Journal

The best moment of my day at Holcomb Farm had nothing to do with painting. My son and daughter-in-law walked into the tent carrying my one-year-old grandson...

Once a year, Boothbay Harbor stops being a quiet Maine harbor town and becomes something closer to a reunion of old wooden ships. Windjammer Days brings tall ships in from up and down the coast — sometimes from much farther —

George Mattingly has been painting alongside Shauna Shane since 2019 — a Yellowstone resident artist and longtime teacher who insists he 'wipe a canvas clean and start over' when the composition isn't working.

"Most of what I paint starts with something I've actually stood in front of," George says. "This one didn't. I just kept feeling this quiet — the light going down, one small sail out there by itself — and I had to get it down before it left me."

Local artist George Mattingly’s life and work are both as colorful and varied as his paintings. With a story that reads like a novel, George’s journey from a troubled youth to a celebrated local artist is not just inspiring...