Anita Loomis

"Burbs", Contemporary, Family, Summer, Cartoons, Bold, Oil Painting

2024

The paintings, "Expedition 1" and "Expedition 2" by artist Anita Loomis were conceived as expressionistic interpretations of the hopeful aspirations of people traveling to a new part...

“Boardwalk” is a robust 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch oil painting on canvas by Anita Loomis that offers a playful and dreamlike abstract seaside view. With her own highly developed style of pa...

“Compadres” is a 50 x 40 inch oil painting on canvas by Anita Loomis. A work from her “Couples” series, this vibrantly colored abstract composition in cool blue, green, violet palette with pops of warm orange, captures a moment with two dear souls connecting. It speaks to unspoken bonds and deep friendships in lives shared. With a painting style that hints at Loomis’s stained-glass past as well as her appreciation of European expressionist painting and cartoon animation, her active painting surface is rich with symbols and distinctive marks. "Compadres" includes elements drawn in oil pastel. This painting is signed on the back and on the left gallery edge. Anita Loomis is a painter who works from her studio in Kittery, Maine. Communication is the underpinning focus of her oeuvre. For the “Tomorrowland” series, each painting offers semi-abstract settings with unusual plant and animal life thriving in spaces with simple architectural forms and structures. Through this series of paintings, the artist asks what possible new species will evolve as the Earth changes. Anita Loomis creates paintings that explore facets of human dialogue and relationships. Through painting, humor, and a deep curiosity about human imperfection, she investigates what it means to navigate communication with people who see the world through different cultural lenses. Loomis paints to shine a light on the common threads that connect our human experiences and spotlight the value of empathy. Loomis earned her BA in Studio Art from Framingham State University in Massachusetts, and her MA with a concentration in Arts Management from the University of Central Florida. She worked in the field of architectural stained glass for fifteen years and has focused on painting since 2004. She lives and works in Kittery, Maine. Her work has been exhibited at Miller White Gallery, South Dennis, MA; Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA, and various exhibitions in New England, Pennsylvania...

“A Tree Grows by the shore” is a 30 x 30 x 1.5 inch oil painting on canvas by Anita Loomis that offers a lively and imaginative landscape that captures a moment near the shore on a s...

Fishing, an elegant summertime hobby. Fishing is an elegant pastime. Go fishing, but some people go fishing with the purpose of getting fish. Aim for a quiet, comfortable, distrac...

Description: A painting of a slice of semi-detached Suburbia in the Spring or Summer time, not a representation of any specific place but mostly a product of my own imagination. I be...

This is an oil painting done from life of based on a diorama created from a little boy's drawings. Known for painting fantastical, sometimes self-reflective narrative scenes with a ...

Bright colored patches and bold black brushstrokes with a background of pinks and off whites. The composition recalled to me the feel of a neighborhood and how separate dwellings com...