A sandbar connects Bar Island to Bar Harbor for 2 hours either side of low tide. It’s always worth the walk just to see downtown Bar Harbor from the other side of the harbor. During the spring, usually early June, there is another great reason to make the walk. Bar Island has a small meadow in the middle of the island that explodes with lupines every year. Because of the warm weather this year the lupines are early. I’ve uploaded photos made on May 28th to my online gallery of the lupines. One of these photographs is the wallpaper of the month for June.
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I’m back in Bar Harbor for a new season and at a new location. Actually, it’s the same building, but instead of being on the second floor above the Alone Moose Gallery, I’m now on the ground floor between the Alone Moose Gallery and the West Street Cafe. It’s great being along side two well-established businesses with great customer loyalty.
Since the new location is on the ground level, the old name, The Gallery Upstairs, no longer works. The new gallery is called The Mason Gallery. Here is a preview of the gallery’s new sign.
It’s been quite an experience converting a vegetarian cafe into a gallery. I’ll be posting photographs in the coming weeks showing the before and after – so stay tuned.
One final note – The Gallery Upstairs continues with a new artist, Kathy Hall. I’ll have more information about Kathy and her art in upcoming posts.
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I don’t usually get to spend much time in Bar Harbor during the winter. I typically arrive in Bar Harbor in early May, get the gallery ready to open by the end of May or early June, and stay until the end of the season in mid-October. This year I spent most of April in Bar Harbor doing some extra work prior to the season. (More on that in another post.) Of course, while I was there I took the opportunity to make some photographs in Acadia National Park. I’ve posted some of these on my online gallery.
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