"No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow!"

"Flowers are earths way of laughing"

Signs are popping up everywhere that spring is just around the corner here in the valley and we've got a bit of spring fever! here are some of our favorite spring quotes to help us and our dear friends through the final stretch!

"March winds are like the mornings yawn,

 the land, awakening with bluebird skies 

and the promise of new life."

"Lupines in Sunrays" by Varvara Harmon

"Spring Chestnut" by Thomas Merriam

Hoppy Spring!

"come the spring with all its splendor, all its birds and all its blossoms"

"Spring Migration" by Thomas Merriam

Spring forward!

Stop by when you are passing through beautiful downtown Center Lovell, overlooking Kezar Lake and the White Mountains of western Maine and New Hampshire.

Ice Fishing at Harvest Gold Gallery

Ice fishing is a favorite winter pastime here in Maine.  At Harvest Gold Gallery it can be experienced out back on frozen Kezar Lake or inside the warm showroom, through the beautiful oil paintings of Dean Mccrillis.  Deans' oil impressions present well defined subjects with  balanced composition.

Dean captures the technicalities perfectly, the auger, the tip-up, the bait bucket, the hole , the cooler, and the catch. The interplay of color and the way he develops the light in his work allows you to feel the chill in the air and the enthusiasm of ice fishing.

 Dean said,"I didn't realize there was so much color in snow."   There are no less than ten different colors  in his snow.  He is an award winning art student at University of Southern Maine where he is a senior working on his BFA.

Many anglers build accommodations to shelter them from the elements.  The buildings are referred to as ice shacks and can be placed in communities or set where ever one likes as long as the ice is thick enough.  Ice fishing can be a social event while catching fish with family and friends.  Wonderful picnics are had with grilled foods, soups, salads and beverages.  All the while keeping an eye on the tip-ups' orange flag to indicate a catch.

The shanty can be as elaborate  as the builder desires. 

Rope Tow Birthday Party- WHAT A DAY!

Enjoying this amazing day   

February is birthday month at Harvest Gold Gallery.  Lynda has hers on the 2nd and Bill has his on the 9th.  It was a big one for Bill, at 60 he's still on top of the hill.

 This year marked our third Harvest Gold rope tow, sledding, ski and snowboard party. Thank Billy Lacasse for the portable rope tow.  It was also a celebration of his grandsons' birthday, Charlie was 2 on the 7th, and another friend Patty Howard   is also on the 2nd, she over 2 and still climbing the hill.

The rope tow was running at 11 am and the food table was being stocked for the onslaught of 75 winter enthusiastic nordicers.  Hamburgers, hotdogs, sausages, buffalo chicken wings, ziti casserole, Chinese stir fry, drumsticks, chips, cheese, salads, chili, chicken noodle soup, fruit tray, leek and goat cheese tart, hot cider and rum, wine and beer set the savory table. On the other side was a desert table set for a king and queen. Chocolate gateau, key lime pie, brownies, raspberry blueberry pie, chocolate chip cookies, breads, butterscotch cake, a sweet tooth's heaven.

There was the cake walk.

This cake is no longer available, Its the famous disappearing chocolate gateau.

Susan did the most runs!

Dianna and Alison enjoying the fun.

Captain was getting ready for a tube ride!

A wonderful community we live in!
Thank you all who made our birthdays great!

Amethyst

Here at Harvest Gold Gallery we feature Maine amethyst jewelry. The gemstone is mined in western Maine near our gallery. Amethyst is the February birthstone. It is beautiful purple color and is one of featured jewelry designs. 

CRYSTAL MEANINGS LORE OF AMETHYST

Keywords:  Psychic, Sobriety

Amethyst is a meditative and calming stone which works in the emotional, spiritual, and physical planes to provide calm, balance, patience, and peace.

Amethyst is used as beneficial when dealing with legal problems and money issues, which can lead to prosperity and abundance, though it is not the best known prosperity stone.

In the psychic and spiritual realms, amethyst is an excellent all-purpose stone that can increase spirituality and enhance intuition and psychic powers of all kinds. It does this by making a clear connection between the earth plane and other planes and worlds. Amethyst is also excellent for meditation and lucid dreaming. It is used to open one's channels to telepathy, past life regression, clairaudience, clairvoyance, and communication with angels. Amethyst also protects against psychic attacks, especially during spiritual work.

Amethyst is not only a psychic protection stone, but is also used to protect one from thieves, and to protects travelers. 

Emotionally, amethyst is used in crystal healing  to help heal personal losses and grief, bringing one gently past. Amethyst has a gently sedative energy that can promote peacefulness, happiness, and contentment. It also is said to bring emotional stability and inner strength. This stability and strength not only helps one hold firm in one's life, but it can enhance flexibility and cooperation. To be flexible at need is a sure sign of strength.

Amethyst is very well known -- as from the ancients -- as a sobriety stone. It has been used for millenia to prevent drunkenness, and is used to assist in getting rid of addictions to alcohol, drugs, smoking, etc, and destructive compulsive behaviors of all kinds. 

Physically amethyst is said by spiritual healers and mystical lore to heal the withdrawal symptoms of any sort of addiction, help with headaches, insomnia, arthritis, diabetes, pain relief, circulatory system issues, endocrine system problems, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, immune system deficiencies, asthma, phobias, pregnancy and preventing miscarriage, menopause, PMS, and general healing. 

Note that healing crystal meanings are spiritual supports to healing and are not prescriptions or healthcare information.

Amethyst is associated with the third eye and crown chakras primarily, but can also open the heart chakra. It is also associted with both air and water elements.

As a variety of quartz, amethyst has the energies inherent in quartz, as well as its own unique vibration. 

Harvest Gold Gallery Celebrates 18 years!

Christmas is special at Harvest Gold Gallery. It was eighteen years ago on the eve of Christmas eve when two of Santa’s elves (Bill Rudd and Lynda Rasco) moved north from Fryeburg to Lovell Maine and opened the Harvest Gold Gallery. They brought with them their hammers, mills, files, saws, vices, anvils, presses and all the tools it takes to design and create their beautiful and award winning jewelry. During the next six months preparations were made to turn the long-standing Severence Real-Estate store into the Harvest Gold Gallery.  They opened on their Sweet Sixteen wedding anniversary in May that spring.

Lynda and Bill had been creating unique, wearable gold and sterling jewelry for many years before moving to Lovell.   They traveled to the big wholesale shows in Philadelphia, Boston and many other cities.  Selling to jewelry stores and fine galleries around the country and abroad they were ready to meet the people who wore their jewelry and open a retail space.

Many of their pieces include Maine gemstones like tourmaline and amethyst mined right here in Oxford County.  Tourmaline is found in beautiful blues, greens and pinks.  Watermelon crystals are especially beautiful because they have both green and pink in the same gem.  The amethyst they use is from the famous Fourth of July find in Sweden, Maine a few years back.  They have become quite good at recycling old family gold and jewelry into new family heirlooms.  Changing the color and style of the old gold to reflect the new wearers own unique taste while keeping the sentimental quality of the piece.

                                                                                                             Over the years they have expanded the other artists in the gallery to include over 200 American artists, most being within an hours drive.  Their mission from the very beginning was to specialize in America artists and crafts people.  Now the gallery includes glass blowers, watercolorists, fine wood workers, stainless steel sculptures, oil and acrylic painters and even a pigmented pulp artist from Berlin, NH.  The fine outdoor pieces that are as functional as they are useful.  Potters who aren’t afraid of color and size, and traditional fabric artists combine to dress up the dinner table.   The book section is filled with award winning children’s stories and classic Maine humor and stories of history and folklore for the adults.

"Snow River" by Varvara Harmon
original oil 42"x 31" framed 

"Crystal Pitcher" by Jean Swan Gordon
Watercolor and ink, 30.25"x36"

Glass blown Rainbow Trout by Michael Hopko

measures 15.5"x 2.5" x7.5" 

Bill Eland "Dragonfly" Stainless Steel Sculpture

"Daffodil" Lamp by Max Howard
Marble and Stainless Steel

"Buck"
Michael Tatom Bronze Sculpture

Blue Lobster's Holiday
Children's Book Series by
Robin Taylor-Chiarello

Ceramic Pitcher by Morgan Rudd 

Oak and Walnut Checkered Bowl
Bruce May Wood Work

 

"Oakhill Farm" by Roland Simard
Handcast pigmented pulp, 23"x35" framed

Stop in when you are traveling through beautiful downtown Center Lovell and wish them a Happy 18^th!  Find out why Yankee Magazine voted them Best Gallery with a View in Maine, both inside and out.  Wonder through their seven rooms and see if you can pick which is more beautiful, inside or outside.  Located on route 5 across from the Center Lovell Inn over looking Kezar Lake and the White Mountains, open daily and on the web www.harvestgoldgallery.com

A Glance at Our Holiday Open House and Book Signing Event!

Authors Lorraine LaJoie and Robin Taylor-Chiarello 

 Last Saturday, November 29th, we had our Annual Holiday Open House and Book Signing Event, We had several artists here roaming the gallery including Tom Merriam, Sandy Bell, Sandy Crowell, Bert Weiss and Authors Lorraine Lajoie a and Robin Taylor-Chiarello mingling with our guests and signing books. A great time was had by all and we especially loved the wine, sparkling water, and homecooked hors d'oeuvres made by Bill and the Elves.

Artists Tom Merriam and Sandy Crowell enjoying the work of  fellow artist Jean Swan Gordon

Bill and Sandy pause for a candid!

Thank you ALL for yet another wonderful event at Harvest Gold Gallery!

Annual Artist Open House and Book Signing with Lorraine LaJoie

Harvest Gold Gallery’s 
Annual Holiday Open House & Book Signing!

Please Join Us at our Annual Holiday Open House on Saturday, November 29th 1:00pm to 5:00pm It's that time of year again! We love fall here in beautiful Center Lovell. The air is crisp, and snow is just around the corner. It also means its time for our Annual Holiday Open House! Gather your friends and family and join us for wine, refreshments, book signings, art, and joy!

Author Lorraine LaJoie will be at the Reception signing copy's of her book The Need For Balance: Body, Mind, Spirit

Lorraine has over 20 years experience in energy work. Her latest book offers a guided meditation to align the chakras. 

We look forward to seeing you!