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November 2, 2023 - RACHEL AND RYAN ADAMS’ OVER HERE STUDIO CONTINUES WITH Anyone Can Paint BY SPOSE (@spizzyspose) on DECEMBER 1-17, 2023.
 
Over Here Studio is a space for exhibitions, community gathering, and artistic inspiration for the Portland arts community, located at 320 Thompson’s Point Road in Portland, Maine. It is also a working studio space for Rachel, Ryan and artist Kelly Rioux. The gallery will hold pop-up 
exhibitions where artists of all stages are able to showcase their work. Rachel and Ryan hope to create a space within the community where people can exchange ideas and converse through the common lens of art and creativity.
 
Anyone Can Paint represents Spose’s first two years of work as a painter. He had never painted before January 2022 (except at one of those drink-wine-and-paint bars). He taught himself using the scholarly texts and tutors of his time on Earth: YouTube videos and tutorials on Instagram of painters he liked. After dedicating months to fumbling through the process, he eventually found he had strengths, weaknesses, and things that genuinely excited him in the painting process. He found that he Iikes thick paint coming off the canvas (he Googled this, it’s called “impasto” painting). He enjoys half-mixing colors with the palette knife and bold-stroking them onto the canvas to create controlled-chaos of colors. He likes the challenge of figuring out how to mix a certain shade of grey-blue using trial and error.
 
An opening reception for Anyone Can Paint will be held Friday, December 1, from 5pm to 8pm. Gallery hours will be held Fridays from 5-8pm and Saturdays and Sundays from 3-6pm through December 17. 
 
The Over Here Studio series will continue with gallery pop-ups featuring local artists held one weekend of each month through 2023 and 2024. Please follow Over Here Studio on instagram at @Over.Here.Studio to learn more.

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