Ingram Fine Art will open a unique exhibition featuring Maine artist Ronald Frontin beginning Aug. 27 and running through September. “The Art of Ronald Frontin” will feature nearly 30 works by Frontin including original oils and watercolors.

Born in 1962, Ronald Frontin is a contemporary Maine painter who continues the American realist tradition of Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins with figural images set on the coast and in the countryside. His subjects include the hardworking fisherman and farmers of Maine and his family and friends.

Frontin was born in Camden, and today resides near the town of Rockland. He only lived out of his home state briefly, while attending the Philadelphia College of Art (1981-85) and while apprenticing in Andalusia, Pennsylvania, with the noted realist painter Nelson Shanks (1985-88).

Frontin’s outdoor scenes portray the hardy individuals who make their living from the fields, rivers, beaches and bays of Maine. The artist is interested in painting people who are physically engaged with nature and who are unaware that they are being studied; the opposite of posed works, these images convey respect for the grueling and absorbing tasks of outdoor life and capture the particular light and mood of the Maine landscape.

Join gallery owners Kirsten and Larry Ingram and the meet artist from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, and view the works of Ronald Frontin while enjoying complimentary wine and hors d’oeuvres. Ingram Fine Art is located at 106 Main St. in Wiscasset.