“The Force of Friendship ‘‘ (watercolor on paper), by Marcie Jan Bronstein, in her show “Being There,’’ at the University of Maine’s Zillman Art Museum, in Bangor.
The museum says that Ms. Bronstein uses :a wide variety of marks in her works, from shapes reminiscent of architecture to webs, stretched ovals and pill-like capsules. These varied forms, combined with the blooms of watercolor, make artworks begging for interpretation and ripe for reflection.’’
Statue of the mythical Paul Bunyan in Bangor, where the lumber industry was economic king for many years, starting in the 19th Century but no more. Since Bangor lies on the Penobscot River, logs from Maine’s immense North Woods could be floated downstream to the city and processed at its water-powered sawmills, and then shipped to the Atlantic Ocean, 30 miles farther downstream, and from there to any port in the world. Many of the lumber barons’ elaborate Greek Revival and Victorian mansions suggest the wealth made in this business.
