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Daniel Wathen, Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court 1992-2001
Harley rider detail This large oil portrait of Maine’s Chief Justice Daniel Wathen has a picture of a Harley Davidson rider cleverly concealed in the gleam on one of the chair arms. A man of great force of character and integrity, who once ran for Governor of Maine, Wathen is also a colorful character often seen riding a large Harley Davidson. Christopher Cart’s brushwork astutely captures the complex personality of this larger than life public figure. The painting hangs in Kennebec County Superior Court. It is one of two portraits of Wathen by Cart. The other portrait features the Chief Justice on his Harley.
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Wedding Portrait of Helen
This classic wedding portrait was painted in a manner reminiscent of John Singer Sargent as a wedding gift to a family friend known since childhood. The bride wears a white lace gown passed down from her mother and grandmother. She holds a red arum lily in the same hand that catches a fold of her skirt. Juxtaposed with these traditional elements of a bridal portrait we have a sharp sense of the bride as an individual. Her inquiring eyes are focused on the outside world, through the french doors. Her pose is graceful, but the torque of her body expresses a quiet alertness. The portrait revels in all the lush accouterments of dress and room, but our subject is a modern woman rather than a pretty icon.
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“Sunday Morning” Langsdorf Family Portrait
Family of Stephen Langsdorf, former city attorney for Augusta, the capitol city of Maine. Although the Lansdorfs live in a house of breathtaking beauty filled with antiques and art, their personal lifestyle has always been casual, friendly and accessible. After considering many much more formal compositions and costumes, including evening clothes, Christopher and the Langsdorfs decided on this warm grouping showing the family on a relaxed Sunday morning at home. Jeanne Fitzgerald Langsdorf’s slightly more formal pose and attire reflect the artist’s desire to bring out her natural elegance. Young Austin Langsdorf looks as though he has alighted to touch base quickly with his parents before running off to boyish pursuits, while his older sister, Natasha, is lost in her book.
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Portrait of Jen
Shown and sold at the 2005 Contemporary Realism Show, Center for Living Arts, Mobile, Alabama. The use of wax medium (beeswax melted in turpentine) facilitates the more open treatment, while retaining the richness of oil. It is good for a sketch feel while you are working. This is my wife and favorite model for over a quarter of a century, the artist Jen Greta Cart.
sold to private collection
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Daniel “Dan” Veilluex
A portrait of the beloved tennis coach commissioned by the Kennebec Valley Tennis Association.
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Crossroads
Crossroads, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24 inches, 2024
Currently available in Hallowell at 3 page St at the artist’s studio gallery.
This painting was inspired by the flash of my headlights on a back road in Maine as I was coming home late at night. I saw a couple at the side of the road for a split second going by.
This lingered in my head for years and evolved into this painting. This small family that I zipped passed is at a crossroads in their life, a big change. They seem together but perhaps are going to be separated for reasons that life has given them. For them this is a very important moment they will always remember, for me it was an unimportant second on a highway. This is how our lives go by each other. Our important moments are incidental to others.
I wanted to show what I saw, the flashing instant but flesh it out with the story from their side. They of course, didn’t notice me at all…I was incidental to them.
I set them physically at a crossing of two roads and called the painting Crossroads to show their lives are at a turning point.
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Harbingers, watercolor
29 x 17 inches, 2023
Accepted the 2023 New England Watercolor Society Members Exhibit and won a merit award.
