Thanks to the Artsy newsletter, I discovered a new photographer last week who I love, love, love—Cig Harvey. And she’s kind of local. Cig Harvey lives in a farmhouse in the Midcoast of Maine. She was an assistant professor at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University for ten years, but recently took a leap of faith to devote her life to “purely making things.” Good choice.
Her images are visually crisp, but the subject matter a bit mysterious and at times moody. She uses herself as the subject, as well as children (hers?). They’re right up my alley, and would have fit into numerous posts I’ve done, like “Girls at Play,” and runs in the same vein as women photographers I’ve highlighted, such as Anastasia Cazabon and Rhi Ellis.
The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, and the International Museum of Photography all have her work in its collections. She is represented by Robert Klein Gallery in Boston, Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland, Robin Rice Gallery in NYC, and Kopeikin Gallery in L.A. I hope my collection will include a Cig Harvey at some point oo.
The Pomegranate Seeds, Scout, Rockport, Maine, 2012 
Watering Can, Self-portrait, Rockland, Maine, 2010 
The Velvet Settee, Rockport, Maine, 2011 
The Surf Trip, Rockport, Maine, 2012 
The Palm Tree, Tuckers Point Beach Club, Bermuda, 2004 
The Cleat, Self Portrait, Harrington Sound, Bermuda, 2005 
Deep Bay, Self Portrait, North Shore, Bermuda, 2005 
Cyd and the Custard Cream Cookie, Devon, England, 2009 
The Girl With the White Towel, Syd, Rockport, Maine, 2011 
The Instinct, 2013 
Miss Portland’s Diner, Sadie, Portland, Maine, 2010 
The Picked Petals, Self Portrait, Camden, Maine, 2006 
The Hope Chest, Self Portrait, Rockport, Maine, 2007 
Goldfish With Scout, 2014 * * * Don’t leave your walls bare. Shop Furbish Studio for artwork > 
