Betsy Birge
{pastels and watercolor​}
Professional info
Betsy Birge is an emerging artist born in 1953, currently living and working in Liberty, Maine. Working primarily in soft pastels with watercolor underpainting, she strives to continually evolve her technique and style using the natural world as an inspirational foundation.
Exhibitions
2015 In the Sheepscot Watershed, River Arts Gallery - Damariscotta, ME
Hospice, Barbara Kramer Gallery – Belfast, ME
The Natural World, River Arts Gallery - Damariscotta, ME
Members Show, River Arts Gallery - Damariscotta, ME
Mainly Maine, River Arts Gallery - Damariscotta, ME
Artist's Choice II, River Arts Gallery - Damariscotta, ME
2014 Two-person exhibition, Sojourns, River Arts Gallery – Damariscotta, ME (with
photographer Aimée Keithan)
31 Flavors, Betts Gallery – Belfast, ME
Celebrate Life, Barbara Kramer Gallery – Belfast, ME
Innerscape, River Arts Gallery – Damariscotta, ME
Down on the Farm, River Arts Gallery – Damariscotta, ME
The Maine Story, River Arts Gallery – Damariscotta, ME
Festival of Art, Fred Hutchinson Center – Belfast, ME
2013 Solo exhibition, Marsh River Theatre – Brooks, ME
44N 69W Radius Belfast, Aarhus Gallery – Belfast, ME
Festival of Art, Fred Hutchinson Center – Belfast, ME
2012 44N 69W Radius Belfast, Aarhus Gallery – Belfast, ME
New Work in Pastel, Betts Gallery – Belfast, ME (guest of painter Peg Worth)
Holiday Gala Show, Betts Gallery – Belfast, ME
2010 Off The Beaten Path Gallery – Belfast, ME
Neal Parent Gallery – Belfast, ME
2006 Festival of Art, Fred Hutchinson Center – Belfast, ME
2002 Site art installation, Belfast Bearfest, – Belfast, ME
Teaching experience
2015 Instructor, Pastel workshop, University of Maine Fred Hutchinson Center – Belfast, ME
2014 Instructor, Pastel workshop, University of Maine Fred Hutchinson Center – Belfast, ME
Guest Instructor (for Sandi Cirillo’s Introduction to Drawing), Introduction to Pastels, University of Maine Fred Hutchinson Center – Belfast, ME
2013 Instructor, Pastel workshop, University of Maine Fred Hutchinson Center – Belfast, ME
Guest Instructor (for Sandi Cirillo’s Introduction to Drawing), Introduction to Pastels, University of Maine Fred Hutchinson Center – Belfast, ME
Studied under
Erica Qualey
Kris Engman
Joanne Parent
Bob Richardson
Robin Lowe
Nancy Glassman
Johannes Vloothuis
Birgit O’Connor
Alain Picard
Liz Hayward-Sullivan
Collections
Corporate collections
Bristol Parks and Recreation
– Pemaquid, ME
Old Stuff Shop – Belfast, ME
Waldo County General
Hospital – Belfast, ME
Private collections
Bailey Island, ME
Bedford, NH
Belfast, ME Belmont, ME
Bowdoinham, ME Brooks, ME
Brunswick, ME Camden, ME
Cumberland, ME
Hollis, ME
Liberty, ME
Lincolnville, ME
N. Smithfield, RI
Newport, RI
Randolph, ME
Searsmont, ME Durham, England, UK
Awards & honors
2014 2nd place jurors’ choice, Celebrate Life, Barbara Kramer Gallery – Belfast, ME
Bibliography
Sockburn Hall Project, Tapestry of Time: Twelve Centuries at Sockburn,
2010, pp. 164-5, 174.
2010 - present
2010 - present