ART TALK with KIM CASE

Join us for Open House hours with Kim Case on Saturday, June 28th from 1-3pm. Kim will discuss her paintings from her current exhibit ATMOSPHERE. Learn the creative process and the stories behind her artwork. This is a great opportunity to get up close and personal with the art and meet the artist.

ATMOSPHERE centers on the subtle interplay of light, land, and air along the Maine coast and beyond-where land meets water, and stillness is rarely empty. These paintings capture the moments just before or after something shifts: when fog hasn’t quite lifted, the moon just clears the trees, or a house sits at the edge of light. Not grand scenes, but ones that hold weight. Whether it’s a red buoy marking safe passage or the soft geometry of a winter marsh, each subject becomes a conversation between presence and quiet. At the core of this work is contrast-structure and softness, light and dark, movement and pause. Landscapes here often hold both tension and calm: a dock disappears in a storm, a road curves too sharply near the sea, a distant boat hovers in fog like a thought not yet spoken. These elements appear not for their drama, but for what they reveal about the fragile and resilient nature of place. Though rooted in observation, the paintings are not documents. The show takes its name from what drives the work—the atmosphere of a moment. Weather, time of day, the way the air feels just before something shifts. These aren’t simply backdrops; they’re part of the story. Each picce attempts to hold those fleeting impressions a little longer. If something resonates, it may be because these quiet thresholds— between light and shadow, clarity and haze—are ones we all know intimately.

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