Description

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WILLIAM IRVINE: A PAINTER'S JOURNEY, by Carl Little, with foreword by Richard Russo, features a stunning selection of Irvine's work, from early abstractions to an array of landscapes inspired by Maine but also by Scotland, England, and France.

William Irvine (b. 1931) is an American painter whose career spans six decades with the last four decades spent in Maine. Irvine’s journey in art began in the town of Troon on the Scottish coast, where he was introduced to modern art through the collection of whiskey magnate Johnnie Walker. After graduating from the Glasgow School of Art and serving in the Scottish army, Irvine came of artistic age in London, where he was a part of a lively avant-garde scene. Moving to downeast Maine in 1968 proved a turning point: harbors, islands and boats, the sea and the sky inspired bold work that combined Irvine’s abstract instincts with new pictorial concepts based on the landscape. In the ensuing forty–plus years, Irvine has established himself as a Maine and American master, known for his seascapes as well as enchanting figurative paintings and still lifes.

About the Author

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Carl Little is the author of William Irvine, A Painter's Journey, Edward Hopper's New England, The Watercolors of John Singer Sargent, The Art of Dahlov Ipcar, and Eric Hopkins: Above and Beyond - which won the first John N. Cole Prize from Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. He is a regular contributor to Art New England, Ornament, and Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors. An ex-New Yorker, Little moved to Maine in 1989; he has written and lectured on Maine art ever since. His poetry has appeared in a wide range of journals as well as in Ocean Drinker: New & Selected Poems and two anthologies edited by Wesley McNair. A resident of Somesville on Mount Desert Island, Little is director of communications and marketing at the Maine Community Foundation.

Praise For…

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Irvine's gentle oil
paintings of Maine have been likened to Milton Avery's landscapes. Analogies
can also be made to the innocent joy of Chagall's floating lover and the
bottomless, banded color of Rothko--a luxurious blend not of this world.
— Editor - ARTnews