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July 26, 2008 Saturday...worked on new shell paintings and spent
part of the afternoon making labels for the exhibit.
July 30th, 2008 an article about
the exhibit with the picture of the Killdeer (Plover) and her
chick appeared
in the Portland Press Herald. I saw it first thing this morning
on-line in the York County Section of the Press Herald.
Coincidently, the lead story was about the endangered Piping
Plovers at Goose Rocks Beach.
I had just enough time to copy my story before it disappeared...seems
the
Press Herald was having problems with their website today. Here
it is:
"Nancy Cooper
Funk says that the way she sees the world comes through in the
work that she does.
By MELANIE CREAMER, Staff Writer July 30, 2008
Nancy Cooper Funk
has always noticed the little things.
Recently, she was
driving with her husband, David Funk, and from the corner of
her eye saw what she thought was a sparrow in a lawn near a field.
The couple turned their car around and saw a killdeer mother
with her chicks.
"It was one
of those magical moments that could have easily gone by,"
Cooper Funk said. "It was a beautiful thing to see this
mother and her four babies. They were running around. She called
them and (the chicks) would crawl under wings so you couldn't
even see them. We were able to observe that quietly from our
car."
Cooper Funk captured
the image on camera before driving away. She painted the scene,
which will be included in her newest exhibit, "The Art of
Nancy Cooper Funk -- nature, pets and scenes of the Kennebunks."
The exhibit will be on display Monday through Aug. 28 at the
Kennebunk Free Library.
Cooper Funk of
Arundel is an artist and illustrator who combines ink with watercolor
to create detailed drawings. She paints everything from birds,
flowers and ocean scenes to critters that stroll through her
garden.
She also creates
illustrations for things such as invitations, menus and brochures.
She enjoys doing commissioned pieces to capture a memory for
someone. She said she draws inspiration from things around her
and always has her camera handy to capture an image.
"It allows
me the freedom to capture more images to work from. No matter
where I am, I notice little things that most people would not
see," she said. "The way that I see the world comes
though in my art. It's something I feel I have to do. It's a
part of me."
Cooper Funk gravitated
to art at a young age and kept a strong focus throughout her
life. In 1980, she and her husband moved from Connecticut to
Kennebunkport and opened the Cooper Funk Gallery, which is now
Maine Memories. In 2002, the couple built an art studio with
gallery space in the center of their large perennial garden.
They have three cats, Ellie May, Polly and Brody, who often appear
in her work.
Cooper Funk last
exhibited her work at the Kennebunk Free Library in March 2006.
She said the library's Hank's Gallery is a great space to showcase
the work of local artists.
"It was a
great experience when I exhibited last time," she said.
"I hope the viewer will take away from my exhibit a sense
of calm and balance in a hectic world and an appreciation of
nature and the small precious things in life that are often overlooked."
Staff Writer Melanie
Creamer can be contacted at 791-6361 or at:
mcreamer@pressherald.com"
August 2, 2008 Saturday...set up the Exhibit at the Kennbunk
Library in the morning.
After I arranged the paintings
along the floor, David saved
the day by hanging them and improvising when the
wires that the Library provides for hanging an exhibit had
disappeared. He bought wire and devised his own method
and could reach the hooks along the moulding near the
ceiling without a ladder. Forgot a few things and brought too
many of others so a quick fine tuning is needed before
the reception.
Welcome to the exhibit!
August 4, 2008 Monday...add the sign at the top of the stairs
in the Library...
August 6, 2008 ~ Wednesday...wake up to heavy rain that lasts
the whole day!
This is the day for the reception from 5:30-7:30 pm.
At 3:30 Dave and I meet Dawn
at the library...she is helping us with
the reception.
We bring in all of our baskets of goodies and flowers and
set up the reception table.
Dawn did a beautiful job putting it all together.
I want to thank all of my friends who contributed goodies to
make this possible. Lynda baked lemon bread and brought it
over in the rain this morning along with Ruth's scrumptious
cookies and Shelley's cheese and crackers and Cindy's
ginger snaps and gigantic chocolate bar. Denise came over in
the pouring rain with flowers, chocolate chip cookies and brownies
and other things in a great basket. Dawn prepared the fruit
and vegetable platters, made the punch ( compliments of Lynda)
made the dip and assembled it all!
Judy arrived at the reception with beautiful flowers from her
garden!
It was a lovely reception and
I was so happy to see everyone
who stopped by.
It reminded me of our days when we had our Gallery and some
of the people I had met in our gallery over the years made
surprise appearances.
Thank you all!
I hope you can stop by the exhibit
if you are in the area.
( I won't be there but the paintings wiil!)
It will be at the Kennebunk Library through August 28th
during Library Hours and it might be best to call the Library
for sometimes that room is used for conferences.
Library phone number: 207 985-2173
Also, if you are in the area,
I hope you can stop by my
studio/gallery. It is just a few miles from the Library.
You can call me for directions: 207 967-2568
Thanks!
Nancy
We took down the exhibit in the
morning of August 29th...It was a wonderful experience to
exhibit at the Library. I thank all involved and those who came
to see the show.
Hopefully I will be back there in August of 2010.
I will be
posting some of my new artwork for the exhibit here...
this is a sample of some of the birds I've seen this summer.
© Nancy
Cooper Funk
"Killdeer and Chick"
© Nancy
Cooper Funk
"White Heron and Lily Pads"
(they are available
as prints}
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