Jon Mort MAINE TREASURES Open Studio

Jon Mort hosts annual summer Open Studio in Port Clyde, Maine

Artistic rising star Jon Mort will join his internationally acclaimed artist father Greg Mort to host NIGHT and DAY – OPEN STUDIO on August 1st and 2nd, from 10 am to 5 pm at Fieldstone Castle in Port Clyde, Maine. An Artists Tour and Talk will take place on Saturday at 1pm. This unusual farther and son creative collaboration will offer viewers a unique opportunity to see works in progress as well as completed paintings and drawings. Creating with very different mediums, Greg in oil and watercolor and Jon in colored pencil and graphite, each artists offers their own very unique interpretation of the mysteries of the Night and visions of the Day. Both artists share a passion for science, astronomy and the outdoors. Traveling and hiking together they have visited over forty National and State Parks throughout the United States. Jon's original works of art have been exhibited at the Portsmouth Museum of Art, The Phillips Museum, the Sandy Spring Museum and many more. His recent "Local Legends" one-man exhibition was featured on Maryland Public Television's Around Town with Robert Aubrey Davis. Jon started participating in juried showings as a teen and has been in over twenty gallery exhibitions. The Carla Massoni Gallery represents his art worldwide as well as the Somerville Manning Gallery, which will host a major exhibition opening November 20, 2015 titled TWO ROADS an Artistic Exploration. Painting since childhood Jon is a recent Masters graduate in Architecture from The Rhode Island School of Design. He is a frequent and enthusiastic speaker leading Masters Art Classes at the University of Maryland and his The Art of Story Telling video was just released by Ignite. Jon's new creations in the challenging medium of colored pencil have received rave critical reviews siting their unique design and exceptional artistic execution: " Jon Mort’s remarkable contemporary colored pencil creations elevates the medium to new heights." More information is available at: JonMortStudio.com, facebook.com/JonMort, facebook.com/GregMortandJonMortNIGHTandDAYOpenStudio