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Courthouse Gallery Fine Art

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Courthouse Gallery Fine Art

Representing contemporary Maine artists. Located in beautiful downtown Ellsworth. A large-scale sculpture park occupies the sweeping lawn out front.

Courthouse Gallery Fine Art represents contemporary Maine artists, including established artists whose artwork can be found in major collections nationally, emerging artists, and selected estates. This destination gallery offers over 4500 square feet of fine art handsomely displayed in Ellsworth’s historic courthouse and registry of deeds, two Greek Revival buildings built in 1832. Owners Michael

and Karin Wilkes opened the gallery in 2006 after renovating both buildings to their former grandeur.

08/31/2026

Join us this Wednesday, September 2 at 5pm for a Gallery Talk with Priscilla Barter and Matt Barter in a conversation about life with husband and father painter Philip Barter (1939–2924). The pair will talk about the early years when the family embarked on a cottage industry to help Barter launch his career, who went on to become one of Maine’s most popular painters.

The Gallery Talk is held in conjunction with “PHILIP BARTER My Maine: A Retrospective,” the first retrospective exhibition of Barter’s work since he passed in 2024. A range of oil paintings from 1986 to 2023 are on view. Barter painted in oil until he developed cancer, causing him to switch acrylics the early 2000s.

Cover Image
PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024)
Pair of Shags
1986
oil on panel
21 x 24 inches

Blue Hill Peninsula Chamber

08/29/2026

GALLERY TALK: Wednesday, September 2 at 5pm
Join Priscilla Barter and Matt Barter for a conversation about life with husband and father, painter Philip Barter. They’ll share stories from the early years, when the family came together to build a cottage industry that helped launch Barter’s career—one that would go on to make him one of Maine’s most beloved painters.

The Gallery Talk will be held in conjunction with “My Maine: A Retrospective,” the first retrospective of Philip Barter’s work since he passed in 2024. The paintings cover the period from 1986 through 2023. Barter painted in oils until he developed cancer in early 2000, when he switched to acrylics.

The show runs through September 10. Browse the link in our bio to view the show.

Blue Hill Peninsula Chamber

08/17/2026

𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟗, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟓–𝟕𝐩𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 (𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟗–𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒), 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐮𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐦, 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐝𝐢 𝐃𝐚𝐮𝐛, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐧.

𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔.

PHILIP BARTER
MY MAINE: A RETROSPECTIVE

GREGORY DUNHAM
THE FADING TIDE

HEIDI DAUB | RICHARD KEEN
A SHARED HORIZON

𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬!

Blue Hill Peninsula Chamber

PHILIP BARTER (1939–2024)
Taking Up
2021
acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 inches
$20,000

GREGORY DUNHAM
Grey Skiff
watercolor,
17.25 x 30 inches
$7200

HEIDI DAUB
The Dress Of The Sun
acrylic on linen
40 x 36 inches
$4600

RICHARD KEEN
King Pine, Cold Moon
acrylic and oil on canvas
48 x 42 inches
$7000

08/10/2026

NIGHT STARS by Ragna Bruno, oil on Japanese paper, 8 x 10.625 inches, is now on view in her solo exhibition BOUNDLESS. View the show via the link in our bio.

Blue Hill Peninsula Chamber

08/04/2026

Read the review in the “Maine Sunday Telegram” on William Irvine’s show “Heading Home” by Jorge Arango. See the link in our bio!

“𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒎 𝑰𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 95𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒐𝒔𝒚𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔.”
— 𝑱𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝑺. 𝑨𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒐

EVENING HARBOR by William Irvine is now showing in his solo show HEADING HOME. Browse the link via in our bio to see the show!

William Irvine
“Evening Harbor”
oil on canvas
30 x 40 inches
SOLD

Blue Hill Peninsula Chamber

07/25/2026

When Ragna Bruno (1935–2026) painted, she went to place where only she could go. In this transcendental state, her marks flowed freely, without conscious direction, her expression pure and unmediated.

Yet through her painting, Bruno invited viewers into this deeply personal space, offering them a meditative journey of their own.

MEDITATING is now on view in her solo exhibition BOUNDLESS. View the show via the link in our bio.

MEDITATING
oil on Japanese paper
10.625 x 8 inches

Blue Hill Peninsula Chamber

07/22/2026

“I draw freely without preconceived thoughts, then there are no boundaries and anything can happen,” said Ragna Bruno in a 2019 interview with arts writer Daniel Kany Daniel Kany.

This quote inspired the title for RAGNA BRUNO: BOUNDLESS, a solo show celebrating the final twenty-three oil paintings Ragna Bruno (1935–2026) created before her passing in April 2026. Painted on Japanese paper in the peaceful solitude of her studio, these works invite viewers into a poetic, open-ended, meditative experience.

View BOUNDLESS via the link in our bio.

Ragna Bruno (1935–2026)
“Untitled”
oil on Japanese paper
8 x 10.626 inches

Blue Hill Peninsula Chamber

Address

6 Court St
Ellsworth, ME
04605

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5:30pm
Tuesday	10am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	10am - 5:30pm
Thursday	10am - 5:30pm
Friday	10am - 5:30pm
Saturday	10am - 5:30pm

Telephone

+12076676611

Website

http://www.courthousegallery.com/, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u7IiMJsoQnE&t=4s, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JvKPHkc

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