ABOUT leslie anderson
In 2002, my husband Dan Nygaard and I left our lives in high tech and bought a farm in Sedgwick, Maine, on the Blue Hill Peninsula. I wanted to paint; he wanted to be a flower farmer. Twenty years later, we are still married, still painting, and still farming. I feel blessed to live in Maine: summers Downeast and winters in a downtown Portland loft. Painting the local landscape deepens my connection to my adopted home.
My summer subject is the landscape of the Blue Hill Peninsula, which I interpret in oils and watercolors. In winter, working in my Portland studio, I paint still life and people and places glimpsed during days of summer painting. Whether out-of-doors or in my studio, my artistic concerns are the same: light against dark, pattern and repetition, and vibrant color.
My summer subject is the landscape of the Blue Hill Peninsula, which I interpret in oils and watercolors. In winter, working in my Portland studio, I paint still life and people and places glimpsed during days of summer painting. Whether out-of-doors or in my studio, my artistic concerns are the same: light against dark, pattern and repetition, and vibrant color.
DEER ISLE ARTISTS ASSOCIATION
15 Main Street, Deer Isle Village, Maine
Summer 2025
PAINTING DOWNEAST
Thornton Oaks, Brunswick, Maine
February-March 2024
Opening Reception Thursday, February 6, 3 pm
FARMERS MARKETS (July through Labor Day)
Dan's Flower Farm's amazing cut flowers plus my notecards, calendars, and small paintings.
Fridays: Stonington Community Center 10 am-noon
Saturdays: Blue Hill Fairgrounds 9:00 am-11:30 am
MAKER'S MARKET
Next to El El Frijoles, 41 Caterpillar Hill Rd (RT 15), Sargentville ME
My notecards, small watercolors and calendars available for purchase
MY SEDGWICK STUDIO OPEN MID-MAY THROUGH MID-OCTOBER
By chance or appointment
MY PORTLAND STUDIO OPEN BY APPOINTMENT MID-OCTOBER THROUGH MID-MAY
10 Mayo Street, Portland ME 04101 two-oh-seven 615-8915
Couple with a visit to Periwinkle Flowers (formerly Dan's Flower Farm) for a perfect afternoon outing!
Oil paintings, watercolors, notecards, calendars, commissions welcome
8 Flower Farm Lane, Sedgwick ME 04676 two-oh-seven 615-8915
15 Main Street, Deer Isle Village, Maine
Summer 2025
PAINTING DOWNEAST
Thornton Oaks, Brunswick, Maine
February-March 2024
Opening Reception Thursday, February 6, 3 pm
FARMERS MARKETS (July through Labor Day)
Dan's Flower Farm's amazing cut flowers plus my notecards, calendars, and small paintings.
Fridays: Stonington Community Center 10 am-noon
Saturdays: Blue Hill Fairgrounds 9:00 am-11:30 am
MAKER'S MARKET
Next to El El Frijoles, 41 Caterpillar Hill Rd (RT 15), Sargentville ME
My notecards, small watercolors and calendars available for purchase
MY SEDGWICK STUDIO OPEN MID-MAY THROUGH MID-OCTOBER
By chance or appointment
MY PORTLAND STUDIO OPEN BY APPOINTMENT MID-OCTOBER THROUGH MID-MAY
10 Mayo Street, Portland ME 04101 two-oh-seven 615-8915
Couple with a visit to Periwinkle Flowers (formerly Dan's Flower Farm) for a perfect afternoon outing!
Oil paintings, watercolors, notecards, calendars, commissions welcome
8 Flower Farm Lane, Sedgwick ME 04676 two-oh-seven 615-8915
publications
Art of Penobscot Bay 2024 by Carl Little and David Little
Available in bookstores and online
Summer Stories 2013 Paintings by Leslie Anderson with Short Stories by Maine writers
$36 Available from the artist
Available in bookstores and online
Summer Stories 2013 Paintings by Leslie Anderson with Short Stories by Maine writers
$36 Available from the artist