And rise and fall

“Push and Pull” (acrylic on canvas), by Sam Chappell, at Portland Art Gallery, during this month.

She says:

“To me, the act of being in nature is inseparable from feeling. Every landscape has its own personality, which in turn can spark a different series of emotions. I rely on a play of colors and expressive brushstrokes in an attempt to relate the whole experience of a landscape, in the hopes that viewers can build their own relationships and emotional attachment to it.’’

Breaking up a log jam on the Penobscot River around the turn of the last century, when Maine was a world lumber and wood-pulp center.