"Little Whaleboat Island, Casco Bay" Framed Oil Painting


Item Number: 11194

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $1,800

Online Close: Mar 24, 2011 5:30 PM EDT

Bid History: 27 bids - Item Sold!

Description

This stunning oil on board painting by Keith Oehmig is entitled "Little Whaleboat Island, Casco Bay" and captures the beauty of the Casco Bay and surrounding islands. This painting includes a gilded gold wooden frame.  Measures 14" x 18" unframed and 20" x 24" framed. 


Originally from Chattanooga, Tennessee, Keith Oehmig now resides in Brunswick, Maine. He graduated from Principia College in Elsah, Illinois in 1984 with a B.A. in Studio Art and Art History. Oehmig's works are infused with light and color, and his impressionistic style is well suited to capturing the Maine landscape.

Oehmig's paintings have won numerous awards such as the Merit Award from the Hunter Museum of Art in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the Mable Axcy Dominick Award at Principia College, the Kodak International Newspaper Award, and Best In Show-Cityscape at the Gallery at Six Deering in Portland, Maine. Oehmig has shown his work in solo and group exhibitions at locales including the Bates College Museum of Art in Lewiston, Maine; the Hunter Museum of Art; the Portland Museum of Art in Portland, Maine; the Wood Museum and Library in Chicago, Illinois; Albany Fine Arts in Albany, New York; Art Boston, in Boston, Massachusetts; the Bay View Gallery in Camden, Maine; Clarke Galleries in Palm Beach, Florida; J. Todd Galleries in Wellesley, Massachusetts; the Maine State House in Augusta, Maine; and the Wiscasset Bay Gallery in Wiscasset, Maine.

Museums, corporate and public collections, and private collectors in the United State and abroad own Oehmig's paintings. His works can be found in the collections of the Hunter Museum of Art; the Portland Museum of Art; the Wood Museum and Library; Casco Northern Bank in Brunswick, Maine; Ensign Bank in New York, New York; Galerie K in Berlin, Germany; GTE/Sylvania Collection in Waldoboro, Maine; Key Bank of Maine; MBNA collection in Wilmington, Delaware; and United Technologies Corporation in Hartford, Connecticut.


 


 

Special Instructions

This item is available for in-person preview at the CCC's Wine & Cheese Online Auction Preview from 4:30-6:30pm on March 18, at 778 Main Street, South Portland, Maine.


Shipping of item, if needed, is not included in bid price.

Donated by

Sandi & David Whiston