The Ogunquit Art Association (OAA) – Maine’s Original Artists’ Group | est. 1928 – is celebrating their 94th Anniversary in 2022 with a variety of exhibitions, gallery talks, demonstrations, workshops, and more at our Barn Gallery headquarters (located at the corner of Shore Road and Bourne Lane – click here for directions).
This exciting new season of art exhibitions and programs by artists of the Ogunquit Art Association continues with our Late-Summer Exhibitions running now through Saturday October 10th, 2022.
Visitors are saying that this years shows are the best exhibits they’ve ever seen at Barn Gallery.
On Saturday, September 17 we will be hosting our “Gala Reception for Late-Summer Exhibitions” (4PM-7:30PM) which will include the Memorial Exhibition for Evelyne Harper Neill. This is a FREE event and open to the public.
Barn Gallery will show the work of Artist Members of the OAA (painters, graphic artists, photographer and sculptors) in our big, bright, and airy spaces.
The Sculpture Court will show work of the OAA Sculptors as well as the work of Invited New England Sculptors
“OAA Expressions” (an exhibition with a wide variety of subject and medium) will fill our Main and Lower Galleries. The Evelyne Harper Neill Memorial Exhibition will by hung in our Lower Gallery. The Expanded Collectors Gallery (featuring framed and ready-to-hang artwork, no larger than 16×20 — and all priced no higher than $850) will fill our North Gallery. Invited New England Sculptors exhibit in our outdoor Sculpture Court.
Virtual versions of our exhibitions are available on barngallery.org. Also, much of the work will be seen on our Barn Gallery Facebook and Instagram accounts.
All shows will be refreshed from time to time as artists replace sold work.
Barn Gallery is open on Monday through Saturday (from 11 AM – 5 PM) and on Sundays (from 1 – 5 PM).
On Monday, October 10th Barn Gallery closes for the season.
Memorial Exhibition: Evelyne Harper Neill
Evelyne Harper Neill was juried into the Ogunquit Art Association in 1958.
In Memoriam: Evelyne Harper Neill died March 12, 2021 at the age of 93 after a brief illness. She was an artist, adventurous traveler, avid gardener, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She loved the ocean and her swimming was elegant to behold.
Raised in France, the eldest of 5 children to Donald and Francoise Harper, her idyllic childhood was ended by the Nazi invasion, when her family moved to the US. She had vivid memories of bombings as the family departed France, including holding a warm shell fragment found by the side of the road.
After high school, she attended college and traveled for two years in Mexico. On return, she met and married the late artist Harmon Neill in Ogunquit, where they raised four children and where she lived until her death.
Evelyne earned her Bachelors and Masters from UNH. She taught French and Spanish at Wells H.S., and then worked for many years with Perkins Realty.
Her family remembers how quickly people took to her, noting her graciousness and how drawn they were by her welcoming nature. Even decades later, her children’s friends fondly recall meeting her.
She was a decades-long active member and at times officer of the Ogunquit Art Association, where she made many wonderful friends. She painted primarily landscapes, often inspired by her wide-ranging travels and by her gardens.
She took great joy from her family. She is survived by four children, Monty, Frank, Cloe and Georgia; their spouses Shelley, Terri, and Joyce; three grandsons, Damian, Jason and Jeremy; three great-grandchildren, four siblings, and many cousins, nephews and nieces, and friends.
In Evelyne Harper Neill’s own words: “I paint in acrylic and watercolor. Landscapes and marines from 5 continents, but my main inspiration is right here in Maine with its everchanging sea, fractured rocks, the woods and gardens of the varying seasons.”
Photos of Work by Evelyne Harper Neill.
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