenes in nature.

"Emerald Pool"

This painting is a great example of Diane Scott's use of color and texture to showcase how the light reflects. If you look closely enough, even with the broad strokes, you can see the waterfall's reflection on the water, showing the line of motion.

"Glitter (Upper Kimball Pond)"

This is another painting that shows Diane Scott's expertise with lighting. This one in particular showcases how light reflects through leaves and trees during Autumn. 

"One Guard in the Gap" 

This is one of Diane Scott's more structured paintings, the top of the tree is painted with beautiful detail, and the mountains rising in the background gives off a sense of height that is hard to put into words.

Artist Quote: 

"My main focus as I mature as an artist has become to find my authentic voice, to embrace it, to protect and defend it, to nurture it, to hold it close to my heart, as I would an imperfect child!"

With the snowy new season, we at Harvest Gold encourage you to go out and have a fun day skiing! Whether it be at a resort or a local mountain, these snowy storms will provide the perfect area for you to ski!

"Night Skiing: Sterling Silver Pendant"

This beautiful pendant is perfect for all those ski lovers in your life, especially the ones who enjoy the magical winter nights of Maine.

"First Snow at Tuckerman's Ravine" by Carol Novotne

This painting surely reminds us of the start of winter, when snow began to peek through the mountains and we all got excited to start the ski season!

Come see more wintery pieces at Harvest Gold Gallery!

Originally from Minnesota, Gwen Nagel painted in oils as a teenager and began studying art at the University of Minnesota. She switched majors, however, eventually earning a Ph.D. in English at Tufts University. Gwen taught writing and American literature in New England (Tufts, Bentley College, Harvard Business School) and at the University of Georgia until 1997, when she devoted herself full time to art.

She has studied pastels with many nationally known artists including Albert Handell, Ann Templeton, Liz Haywood-Sullivan, Robert Carsten, Aline Ordman, and Barbara Jaenicke.

"Misty Islands"

"Smarts Hill Marsh"

Gwen Nagel pains beautiful landscapes, as you can see here, and puts us in the mood to go sightseeing! Come see more at Harvest Gold!

With the cold winter season of Maine, we can bet you're missing the warm summer. These paintings here at Harvest Gold will remind you of warm summer times!

"Emerald Pool" by Diane Scott.

This painting will surely bring some summer vibes to your room! Remember jumping off into the emerald green water just to cool off! The watery depiction of Emerald Pool is a delight to look at!

"Warm Front Sunset" by Kristen Dill.

This painting is a small one, with a powerful summer feeling sky that goes on forever.  Beautiful, elegant and fits anywhere.

We at Harvest Gold wish everyone a belated Happy New Year!

Can you believe it's already 2022?

Here in Maine, we're having one of the coldest winters in recent years!  Last Wednesday dropped in the negatives, without even breaking into double digits in some places.

We're having a chilly time here in Maine, and we are looking forward to summer, but in no time we'll be missing winter and skiing as well. Enjoy the winter while you can and snuggle up next to a fire. Happy New Year from us to you!

Two new pieces by Clint Jones came in, one titled "Owl" and the other "Turn". 

Clint Jones, a skilled boat and car mechanic by trade and a metal sculptor, fisherman, and boating enthusiast on the side. He can be found on Chebeague Island, working on “island cars”, cars rarely going very far or very fast.

Jones sees his metal art as time capsules that will last hundreds of years, each piece telling a story.  Jones likes the strength of metal and enjoys working with a medium with such longevity. He feels people have taken notice to the durability of his pieces.

My favorite piece of jewelry in our selection is "Crystal Lake", a Blue Green Tourmaline Ring.

This piece is a stunning 1.35ct tourmaline from Mount Micah in Newry, Maine set in white gold with a yellow gold band. The bezel setting makes it extremely easy to wear. The unique blue-green color of the gemstone is reminiscent of the waters of Crystal Lake. With this ring, you'll always be reminded of a summer day on a lake in Maine. This ring is perfect every day or as an alternative engagement ring. Perhaps it does remind me of a summer day, which is why I like it so much. In these cold times, an escape to warmer times might just be what i need.