Mind Over Matter
Curated by Bruce Brown

December 2, 2023 - January 13
About the Show
Curated by Bruce Brown, Mind Over Matter explores the boundaries between photographic representation and abstraction. Employing different techniques, the seven photographers in this show find the unfamiliar in the familiar, reframing the often overlooked mundane to surprising and beautiful effect. Whether the subject matter is discernable or completely abstracted, each image invites closer examination as we contemplate how the subject matter has been filtered through and interpreted by both the artist’s mind and our own.
Featured Artists
Elizabeth Root Blackmer, Hugh Blackmer, JC Camelio, Arnie Hoffman, Michael Kolster, Susan Partridge, and Jon Tobiasz
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Michael Kolster, 2020.12.30.1.5
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Michael Kolster, 2021.01.04.1.4
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Michael Kolster, 2020.12.24.2.3
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Michael Kolster, 2020.12.28.3.3
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Michael Kolster, 2021.01.02.1.5
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Michael Kolster, 2020.12.30.2.4
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Michael Kolster, 2020.12.30.3.3
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Michael Kolster, 2021.01.14.3.2
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Michael Kolster, Rottenstone #16 (2015)
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Michael Kolster, Rottenstone #11 (2015)
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Michael Kolster, Rottenstone #17 (2015)
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Michael Kolster, Rottenstone #20 (2015)
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Michael Kolster, Rottenstone #22 (2015)
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Michael Kolster, Rottenstone #24 (2015)
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Susan Partridge, Ancient Oceans
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Susan Partridge, Behind the Veil
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Susan Partridge, River Keepers
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Susan Partridge, Good Night Darkness
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Susan Partridge, Cosmic Eye
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Susan Partridge, Star Journey
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Susan Partridge, Voyage of a Wave
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Susan Partridge, Flow
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Susan Partridge, Fountainhead
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Susan Partridge, Violet Fusion
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JC Camelio, Drift Smoke
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JC Camelio, Slant
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JC Camelio, Woodland Edge
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JC Camelio, The Tarn
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JC Camelio, Brook Melt #1
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JC Camelio, Brook Melt #2
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JC Camelio, Life Cycle #1
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JC Camelio, Life Cycle #2
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JC Camelio, Maple Spring
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JC Camelio, Deposition
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Hugh Blackmer, The Seagull
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Hugh Blackmer, Whisper
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Hugh Blackmer, Flowers Cove
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Hugh Blackmer, Forward Looking
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Hugh Blackmer, Statler
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Hugh Blackmer, Waldorf
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Elizabeth Root Blackmer, Skyward
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Elizabeth Root Blackmer, Turning
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Elizabeth Root Blackmer, Terrain
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Elizabeth Root Blackmer, Flow
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Elizabeth Root Blackmer, Low Tide
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Elizabeth Root Blackmer, Grains of Sand
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Elizabeth Root Blackmer, Tree of Sand
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Elizabeth Root Blackmer, Expanse
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Jon Tobiasz, Bay, Falmouth, Maine (2018)
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Jon Tobiasz, Breaking Wave, Cape Elizabeth, Maine (2020)
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Jon Tobias, Daytime, Owls Head, Maine (2021)
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Jon Tobiasz, Distance, Camden, Maine (2021)
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Jon Tobiasz, Long White Cloud, Cape Elizabeth, Maine (2021)
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Jon Tobiasz, Expanse, Owls Head, Maine (2021)
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Jon Tobiasz, Moonrise, Owls Head, Maine (2020)
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Jon Tobiasz, Three Minutes, Bristol, Maine (2020)
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Jon Tobiasz, Two Gray Lines, Owls Head, Maine (2020)
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Jon Tobiasz, Vessel, Islesboro, Maine (2019)
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Arnie Hoffman, Empyrean
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Arnie Hoffman, Sea Drift
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Arnie Hoffman, Cosmic Encounter
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Arnie Hoffman, Veiled Profile
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Arnie Hoffman, The Wall
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Arnie Hoffman, Asphalt Au-tomatism
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Arnie Hoffman, Morning Glow
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Arnie Hoffman, Maelstrom
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Arnie Hoffman, Enigmatic Self
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Arnie Hoffman, Imagined Re-splendence
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Arnie Hoffman, Moonrise