Barbara Sullivan & Vicki Latimer Roan

About the Exhibition

Featuring work from Barbara Sullivan & Vicki Latimer Roan — Sullivan creates whimsical, three-dimensional frescoes that depict domestic items from everyday life and animals found in wooded areas. Combining botanical elements with animals from both land and sea, Latimer Roan created the Botanical Whimsy series inspired by 19th and early 20th-century wallpaper. The idea of not knowing exactly what the shape was from afar lent an element of surprise as well as humor once seen close up (not many would expect to have crickets or monkeys on their walls for example).

About the Artists

Barbara Sullivan is a painter/sculptor and installation artist living in Maine. She works in the age–old medium of fresco, which she learned when she was the head cook at The Skowhegan School of Sculpture and Painting. She teaches drawing foundations at The University of Maine Farmington. She also teaches fresco workshops; including, The Aspen Institute, The Farnsworth Museum, Haystack Mountain School, Pratt Institute, Bowdoin, Colby, and The University of Maine.

Vicki Latimer Roan is a graphic and textile designer who first created a line of recycled cotton totes illustrated with designs inspired by the urban and natural surroundings. She now is taking her love of pattern to modern tapestries and tabletop with the hopes of raising awareness to the waste of single-use items like wallpaper and napkins. Many of her patterns are created with social consciousness in mind, from using sustainable and organic fabrics to designing a special pattern each to benefit an organization fighting for the cause represented.