Wedding Bands Galore

This week there has been a selection of custom made weddings bands being made in the shop and sent of to their lucky owners. Each ring has something that makes it unique. This ring has 3 different sized diamonds that each catch the light in different ways, along with a band of yellow and rose gold. 

Also sent out this week are these braided Rose, Green, and Yellow 14k Gold wedding bands. 

Here is an example of 14k Rose and White Gold and Rose Gold bands that a couple bought for their "surprise" Harvest Gold Gallery Wedding! 

There are as many choices and styles of rings as there are places to have your wedding!

                   So no matter what style of ring you want Harvest Gold will not dissapoint!

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Sam's First Blog

 Hey guys this is Sam and this is my first blog working for Harvest Gold! The work they do here is just amazing and the atmosphere couldn't get better!

The quality that the jewelry and the paintings on display is just surreal and who knew that it would be found in the little town of Lovell, ME!

The views behind the house of both Kezar lake as well as the mountains in the background are just breathtaking and it couldn't get better!

I'm very excited to be working here and to have the oppurtunity to be apart of the gallery and I can't wait to see what the future brings here!

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Melissa Harris

Below we are sharing a biography of Melissa Harris, a wonderful and very talented artist here at Harvest Gold Gallery. This Biography was written by Melissa Harris herself.

"Painting is my medicine…Through these decades of a sometimes erratic and ever-evolving life, painting had been the one constant. Relationships and homes have come and gone, but my paint box is always with me.”

My passion for life is continually renewed by the joy & magic I experience as a result of my intention to open to the Goddess & Spirit. A connection to Mother Earth fuels my being & inspires imagery. My relationship to others also teaches me to keep my heart open to all I come in contact with. These connections and relationships are a catalyst for much of my recent artwork.”

EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER MY MOTHER WAS TELLING ME “YOU’RE TOO SENSITIVE” . I have had clairvoyant experiences all my life. When we were young we’d be riding along on a trip somewhere new and I would shout out that I had seen the scenery the night before in my dreams. I couldn’t understand why others didn’t “know” the same things that I automatically did. I began to feel different than others.  I was also always drawing and painting. My parents fed me a constant supply of paints, crayons and paper to keep me quiet.

My parents urged me to go to college for something I could make money at. In my first year of college I was most passionate about my art class, but discouraged by my parents. I decided to major in fashion design but every time the elevator went by the 3rd floor and I smelled the oil paint, I felt drawn. I got a BFA from Syracuse University in Painting and an MFA in painting from Queens College in the New York City area. During my years as a graduate student I was put on probation by the all male graduate committee. I was having a spiritual awakening and trying to paint the images that were coming through in my visions and dreams. 

The graduate faculty committee was unhappy with my constant change of format and thought the images “hokey or corny”. The only one who understood was a woman on the faculty that was a practicing astrologer. We decided that I had to do what I had to do to graduate. I knew I could paint a portrait that would knock them out so I did. Problem was that I was really yearning to experiment more with “unknown” territory but that would have to be put on hold. I had blown away the faculty at the school Ii had attended before that with a life-size portrait of a friend so I did it again and finished grad school with a body of life size portraits. When I did the portraits I went into trance-like states and channeled the subject’s essence. The results were very powerful life size expressive portraits.

I had applied for a Fulbright grant to Paris and got my grant to go and paint in 1985. Right before I left I had an experience that was about to change my life forever. In about 1980 I had begun to learn to meditate and that had become part of my life as well as some astrological studies. The rest you can read about in my book.  (The experience of getting the grant and the events around it are another magical story… To sum it up, I was able to manifest very quickly places to live. I was supposed to have a person or school that I was affiliated with to study painting in Paris but I didn’t . I know that my grant was a “cosmic gift” and that it , like most things was divinely guided. Only 2 painters received Fulbright scholarships in Painting for Paris that year and I was lucky enough to be one of them. It was an awesome experience for me to sit at a reception table at the American Embassy in Paris as part of a select group of Fulbright Scholars in all areas of expertise.

When I got to Paris I was anxious to take up where I left off . I was living in a sort of dorm like situation on a floor with other musicians and artist with grants. In 1990 I birthed my publishing company, CREATRIX.  It has been a long road with a lot of learning curves and without going into depth on my personal issues, I can see clearly how many aspects of myself have needed to learn from this entity I have created. The business has brought everything together for me and taught me good business skills. It is extremely fulfilling to listen to folks’ feedback on how the images or and writings have touched their lives.

I also teach classes that combine painting with meditation. Basically, we focus on learning to access one’s own personal visions and find a language in which to express them. I taught at the Open Center in New York City, Omega Institute in Upstate New York and privately. I love sharing in my students processes. I live in gratitude each day for the wonders of my life.

On a personal level, I share my home with my fab four feline friends on 9 acres in the Catskill mountains of New York. Our land has wonderful meadows and a magical forest that back up to a reservoir. My former partner built my dream studio complete with a French door overlooking the meadow and forest as well as huge windows and skylights. I had a dream of a large light-filled studio for many years and it feels like a miracle to have manifested it after years of paying my dues in some very dark, dank and even toxic spaces.  I feel it is an absolute MUST to know what our dreams are so that we can manifest them (as I say on my card “Spinning Your Dreams”).

I feel strongly about the lack of respect for the earths’ resources that seems rampant at this time. For myself, I feel an obligation to live as simply as I can with an awareness of how each action is related to the next both in terms of how we can be as waste efficient as possible and also in terms of how we relate to others. It is my continuing practice to try and live fully in each moment, keeping in mind the desire for the best for all concerned.
We invite you to join us at Harvest Gold Gallery to view Melissas artwork and learn more about his adventures at our Gallery location on Rt 5 in Center Lovell, ME. 

Nathan Macomber Blown Glass

Nathan Macomber first blew glass at Mass College of Art in 1995. His education in glass continues and includes classes at the Corning Museum of Glass, The Penland School of Arts and Crafts, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and a self designed B.A. in glass from Prescott College which he received in 1999.

Nathan has not only taken numerous classes and workshops, he has also taught dozens of individuals in private lessons, as a co-instructor for Prescott College, and has served as a T.A. and instructor for The Corning Museum of Glass and Snowfarm- New England Craft.

Nathan spent the first seven years of his career working in Prescott, Arizona, where he helped build and manage a glass blowing studio.

 In the Spring of 2002, he bought his family's old farm in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. There, he has set up his own private studio where he can be found almost everyday blowing glass, metal working, teaching, or maintaining the hundred year old farm which has been in his family since 1949.

Nathans line of Blown Glasses have been running out of the shop and currently we only have 3 of these wonderful glasses left! But don't worry, we have more on the way, plus a wide variety of nathans glass spiders, bowls, and outdoor and indoor art ! Here at Harvest Gold Galler in Lovell, we invite you to visit and view the selection of Nathans work we have in the Gallery along with many other local artists. 

Surprise! We're having a wedding!

Last Friday, here at Harvest Gold Gallery we hosted a "surprise" magical wedding. A wonderful couple and their family came by earlier that day and asked if they could get 2 rings, a person to marry them, and our beautiful wedding destination for that afternoon. 

Luckily, we were able to find Alison, and we got to work with a fun and joyous wedding to plan! 

That afternoon this beautiful couple with their baby on the way got married here at Harvest Gold Gallery in Center Lovell. 

Lynda made this young couple a beautiful set of rose gold wedding bands. He chose rose center with white gold rims soldered together to become one solid ring.  She choose a rose gold band textured like tree bark with 2 narrow rose gold beaded bands for a total of three.  She can wear together or seperately.  These bands are made with love and to last, just like their love for one another. 

Family rejoiced in this couple's love and commitment, and were a strong support team through this new step in their lives. 

If you are interested in having a Harvest Gold Gallery Wedding, want to purchase wedding bands or gifts, please visit our Gallery on Rt. 5 in Center Lovell Maine, or explore your options online with our Gallery Website. 

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Robin Taylor-Chiarello's new book, "It Only Takes One Friend"

Harvest Gold Gallery is pleased to announce the new book by Robin Taylor-Chiarello.  "It Only Takes One Friend"

"It Only Takes One Friend" follows the story of Little Chief, a young bison who is chosen to replace a retiring elder bison at Beech Hill Farm and Bison Ranch. Little Chief is unsure about leaving his friends and moving to a new place. To his surprise he is warmly greeted by a friendly chicken named Abigail Frizzle, and quickly learns that it only takes one friend to make you feel at home.

The book is dedicated to a young handicapped friend of Robin's who just recently had to move to a new school.  She combined his story with the story of the Beech Hill Farm's new herd Bison and puppy to create a fun story with good lessons for all.

“Robin has been a primary school art and art history teacher and has enjoyed a 20-year career designing health care environments. She is an alumnus of Finch College and Harvard Graduate School of Design and has held memberships in the International Interior Design Association and American Institute of Architects.

She loves creating multicultural children’s environments and recently designed a collection of African-inspired borders and murals for Hearts of the Father Children’s Orphanage in Ghana.

She is a past president of United Cerebral Palsy of New Jersey and was appointed to the Office of the Public Advocate for the Developmentally Disabled for handicapped housing by former New Jersey Governor, Brendan Byrne.

She resides in Chatham, New Jersey and Center Lovell, Maine with her husband, Robert, and dog, Taxi.”

Robin Taylor-Chiarello ~ Author, Teacher, Speaker. The Peppertree Press, LLC. 

For more information on Robins book “It Only Takes one Friend” or to purchase a copy of her books, please visit us at Harvest Gold Gallery, located on Route 5 in Center Lovell Maine, Open Daily.

Contact us Phone: 925-6502 or Email: harvestgold@fairpoint.net

Craig Riches and his Hypnotic Sculptures

From the Gulf of Alabama, Craig Riches came all the way to Harvest Gold Gallery in Center Lovell, ME  to share his Handmade Copper Kinetic Sculptures. 

With 15 years of creativity, Craig Riches has mastered the art of scuplting and is here to share his talent with the public. 15 years ago at his home in Tennessee, Craig needed a break from his music career and out of the blue felt a random compulsion to create sculptures. With no previous artistic background or training, within 2 weeks of sculpting Craig was already in 2 or 3 galleries across the country. With food as his motivation, his vision for  sculpting was rapidly growing until one day he found himself selling in almost 50 galleries throughout the country. 

Craigs sculptures or "turbines" catch the wind and spin in hypnotic motions that always sooth and intrigue its viewer. The Copper is treated with various patinas and are hand etched with a variety of custom designs. Constantly experimenting with his designs, Craig has been known to spray his sculptures with Miracle grow and to soak the copper in ammonia to achieve the desired affect he wants.

Craig not only creates Kinetic Copper Sculptures such as the ones displayed at Harvest Gold Gallery, but he also has a body of work in woven wire, such as this "Barbie Doll" made completely out of woven chicken wire with a green dress of barbed wire because "Every Girl I know has a few sharp edges!" 

Another example of Craig's work is this sculpted hand created from concrete holding one of his Copper turbines. 

Feeling landlocked at his Tennessee home with so much work to do, Craig moved to his current home in Alabama where he sells at outdoor art festivals across the country, and has narrowed his locations down to the very best, including Harvest Gold Gallery. 

We invite you to join us at Harvest Gold Gallery to view Craigs work and learn more about his adventures at our Gallery location on Rt 5 in Center Lovell, ME.