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Paradise in the Garden
LANDSCAPE-August 2009
by Rebecca Falzano
Photography William Brehm
Two doors down from Stephen King’s house, in the heart of Bangor, sits a lovingly restored circa-1863 lumber baron’s home. While the architecture of the Victorian-era manse exuded great character, the backyard—a virtual wasteland of lawn, mulch, and neglect—lacked soul. The home’s generous inner-city lot presented the opportunity for creating a natural oasis where no ordinary terrace would suffice.
Lakeside Ledge
LANDSCAPE-July 2009
by Rebecca Falzano
Photography Todd Richardson
On a small cove, between an icy stream that trickles across the forest floor and steep granite cliffs that fall directly into the water, a camp is beautifully tucked into a small slope. Where the ledge ridge pulls away from the water’s edge, enormous broken boulders are left draped in moss and ferns. While the artfully crafted landscape gives the impression that the camp was built into this ledge, it was actually the other way around.
Collector: Bruce Brown
COLLECTIONS-April 2009
by Carl Little
Photography Irvin Serrano
For this Portland native, collecting is a happy obsession
Bruce Brown remembers his first acquisition. On a visit to Frost Gully Gallery in Portland sometime in the mid-1970s, he purchased a painting by Stephen Etnier, a well-known Maine artist. “It was a totally irrational decision,” Brown says, but it was one that changed his life. “For the first time, I felt directly connected to art.”
Collector: Juris Ubans
COLLECTIONS-April 2009
by Suzette McAvoy
Photography Irvin Serrano
A “fantastic” art collection reflects a forty-year career in the arts
Collecting is an expression of friendship,” says artist, educator, and collector Juris Ubans. “The pieces are surrogates for the people.” Given his expansive personality, inquisitive nature, and general zest for life—his favorite word is “fantastic!”—it’s not surprising that Ubans’s art collection is as diverse and numerous as his wide-ranging circle of friends.
Collector: Sam Mitchell
COLLECTIONS-April 2009
by Suzette McAvoy
Photography Irvin Serrano
A big collection brings joy to a small home
I respond here first, then it goes up to here,” says collector Sam Mitchell as he taps his chest and then his head. “It’s more gut and heart than brain.” Before he will consider adding it to his collection, a work of art must to speak to him viscerally and emotionally. “It’s absolutely how I look at art.”
On the Death of Andrew Wyeth
TRIBUTE-March 2009
by Ken Greenleaf
In losing Andrew Wyeth recently at the age of 91, Maine lost one of its most popular and loved artists. He had become a living landmark, the chronicler of a way of seeing life and land in Maine and Chadd’s Ford, Pennsylvania.
Meditation in Green
LANDSCAPE - OCTOBER 2008
By Candace Karu
Photography Trent Bell
An Ogunquit garden captures the sublime serenity of the natural world
The Discreet Charm of the Maine Woods
INN PLACE - SEPTEMBER 2008
By Candace Karu
Photography François Gagné
Making a magic connection at Hidden Pond.
Hidden Pond, New England’s newest and arguably most innovative luxury resort, opened in July with dramatic style to great acclaim. Located near Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport on more than sixty acres of pristine Maine woodlands lush with balsam and sweet ferns, birch groves and exposed granite outcroppings, Hidden Pond is an inviting study in contradictions. The destination offers guests an experience that is at once rustic and luxurious, simple yet refined, a vacation outfitted with every modern convenience in a setting that serves as a nostalgic reminder of times gone by.
Flowerless Perfection
LANDSCAPE - SEPTEMBER 2008
By Joshua Bodwell
Photography Trent Bell
Ponds, paths, and native plantings on the Blue Hill peninsula.
Bold and bodacious landscape designs can offer a dramatic visual feast. But the higher art often occurs when natural elements are subtly accentuated to produce quieter yet ultimately more resonant results. Such is the case with a project that landscape architect Bobbie Burdick has been gradually refining for more than a decade on the Blue Hill peninsula.
Farmhouse, Union
WHERE WE LIVE- SEPTEMBER 2008
Photography Sarah Szwajkos
The St. George River snakes through the hilly town of Union, and the sweeping meadows along its banks rise up toward the hamlet’s many orchards and farmsteads. This winding grass path leads to a white-clapboard farmhouse that was built in 1930 and modeled after the original structure built by one of the earliest families in Union. In this moment captured just before dusk, the birds—bittern, doves, and the occasional eagle—are settling down for the evening. Returning from a late-afternoon splash in the river, family and friends are greeted by the familiar and welcome sight of home.
Sweet September
STILE DI VITA - SEPTEMBER 2008
By Tyler Karu
Photography Benedetta Spinelli
Celebrating the waning days of summer with style, comfort and flair
An Organic Design
LANDSCAPE - AUGUST 2008
By Joshua Bodwell
Photography Trent Bell
A lake house with landscaping that is woven to the woods
A Continental Experience In Maine
THE INN PLACE - AUGUST 2008
By Joshua Bodwell
Photography Irvin Serrano
The midcoast's European escape.
Camden Harbor stretches out toward Penobscot Bay and Mount Battie soars overhead. Boats bob at their moorings, yearning for the open water and the wind in their sails.
Overlooking this bucolic scene, the Camden Harbour Inn seems to float in the treetops. This year marks the second season since the circa-1874 inn was renovated into a posh boutique inn that pulses with a summery and sophisticated European flair. With the addition of Natalie’s, an elegant, Parisian-style restaurant, the inn is nearly unrecognizable from its former self.
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