University of New England

Local artists exhibit at the UNE Biddeford campus
 
BIDDEFORD - The University of New England in Biddeford is currently hosting exhibits of local artists, Dot Starkweather, and mother and daughter, Diane and Emilia Carbone.

Dot Starkweather

Diane Carbone

Emilia Carbone

Both exhibits run through December 6, 2007, and are free and open to the public.
 
Dot Starkweather’s landscapes in watercolor, oils and pastels are on exhibit at the Campus Center of University of New England’s Biddeford campus: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., daily.
 
Diane and Emilia Carbone's oils and pastels are on exhibit Stella Maris Hall on the University of New England’s Biddeford campus: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday - Friday.
 
For more information, contact Diane Noble at (207) 284-6394.

Dot Starkweather lives at Fortunes Rocks, and has painted her native New England for many years.  For the past six years, she has exhibited and sold her work at the "Fortunes Rocks Association Art Show", and for two years at the "Artists by the Sea" show in Biddeford Pool. While living in Andover, Massachusetts, she was very active in the Andover, Massachusetts Art Guild, exhibiting in the town library, old City Hall, Andover’s “Art in the Park” and numerous banks in the area.

Mother Daughter artists:
 
Diane Carbone lives in Portland, Maine, and paints landscapes and nature scenes from her garden and images along Maine's coast and inland waters, including Damariscotta Lake, where she has spent time in her cottage for the last 25 summers. Carbone commented that she loves to capture the region's natural beauty, "a lady slipper on the woodland floor, a flower garden in full bloom or the breathtaking reflection of the fading sun on the water and sky."
 
Emilia Carbone grew up in Portland, Maine and received her bachelor’s degree from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. She also attended Studio Arts Centers International in Florence, Italy. She is a member of the Waltham Mills Artists' Association, in Waltham, Massachusetts.  When she is not working in her in studio she is teaching young children at a local organic farm. Her favorite quote is from Edward Hopper, "If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint."

(Press release posted Nov. 15, 2007)