Nautical works by Mimi Gregoire Carpenter now on display at 91直播视频Campus Center
A series of 20 works by Maine artist Mimi Gregoire Carpenter is on display at the 91直播视频Campus Center in Biddeford now through April 3.
Inspired by the ocean and its ecosystems, the series, 鈥淲hat the Sea Left Behind,鈥 depicts marine life including seaweed, razor clam shells, barnacles, crab and lobster carapaces, horseshoe crabs, and other creatures. Carpenter works primarily in pen and ink and opaque watercolor, and she often continues the drawings onto the white mat framing of her pieces.
An avid painter of many years, Carpenter has published several books she has authored and illustrated, including, 鈥淲hat the Sea Left Behind,鈥 鈥淢ermaid in a Tidal Pool,鈥 鈥淥f Lucky Pebbles and Mermaid鈥檚 Tears,鈥 and 鈥淗enry the Harbor Seal.鈥
Carpenter has a studio and gallery at 885 Pool Street in Biddeford.
The Campus Center is located at 11 Hills Beach Road, Biddeford, Maine. Hours for the academic year are Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Masks are optional indoors for visitors to UNE鈥檚 campuses.