FEATURED ARTISTS AT THE FRANCIS
Bringing Portland’s Best to You
Portland has such a vibrant art community, and we’ve chosen to showcase some of the local talent here, in Maine, through a rotating gallery in common spaces at The Francis. Each exhibit will either feature an artist or subject from Maine.
tyler weeks
ARTIST STATEMENT
Tyler Weeks b. 1985 in Exeter, NH is a Maine based visual artist. His intimate oil paintings and works on paper employ techniques of plein-air painting as well as photography and life drawing. Weeks’ work focuses on finding the tenderness in ordinary spaces and acts as a snapshot of everyday life. His landscape work observes the world around him, including abandoned concrete silos in the neighborhood in which he lives, wildflowers growing in a parking lot, or the way light peaks through the forest at dusk. Similarly, Weeks’ figurative work focuses on moments of fleeting introspection. A stranger enjoying a moment of solitude on a firescape or navigating the liminal spaces of laundromats and subway stations. Weeks received a BFA in painting from James Madison University and has exhibited in group shows throughout New York and New England. Weeks currently resides in Rockland, Maine where he co-runs a figure drawing and plein-air painting group called “The Rockland Observationalists”.