Through October 31st

A New York City native, Dorothy Eisner studied at the Art Students League and maintained a studio in Greenwich Village. Throughout a career that spanned more than seven decades, Eisner traveled and worked in many locations, including North Carolina, Montana, Mexico, Nova Scotia, Vermont and maintained a particularly close association with Maine. She first visited Monhegan in 1930, returning to that island in 1946. In 1960, Eisner began summering on Great Cranberry Island, Maine where she would spend most of her summers until her death.

Eisner’s paintings are inspired by her travels and reflect her reaction to the locales, people and activities that surrounded her. In many cases, her subject matter is so seemingly mundane that the viewer is startled by her choice. Desks, chairs, windows, a towel rack, fish and fishing gear, people playing cards or croquet, children with a garden hose – all become aesthetically worthy subjects as seen through her eyes. With her masterful compositional skills, her fluid application of paint, and her expressionistic use of bold colors, Eisner creates compelling art from these everyday scenes and items.

For more information, visit the Ogunquit Museum website.

(image: "Green Apples" by Dorothy Eisner)