Join us at Barn Gallery on Thursday, June 8th (at 6 PM) for a Barn Gallery Talk by two of our Opening Exhibition Showcase Artists: Dustan Knight (Painter) and Antoinette Prien Schultze (Sculptor).

Meet the artists, see their work, learn about their processes, and ask questions.

These insightful and inspiring Gallery Talks always provide further insight into our exhibitions and give attendees the chance to hear stories + learn tips and tricks from present day juried artist-members of the Ogunquit Art Association, Maine’s Original Artists’ Group (est. 1928).

This is a FREE event and it is open to the public.

“My process is exploratory – encouraging the artwork to unfold as I make it. I start with a memory: a place, a time, a feeling; like walking on a wide beach early when bits of dawn color are reflected in rivulets of falling tide. Maybe it was a cold morning and I kept my shoes on and pulled my sweatshirt hood up over my ears. I keep those ideas as I choose colors and techniques, working until it feels absolutely right; much more what I remember then a photo could ever capture.”

Dustan Knight is a professional artist, educator, and art writer.

She earned her Masters in Fine Art from Pratt Institute in NYC and her MA in Art History from Boston University. She is a recipient of a NH State Fellowship for the Arts, a MacDowell Colony residency, and a past Cummington Artist Colony resident. Dustan is represented by galleries across the US, including Art Three in Manchester, the Ogunquit Art Association in Maine. She’s a contributing writer to Art New England, a frequent juror, and gives demonstrations and workshops in watercolor, art business, and art history. Her work has appeared in Watercolor Magazine, Daniel Smith, Cheap Joe’s and Ampersand Insider Newsletters. Dustan’s work is in many private and public collections, including Macy’s, Acme and Oracles as well as numerous hospitals and New Hampshire public buildings.

LEARN MORE: dustanknight.com

“I discovered my need to express myself creating art, along with my ability at 17, while living in NYC. I visited museums and sat in on history classes at Columbia where my husband was a student. I worked with clay, than wood, and on to marble. I worked daily for years. I was juried into the Ogunquit Art Association in 1981. In 1983 I won my first public commission. In 1986 I won the commission to create Manchester NH’s “Mill Girl”, a 10 ft. bronze figure. In 1988 I completed “Life Entwined” the large marble sculpture that is in the permanent collection of the Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA) in Ogunquit, Maine. My work is in University collections, Botanical Gardens, and Museums, most recently my 15 ft black granite sculpture “Remembrance” was purchased for the Jule Collins Smith Museum at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.”

Artist Statement: Antoinette Prien Schultze.

I have been carving since 1969. My sculptures have evolved from realistic to abstraction, with my philosophical focus and medium of expression remaining constant. In 2006 I was able to build a large studio behind my home. It is here that I strive to create forms that are visually beautiful and comfortable in the landscape, exhibiting strength along with the frailty that I see in existence.

I use the natural and eternal presentation that stone affects to carve abstract forms that reflect our common humanity and express the wonder and beauty that is of our world. I flag each sculpture with ethereal colored glass that sparkles with light and throws reflections of color onto the surrounding surfaces of the sculpture. The stone and wood that I carve project a feeling of strength and stability, and the addition of glass (representing our passions and feelings) renders a vulnerable and fragile quality to my art. This quality of opposites, strength and fragility, is a reminder of the beautiful balancing act that is ever present in nature.

I use an electric angle grinder and an impact drill with diamond blades and bits, along with hand tools such as chisels and hammer and rasps to shape and finish each sculpture. The caste glass is broken into shape with a hammer and chisel.

LEARN MORE: antoinettepschultze.com

Learn more about the Barn Gallery 2023 Schedule: barngallery.org/2023-season