The Monhegan Artists' Residency

DAVID LITTLE
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Black Head Study
Oil/panel
12"X16"
Spring Garden
Oil/canvas
24"X30"
Norton's Ledge
oil/panel
16"X20"
Christmas Cove
oil/canvas
16"X20"
Lupines
oil/panel
9.25" X 14"
Squeaker Cove Study #1
oil/panel
16"X20"
Windowbox
oil/canvas
20"X20"
Squeaker Cove Study #2
oil/panel
10"X12"
Whitehead
oil/panel
10"X14"
Daffodils
oil/panel
16"X20"

 

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Biography

DAVID LITTLE
142 Brentwood Street
Portland, Maine 04103
207-772-6418
 
Born:
New York, New York 1951
 
Education:
BA, Southampton College, NY 1974, Summa Cum Laude
MA, MFA, University of Iowa, 1975, 1976
Skowhegan School, Maine, 1981, 1982
  
Private Study:
Classical piano with Mrs. Charlotte Rogers, 1972-75
Ceramic sculpture with Peter Lipman-Wulf, 1978-79
Painting and drawing critiques with William Kienbusch, 1979-80
Chinese calligraphy with Professor Leon Chang, 1980-85
  
Travel:
European tour of nine countries to study art in museums, churches, and private collections, 1977-78
Canadian trip to study the works of the Group of Seven, November 1993
 
Teaching:
Southampton College, NY, Continuing Education Division, 1977
Parsons, NY, Continuing Education Division, 1985
 
Employment:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 1981-84, Retail Sales
Terry Dintenfass Gallery, NY, 1984-86, Registrar
Bayview Gallery, Portland, ME, 1988-1998, Assistant Manager
 
Curatorial:
Curated and installed an exhibition of 30 Long Island artists, Watermill Museum, Watermill, NY, 1986
Curated and installed, "A Family Collects", an exhibition of works by William Kienbusch, Round Top Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, ME, 1994
 
Commissions:
Mrs. A. Searing, Southampton, NY, 1986
Mr. Luther Black, Seattle, WA, 1993-95
 
Fellowships:
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA, 1988 & 89
Carina House, Monhegan Isalnd, ME, 1998
 
Publications:
"Maine Boats and Harbors", Eye on the Coast-David Little, Spring 1999
Paintings of New England, Carl Little, 1996
Art of the Maine Islands, Carl Little, 1997
Monhegan Island web site @www.monhegan.com
 
Group
Exhibitions:
Ashby Gallery, NY 1984 " Craypas"
Cranberry Island Fair 1984-87
Gallery 52, Boston, MA, 1985 "Maine Artists"
The Copley Society of Boston, MA 1986 "Art: East and West"
The Chinese Cultural Center of New York 1986
70th Street Art Gallery, NY 1986
Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME 1986 and 1988
Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME 1988 and 1990
Hobe Sound Gallery, Portland ME 1988
Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY 1989 "The New Generation"
Wiscasset Art Gallery, Wiscasset ME 1991 Juried Show
Gallery 68, Belfast, ME 1991
Wingspread Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME 1991
Bayview Gallery, Portland, ME 1994 and 95
Maine Coast Artists, Maine College of Art, The Blaine House, 1997 " Skowhegan at 50"
Olin Arts Center, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 1998 "Notations of Color: Oil Sketching in Maine"
 
One-Man Exhibitions:
Studio Exhibition 21 East 57th Street, NY 1977
Studio Exhibition 121 West 17th Street, NY 1983
Northeast Harbor Library, Northeast Harbor, ME 1985
Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME 1985
Watermill Museum, Watermill, NY 1986 (review)
Stanley Gallery, Norfolk, VA 1988 (review)
Gallery 68, Belfast, ME 1989 (review)
Portland Performing Arts Center, Portland, ME 1990, 1991, 1993
Bayview Gallery, Portland, ME 1993 (review)
Thomas Moser Cabinetmakers, Portland, ME 1993 (review) and 1996
J. S. Ames Fine Art, Belfast, ME 1994 (review and video)
Round Top Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, ME 1997 (review)
Between the Muse Gallery, Rockland, ME 1998
 
Collections:
MBNA, Camden, ME
Peter McKernan Center, SMTC, South Portland, ME
Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Portland, ME
Sweetser Childrens Services, Scarborough, ME
Private collections