BRIDGTON — Gallery 302 would like to welcome Watercolor and Mixed Media Artist Celeste Fleming to our artist guild. Art in some form has always been part of Celeste’s identity. Whether it be clay, fiber, or paint, she feels called to create.
Her undergraduate degree is in Psychology and Fine Arts. While she pursued psychology in graduate school and as a career she has always taken classes and practiced art forms as an avocation. After retiring from her psychotherapy practice, she and her husband fulfilled their dream of moving from NJ to Maine, where they had vacationed for over 30 years. She often takes the opportunity to Plein air watercolor sketch as they hike the woodlands and mountains and paddle the lakes, soaking up inspiration.
She began painting in earnest in 2020. Her pandemic silver lining was having the time to paint from her heart and fall in love with the wonder of watercolor. She is energized by the flow, unpredictability, and challenge of watercolor. Experimentation and play are essential to her painting process. Her work is rooted in the exploration of the external landscape and her own inner landscape.
The beauty of the natural world is her muse, leading her on a journey of discovery and imagination. When painting a scene she strives to convey its beauty as well as the feelings it evokes for her. While she may begin painting a scene in a representational way, in subsequent versions her focus moves inward, sometimes simplifying, sometimes becoming abstract.
From her inner landscape, dream images and memories also take the form of abstraction as she allows these impressions to flow through her brush, intuitively making marks and creating art.
Her work is in numerous private collections and also available at Jackson Art studio and Gallery, Jackson, NH. You can follow her on social media at the following:
[email protected]
www.celesteflemingart.com
www.Instagram.com/celesteflemingart/
https://www.facebook.com/Celeste-Fleming-Art-107838544872982/
Celeste’s paintings can be found at Gallery 302, located at 112 Main Street in Bridgton, ME. For more information, call 207-647-2787 or visit gallery302.com.