Contact Information:

Obadiah Buell
Bourne Designs Studio
Whalesback Road
Post Office Box 331
Sullivan Maine 04664

(207) 664~3424

Email: obiebuell@hotmail.com


Website: Granite Garden Gallery

Biography:

Obadiah Bourne Buell lives in Sullivan, Maine, where he runs the Granite Garden Gallery and produces his unique sculptures.  Born and raised on the family quarry, Buell is a self-taught artist with a refined eye and precise attention to detail.  He has 16 years experience working with stone, metal and wood.  Ranging from large site-specific installations to unique stone jewelry, Buell's work embodies a life lived in beautiful, rural Downeast Maine.

Galleries and Exhibits

2013 Schedule:

Common Ground Fair, Common Ground Fairgrounds, Unity, ME. The fairgrounds are open September 20 and 21 from 9am to 6pm and Sunday, September 22 from 9am – 5pm.
Blue Hill Fine Craft Show,
The Blue Hill Consolidated School 60 High St. Blue Hill, Me. 04614 July 20-21 2013 from 10-5 on Saturday and 10-4 on Sunday
Directions Maine Craft Guild Show, Mount Desert High School Route 233 Mount Desert, Maine July 26-28 on Friday from 5-9, Saturday from 10-5 and Sunday from 10-4
Gifted Hand, Ramada Inn, Ellsworth, ME November 8-9, 2013 from 11-7 on Friday, 9-4 on Saturday

2012 Schedule:

Blue Hill Fine Crafts Show, Blue Hill, ME July 21-22 from 10-5
Maine Crafts Guild Fine Crafts Show, MDI High School, Bar Harbor, ME July 27-29 from 5-9 on Friday, 10-5 on Saturday, 10-4 on Sunday
Maine Crafts Guild Fine Crafts Show, Atlantic Oceanside, Bar Harobr, ME August 10-12 from 5-9 on Friday, 10-5 on Saturday, 10-4 on Sunday
Northeast Harbor Invitational, Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor, ME August 16-18 from 2-7 on Thursday, 10-7 on Friday, 10-5 on Saturday
Common Ground Country Fair, Unity, ME September 21-23 from 9-6 on Friday and Saturday, 9-5 on Sunday
Gifted Hand, Ramada Inn, Ellsworth, ME November 9-10 from 11-7 on Friday, 9-4 on Saturday

2011 Schedule:

Blue Hill Fine Crafts Show, Blue Hill ME, July 23-24.
Maine Crafts Guild Fine Crafts Show, MDI High School, Bar Harbor ME. July 29-31.
Neighborhood House Invitational, Northeast Harbor ME. August 4-6.
Maine Crafts Guild Fine Craft Show, Atlantic Oceanside Hotel, Bar Harbor ME. Aug 19-21.
Maine Crafts Guild Fine Craft Show, Camp Ketcha, Scarborough ME. Sept 17-18.
Common Ground Country Fair, Unity ME. Sept 23-25.
Beads and Baubles Craft Show, Ramada Inn, Ellsworth ME. Oct 14-15.
Maine Crafts Guild Fine Crafts Show, Maine State Musuem, Augusta ME. Nov 5-6.
The Gifted Hand Fine Craft Show, Ramada Inn, Ellsworth ME. Nov 11-12.
The Bay School Winter Faire, The Bay School, Blue Hill ME. Dec 2-3.

Work in the Davistown Museum Permanent Collection

 

Stone Arch - 2004
Beach cobbles and stainless steel

Stone Arch
- 2004
Beach cobbles and stainless steel
28"h X 46"w
 

Work in the Davistown Museum MAG Gallery for Sale


Illumin-ocean

2007
colored glass and lighting element inserted into basalt beach stone, set in granite base
$300.00

Forms of Love
2006
recycled and cast bronze and copper set in granite base
$225.00

Memo to Self
2007
stamped copper sheet set in slate, mounted on manipulated steel tools set in granite base 
$350.00

Stacked Stone Lamp
2006
basalt beach stones stacked on steel rod, set in granite base
$350.00

Work in Other Galleries or Collections


Granite Bird Bath

Pink Granite - 16" x 42"
$425.00

Paperweight
Beach stone w/ glass insert
3" w X 4" h
$185.00


- S -
Stone and steel
$645.00

Flame
Granite - 7" x 36" x 9"
$475.00

Stacked Stone Lamp
Beach stones with Bluestone Base - 24"h
$325.00

Tadpole
Stone and steel - 20"h
SOLD

 

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