Art on West

06/07/2019

Ivan joins long time friend and colleague bronze sculptor David Smus welcoming Maine’s Puffin Colony back to five Maine islands during ART Walk Bar Harbor TONIGHT as they share art and tales about the popular seabird. Puffins come home each spring to nest in Maine, the only US home to the iconic Atlantic Puffin.

Rasmussen’s “Homecoming” will be on display at Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor through June 19 and his colony of puffin watercolors will open at ART Walk on West, 78 West Street, Bar Harbor, June 7, 6 pm to 9 pm.

It was recently announced that guest artist sculptor David Smus was selected to create a Great Black Hawk in bronze to be displayed at Deering Oaks Park in Portland. Smus, who has previously created four bronze sculptures featuring the Atlantic Puffin, will be available to answer questions about Atlantic Puffins and the Great Black Hawk that visited Maine in late 2018 from its habitat in Central and South America. For a June 7 ART Walk map, go to http://www.artwalkbarharbor.com Follow the the Walk flags in downtown Bar Harbor.

12/26/2018

Seasons Greetings from Sherry and Ivan Rasmussen at ART on West. We always love hearing from you especially during the holidays. We hope you are surrounded by friends and family right through to the New Year. We are blessed to be in Roanoke, VA with our awesome and creative family!

03/28/2018

This week we lost a dear friend and our island lost a great artist and ART supporter. We will forever miss our art buddy, Phil Steele. Scroll through his photos for a glimpse of his amazing life: https://www.facebook.com/pg/The-Salty-Dog-Gallery-118112864886256/photos/?ref=page_internal

Welcome to the Salty Dog Gallery, owned by renowned artist Philip S. Steel and his wife Joan. Become

01/25/2018

We were honored to have been featured in the publication “Out and About” in Maine last fall!

01/25/2018

Sara Brown from The Gardens of Earthly Mirth in Willseyville, NY creates these beautiful garlic braids. We were gifted this earthy delight by gallery customers Ruth and Sandy…THANK YOU! Sara shows at the Ithaca Farmer’s Market. She grows the garlic and the flowers!

01/24/2018

Collage! ….thinking that Ivan might be inspired by the show we saw at Hollins University. The piece here that looks much like a rag rug is actually a paper collage.

12/25/2017

We knew that you would want to see Ivan Charles Rasmussen born 9/29/17 shown here with his dad and granddad & his first Rasmussen painting….cute, huh?

12/22/2017

HAPPY HOLIDAYS to you all! You must wonder where we have been! We had a wonderful 42nd season on the Waterfront finishing up the gallery season in October. We have been traveling, spending time with friends and family, camping, exploring new places and ideas….and now working on ART projects. Have a creative winter and see you on the Bar Harbor Waterfront spring '18. Sherry & Ivan

10/06/2017

Make-up artist Meg Magee, center, took time from her schedule yesterday for a book workshop at ART on West with her husband, Jon. Stop by the gallery to meet Meg tonight at ART Walk Bar Harbor 6 to 9 pm.

10/05/2017

We were getting into our VW van when Sherry jumped out and snapped this iPhoto of leaves on the street…..those raindrops sparked her imagination and she was compelled to capture the moment. Noel Paul Stookey, with his wife of 50+ years, raised their family on the coast of Maine. He recently wrote some thoughts on successful aging. He believes that we all employ our imagination but in different way. He writes, “People who make their living by using their imaginations, including song writers, writers, painters, and craftspeople, may benefit most, but for all of us, imagination is a key to aging well”. All of our creative friends possess that spark of imagination and that is why they bring us joy. See you at ART Walk Bar Harbor tomorrow!

10/05/2017

Meet Virginia make-up artist Meg Magee at ART Walk Bar Harbor Friday, October 6, 6 to 9 pm. As Meg shares her slide show of recent work, you will see why she has 73K followers from all around the world on Instagram.

09/21/2017

We love the Acadia Night Sky Festival that starts today. Sherry is giving a workshop, "Sea Stars to Starry Nights…..the gift of stars in Acadia” ..a folded paper star workshop to benefit the festival on Friday, 9/22 6:30 to 8:00 pm. It was joyous for her to hold Centennial workshops in 2016 with names like “In Love for 100’s Years and Beyond” and “The Colors of Acadia”. The folded star from “Sea Stars to Starry Nights…” was included in the Centennial Time Capsule to be opened in 2116 along with folding instructions in hopes that in 100 years stars will still be folded to celebrate Acadia. To register call 288-9428.