Sheep Jones, Industrial Bees, 36×36, oil on canvas, $3300

Opening Reception on Friday January 31st, 5:30-8pm

Betts Gallery is starting off the new year with a show of paintings by Sheep Jones and her sister Julie Cyr, who passed away in December 2019. The show entitled ‘City Country’ runs from January 24th through February 21st. Coming home to Maine, the Waterville natives, settled in Belfast after years of working and living in other places. Each with their own unique voice and their vivid imagination, using figures, animals and landscapes, their paintings tell stories with an air of mystery and magic realism.

Please join us for an evening among friends, and raise a glass to Julie, at an opening reception on Friday January 31st, 5:30-8pm. The Belfast Framer and Betts Gallery is located at 96 Main Street in Belfast, and also may be entered from Beaver Street. For more information please call 338-6465.

Julie Cyr, Old Pals, 11″ x 14″, oil on canvas

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Kris Engman, Marshall Shore Liberty, oil and cold wax on panel, 9” x 12”

November 15th through December 24th
Opening reception, Friday December 6th, 5:30-8pm

Betts Gallery welcomes you to their annual ‘Holiday Galleria’ which opens to the public for perusing and holiday shopping on November 15th. The exhibit of local, affordable small works of art and craft, in a variety of media includes works by: Susan Cooney, Julie Cyr, Kris Engman, Sarah Faragher, Helene Farrar, Conny Hatch, David Jacobson, Sheep Jones, Kirk Linder, Leslie Moore, Willy Reddick, Dorothy Royle, Lesia Sochor, Kay Sullivan, Mary Trotochaud, Peter Walls, and Janalee Welch.

There will be an opening reception, Friday December 6th, 5:30-8pm during the Belfast Holiday Art Walk. We hope you can come enjoy some refreshments, meet up with friends and chat with the artists as we ring in the holidays. And please make sure to check back in, as the show, which runs from November 15th through December 24th, will be changing throughout the month as sold pieces are replaced by new work. The gallery is open Wednesday through Friday 10-5, Saturday 10-2 or by appointment. Also open for Christmas Eve on Tuesday December 24th 10-3pm.

The Belfast Framer and Betts Gallery is located at 96 Main Street in Belfast, and also may be entered from Beaver Street. For more information please call 338-6465 or visit the website, www.thebelfastframer.com.

Sarah Faragher, Passing Cloud, View to Mount Desert Island from Schoodic, Maine, oil on panel, 5” x 7”

Sheep Jones, Hide 21, oil on wood, 12” x 12”

Opening reception on Friday, September 27th, 5:30-8pm
Show runs through October 26th

Please join Betts Gallery at an opening reception on Friday, September 27th, 5:30-8pm, for a group show entitled ‘Animalia’. The work, in a variety of media, is inspired by both domestic and wild creatures that inhabit our planet, on the land, in the air and under the sea. The show, which runs through October 26th, features artists Sally Brophy, MJ Viano Crowe, Julie Cyr, Kris Engman, David Estey, Helene Farrar, Conny Hatch, Sheep Jones, Kirk P. Linder, Kat Logan, Kathi Peters, Rebekah Raye, Willy Reddick, Dorothy Royle, Jill Stasium and Peter Walls. The Belfast Fourth Friday Art Walk is always a fun time to stroll around town, visit the galleries, talk to the artists, see some friends and enjoy some fine refreshments. The Belfast Framer and Betts Gallery is located at 96 Main Street in Belfast, and also may be entered from Beaver Street. For more information please call 338-6465.

Kat Logan, Hummingbird, oil on canvas, 30” x 30”

Peter Walls, Allured – Under the Sea I, acrylic on wood panel, 18″ x 18″

Julie Cyr, Swimming with Seals, oil, 10” x 20”

August 16- September 21, 2019
Opening Reception Friday August 16th, 5:30-8pm

Please join Betts Gallery at an opening reception on August 16th, 5:30-8pm, for a group show entitled ‘H2O’. The show includes many interpretations of H2O, in its various states, in a variety of media including watercolor, oil, photography, acrylic, graphite and mixed media. The show, which runs through September 21st, features artists Susan Cooney, Julie Cyr, Gregory Dunham, Sarah Faragher, Sheep Jones, Mark Kelly, Kathleen Mack, Wesley Reddick, Willy Reddick, Rebecca Rivers, Shari Goddard Shambaugh, Kay Sullivan, and Gilbert Welch. The Belfast Framer and Betts Gallery is located at 96 Main Street in Belfast, and also may be entered from Beaver Street. For more information please call 338-6465.

Susan Cooney, Seal Bay Series, No. 2, Giclee print of pencil drawing, 8” x 10″

Kay Sullivan, Rain Riverside, pastel, 7″ x 7″

Maureen Block, Interior Space, found object, mixed media, 15.5″ x 16″ x 15″

Please join Betts Gallery at an opening reception on July 5th, 5:30-8pm, for a group show entitled ‘Dimensional’. This showing by local artists will be sculpture and wall relief works in a variety of mediums including wood, clay, bronze, paper, found objects and mixed media. The show runs through August 10th, and includes artists Jeffrey Ackerman, Daniel Anselmi, Maureen Block, JT Gibson, Conny Hatch, James MacDonald, Alice Parsons, Lesia Sochor, Norman Tinker, Simon van der Ven, Kathy Weinberg and Janalee Welch. The Belfast Framer and Betts Gallery is located at 96 Main Street in Belfast, and also may be entered from Beaver Street. For more information please call 338-6465.

Jeffrey Ackerman, Sphinx I, terracotta, 17.5″ x 12″ x 9″

Please join Betts Gallery at an opening reception on May 24th, 5:30-8pm, for a group show entitled ‘Roots’, as artists dig deep and explore the many meanings of the word. Roots can be the origin of something, as in families or language. It can be used to describe where one comes from, or the essential core of something, and commonly describes the parts of a plant that are below ground, such as a tuber or bulb.

The show runs through June 29th, and includes artists Kenny Cole, MJ Viano Crowe, Julie Cyr, Kris Engman, JT Gibson, Kevin Johnson, Sheep Jones, Mark Kelly, Petrea Noyes, Toki Oshima, Joan Proudman, Wes Reddick, Willy Reddick, and Lesia Sochor. The Belfast Fourth Friday Art Walk is always a fun time to stroll around town, visit the galleries, talk to the artists, see some friends and enjoy some fine refreshments. The Belfast Framer & Betts Gallery is located at 96 Main Street in Belfast, and also may be entered from Beaver Street. For more information please call 338-6465

Opening reception, Friday December 7th, 5:30-8pm
December 7th through the 22nd

This December, Betts Gallery celebrates the holidays with their annual ‘Holiday Galleria’ show, joining in on the Belfast Holiday Artwalk with an opening reception, Friday December 7th, 5:30-8pm. The exhibit of local, affordable art, in a variety of media includes works by: Sally Brophy, Jennie Connor, Susan Cooney, Julie Cyr, Kris Engman, Sarah Faragher, Helene Ferrar, Conny Hatch, David Jacobson, Sheep Jones, Mark Kelly, Allegra Kuhn, Kathleen Mack, Leslie Moore, Willy Reddick, Wes Reddick, Betty Schopmeyer, Lesia Sochor, Kay Sullivan, Mary Trotochaud and Peter Walls. Be sure to check in often, as the show, which runs from December 7th through the 22nd, will be changing throughout the month as sold pieces are replaced by new work.

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Helene Farrar, Tree Love, 5′ X 5″, Encaustic

September 28th through November 2nd
Opening reception Friday September 28th, 5:30-8pm

Betts gallery welcomes autumn with a show celebrating ‘Trees’. Besides the beauty of trees, the majestic living beings offer us shade, they help clean the air we breathe, some provide food, and selectively harvested, they provide us with wood. This show of 2d work includes oil and acrylic paintings, pastels and encaustic interpretations by local artists: Julie Cyr, Kris Engman, Sarah Faragher, Helene Farrar, Sheep Jones, Betty Schopmeyer and Kay Sullivan. The show runs from September 28th through November 2nd, with an opening reception Friday September 28th, 5:30-8pm as part of the Belfast Fourth Friday Art Walk. The Belfast Framer and Betts Gallery is located at 96 Main Street in Belfast, and also may be entered from Beaver Street. For more information please call 338-6465