Greg Mort ISLAND WORLDS Open Studio

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Greg Mort will open his Port Clyde, Maine studio Fieldstone Castle to host "ISLAND WORLDS" on August 6 & 7, 2016. Mort spends each summer in Port Clyde where he frequently paints on nearby islands. With his ISLAND WORLDS series Mort captures the wonder and mystery of these iconic offshore oases in large scale eight-foot by eight-foot oil paintings.

An artist tour and talk will take place on Saturday, August 6th at 1:PM. Mort will discuss "Creative Inspirations" as well as his current exhibition in Finland and the striking similarities of the Maine and Finnish landscapes.

Greg Mort is a widely recognized American contemporary artist whose unmistakably modern creations have the classic feel of the Dutch Masters juxtaposed with startlingly modern designs. Mort’s signature images combine his twin passions for science and the arts.

Mort’s art is in many prominent collections including the Smithsonian, National Gallery of Art, Boston Museum of Science, Delaware Art Museum, Farnsworth Museum, Academy Art Museum, Portland Museum of Art, Brandywine River Museum and the White House. His artwork has been exhibited in over one hundred museum and gallery shows around the world. Current exhibitions include “Starry Skies of Art” at the Serlachius Museum in Mänttä, Finland, "Paintings of Maine" at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC and TWO ROADS at Somerville Manning Gallery in Greenville, DE on the Brandywine River. In the fall Mort will be the featured artist and speaker at the Peabody Essex Museum’s “Lunar Attractions” exhibition in Salem, MA. He has been a commissioned NASA artist since 1983 and in 2010 his painting “ZERO-G Apples” was selected for the “First Art Show in Space” aboard the International Space Station.

Throughout his career Mort has combined his art and his audience to promote environmental awareness. In 2007 he established The Art of Stewardship Project, his family foundation that supports and encourages ecological consciousness through the arts. The Art of Stewardship works with arts and educational organizations to build partnerships and collaborations supporting the artist’s role in preserving our fragile Earth. In February 2017 Mort will present Art of Stewardship mission as the Keynote speaker for the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Educators Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.

As a special feature ISLAND WORLDS - Open Studio is pleased highlight information about the outstanding work of The Island Institute throughout the exhibition.

For more information: GregMortCollection.com 207-372-8658.
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