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Jack Riddle, a Maine Painter A native of the New York City area, Jack summered in Maine as a young child and moved there initially in 1970, and then permanently in 1981.   A businessman for most of his career, he has always had a passion for the arts and became especially active in local and regional music organizations.   He dabbled in drawing and painting for most of his life, but took up oil painting in earnest in 2001.   Jack's varied art education ranges from his own independent study to working with established artists.   He studied drawing with Kathleen Boldt of Brunswick,...more
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Mexico a Painters Goldmine

December 12th, 2007

This painting was done of a scene in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. San Miguel is a beautiful Spanish colonial town situated in central Mexico in the western Sierra Madre mountains. It attracts people of all types including artists from all over. I h... 

My Mentors and Muses

November 15th, 2007

I am a self-taught painter, but not really. My good friend Mary Hall got me started on painting during a trip to Tuscany in Sept. 2001. I think the events of he 11th of that month caused me to take what had been a lifelong interest in art to the next...