From Nantucket to Lahaina: A Fifty-Year Journey of a Plein Air Painter

Highfield Hall & Gardens presents From Nantucket to Lahaina: A Fifty-Year Journey of a Plein Air Painter from July 23 through October 31, 2024.

Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10 AM to 4 PM, and Saturday and Sunday, 10 AM to 2 PM.

For fifty years Paul Arsenault, a prolific and well-traveled painter, embedded himself into his subject matter; some say as deep as paint will seep into his canvas and even deeper. This retrospective brings the artist back to Woods Hole after 50 years when he first signed on to the RV Gosnold as a deckhand.

Paul’s subsequent travels allowed him to inhabit and document many soulful waterfront destinations, rendering international and domestic maritime scenes while acknowledging local and indigenous heritage. His love of history and adventurous spirit heighten his appreciation of the cultures he is privileged to experience. The selected works cover ports found in New England, Florida, Europe, the Caribbean, Australia, Asia, and the Pacific islands. Increasingly aware of the impacts of development and climate change on these fragile places, Arsenault strives to use his art to bring attention to issues and to possible solutions.