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NEIL WELLIVER OBIT

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BELFAST, MAINE — Neil Welliver, 75, died April 5, of complications from pneumonia at the Waldo County General Hospital.

Mr Welliver is survived by his wife, Mimi Martin Welliver; three children, Titus B. of Los Angeles; Ethan A. of New York City; and John W. of Rockport, Maine; three stepchildren, Robert Hanke Jr, John V. Hanke, Jr and Christina Flagler Hanke Martin; and two grandchildren. Three of his children predeceased him: Ashley B. Welliver, Eli L. Welliver and Silas B. Welliver.

Neil Gavin Welliver was born July 22, 1929, in Millville, Penn. Since the mid-1970s he has captivated audiences with his monumental oil paintings of the Maine woods. The subjects of the large scale studio works were the plein air studies created on his more than 1,600-acre property along the Ducktrap River in Lincolnville. In addition to his work, which is in major public and private collections, he leaves a generation of painters who studied with him at Yale and, later, the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr Welliver said about his own work: “Courbet looked very hard and had a method. Bierstadt did not look very hard and had a method, and de Kooning makes it up as he goes along…I look very hard, and then make it up as I go along.”

A memorial service will be conducted at St Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Belfast, at 11 am on Friday, July 22. This date would have marked Mr Welliver’s 76th birthday.

Contributions may be made in his memory to Waldo County General Hospital, PO Box 287, Belfast ME 04915.

TRADE SECRETS

TRADE SECRETS

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LAKEVILLE, CONN. — Trade Secrets welcomes spring once again on Saturday, May 14, at the Wake Robin Inn. It will continue on Sunday, May 15, with tours of nearby gardens. The Saturday show, now in its fifth year, will feature 40-plus vendors with sophisticated as well as whimsical garden antique ornaments, furniture, urns and other garden accessories mixed with an array of unique and exotic plants.

Two lectures will take place on Saturday. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury is the vice president of the Royal Horticultural Society and director of the Museum of Garden History. She is the author of Gardens of Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother and numerous articles on garden design and history. She designs gardens and lectures around the world.

The second lecture will be given by Wayne Winterrowd and Joe Eck of North Hill Design Associates in Readsboro, Vt. Winterrowd is a frequent contributor to Horticulture and other magazines. He is the author of Annuals and Tender Plants for North American Gardens. Mr Eck is a renowned garden designer who travels throughout North America and Canada as a design consultant and lecturer.

In addition, local writer Laurie Lisle will be signing copies of her new book, Four Tenths of an Acre, at the Johnnycake Books tent.

The Saturday sale and lectures are held at the Historic Wake Robin Inn in the picturesque town of Lakeville, situated in the Connecticut’s Litchfield Hills. Visitors may reserve weekend packages that include entry to Trade Secrets and lodging at a special rate.

On Sunday Trade Secrets will continue the popular Garden Tours initiated last year. This year Lynden Miller and Lee Link’s gardens in Sharon, Conn., and Julie and John Scott’s Golds Mills in Cornwall will be featured. The gardens will be open from 10 am to 4 pm for visitors.

Co-founded by Honorary Chairperson Bunny Williams, Trade Secrets benefits Women’s Support Services, a nonprofit organization in Northwestern Connecticut. Established in 1981, WSS aids victims of domestic abuse and provide community education and prevention programs.

Saturday’s early buying tickets, for entry at 8 am, are available for $100, which includes one lecture ticket. Regular tickets are $35 for admission from 10 am to 3 pm. Individual lecture tickets may be purchased for $10. Sunday’s garden tour tickets are $50. Food and beverages will be available throughout the day on Saturday at Wake Robin Inn.

For further information, www.tradesecretsct.com or 860-364-1080.

4/22 TEXTILE MUSEUM NAMES JACK LARSEN

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TEXTILE MUSEUM NAMES JACK LARSEN

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Textile Museum has announced that Jack Lenor Larsen, textile designer, author and collector, is the recipient of the first annual George Hewitt Myers Award.

Named for the museum’s founder, the award recognizes contributions to furthering the field of textile arts.

Mr Larsen will be honored and presented with the award at a dinner on Thursday, October 20, in Washington, D.C.