Jim used to be a fisherman. Or so they said. People saw him in town sometimes. A six-pack, a carton of smokes, maybe a can of something barely worth eating. He didn’t linger. Never made small talk. Just dropped crumpled bills on the counter and walked out. That was a while ago. Months. A year. Maybe more.
When “The Key To Creativity” exhibition opened at The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center (SBDAC) in downtown Fort Myers, a poignant artwork shown by artist Eric J. Taubert offered a meaningful glimpse at various facets of Sanibel Island that were lost to Hurricane Ian last September.
(NOTE: An abridged version of this interview/essay was originally published in Maine Art Scene) The traditional art gallery model that has served plein air painters, mixed media artists, and fine art photographers for generations still reigns supreme in Maine; but change is in the wind.
If there were any questions as to whether Ogunquit remains one of the most lively, enduring, and relevant Art Colonies in America, they have now been answered — thanks to the Inaugural Perkins Cove Plein Air Painting Event which occurred on 9/11/21.
The Art Center in Dover, NH will be showing 3 of Eric J Taubert’s European Street Photography pieces in their “Faces” exhibition in September/October 2021.
(NOTE: An abridged version of this photo essay was originally published in the Spring 2021 Issue of the Maine Arts Journal – Union of Maine Visual Artists / UMVA Quarterly) “I know of a cure for everything: Salt water. In one way or the other. Sweat, or tears, or the salt sea.” — Isak Dinesen As the pandemic began to surge in early 2020, my wife Charlene and I left our winter home in Southwest Florida and drove back to […]
Jag Gallery in Key West, Florida has accepted two of Ogunquit, Maine fine art photographer Eric Taubert’s photos into their highly-anticipated juried Cell Phone Art Exhibit (opening October 30th and running through November 23rd).
One of Ogunquit, Maine fine art photographer Eric J. Taubert’s pieces depicting Perkins Cove has been accepted into BIG ARTS first-ever juried exhibit to open in their new Dunham Family Gallery on Sanibel Island, Florida.
Don’t miss the July/August issue of artscope magazine for my interview with artist Ryan Landry!
Two of Eric Taubert’s European street photography pieces were juried into “The Modern Male II” exhibition at Bowersock Fine Art Gallery, located at 373 Commercial Street in Provincetown, on Cape Cod (beginning July 3rd).
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