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Eloquent Observation – Tina Ingraham
August 21, 2012
June 2012 Maine Home & Design Magazine Article by Britta Konau While the items seem luscious, the application of paint is sparing. Each brushstroke is deliberately placed without hesitation, and highlights are carefully considered.
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Tina Ingraham was born in Kenton, Ohio in 1947. She received her Bachelor of Science in Design at the University of Cincinnati, College of DAAP in 1970, and her MFA from Brooklyn College of CUNY in 1996. Largely influenced by her study with Lennart Anderson, a second generation student of Charles Webster Hawthorne, 1872-1930, her work matured with three years of painting in Perugia, Italy from 1999-2003. She traveled Europe studying Old Master works, mosaics, and contemporary painters that enriched her palette and informed her continued research of historical techniques. She is a recipient of many awards, including fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, The Milton and Sally Avery Foundation, grants from The Maine Commission for the Arts and Pollock Krasner Foundations, and residency fellowships from MacDowell Colony, Dorland Mountain Art Colony and The Robert M. MacNamara Foundation. Academic teaching includes The International School of Painting Drawing and Sculpture, Bowdoin College, Hyde School, Brooklyn College and Stephens College. Among the many seated portraits Ingraham has painted are the Myron Edward Ullman III portrait collection of thirteen paintings, and the portrait of Joshua Chamberlain commissioned by Bowdoin College. Down East Book publications include reproductions of Ingraham’s Harbor Fish Market painting “Early Snow” in Carl Little’s and David Little’s Paintings of Portland, and “Portland Pier at Low Tide” in Paintings of Maine, A New Collection by Carl Little.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025 On Balance, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
2023 Stills and Scapes, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
2020 Sight Specific, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
2017 Rocks, Trees, Sand and Sea, Popham to Blue Hill, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
2015 Figure and Landscape, Two Person Show, Thomas Moser Showroom, Freeport, ME
2009 Observations, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
2009 Natura-Naturi-Natur, Galerie im Rathaus, Treffpunkt Kunst, Ottobrun, Germany
2007 Out of the Ordinary, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
2006 ’96 to Now, Roundtop Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, ME
2005 Façades, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
2005 The Light of Umbria, Galerie im Rathaus, Treffpunkt Kunst, Ottobrunn, Germany
2003 Master Works, Two Person Show, Paris, New York, Kent Gallery, Kent, CT
2002 Begegnungen, Galerie im Rathaus, Treffpunkt Kunst, Ottorunn, Germany
2002 Incontri, Chiostro San Francesco, Two Person Show, Umbertide, Italy
2001 Luminous Moments, Hubert Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Still Life and Doorways, Galleria ISA, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy
1999 Still Life, Randall Tuttle Fine Arts, Woodbury, CT
1997 Still Life, Randall Tuttle Fine Arts, Woodbury, CT
1996 Still Life, Randall Tuttle Fine Arts, Woodbury, CT
1994 Watercolors and Oils, Lancaster Gallery, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
1994 New Works in Watercolor, The Gallery at Thomas Moser, Portland, ME
1994 New Works in Oil, Houston Tuttle Gallery One, Rockland, ME
1993 Dance Paintings, Cavalier Gallery, Stamford, CT
1991 Dance Paintings, Portland Performing Arts Center, Portland, ME
1989 Monhegan, Bayview Gallery, Portland, ME
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Maine The Painted State (first through fourth exhibitions 2019 – 2025), Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
2024 Wish You Were Here, Cove Street Arts, Portland, ME
2024 New Work, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2024 Fashion Drawings from the Sixties, Cove Street Arts, Portland, ME
2024 Biennial Portland Shows (third through tenth exhibitions 2006-2024), Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
2016 A Continuum of Place, Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, ME
2014 On and Off the Wall: Dune Evolution, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2013 The Painter’s Table and Art, Food and Humanity, Warm Springs Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2012 Small Pleasures, Sylvan Gallery, Wiscasset, ME
2011 From the Garden to the Kitchen, The George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
2009 Above and Below, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
2007 What’s Cooking, Bachelier-Cardonsky Art Gallery, Kent, CT
2005 The Still Life Show, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2004 Spring Painting Invitational, Neptune Fine Art, New York, NY
2003 Vessels, Paris, New York Kent Gallery, Kent, CT
2002 A Shaker Collection, K 2002, Association of Munich and German Artists, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
2002 Fauvists and Cross-Dressers, (Solo within three exhibits), Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2000 Eloquent Objects; The Sense and Sensibility of Still-Life Painting, Bates College Museum of Art, Bates College, Lewiston, ME
1998 NYU 21st Annual Small Works Show Ealan Wingate, juror, Washington Square Gallery East New York, NY
1997 Object Lessons, The Sue and Eugene Mercer Jr. Gallery, New Haven, CT
171st Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1996 NYU Small Works Show, (Edward Thorpe, juror), Washington Square Galley East, NY, NY
1995 National Juried Competition (Jane Freilicher, juror), Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
1994 Rhythm & Dance, Bayview Gallery, Camden, ME
1993 Pastel Society of America Annual Competition, National Arts Club, New York, NY
1993 Transportation, Houston-Tuttle Gallery One, Rockland, ME
1992 Gallery Artists, deHaviland Fine Art, Boston, MA
1991 Pastel Society of America Annual Competition, National Arts Club, New York, NY
1991 Selections, Pastel Society Annual Show, Harmon Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
1990 Gallery Artists, The Gallery at 4 India Street, Nantucket, MA
Articles, Reviews and Publications
2022 “Tina Ingraham Paints the Custom House Wharf
Fixed Architecture Evolves with Light and Waterfront Work”
Carl Little
The Working Waterfront September 20, 2022
2022 “Tina Ingraham: Finding the Spirit of a Painting”
Interviewed by Nancy Gordon and Daniel Kany
CREATIVE MAINE July August, 2022
Photography, Andrew Etsey, Kenneth Woisard, Jay York, Tina Ingraham
2022 “How I Paint”
YouTube Presentation April, 2022
Shot and edited by Jesse LaFountaine
2021 “Face to Face” Creative Maine, interviewed by Nancy Gordon, March April, 2021
2020 “Virtual doesn’t suffice. Tina Ingraham’s paintings must be experienced in person”
Jorge S. Arango
Portland Press Herald Arts Review September 20, 2020
2018 Paintings of Portland
Ingraham Painting: “Early Snow“ pictured on title page
Carl Little and David Little
Down East Books, Camden, Maine 2018
2017 “Tina Ingraham’s brush with the mortality of nature”
Solo Exhibit reviewed by Daniel Kany
Portland Press Herald, Art Review, September 17, 2017
Photography, Bernard C. Meyers and Kenneth Woisard
2012 “Eloquent Observations”
Britta Konau
Maine Home and Design, June 12, 2012
2010 “The Sustainability of Food and Art”
Melanie Hyatt
Photography by Jim Bazin
Maine Food and Lifestyle, Spring Issue, 2010
2009 “Artists of the Working Waterfront”
Carl Little
Maine, Boats, Homes & Harbors, May 2009/Issue 104
2007 “Capturing Beauty”
Nancy English
Maine Home and Design, April 2007
2006 Paintings of Maine, A New Collection
Carl Little
Down East Books, Camden, ME, Arnold Scholnick, Image Editor, 2006
2006 “Pieces of the Whole, Deconstructing Tina Ingraham’s work at Greenhut Galleries”
Chris Thompson The Portland Phoenix, December 9-15, 2006
2005 “Liebeserklarung an einen italienischen Landstrich”
“Declaration of Love for an Italian Landscape”
Alexandra Leuthner
Suddeutscye Zeitung, May 3, 2005 Nr. 10
2005 “Harmonische Farbdramaturgie Tina Gaumer Ingraham im Treffpunkt Kunst”
“Harmonious Drama, Tina Gaumer Ingraham at Treffpunkt Kunst”
Manfred Stanka
Landkreis Munchen, April 30, 2005 Nr. 99
2004 “Artichoke Hold”
Chris Thompson
The Portland Phoenix, December 10-16, 2004
2002 “Die Transparenz eines Salzstreuers”
“Transparent Salt Shakers”
Rosewitha Grosse
Suddeutsche Zeitung, Munich, Germany, October 22, 2002
1999 “Mainers Awarded Prize Grants”
Portland Press Herald, April 15, 1999
1999 “The cleansing breeze of everyday objects”
Tracey O’Shaughnessy
Republican American, September, 1999
1999 “Atmosphere of Artistry”
Ruth Planey
The Free Press Enterprise
1997 “This Week in Connecticut”
Shakers, pears & tongs (painting reproduced)
The New York Times, September, 1997
1997 “Artful Journeys:”
Tracey O’Shaughnessy
Republican American, September, 1997
1994 “Her Work Has a Hushed Vitality”
Deborah Murphy
The Times Record, September 29, 1994
1992 Monhegan Harbor (cover, painting reproduced)
The North American Review, March/April, 1992
“Cover Winner Announced” The North American Review, January/February, 1992
1990 “Series of Paintings Mirror Creation of Don Quixote”
Maine Sunday Telegram, May 13, 1990
1990 “Dance Images to be Displayed”
Portland Evening Express, Arts & Entertainment, May 10, 199
Awards, Grants, Fellowships, and Residencies
2015 Visual Artist Project Grant, Maine Commission for the Arts, Augusta, ME
2008 Honored and Profiled, Women Work and Community, a community-based non-profit, Governor’s Mansion, Augusta, ME
2005 Artist’s Residency, The MacNamara Foundation, Westport Island, ME
1999 The John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, New York, NY
1999 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., New York, NY
1999 Artist’s Residency Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony for the Arts, Peterborough, NH
1999 Artist’s Residency, Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Temecula, CA
1998 The Milton and Sally Avery Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony for the Arts, Peterborough, NH
1996 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Brooklyn College of CUNY, Brooklyn, NY
1995 Charles G. Shaw Memorial Award for Scholarship and Art, Brooklyn College of CUNY, Brooklyn, NY
1994 Artist’s Residency Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
1992 Biennial Cover Award, North American Review (March/April), University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
1991 Broderson Award, Maine Ad and Design Award, Portland, ME
1970 Career Achievement Award, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Selected Collections and Commissions
Brookline Bankcorp, Brookline, Massachusetts
Brown Brothers Harriman, New York, New York
Mr. and Mrs Myron Edward Ullman III
Private Collection of thirteen portraits and still lifes
Ranjan Marwah, Executive Access and Phylis Marwah, Mother’s Choice
Private Collection of seven portraits
MBNA Corporation
Portrait of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Governor of Maine 1867-1871, President of Bowdoin College, 1971-1883 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
Portrait reproduction of the Honorable Frederick Plaisted, Governor of Maine 1909-1911
Education
1996 Master of Fine Art in Painting MFA, Brooklyn College of CUNY, Brooklyn, NY
1994-2014 Lennart Anderson, Mentor
1981-1986 Daniel Greene, Portrait Workshops, South Salem CT
1970 Bachelor of Science in Design BSD, College of DAAP, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Academic and Independent Teaching
2001 – 2021
Instructor, Tina Ingraham Studios, Bath, ME
“It’s on the Palette”©, originally researched and developed approach of teaching color theory
2012
Presentation, “Process and Observations”
Referenced: Chardin, Gauguin, Poussin, Vermeer
Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME
2005
Instructor, Hyde School, Bath, ME
Painting and Drawing
2000-01
International School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture
Monte Castello di Vibio and Todi, Italy
Painting
1997-99
Visiting Assistant Professor, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
Painting and Drawing
1996
Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Brooklyn College, CUNY Brooklyn, NY
Painting
1989-93
Instructor, Continuing Studies, Portland School of Art
Portland, ME
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