Welcome to the Solon Center for Research and Publishing first issue of Insights Literary/Art Journal. Stories from authors published and unpublished will debut here. Original art will accompany the stories. Most literary journals don’t have much art. We believe combining the two is the best way to make each medium come to life, which enhances the viewer’s/reader’s experience. We’ll host contests, working with Gallery Fukurou, of Rockland, Maine and the Maine publisher Polar Bear & Company. ISSUE 1 includes six short stories with art from COASTAL MAINE IN WORDS AND ART and other books, sutras of philosophical dimensions, a memoir from a boat builder’s WINTER APPRENTICE, two children’s poems, and two Maine based serialized novels of intrigue and insights. MONTHLY CONTESTS: We invite you […]

Next May, the Solon Center for Research and Publishing will announce its first literary/art journal. Stories from authors published and unpublished will debut here. Original art will accompany the stories. Most literary journals don’t have much art. We believe combining the two is the best way to make each medium come to life, which enhances the viewers/readers experience. We’ll host contests, working with Gallery Fukurou, of Rockland, Maine and the Maine publisher Polar Bear & Company. Stay tuned!

New mystical watercolor like photographs at Sugarwood Gallery by Ramona du Houx From Daily Bulldog Starting on Nov. 8 the SugarWood Gallery, of Farmington, will feature new fine art photography of Ramona du Houx. The open house will be held on Sunday, Nov. 25 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Ramona du Houx creates fine art photography that looks like watercolor paintings evoking a sense of wonder. Many have found they relieve stress, as they are relaxing, thought proving and mystical. Her new work will include images of landscapes of Maine’s Western Mountains, fields and flowers created with her technique she first discovered in 1979. “I’m excited and honored to be showing my work at SugarWood. Many of the new […]

From Maine Insights Newsmagazine: Former Deer Isle Professor Pasztory launches book— Exile Space: Encountering Ancient and Modern America in Memoir, Essay, and Fiction Because of her groundbreaking research book now being considered for Pulitzer By Ramona du Houx Professor Esther Pasztory has written a new book, Exile Space: Encountering Ancient and Modern America in Memoir, Essay, and Fiction. This is her 14th book, and her most personal. It comes at a time when PBS is doing a series on Native Americans and tells more about these fascinating cultures that lived in harmony with nature. Pasztory is an art historian, specializing in Teotihuacan, Aztec, and Art Theory, as well as being a writer. She is a Lisa and Bernard Selz Professor Emerita of Pre-Columbian Art History […]

I try to bring the beauty, magic and mystery of nature to viewers by amplifying nature’s essence. Putting the images into categories was extremely challenging as everything is interconnected. Please enjoy the work and check back for more additions regularly added. All images are limited editions for sale and represent over 35 years of work. To purchase any of these images please contact me at duhoux2@tds.net. I’m represented by Gallery Storks in Tokyo, Japan and Fukurou of Rockland, Maine. TO VIEW THE ART: Please click on the thumbnail below to see a larger version of the work. Nature reveals herself   There are no boundaries in nature, with everyone and everything interconnected. Where a river stops cannot be defined, nor […]