Carl Little - Paintings of Portland

F irst and foremost, we are indebted to the artists who shared their work. As in past projects, we encountered a bounty of impressive work and had to make tough decisions.

We thank the following individuals and organizations for their invaluable help: Peggy Greenhut Golden, Jessica McCarthy, Greenhut Galleries; Maine State Historian Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.; William David Barry, Holly Hurd-Forsyth, Sofia Yalouris, Nicholas Noyes, Maine Historical Society; Erin Damon, Portland Museum of Art; Sandra Richardson, Barridoff Galleries; David Neikirk, Robert Spencer, Matthew Edney, Heather Magaw, Osher Map Library; Hannah Blunt, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum; Burbank Library; Maine State Museum; Brooklyn Museum of Art; Addison Gallery of American Art; Harvard Museums; Suzanne Bergeron, Bowdoin College Museum of Art; Bank of America and KeyBank; Jeffrey Tilou Antiques. We also tip the hat to Portland art dealers, past and present: Thomas Crotty, Annette and Rob Elowitch, June Fitzpatrick, Dennis and Marty Gleason, Edward T. Pollack, Chris Rector, Dean Valentgas, Andres Verzosa, et al. They have kept the Portland art fires burning. Today there are new galleries opening and many established and upcoming artists competing for space.

We are grateful to the many authors who have written so eloquently about Portlands artistic heritage, in particular historians Earle Shettleworth Jr., William David Barry, Jessica Skwire Routhier, Donna Cassidy, and Jessica Nicoll. We have also been blessed with fine critics, among them Edgar Allen Beem, Ken Greenleaf, Philip Isaacson, Dan Kany, and Bob Keyes.

We owe much of the photography in this book to Jay York, the go-to guy in Portland whose morning walk photographs over the years have chronicled a changing city. Ken Woisard, a fine-art photography wizard out of East Blue Hill, also provided many jpegs.

Renewed thanks to Michael Steere, Down East Books, for his enthusiasm and support; to Bill Bentley and Svet Kirtchev for key technical assistance; and to our families for their all-around support.

Finally, we give a special shout-out to the many organizations that are committed to preserving and enhancing Portland. A short list would include Greater Portland Landmarks, Portland Trails, and Creative Portland, as well as the many excellent friends of groups and neighborhood associations that work to preserve open spaces. Thanks to their stewardship, Portland remains, as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow deemed it, that beautiful town that is seated by the sea.