Off the Wall Art Magazine

12/10/2025

11/18/2025

Douglas H. Caves Sr. captures the emotional resonance of New England’s barns, fields, and coastlines through layered color and thoughtful composition. Read about Doug’s artistic journey in Off the Wall Art Magazine "Between Vibration and Vision: The Paintings and Philosophy of Douglas H. Caves Sr." Portland Art Gallery

https://open.substack.com/pub/offthewallartmagazine/p/between-vibration-and-vision?r=6uighm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

07/23/2025

Cooper Dragonette highlighted in today's Off the Wall article.

Coastal Maine Landscapes by Artist Cooper Dragonette

05/07/2025

Meet Bibby Gignilliat: artist, educator, and creative force. After successful careers in tech, marketing, and the culinary world, she returned to her first love—art—and never looked back.
Her story is one of risk, reinvention, and pure joy in the creative process.

Read the full feature on Substack (link below):

A California artist who once left art behind, Bibby Gignilliat now builds layered, joyful works from found objects—and from the fragments of her own journey.

04/29/2025

New today: Our profile of Cuban-American artist Carlos Gamez de Francisco is now live. From post-revolutionary Cuba to a major exhibition in Maine, his story is one of discipline, imagination, and a deep belief in beauty. Don’t miss this one.

From secret dollar walls in Cuba to dreamlike canvases in Kentucky, an artist’s life shaped by resilience, imagination, and a relentless belief in beauty.

04/21/2025

New Feature on Off the Wall Art Magazine

Heidi Daub has been quietly creating a life of deep beauty on Maine’s Blue Hill Peninsula for decades—through painting, poetry, music, and motherhood. In our latest feature, we explore how her work flows through time like the rivers that shaped her early life.

From stone houses to steel drums, from stillness to movement, Heidi’s story is a testament to art that’s lived, not just made.

Read the full story at the link below.

Visit the Portland Art Gallery to see more of Heidi Daub’s work.

On Maine’s Blue Hill Peninsula, Heidi Daub weaves motherhood, memory, and movement into paintings that feel like poems—and poems that feel like home.

04/21/2025

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