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.
CURRENT/UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
PAINT THE PENINSULA
Plein-air painting auction to benefit the Blue Hill Public Library
July 7-13 2025
DEER ISLE ARTISTS ASSOCIATION
15 Main Street, Deer Isle Village, Maine
Unfolding Horizons July 9-July 21
12x12 July 23-July 28
Small Works September 3-15
BROOKSVILLE MAINE LIBRARY SUMMER SHOW
1 Townhouse Road, Brooksville, Maine
July-August 2025
MOUNTAIN LOVE: A CELEBRATION OF BLUE HILL'S HIGHER ELEVATIONS
Blue Hill Public Library,
5 Parker Point Road, Blue Hill, Maine
August 2025; Opening Reception Friday August 9 4-6 pm
FARMERS MARKETS (July through Labor Day)
Dan and Juli'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
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 my husband 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
PAINT THE PENINSULA
Plein-air painting auction to benefit the Blue Hill Public Library
July 7-13 2025
DEER ISLE ARTISTS ASSOCIATION
15 Main Street, Deer Isle Village, Maine
Unfolding Horizons July 9-July 21
12x12 July 23-July 28
Small Works September 3-15
BROOKSVILLE MAINE LIBRARY SUMMER SHOW
1 Townhouse Road, Brooksville, Maine
July-August 2025
MOUNTAIN LOVE: A CELEBRATION OF BLUE HILL'S HIGHER ELEVATIONS
Blue Hill Public Library,
5 Parker Point Road, Blue Hill, Maine
August 2025; Opening Reception Friday August 9 4-6 pm
FARMERS MARKETS (July through Labor Day)
Dan and Juli'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
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 my husband 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