Lobstering Women of Maine Exhibit at Penobscot Marine Museum

Searsport, ME–Penobscot Marine Museum will exhibit Susan Tobey White’s Lobstering Women of Maine paintings through the summer and fall. The exhibit will be held at the Museum’s Old Town Hall located at 7 Church Street in Searsport. Along with the artist, many of the women portrayed in these paintings attended an opening reception on July 14th.

Women have always been a part of the family business that is lobster fishing in Maine. Their roles have included making bait bags, maintaining fishing gear, working the stern to captain of the boat and the operation. Today more women are recognizing the benefits and rewards of becoming captains of their own fishing businesses.

In Lobstering Women of Maine, Belfast artist Susan Tobey White captures Maine’s lobster industry through her brightly colored paintings of lobster women at work. The exhibit showcases the lobster industry, explores Maine’s traditions and heritage, and reveals the strength of women. White appreciates the hard working women in the lobster industry, and was inspired to depict them in her art. She portrays women from the coast and islands of Maine from Ogunquit to Stonington. Lobstering Women of Maine is on display at Penobscot Marine Museum for the entirety of their 2019 season thanks to the generosity of Hamilton Marine.